---
title: On Homeric Parody
title_greek: Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Alcaeus the Comic Poet
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sha256: f85250f7117b3fbfaceaa33cb46dc379f879286e979627e2077eca1fdae0abf1
period: Classical
dialect: "Attic (com, frg)"
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# On Homeric Parody

*Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Alcaeus the Comic Poet

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## Text

### book 9.1

τῶν

### book 9.2

τις δὲ μεθ’ Ὅμηρον τὸ μὲν μῆλον δωρίσας εἰς μᾶλον τὴν δὲ ὄψιν εἰς εἶδος μεταλαβὼν καὶ μεταθεὶς τὰς λέξεις, Ἀλκαῖος δὲ ἦν ἐκεῖνος ὁ κωμι‐ κός, εἰδομαλίδην ἔφη

### book 9.3

σκωπτικῶς

### book 9.4

τινα διὰ τὸ καλλωπί‐[ln_5]ζεσθαι τὰ μῆλα τῆς ὄψεως, ἐρευθόμενον δηλαδὴ κομικώ‐ τερον.

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