Mnemosyne, Titan of Memory

Mnemosyne, a titan, was the daughter of the Primitive sky-god Uranus and the earth-goddess Ge. Mnemosyne means 'Memory'. Zeus came to her on nine consecutive nights and she gave birth to the nine Muses, the goddesses of fine arts, music and literature. The Muses were; Clio, muse of History, Urania, muse of Astronomy, Calliope, muse of Epic Poetry, Euterpe, muse of Lyric Poetry, Erato, muse of Love Poetry, Melpomene, muse of Tragedy, Thalia, muse of Comedy, Terpsichore, muse of Dance, Polyhymnia, muse of Songs to the Gods

Mnemosyne Today

Mnemosyne has been played by Jan Hellriegel, who also played Hestia, on Xena and Donogh Rees on Hercules. Donogh married New Zealand painter Richard McWhannell in 1984. To see Jan Hellriegel's filmography and links go to the Hestia page.

The Mnemosyne Episodes

Xena: Warrior Princess

• Season 3: "Forget Me Not", played by Jan Hellriegel

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

• Season 5: "Let There Be Light", played by Donogh Rees

Donogh Rees' Filmography

• "City Life" (1996) TV Series .... Mia
• Beach, The (1995)
• Rainbow Warrior, The (1992) .... Lab Supervisor ... aka Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, The (1992)
• Crush (1992) .... Christina
• Starlight Hotel (1987) .... Helen
• Starship (1985) .... Abbie ... aka Lorca and the Outlaws (1985)
• Constance (1984) .... Constance Elsworthy
• Out of Time (1984) (TV) .... Simone/Kate ... aka Iris (1984) (TV)
• "Xena: Warrior Princess" playing "Chi'ah" in episode: "Them Bones Them Bones" (episode # 5.5) 10/25/1999
• "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" playing "Frigga" in episode: "Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge" (episode # 5.7) 11/9/1998
• "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" playing "Frigga" in episode: "Norse by Norsevest" (episode # 5.6) 11/2/1998

Theatre

• The Maidment Theatre
  Stark (1997)(she directed)
• St-Matthews-In-The-City
  Blood Wedding (1997)
  Folie A Deux (1996)

Mnemosyne Links

• Brown University's Mnemosyne pages - has statues and information on the Muses.

• Pantheon Gods in the Hellenic World has Mnemosyne texts from many sources and information on the Muses

Donogh Rees Links

• The Big Picture Issue 12 Autumn 1997, has An Interview with Dorthe Scheffmann, author of The Beach, a movie starring Ms. Rees

• Richard McWhammell's site, this is Donogh's husband's site, it has some of his paintings.

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