Scholars	NNS	O
have	VBP	O
interpreted	VBN	O
Hipponax	NP	O
Fr.	NP	O
128	NP	O
(	(	O
West	NP	O
)	)	O
as	IN	O
an	DT	O
epic	NN	O
parody	NN	O
designed	VBN	O
to	TO	O
belittle	VB	O
the	DT	O
pretensions	NNS	O
and	CC	O
gluttonous	JJ	O
habits	NNS	O
of	IN	O
his	PP$	O
enemy	NN	O
.	SENT	O

It	PP	O
may	MD	O
be	VB	O
argued	VBN	O
,	,	O
however	RB	O
,	,	O
that	IN	O
this	DT	O
fragment	NN	O
reflects	VBZ	O
the	DT	O
language	NN	O
,	,	O
meter	NN	O
,	,	O
and	CC	O
performative	JJ	O
goal	NN	O
of	IN	O
hexametrical	JJ	O
incantations	NNS	O
designed	VBN	O
to	TO	O
expel	VB	O
famine-demons	NNS	O
or	CC	O
to	TO	O
escort	VB	O
human	JJ	O
scapegoats	NNS	O
from	IN	O
the	DT	O
city	NN	O
.	SENT	O

The	DT	O
comic	JJ	O
descriptions	NNS	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
enemy	NN	O
in	IN	O
Fr.	NP	O
128	CD	O
are	VBP	O
probably	RB	O
drawn	VBN	O
from	IN	O
two	CD	O
interrelated	VBD	O
generic	JJ	O
features	NNS	O
of	IN	O
archaic	JJ	O
Greek	JJ	O
thought	NN	O
:	:	O
a	DT	O
tradition	NN	O
of	IN	O
describing	VBG	O
famine-demons	NNS	O
as	IN	O
insatiable	JJ	O
eaters	NNS	O
(	(	O
cf	NN	O
.	SENT	O
Callimachus	NP	B-REFAUWORK
,	,	I-REFAUWORK
Cer.	NP	I-REFAUWORK
100-104	CD	B-REFSCOPE
)	)	I-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
and	CC	O
a	DT	O
popular	JJ	O
invective	NN	O
theme	NN	O
that	WDT	O
demonizes	VBZ	O
political	JJ	O
enemies	NNS	O
as	IN	O
rapacious	JJ	O
pests	NNS	O
who	WP	O
threaten	VBP	O
to	TO	O
gobble	VB	O
up	RP	O
the	DT	O
commonwealth	NN	O
and	CC	O
must	MD	O
therefore	RB	O
be	VB	O
expelled	VBN	O
(	(	O
cf	NN	O
.	SENT	O
,	,	O
e.g.	FW	O
,	,	O
Lysias	NP	B-REFAUWORK
6	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
53	CD	I-REFSCOPE
;	:	I-REFSCOPE
Aristophanes	NP	B-REFAUWORK
Eq.	NP	I-REFAUWORK
247-252	CD	B-REFSCOPE
)	)	I-REFSCOPE
.	SENT	I-REFSCOPE