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Mnemosyne, Goddess of Memory (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 63.350.216.188.26)

Commercial color lithograph, Wm. S. Kimball and Co., 1889, Metropolitan Museum of Art 63.350.216.188.26

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A commercial color lithograph trade card titled "Mnemosyne, Goddess of Memory," issued by Wm. S. Kimball and Co. in 1889 as part of a series depicting the goddesses of the Greeks and Romans. Mnemosyne is the Titan goddess who personifies memory and, in the standard account, is the mother of the nine Muses by Zeus. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints department, under accession 63.350.216.188.26.

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Mnemosyne, Deities

This source names Mnemosyne directly: "color lithograph trade card titled "Mnemosyne, Goddess of Memory," issued by Wm."

The Mother, Deities

This source names The Mother directly: "and, in the standard account, is the mother of the nine Muses by Zeus."

This source names The Nine Muses directly: "the standard account, is the mother of the nine Muses by Zeus."

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Mnemosyne, Figures

The Met's own title for this card names the subject outright and identifies her role, "Mnemosyne, Goddess of Memory," a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.

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