Lethe

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  1. The personification of oblivion, daughter of Eris. Greek
  2. The river which flows through Hades from which the souls of the dead drank so that they would forget their time on Earth. Greek
    — No wonder these mortal Folks have so many Complaints, […] if they were dead now, and to be settled here for ever, they'd be damn'd before they'd make such a Rout come over—“But care, I suppose, is thirsty; and till they have drench’d themselves with Lethe, there will be no quiet among ’em” however, I’ll e’en to work; and so, friend Æsop, and brother Mercury, good bye to ye.

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衍生词
Lethean
相关词
lethargy lethargic

词源

From Latin Lēthē, from Ancient Greek Λήθη (Lḗthē).
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