Lethe
Videos
In Greek mythology, Lethe was one of the rivers of the underworld of Hades. In Classical Greek, the word lethe literally means "forgetting", "forgetfulness". The river is also known as Amelēs Potamos,
Lima Bridge on Lima River in Ponte de Lima, Portugal
Apulian Red-Figure Loutrophoros, c. 330 BCE
John Roddam Spencer Stanhope's The Waters of the Lethe by the Plains of Elysium.
Henryk Siemiradzki Orfeusz w podziemnym królestwie
Hypnos
Videos
In Greek mythology, Hypnos, also spelled Hypnus, is the personification of sleep. The Roman equivalent is Somnus. His name is the origin of the word hypnosis. Pausanias wrote that Hypnos was the deare
Lethe
…means "forgetting", "forgetfulness". The river is also known as Amelēs Potamos, or the "river of unmindfulness". The Lethe flowed around the cave of Hypnos and through the Underworld where all those who drank from it experienced complete forgetfulness. The river was often associated with Lethe, the…
Marble head of Hypnosin the National Roman Museum, Rome
Hypnos (left) and Thanatos (right) carry the body of Sarpedon while Hermes watches, Euphronios Krater, an Attic red-figure calyx-krater, c. 515–510 BC
Hypnos and Thanatos carrying the body of Sarpedon from the battlefield of Troy; detail from an Attic white-ground lekythos, ca. 440 BC.
Ariadne asleep at Hypnos's side. Detail of ancient fresco in Pompeii