 At Parry's request, Avdo sung songs he already knew and some songs he heard in front of prof. Parry, so he could convince himself that someone Homer-like could produce a poem so long.Avdo dictated, over five days, a version of the well-known theme "The Wedding of Meho Smailagić" that was 12,323 lines long, saying at the fifth day to Nikola (Parry's assistant on the journey) that he knew even longer songs.On another occasion he sang over several days an epic of 13,331 lines.