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| == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_138197" /> ==
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| <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A river of [[Hades]] whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) Death. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) Oblivion; a draught of oblivion; forgetfulness. </p>
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| | <p> in Greek mythology, is the stream of forgetfulness, out of which the souls drank when entering Elysium. </p> |
| == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_48689" /> ==
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| <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> | | == References == |
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| == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75925" /> ==
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| <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>
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| | | <ref name="term_48695"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/lethe+(2) Lethe from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> |
| <ref name="term_138197"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/lethe Lethe from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |
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| <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>
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| <ref name="term_75925"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/lethe Lethe from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
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| </references> | | </references> |
