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Camillo, Giulio, * ca. 1480 (Portogruaro) (?), † 15 May 1543 (Milan) Camillo was born around the year 1480 in Friuli, a region in the northeastern part of Italy, perhaps in the town of Portogruaro. It seems that the family originally came from Croatia (according to → Francesco Patrizi, both he and his father were also called “Delminio” after the ancient Dalmatian town of Delminium). After pursuing his literary studies in Venice and Padua, Camillo taught rhetoric and logic in several towns in Friuli and late…

1. Memory in the Classical World In Greek mythology Memory – Mnemosyne – was a goddess beloved of Zeus who gave birth to the Muses, the divinities who would preside over poets and their art. Mnemosyne was the guardian not only of the secrets of beauty, but also those of knowledge, since in her hands she held the threads of the past, the present and the future. The poet's inspiration was believed to come directly from the Muses, and hence he was considered akin to the oracular priestess through whom the dei…