Diliad
Encyclopedia
The Diliad, or Deiliad (Δειλιάς < δειλία "cowardice", a pun on the Iliad
), is a lost parody
of the Iliad mentioned in Aristotle’s
Poetics
where it is attributed to Nicochares
("Nikocharês ho tên Deiliada cheirous").
Iliad
The Iliad is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles...
), is a lost parody
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
of the Iliad mentioned in Aristotle’s
Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology...
Poetics
Poetics
Aristotle's Poetics is the earliest-surviving work of dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory...
where it is attributed to Nicochares
Nicochares
Nicochares was an Athenian poet of the Old Comedy, son of Philonides and contemporary with Aristophanes. The titles of Nicochares' plays, as enumerated by Suidas, are, Αμυμωνη , Πελοφ , Γαλατεια , Ηρακληs χορηγυς, Κμητες, Λακωνες , Λημνιαι , Κενταυροι , Χειρογαστορες Nicochares was an Athenian...
("Nikocharês ho tên Deiliada cheirous").