Lethe

nature_spirit underworld Greek single tradition · 1

Lethe is a river whose waters cause forgetfulness, invoked during the nocturnal ritual of the Trophonius oracle. Drinking from Lethe was part of the process that caused worshippers to lose memory of the experience upon emerging. The river is traditionally associated with the realm of the dead.

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
150 – 2020
Historical notes
River Lethe appears in Greek mythic tradition long before Pausanias.

Relationships

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Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“drink from two rivers called Lethe and Mnemosyne”

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