Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Parody

Father of Parody. Hippomax of Ephesus, The word parody means an ode which perverts the meaning of another ode. (Greek, para ode.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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