The epode of Archilochus (s. vii B. C.) composed by the ff. 172-181 S. offers a reading of the poem where the αἶνος of the eagle and the fox is presented as an exemplum of events narrated within the biographical tradition of the poet. This paper aims, on the one hand, to research how elements such as friendship, betrayal and revenge links both narratives; and, on the other hand, it intends to examine the interaction between the fable and the iambus. The analysis concludes that, in this epode, the violation of the codes of "commensality" plays a very important role in the interrelation between iambus, fable and biographical tradition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]