lethe

• Na mitologia grega, rio do submundo cujas águas, ao serem bebidas, faziam as almas esquecerem sua vida passada e seus sofrimentos. Por extensão, o esquecimento total, o olvido.

A proper noun from Greek mythology referring to a river in Hades; drinking from it caused the souls of the dead to forget their past lives and sufferings.

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1. Mythological river of forgetfulnessC2formal

   In Greek mythology, a river in the underworld (Hades) whose waters caused complete forgetfulness of one's past life and suffering.

   Rio do Esquecimento

   • The souls of the dead were required to drink from the river Lethe to forget their earthly lives.
   • In ancient myths, Lethe was one of the five rivers of the underworld.
   • Poets often reference Lethe as a symbol of oblivion and forgetting.