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Definition of Monument |
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A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated. The bones of Agammemnon are a show,
And ruined is his royal monument, but Agammemnon's fame suffers no diminution in consequence. The monument custom has its reductiones ad absurdum in monuments 'to the unknown dead' -- that is to say, monuments to perpetuate the memory of those who have left no memory.
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Last updated: 9/3/2011 12:48:30
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