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Webster 1913 Edition


Batrachomyomachy

Batˊra-cho-my-om′a-chy

,
Noun.
[Gr.
βατραχομυομαχία
;
βάτραχοσ
frog +
μῦσ
mouse +
μάχη
battle.]
The battle between the frogs and mice; – a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship.

Webster 1828 Edition


Batrachomyomachy

BAT'RACHOMYOM'ACHY

,
Noun.
[Gr.a frog, a mouse, and a battle.]
The battle between the frogs and mice; a burlesque poem ascribed to Homer.