lethe

Death.

In Gr. myth.: The personification of oblivion, a daughter of Eris.

The river of oblivion, one of the streams of Hades, the waters of which possessed the quality of causing those who drank of them to forget their former existence.

A draught of oblivion; forgetfulness.

In entomology, a genus of nymphalid butterflies, with one species, L. europa, from the Malay archipelago.

An obsolete variant of lithe.

Death.

A river of Hades whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past.

Oblivion; a draught of oblivion; forgetfulness.

(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