Excerpt from Mnemonika, or Chronological Tablets: Exhibiting, in a Methodical Manner, the Most Remarkable Occurrences, From the Creation of the World to the Present Period By the Loci of the ancients, known by the name of mnerromcs, it was intended to make external impressions subservient to the me mory, by selecting places and Images, as reposi tories and symbols of ideas. The invention of this art is ascribed to Simonides, the Greek poet, who escaped from a carousal, which was. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.