History

In his chapter on "Memory", Pliny the Elder (Historia Naturalis 7.24) tells us about Charmidas, the mnemonist.

"There was in Greece a man named Charmidas, who, when a person asked him for any book in a library, could repeat it by heart, just as though he were reading." pic.twitter.com/FIzBGaMDpE

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) January 26, 2023