Mnemotechnics and Virgil:

Name: Mnemotechnics and Virgil:
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ISBN: 9783836476669

ISBN-10: 3836476665

ISBN-13: 9783836476669

Edition: 2008

Authors: Elizabeth-anne Scarth

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Cicero, Quintilian and the anonymous author of the ad Herennium each describe the art and practice of using an artificial memory system to help aid remembrance. Each of the authors'' respective treatises offers an exploration of how both loci (places) and imagines (images) were used to facilitate remembrance of both res (things) and verba (words). The methods delineated by each author provide valuable insight into the visual process, used by educated Romans to retrieve and recall information stored in their memories. By understanding how remembering and recollection were inherently important to the Romans the modern reader can apprehend how Virgil, as a member of the Roman elite, either…

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List price: $76.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Vdm Verlag Dr Mueller E K
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 124
Language: English