mneme
Americannoun
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Psychology. the retentive basis or basic principle in a mind or organism accounting for memory.
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(initial capital letter) the Muse of memory, one of the original three Muses.
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Origin of mneme
1910–15; < Greek mnḗmē memory; see mnemonic
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On an old attic vase," he says, "stand the three original Muses, the ones that were first worshipped, even before the Nine, who are now world-known: Mneme, Melete, Aoide—Memory, Study, Song.
From Life Immovable First Part by Phoutrides, Aristides E. (Aristides Evangelus)
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