Tom Keeline (Washington University in St. Louis)
I’ll discuss how memory techniques from ancient rhetorical manuals can help modern students learn vocabulary faster and “funner.”
For example: imagine a horse in your shower. A snorting, stamping horse. On its rear flank—its HIP—it has P-O-S smeared in steaming manure. Really think about this image.
You’ve just learned the word ἵππος—and you won’t soon forget it!