RIVER LETHE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does River Lethe mean? 

• RIVER LETHE (noun)
  The noun RIVER 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 alive

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIVER LETHE (noun)

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

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