Editing Mneme

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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Mneme''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|iː|m|iː|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Mneme.wav}} ({{langx|grc|Μνήμη|Mnḗmē}}) was one of the three original [[Boeotian muses]], along with her sisters [[Aoede (mythology)|Aoede]] and [[Melete]] before [[Arche (mythology)|Arche]] and [[Thelxinoë]] were identified, increasing the number to five. Later, the [[Muses|Nine Olympian Muses]] were named. Mneme was the muse of [[memory]].

Pausanias 9.29 (2nd Century AD) treats obscure source material already obsolete in his own day. Citing the Atthis by Hegesinus — a poem no longer extant for Pausanias but cited by Callippus of Corinth (whose history of Orchomenus is no longer extant for us) — Pausanias records that anciently a group of three Boeotian Muses was venerated on Mt Helicon. These were displaced by a cult of nine Muses.

==Namesake==
* [[Mneme Lake]] in [[Antarctica]] is named after the muse.
* Jupiter's moon [[Mneme (moon)|Mneme]] is named after the muse

==See also==
* [[Meme]]
* [[Memo (disambiguation)]]
* [[Memento (disambiguation)]]

==References==
*{{cite web |url=http://www.mythindex.com/greek-mythology/M/Musae.html |title=MUSES, MUSAE, Greek Mythology Index |access-date=2007-12-29 |year=2007 |work=Myth Index |quote=originally three were worshipped on Mount Helicon in Boeotia}}

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