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Lethe
The underworld river of forgetfulness, a branch of whose stream murmurs through the cave of Sleep.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §2.4 carefree Lethe
Lethe, the underworld river of forgetfulness; not even its draught, Ovid says, could blot their friendship from Atticus's heart.
- Metamorphoses §11.343 Lethe's water
The underworld river of forgetfulness; a branch of its stream murmurs through the cave of Sleep, inviting slumber.