Geographic Location

Name: Lete

Source: classical

Nature: mythical

Description: In Greek mythology one of the rivers of Hell. Dante, however, places Lethe in the Earthly Paradise. Drinking from the Lethe causes complete forgetfulness.

Images:

Botticelli, Sandro

Botticelli, Dante's confession Botticelli, Procession

Doré, Gustave

Doré, Dante in the Lethe Doré, Lethe

Flaxman, John

Flaxman, Lethe

Vellutello, Alessandro (commissioner)

Vellutello, Immersion in Lethe