Lethe

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The team designated it a new species, Nanotyrannus lethaeus, referencing the River Lethe from Greek mythology -- a fitting tribute to a species "forgotten" for decades.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

So John Gradus is a journeyer in his own right, learning where he went wrong in life to reach the Lethe and reincarnate.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

Meanwhile, the dean of the college does secret double duty as the faculty liaison with a shadowy organization called Lethe House.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2019

But Sarah Ruhl's writing does not translate well across the pond – or over Lethe.

From The Guardian • May 8, 2010

And a few years before that, he’d fought a Titan on the banks of the Lethe, near Hades’s palace.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan