Difference between revisions of "Lethe"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_138197" /> == | |||
<p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) A river of [[Hades]] whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) Death. </p> <p> (3): </p> <p> (n.) Oblivion; a draught of oblivion; forgetfulness. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_48689" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_48689" /> == | ||
<p> (λήθη, oblivion), in the [[Grecian]] mythology, the stream of forgetfulness in the lower world, to which the departed spirits go, before passing into the | <p> (λήθη, oblivion), in the [[Grecian]] mythology, the stream of forgetfulness in the lower world, to which the departed spirits go, before passing into the Elysian fields, to be cleansed from all recollection of earthly sorrows. (See [[Hades]]). </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75925" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75925" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> E . oblivion), in the [[Greek]] mythology a stream in the nether world, a draught of the waters of which, generally extended to the ghosts of the dead on their entrance into Pluto's kingdom, obliterated all recollection of the past and its sorrows. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="term_138197"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/lethe Lethe from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_48689"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/lethe Lethe from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_48689"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/lethe Lethe from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 09:16, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1):
(n.) A river of Hades whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past.
(2):
(n.) Death.
(3):
(n.) Oblivion; a draught of oblivion; forgetfulness.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(λήθη, oblivion), in the Grecian mythology, the stream of forgetfulness in the lower world, to which the departed spirits go, before passing into the Elysian fields, to be cleansed from all recollection of earthly sorrows. (See Hades).
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [3]
E . oblivion), in the Greek mythology a stream in the nether world, a draught of the waters of which, generally extended to the ghosts of the dead on their entrance into Pluto's kingdom, obliterated all recollection of the past and its sorrows.
