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Contents 1 Comments 2 Keats 3 Fire Emblem: Path Of Radiance 4 Reference to The Matrix 5 how is λήθη pronounced? 6 Added "Orpheus" 7 Bullets

[edit] Comments

I just had to include a line from Swinburne, but it doesn't really belong in the article, so here it is: "We have drunken of things Lethean / And fed on the fulness of death" (Hymn to Proserpine) -- Simon J Kissane

And Catullus said "namque mei nuper lethaeo in gurgite fratris/ Pallidulum manans alluit unda pedem"

Anyway, I have heard that either Morpheus or Thanatos (I don't remember who) uses an olive bracnh dipped in Lethe to induce sleep. If someone remembers the details of this, please add it to the article.

• • If that were so, and i don't know, it would be Morpheus. Thanatos is the god of death.

[edit] Keats

In Ode to a Nightingale, Keats wrote 'Lethe-wards had sunk', using 'Lethe' in the sense of the river. Could someone add this to the article? It's about as significant, if not more than the Urban Arcana reference.

Also, I removed "Dav alongside the two beautiful guardians of Oblivion and Memory" from the article, as it was just a sentence fragment. If someone else knows what it's supposed to mean, it'd be nice if it was put back.

One more thing; the last section's getting messy. Perhaps it should be organized by category, such as popular culture, literature, and so on. Eirein 06:00, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fire Emblem: Path Of Radiance

Probably offtopic but there is a character that is a female cat-beast named Lethe. Don't really think it is a reference to the river...however - it is an interesting fact/even possibly someone can prove it to being popular culture.

[edit] Reference to The Matrix

While this is a good example of the concept of Lethe, a reference to 'Lethe' (the term) in The Matrix isn't shown here. Since this article is on the term 'Lethe' and not just the concept, and as far as I know the term 'Lethe' isn't used in the movie, I'm removing it. If I'm wrong please restore the reference with additional detail. Gclinkscales 00:46, 29 January 2007 (UTC)gclinkscales

[edit] how is λήθη pronounced?

"lêthê" is not IPA —Preceding unsigned comment added by Njaard (talk • contribs) 08:51, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Added "Orpheus"

Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld makes reference to Lethe, so I've added it. It's an operetta, not really a play, but I put it in plays rather than add yet another section. If there are enough other operas/operettas/musicals to justify a section, Orpheus can move there too.

Rosuav (talk) 00:21, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bullets

The game section needs to be organized and bulleted out. I'll do it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Six string brad (talk • contribs) 06:34, 12 February 2008 (UTC)