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Batrachomyomachia

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Batrachomyomachia the ‘battle of the frogs and mice’, a short Greek mock-epic poem in Homeric style, describing a one-day war between the frogs and the mice in a story deriving from one of Aesop's fables. The fighting is brought to an end by Zeus at the request of Athena; having failed with thunderbolts, he sends crabs to quell the strife.

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Batrachomyomachia

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Batrachomyomachia, or the Battle of the Frogs and Mice, a burlesque Greek epic once attributed to Homer. It describes in mock-heroic Homeric style the battle between the mice and frogs in which Zeus and Athena join. T. Parnell's version attacking Dennis and Theobald appeared in 1717.

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Batrachomyomachia." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Batrachomyomachia." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Batrachomyomachia.html

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Batrachomyomachia." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Batrachomyomachia.html

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