The opinions of the ancients were divided regarding the authorship of the Battle of the Frogs and Mice. Some attributed it to Homer, while others to Pigritas.

This poem is a parody of a war epic, where the meter, language, and often verbatim phrases from the Iliad are used by its creator – whether it is Homer or someone else – to mock and ridicule war, recounting the deadly conflict between frogs and mice.

The term epic cycle refers to the epics, almost all written between 800 and 500 BC, that narrate events before and after the Trojan War. In another version, it encompasses all events from the beginning of the world until the death of Odysseus.

Thus, from one perspective, they are complementary to the Homeric epics, with which they are directly connected. The works that are part of the epic cycle are preserved only in fragments. For some, even more, we have only the titles.

The epic cycle represents the literary expression of the Heroic Times, and it concludes with them.

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