Onomasti komodein (
Ancient Greek: ὀνομαστὶ κωμῳδεῖν, onomastì kōmōideîn, "to ridicule by name in the manner of the comic poets") was an expression used in
ancient Greece[1] to denote a witty personal attack made with total freedom against the most notable individuals (see
Aristophanes' attacks on
Cleon,
Socrates,
Euripides) in order to expose their wrongful conduct.
LaFleur, R.A., "
Horace and onomasti komodein: The Law of Satire," Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt II.3.13 (1981) 1790-1826
Mastromarco, Giuseppe (1994) Introduzione a Aristofane (Sesta edizione: Roma-Bari 2004).
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Notes
^Aelius Aristides, vol. 2, pp. 117 and 298 Jebb;
Hermogenes of Tarsus, On issues 11 (and the scholia, vol. 4, pp. 833, 837, 839-42, and vol. 7, pp. 668-74, 676-81
Walz);
Gregory of Nyssa, Contra usuarios, vol. 9 p. 205 Gebhardt; Sopater Rhetor, vol 8, pp. 383-4 Walz; scholia to Aristophanes (Prolegomena on Comedy and on The Birds 1297); Cyrus rhetor, Differentiae statuum vol. 8, p. 1 Walz