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Jul 25, 2008
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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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