Batrachomyomachia
Bătrăchŏmyŏmăchĭa, ae, f., = Βατραχομυομαχία,
- The Battle of the Frogs and Mice, the title of a poem falsely attributed to Homer, Stat. S. praef.; Mart. 14, 183 lemm.
Batrachomyomachia, ae, f. (Βατραχομυομαχία), der Frosch- u. Mäusekrieg, Titel eines dem Homer fälschlich beigelegten Gedichts, Stat. silv. 1. praef. Mart. 14, 183 lemm.
Batrăchŏmyŏmăchĭa, æ, f. , Batrachomyomachie [titre dʼun poème héroï-comique attribué à Homère] : Stat. S. 1, pr., 8.
Batrachomyomachia
(Βατραχομυομαχία). The Battle of the Frogsand the Mice. The title of an epic poem, falsely bearing the name of Homer. It was a parody of the Iliad, and was probably written by Pigres (q.v.). (See Homerus.) It consists of 294 hexameters, and has been edited by Ernesti in his edition of Homer (Leipzig, 1759; reprinted at Glasgow, 1814); Matthiae (Leipzig, 1805); and Mitzschke (Berlin, 1874).