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Mnemosyne
[ nee-mos-uh-nee, -moz- ]
noun
- Classical Mythology the ancient Greek goddess of memory, a daughter of Uranus and Gaia and the mother by Zeus of the Muses.
Mnemosyne
/ -ˈmɒs-; niːˈmɒzɪˌniː /
noun
- Greek myth the goddess of memory and mother by Zeus of the Muses
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
He is regarded as something of a modern-day Mnemosyne, the Greek goddess of remembrance, with ghosts that ought to be cursed.
Mnemosyne (Memory) was in Greek tradition the mother of the Muses; imitation, in the sense above defined, is but their instrument.
I do not think there was a single man of the ship's company who bore the loss of poor Mnemosyne dry-eyed.
This victory was very popular, and the third hand was roundly abused for suggesting that Mnemosyne had been doped.
The lieutenant offered to back him against Mnemosyne for a race across the cabin table, and we made a match of it.
We kept Mnemosyne for over two months, and never once did she misconduct herself or behave in an unseamanlike manner.
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