Man always longs to stay in history. There are people who don’t think about it at all, they just want to become famous. The goal is the same - to linger in people's memory, not to dissolve in the stream of elusive days. When they say about someone or something that they will sink into oblivion (we will analyze the meaning of phraseology today), it means "they will be forgotten." Why and why exactly? The answer is below.
Hades and the Leta River
Fans of legends and fairy tales know that, according to legend, there is a river Leta somewhere in the underground kingdom of Hades. This is one of the five rivers of the haven of the dead. As soon as those who had given their souls to the gods crossed over to the other side, they drank from the river of oblivion (the name of the source) - and immediately the former life seemed to them a dream. And, as from any obsession, soon there was no trace of it left in his memory. From here, when they say “ they will sink into oblivion” (the meaning of phraseological unit below), they mean that they will soon be forgotten.
The abyss in eternity is a common human destiny. Imagine how much time has passed even from Christmas, and who do we, people of the 21st century, know? A negligible number of mortals in relation to those who went obscurity. Therefore, people are so desperately hungry for glory to at least extend their symbolic life in the minds and hearts of people. For adventurers, the phrase "sink into oblivion" (the meaning of phraseology we already know) sounds like a sentence.
Known and unknown
Now people are going crazy. Many of our fellows desire fame and money. And it is not even known what their soul wants more. The time of idols. People are looking with lust at celebrities. Everyone knows the Atlanteans of the Hollywood acting workshop (Al Pacino, Robert de Niro), but no one knows those who have not achieved recognition. The unknown ministers of Melpomene are not just going to sink into oblivion (the meaning of phraseology does not require explanation), they plunged into it further nowhere at the present moment in time.
Everyone who walks the road of life hopes that they will remember him. Someone seeks to remain in the memory of relatives, and someone's ambitions extend far beyond the family circle. Some need the whole world. The prospect of sunk into oblivion (the phraseological meaning is briefly “forgotten by people”) does not appeal to them. But, unfortunately, there is no universal recipe on how to get guaranteed on the Olympus of history, only one thing remains - to live!