Batrachomyomachy

Batrachomyomachy

Taken from a mock-epic poem of anonymous authorship, batrachomyomachy literally means "a battle between frogs and mice." In a figurative sense, it refers to a fight over nothing, or a storm in a teacup.

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batrachomyomachy

Literature;

The Battle of Frogs and Mice.

batrachomyomachy

Literature; Poetry

Taken from a mock-epic poem of anonymous authorship, batrachomyomachy literally means "a battle between frogs and mice." In a figurative sense, it refers to a fight over nothing, ...

batrachomyomachy

Language; Dictionaries

The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship.

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The distinctive verse form of old germanic poetry, including old english.

amoebean verse

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anapaest

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A metrical foot made up of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable, as in the word 'interrupt'.

anxiety of influence

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