Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Mnemosyne

(4 syl.). Goddess of memory and mother of the nine Muses. (Classical mythology.) The best representation of this goddess is by A. R. Mengs, the “Raphael of Germany” (1720-1779).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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