Talk:Lethe

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message: 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.
:I think Hypnos, the god of sleep, was sometimes depicted as holding a branch dripping with Lethean waters (according to Ovid, her river flowed through his realm).  I'll need to check my sources, though. -Shoemoney2night (talk) 01:15, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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message: 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)
thread_title:  Keats 

message: 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)
thread_title: Reference to ''The Matrix''

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

message: 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)
thread_title:  Added "Orpheus" 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Bullets 

message: While many of the references made are valid and valuable entries (unlike in
most other WP articles) the majority are too superficial to be right-fully
included.
Note in particular that references to Greek mythology in the poetry and
literature of "yore" were about as common as references to "Star Wars" in
modern pop culture---listing them all would be both a futile undertaking and
bring very little value.
Likely valid entries include "The Divine Comedy" and "Le Léthé".
Almost certainly invalid are e.g. "The Scarlet Woman" and "A Supermarket in
California".
Note that to make a decision in each indiviual case, a greater familiarity with
the work may be needed; further, that the significance of the work may play in.
88.77.181.139 (talk) 18:58, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  References in pop culture, novels, poetry, etc.