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Mneme

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Mneme
Boeotian wellspring which whetted the memory. [Gk. Myth.; Wheeler, 713]
See : Memory


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To grasp the role of memory in this process of "repeating" his own words, the Aristotelian distinction between mneme and anamnesis will prove helpful.
The generative force of memory: early Christian traditions as ... by Kelber, Werner H. / Biblical Theology Bulletin
But the a- of amnesia is itself a negative prefix: the word mnemonics, and the goddess of memory Mnemosyne, point back to the root form mneme.
The common word: Recovering liturgical speech by Madsen, Catherine / Cross Currents
Additionally, Memory becomes a force in the narrative(s), being addressed as Mneme (the muse of Memory) in "On Recollection.
Re-membering America: Phyllis Wheatley's intertextual epic by Kendrick, Robert / African American Review
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