Definition of Mnemon

1. a hypothetical unit of memory [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mnemon

mmmm
mmol
mmole
mmpi
mna
mnaemic hypothesis
mnaemic theory
mnas
mneme
mnemenic
mnemes
mnemic
mnemism
mnemist
mnemists
mnemon (current term)
mnemonic
mnemonical
mnemonically
mnemonician
mnemonicians
mnemonicks
mnemonics
mnemonist
mnemonists
mnemonization
mnemonizations
mnemons
mnemotechnic
mnemotechnical

Literary usage of Mnemon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1869)
"THE HISTORY OF THE PERSIANS AND GRECIANS, CONTINUED DURING THB FIRST FIFTEEN YEARS OF THE REIGN OF ARTAXERXES mnemon. CHAPTER I. THIS chapter contains the ..."

2. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1859)
"ARSACES, upon ascending the throne, assumed Ant J* ^°40i tne name of Artaxerxes: he it is to whom the ' Greeks gave the surname of mnemon,• from his ..."

3. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1869)
"... completely broke up the schemes of the revolters, that Artaxerxes mnemon still maintained the Persian empire (with the exception of Egypt) unimpaired. ..."

4. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"CHAPTER XXXIII. THE EXPEDITION OF CYRUS THE YOUNGER. Accession of Artaxerxes mnemon.—Preparations of Cyrus. ..."

5. A Manual of Ancient History by Mary Elsie Thalheimer (1872)
"... II was called mnemon, for his wonderful memory. His first royal act was to cast his brother into prison, upon a report, probably too well founded, ..."

6. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthagininas, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1820)
"... mnemon. CHAPTER I. 1 HIS chapter contains the domestic troubles of the court of Persia ; the death of Alcibiades ; the re-establisment ot the liberty of ..."

7. The Trail of History by Titus Mooney Merriman (1875)
"ARTAXERXES mnemon. — So called from his prodigious memory. He is said to have retained the name of each one of his soldiers, and remembered every act of his ..."

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