Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The goddess of memory, mother of the Muses.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek myth, the goddess of memory, daughter of Uranus (heaven) and Ge (earth), and mother, by Zeus, of the Muses.
- noun [NL.] In entomology, a genus of hemipterous insects of the family Fulgoridæ, separated from
Flata by Stål in 1866 for the South American M. planiceps.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Class Myth.) The goddess of memory and the mother of the Muses.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Greek mythology A
Titan , the personification of memory, the daughter ofGaia andUranus , and the mother of theMuses byZeus .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was goddess of memory; mother of the Muses
Etymologies
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Examples
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Peter J Evans' Mnemosyne's Kiss is a post-cyberpunk novel, very much in a similar vein to John Courtney-Grimwood's Napoleonic futures.
London by night hawkida 2002
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The word 'Mnemosyne' written over the entrance door in London sounds an unintended but distinct biographical undertone.
Rescuing the Past Willibald Sauerländer 1988
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"Mnemosyne," in Greek mythology, is the personification of memory, which you of course did not know, and that's why you'll never be able to afford this USB drive.
Gizmodo 2009
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Comme des Garcons x Daphne Guinness 'Mnemosyne' Video Release: Daphne Guinness, having just released her new pe ..
SLAMXHYPE 2009
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Psychedelic Stoner Rockers Lethe Post Tracklisting for "Mnemosyne"
SMNnews.com 2009
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Hamburg art "Atlas: How to Carry the World on One's Back?" is a selection of 20th- and 21st-century art based on the "Mnemosyne Atlas of Images," suggesting similarities in art from seemingly different disciplines and time periods, such as works by Salvador Dalí, Walker Evans, Sophie Calle, Thomas Ruff and Kurt Schwitters.
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The Greeks, for example, saw inspiration as coming from the muses, creatures born of either Zeus and Mnemosyne (goddess of memory), or of Uranus (the Sky) and Gaia (the Earth).
The Muse as Moment and Place Heather McDougal 2009
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The Greeks, for example, saw inspiration as coming from the muses, creatures born of either Zeus and Mnemosyne (goddess of memory), or of Uranus (the Sky) and Gaia (the Earth).
Archive 2009-05-01 Heather McDougal 2009
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When style icon Daphne Guinness launched her first fragrance, Mnemosyne, in collaboration with Comme des Garcons last year, she also created a film by the same name in collaboration with a co-director, David Parker.
Daphne Guinness' Film Nominated For Webby racked.com 2010
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When style icon Daphne Guinness launched her first fragrance, Mnemosyne, in collaboration with Comme des Garcons last year, she also created a film by the ...
Daphne Guinness' Film Nominated For Webby racked.com 2010
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