Thessaly-A region of east-central Greece between the Pindus Mountains and the Aegean Sea. Settled before 1000 B.C., it reached the height of its power in the sixth century B.C. but soon declined because of internal conflicts.
Scopas-4th century b.c., Greek sculptor and architect.
Simonides of Ceos- 556?–468? b.c., Greek poet
Castor and Pollux-twin sons of Leda and brothers of Helen, famous for their fraternal affection and regarded as the protectors of persons at sea.
Panegyric-A formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment
Cicero-Cicero, Marcus Tullius 106-43 B.C. Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher. A major figure in the last years of the Republic, he is best known for his orations against Catiline and for his mastery of Latin prose. His later writings introduced Greek philosophy to Rome.
De oratore-("On the Orator") is a discourse on rhetoric written by Cicero in 55 BC. It contains the second known description of the method of loci, a mnemonic technique (after the Rhetorica ad Herennium).
Mnemonic-something intended to assist the memory, as a verse or formula.
Rhetoric-the art or science of all specialized literary uses of language in prose or verse, including the figures of speech
Ad C. Herennium libri IV- This is the Only complete treatises on memory because Quintilian’s and Cicero’s are written as if the reader already nose the mnemotechinics of the art or memory.
Quintilian’s Institutio oratoria.
Tulluis- Servuis Tulluis: the legendary sixth king of ancient Rome who built the city walls and whose accession to the throne was prophesied by and secured with the help of Tanaquil, the widow of the previous king: assassinated by his daughter Tullia and her husband Tarquin
Incumbent- holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
Excogitation- to study intently and carefully in order to grasp or comprehend fully.
Disposition- the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood. physical inclination or tendency
Elocution- a person's manner of speaking or reading aloud in public: The actor's elocution is faultless. the study and practice of oral delivery, including the control of both voice and gesture.
Exhortation-an utterance, discourse, or address conveying urgent advice or recommendations
-We all know how, when groping in memory for a word or a name, some quite absurd and random association, something which has ‘stuck’ in the memory, will help us to dredge it up. The classical art is systematizing that process.
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