What does lethe mean?
Lethe means Forgetfulness of the past; oblivion..
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/ˈliːθi/ · noun
Forgetfulness of the past; oblivion..
So in the Lethe of thy angry ſoule, Thou drowne the ſad remembrance of thoſe wrongs, Which thou ſuppoſest I haue done to thee.
Till that the conquering Wine hath ſteep't our ſenſe, In ſoft and delicate Lethe.
What does it mean to say that the stream of silence originates in lethe? It means, above all, that the stream has its source (Quelle) in that which has not yet been said and which must remain unsaid: the "unsaid."
Pardon me Iulius, here was't thou bay'd braue Hart, Heere did'ſt thou fall, and heere thy Hunters ſtand Sign'd in thy Spoyle, and Crimſon'd in thy Lethee.
Use lethe when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lethe means Forgetfulness of the past; oblivion..
Common synonyms include river lethe.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
So in the Lethe of thy angry ſoule, Thou drowne the ſad remembrance of thoſe wrongs, Which thou ſuppoſest I haue done to thee.
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