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Holding long epic poems in your memory alone was once a celebrated skill.
by IggleSniggle 1y ago
Holding long epic poems in your memory alone was once a celebrated skill.
- allturtles 1y agoAFAIK the dominant theory is that they weren't memorized as a whole text, but composed on the fly with the help of a memorized set of stock formulas. [0] [0]: https://poets.org/glossary/oral-formulaic-method https://poets.org/glossary/oral-formulaic-method
- AceyMan 1y agoSo, basically the ancient precursor to the skills of a good rapper.