---
title: On Homeric Parody
title_greek: Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Alcaeus the Comic Poet
eul_wid: fim-ac
eul_aid: fim
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/alcaeus-comic-homeric-parody-fim-ac"
period: Classical
dialect: "Attic (com, frg)"
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# On Homeric Parody

*Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Alcaeus the Comic Poet

**eul_wid:** `fim-ac` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/alcaeus-comic-homeric-parody-fim-ac)

## 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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