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From: Ernest Moncada <emonc@erols.com>
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Wasn't Alexander supposed to have entertained his troops by reciting
the entire Iliad (but then why keep it under one's pillow if one knows
it by heart, unless it serves as a relic of sorts).

Erasmus allegedly knew Terence by heart.

And, testimony from the author himself:

  e cosi 'l canta/ l'alta mia tragedia in alcun loco/ ben lo sai tu che
la sai tutta quanta.    XX.
112-14.                                                    


 But of course, as Funes the Memorious demonstrates, total recall is not
everything.   EJM
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