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How Do We Know That Epic Poems Were Recited from Memory? https://daily.jstor.org/how-do-we-know-that-epic-poems-were-recited-from-memory/ https://daily.jstor

How Do We Know That Epic Poems Were Recited from Memory? https://daily.jstor.org/how-do-we-know-that-epic-poems-were-recited-from-memory/ https://daily.jstor.org/how-do-we-know-that-epic-poems-were-... Previously on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14640519 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14640519

thaumasiotes 6y ago
They were not "recited from memory" as we would understand that phrase today, though. Oral epic poets do not use the same wording every time they deliver the same poem.