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The bilingual river of Hades (5)

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I believe the answer is:

lethe

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'river of hades' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'the bilingual' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'the' is 'eth' which is present in the answer.
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(Other definitions for lethe that I've seen before include "What could make one forget" , "River whose waters caused forgetfulness" , "Oblivion; river of the underworld" , "Ethel's mythical river of forgetfulness" , "Classical river of forgetfulness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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