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What were the "mystery religions" of antiquity, specifically those practiced in the Greco-Roman world?

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How were pre-Homer (or any other similar poems) epics able to be passed on in an oral tradition? Is it really that they would simply memorize the poems line for line and pass it on?

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How comprehensive is del Castillo's "The True History of the Conquest of New Spain"?

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Lysander Spooner's defense of the South post-war - has any historian/writer responded to this angle?

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So, what's the deal with Satan?

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What were the "mystery religions" of antiquity, specifically those practiced in the Greco-Roman world?	150
How were pre-Homer (or any other similar poems) epics able to be passed on in an oral tradition? Is it really that they would simply memorize the poems line for line and pass it on?	6
How comprehensive is del Castillo's "The True History of the Conquest of New Spain"?	2
Lysander Spooner's defense of the South post-war - has any historian/writer responded to this angle?	2
So, what's the deal with Satan?	0