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AFAIK 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



So, basically the ancient precursor to the skills of a good rapper.




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