The Battle of Frogs and Mice | An Epic Tale from Greek Mythology

The Mice Go to War With the Frogs: A Mock-Epic Poem The Battle of Frogs and Mice (Batrachomyomachia) is an ancient Greek epic poem written as a parody of Homer's Iliad. Featuring pint-sized warriors who talk and fight with the seriousness of Achilles or Hector, the poem spins a tale of tragedy, revenge, and war at the marshy edges of a lake--while Zeus and the Greek gods look on with a mixture of shock and amusement.
A story from ancient Greek literature (8th century BC - 2nd century AD; date disputed), based on the translation by H.G. Evelyn-White (1914), featuring: Physignathus (Puff-Jaw), King of the Frogs; Psycharpax (Crumb-Snatcher), Prince of the Mice; Troxartes (Bread-Nibbler), father of Crumb-Snatcher; Zeus; Athena; Hera
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CREDITS
Video footage from Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft, 2018)
Music by Scott Buckley and Kevin MacLeod
Thumbnail Image:
"Batrachomyomachia/The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice" by Bjørn Okholm Skaarup (2016; www.bos-art.com...)
Logo Materials:
Image: Kylix with Apollo playing the lyre and pouring a libation: c. 470 BCE, Delphi Archeological Museum (commons.wikime...)
Video: Coast of Santorini, Greece (www.videvo.net...)
Font: Monograms Toolbox (Manfred Klein; www.dafont.com...)
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[@brucewimperis2396]

What a brilliant parody of Homer! Very amusing and enjoyable.

[@TheRealTomahawk]

Are they ever gonna make a rendition of this? Even a Animated version would be really perfect.

[@Calintares]

Truly a tragedy. This war need never have happened. Had but the king of the frogs accepted responsibility for causing the death of the prince of the mice and admited thus and paid a restitution.

[@walkingwithtamson]

Very interesting indeed, fantastic as ever, shall be sharing this!❤

[@cw4karlschulte661]

Wonderful. There is also a puppet version by the Reading Greek classics/ Harvard group. Echoes/ parody of Homer in accurate Homeric Ionian. Teaching pedagogic instrument of the late classical and Byzantine aiona

[@cw4karlschulte661]

Used in Byzantium to teach young pupils Homeric Greek.

[@Ajay-c1p]

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