Homeric Allocations is a title of a resource, by an anonymous author, comprising grammatical explanations with specialized or general comments. This work has been identified as “allocations by elements of Homer for the eager learners and very useful.” It was first published by J.A. Cramer in 1835, and we present that edition.

This volume includes grammatical exercises and etymological analyses on many Homeric words, which are arranged in alphabetical order. These were copied from the manuscript Oxoniensis. It has been deemed particularly worthy of reissue, both because it contains many excerpts from ancient commentators and grammarians that contribute to the interpretation of the eminent poet Homer, and because it includes numerous elements that can serve as a supplement to the larger Etymological and Guidian Dictionaries.

Regarding the compiler of this collection, we have no certain information. Although it was reasonable, as the publisher of the work states, to initially think of Herodian, the notable grammarian of antiquity, such a conclusion has been ruled out. Therefore, the collection should be attributed to a grammarian from the more recent Byzantine school, either Choirovoskos (a scholar of the 6th century) or someone else, definitely not unlearned.

The material in this volume, rich in linguistic and grammatical observations, constitutes an important source for the study of Homer, as well as for understanding the linguistics and methods of the grammarians of the time.