Geographic Location

Name: Eunoè

Source: classical

Nature: historical

Description: Name Dante gives to one of the two rivers which flow through the Earthly Paradise. Drinking from the Eunoè restores the memory of good deeds, just as drinking from the Lethe, which must be done first, removes the memory of sinful deeds.

Images:

Botticelli, Sandro

Botticelli, Earthly Paradise

Doré, Gustave

Doré, Lethe

Flaxman, John

Flaxman, Eunoe