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Lethe, the river of forgetfulness, is one of the five rivers of the Greek underworld; the other four are Acheron (the river of sorrow), Cocytus (the river of lamentation), Phlegethon (the river of fire) and Styx (the river that separates Earth and the Underworld).
27 Ιουλ 2020 · Often confused for one another, the goddess Lethe and the River Lethe both had the power to bring about forgetfulness on both large and small scales. Lethe, particularly the river, was so powerful that it could make you forget yourself, your life, and even your understanding of the world around you.
There is a river of Lethe in the city of God, which the prize-winners must drink if they are to run as giants refreshed. Let us study for a moment or two this river of forgetfulness. I. THE MEMORY OF PAST SINS AND FAILURES MAY ONLY REPRODUCE THEM, 12, 13.)
λήθη, λήθης, ἡ (λήθω to escape notice, λήθομαι to forget) (from Homer down), forgetfulness: λήθην τίνος λαβεῖν (see λαμβάνω, I. 6), 2 Peter 1:9.
There is a fabled river in ancient mythology called Lethe, — simply meaning forgetfulness. The idea of the fabulist was that whoever drank water out of that river instantly forgot everything that had happened; all the past was a forgotten dream.
Lethargia in turn comes from lethe (λήθη), which means "forgetfulness" or "oblivion." One of the rivers in the Greek mythological underworld was called the River Lethe; anyone who drank from it would forget everything that happened to them in life.
Also known as the Ameles potamos (river of unmindfulness), the Lethe flowed around the cave of Hypnos and through the Underworld where all those who drank from it experienced complete forgetfulness. Lethe was also the name of the Greek spirit of forgetfulness and oblivion, with whom the river was often identified.
