Battle of the Frogs and Mice / Batrachomyomachia
About the work
Imported from the workbook's Full reassessment sheet, revised 7 October 2026 (record ID 21). The assessment below is the workbook's comparative judgment under its stated criteria; source links and limits are retained.
Workbook assessment: Spread only
Date or witness: Usually placed in the Hellenistic period or later; exact date highly uncertain
Region: Greek literary tradition
Description
Frogs and mice reenact Homeric combat with elaborate literary jokes; later readers sometimes attributed this parody to Homer himself.
Evidence of adoption or transmission
The poem has substantial manuscript transmission and literary imitation.
What remains uncertain
That proves a transmitted literary work; this evidence does not establish independent working-class adoption.
Workbook revision note: Reassessed using grassroots criteria