Four	CD	O
passages	NNS	O
in	IN	O
Greek	JJ	O
literature	NN	O
dating	VBG	O
from	IN	O
before	IN	O
the	DT	O
4th	JJ	O
cent.	NP	O
B.C.	NP	O
portray	VBP	O
the	DT	O
poet	NN	O
at	IN	O
work	NN	O
:	:	O
Aristophanes	NNS	B-REFAUWORK
Au.	NP	I-REFAUWORK
904-957	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
Ach.	NP	B-REFAUWORK
395-413	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
and	CC	O
Thesm.	NP	B-REFAUWORK
101-129	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
and	CC	O
fragments	NNS	O
from	IN	O
Cratinus	NP	O
'	POS	O
«	)	O
Wineflask	NN	O
»	(	O
(	(	O
frr.	NP	O
208	CD	O
and	CC	O
209	CD	O
Kassel-Austin	NP	O
)	)	O
.	SENT	O

Although	IN	O
these	DT	O
are	VBP	O
the	DT	O
only	JJ	O
passages	NNS	O
where	WRB	O
the	DT	O
act	NN	O
of	IN	O
composing	VBG	O
is	VBZ	O
the	DT	O
direct	JJ	O
object	NN	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
literary	JJ	O
performance	NN	O
,	,	O
implications	NNS	O
concerning	VBG	O
the	DT	O
mechanisms	NNS	O
present	JJ	O
in	IN	O
the	DT	O
process	NN	O
of	IN	O
making	VBG	O
poetry	NN	O
are	VBP	O
to	TO	O
be	VB	O
found	VBN	O
in	IN	O
Thesm.	NP	B-REFAUWORK
855-919	CD	B-REFSCOPE
.	SENT	I-REFSCOPE

The	DT	O
editing	VBG	O
attested	JJ	O
by	IN	O
this	DT	O
scene	NN	O
points	NNS	O
toward	IN	O
an	DT	O
operation	NN	O
starting	VBG	O
from	IN	O
a	DT	O
written	JJ	O
text	NN	O
.	SENT	O

But	CC	O
even	RB	O
if	IN	O
Aristophanes	NNS	B-AAUTHOR
'	POS	I-AAUTHOR
method	NN	O
presupposes	VBZ	O
the	DT	O
consultation	NN	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
text	NN	O
of	IN	O
Euripides	NP	B-AAUTHOR
'	POS	I-AAUTHOR
«	)	O
Helen	NP	O
»	(	O
,	,	O
this	DT	O
does	VBZ	O
not	RB	O
imply	VB	O
equal	JJ	O
access	NN	O
by	IN	O
the	DT	O
whole	JJ	O
community	NN	O
to	TO	O
a	DT	O
written	JJ	O
culture	NN	O
.	SENT	O