From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Forgetfulness; Lethe
Meaning
Mnemosyne is asked to send forgetfulness away from the initiates at LXXVII.10, in a petition about remembering the rite. At LXXXV.8 Forgetfulness is personified as Sleep’s sibling alongside Death. The abstract failure of memory and the familial divine figure are related uses, not two unrelated meanings created by capitalization.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXVII · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
λήθην; Λήθης
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. LXXVII.10; LXXXV.8