Memory Allusions, Definition, Citation, Reference, Information - Allusion to Memory
- Aethalides herald of the Argonauts; had perfect memory. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 11]
- Balderstone, Thomas knew all of Shakespeare by heart. [Br. Lit.: Sketches by Boz]
- Eunoe river whose water sparks remembrance of kindnesses. [Ital. Lit.: Purgatory, 33]
- Fahrenheit 451 in a future America where books are prohibited, a group of people memorize texts in order to preserve their content. [Am. Lit.: Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 in Weiss, 289]
- madeleine cookie that awakened the stream of Marcel’s recollections. [Fr. Lit.: Proust Remembrance of Things Past]
- Memory, Mr. during his stage performance his feats of memory enable him to signal clues to a man trying to thwart England’s enemies. [Eng. Cinema: The 39 Steps]
- Mneme Boeotian wellspring which whetted the memory. [Gk. Myth.; Wheeler, 713]
- Mnemosyne goddess of memory; mother of Muses. [Gk. Myth.: Espy, 20]
- Munin one of Odin’s ravens; regarded as embodying memory. [Norse Myth.: Leach, 761]
Mercy (See FORGIVENESS.)