The waters of the River Lethe in Hades provided oblivion to the shades. In the Aeneid Book VI, Anchises explains to Aeneas that this is part of the process by which souls could be returned to the land of the living.
See also:Aeneid and Vergil feature
Hades' Realm in the AeneidAeneas Book VI Glossary Entries
Aeneas
Anchises
Cerberus
Charon
Deiphobus
Dido
Elysium/Elysian Fields
Furies
Hercules
Jupiter
Lethe
Misenus
Palinurus
Priam
Proserpine
Rhadamanthus
Sibyl
Sisyphus
Vergil
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