Batrachomyomachia
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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