Batrachomyomachy
Bat`ra`cho`my`om´a`chy
| n. | 1. | The battle between the frogs and mice; - a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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And the idea that the
Batrachomyomachy (war of frogs and rats) was attributed to the same author as the Iliad doubtless pleased Queneau.
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