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LETHE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lethe mean? 

LETHE (noun)
  The noun LETHE has 1 sense:

1. (Greek mythology) a river in Hades; the souls of the dead had to drink from it, which made them forget all they had done and suffered when they were aliveplay

  Familiarity information: LETHE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LETHE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) a river in Hades; the souls of the dead had to drink from it, which made them forget all they had done and suffered when they were alive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Lethe; River Lethe

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Holonyms ("Lethe" is a part of...):

Hades; Hell; infernal region; netherworld; Scheol; underworld ((religion) the world of the dead)


 Context examples 


It smell so like the waters of Lethe, and of that fountain of youth that the Conquistadores sought for in the Floridas, and find him all too late.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)



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