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Long before books and digital libraries, ancient Greece relied on memory and voice to keep its stories alive. At the heart of ...

Rhapsodes were the master storytellers of Ancient Greece who memorized and performed thousands of lines of Homer's works.

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One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos was said to have guarded the island of Crete, off the coast of Greece.

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