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Λήθη

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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

French (Bailly abrégé)

ης (ἡ) :
le Lèthè, fl. des Enfers.
Étymologie: λήθη.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

Λήθη: дор. Λάθᾱ (λᾱ) ἡ Лета
1) дочь Эриды, божество забвения Hes.;
2) река подземного царства, глоток из которой давал усопшим забвение их земного прошлого Luc., Plut.