noun
- Plural of lethe; waters of forgetfulness in Greek mythology, or figuratively, a state of oblivion or forgetting.
Usage: Often capitalized when referring to the mythological river Lethe; Literary or poetic usage
Examples
- In Greek mythology, souls drank from the lethes to forget their past lives.
- The poet wrote of lethes as a metaphor for the passage of time and lost memories.
- She hoped that time would bring lethes to her painful memories.
- The ancient texts describe the lethes as a river in the underworld.
- His mind seemed to drift into lethes as he aged.