river lethe

1. 1.

   (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

   SynonymsLethe

   Broaderriver

   Part ofHell

   Greek mythology

Questions about river lethe

What does river lethe mean?

river lethe means "(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".

What is another word for river lethe?

Close synonyms include Lethe. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is river lethe a common word?

river lethe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.