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minus-squarechaogomu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·9 months agoBards aren’t just the run of the mill musicians. They are so much more than that. And most of that “so much more” requires extensive training. Which requires some form of reading. Bards are historians and have some magic of their own.
minus-squareentropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoHomer was a blind bard well before the invention of Braille.
minus-squarechaogomu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·9 months agoAnd we know the works of Homer because they were written down.
minus-squareentropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 months ago… by other people, yeah. The point is that the bard himself didn’t write. He went around and recited his epic poems from memory.
Bards aren’t just the run of the mill musicians. They are so much more than that.
And most of that “so much more” requires extensive training. Which requires some form of reading.
Bards are historians and have some magic of their own.
Homer was a blind bard well before the invention of Braille.
And we know the works of Homer because they were written down.
… by other people, yeah. The point is that the bard himself didn’t write. He went around and recited his epic poems from memory.