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CHAP. 11.—WATERS WHICH AID THE MEMORY, OR ARE PRODUCTIVE OF FORGETFULNESS.

At the Temple1 of the god Trophonius, in Bœotia, near the river Hercynnus, there are two fountains,2 one of which aids the memory, while the other is productive of forgetfulness: hence the names which they respectively bear.

1 Near the town of Lebadea, now Livadhia.

2 One called "Mnemosyne," or Memory, and the other "Lethe," or Forgetfulness.

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