Trophonius
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Trophonius was a Greek hero or daimon or god—it was never certain which one—with a rich mythological tradition and an oracular cult at Lebadea in Boeotia, Greece.
Trofonio (Trophonius (Τροφώνιος), Historia Deorum Fatidicorum, Geneva, 1675.
Mnemosyne
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In Greek mythology, Mnemosyne was one of the Titans, who are the children of Uranus and Gaia. She was the goddess of memory and the mother of the nine Muses by Zeus. The name Mnemosyne is derived from
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…the king, Hera the Charioteer, and Demeter-Europa. At night, he would cast a ram into a pit sacred to Agamedes, drink from two rivers called Lethe and Mnemosyne, and then descend into a cave. Here, most worshippers were frightened out of their wits, and forgot the experience entirely upon coming up. Afterward…
Antique mosaic of Mnemosyne, National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona
Jupiter, disguised as a shepherd, tempts Mnemosyne by Jacob de Wit (1727)
Mnemosyne (also known as Lamp of Memory or Ricordanza) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (c. 1876 to 1881).