[German version] A. Etymology The semantic field memory/recollection can be traced back in Greek and Latin - apart from recordor and recordatio, both derivations from cor - to the Indo-European root men-. This dual etymology suggests an inner but not necessarily cognitive activity [1. 11, 20]. Baroin, Catherine (Paris) [German version] B. Greece There is a correlation between μνήμη ( mnḗmē), human memory, and Μνημοσύνη ( Mnēmosýnē ), the mother of the Muses: the Muses exist in an all-encompassing region of knowledge and truth (ἀλήθεια/ alḗtheia, is the opposite of forgetting, λήθη/ lḗt…