The Minor Poems of Homer Author:Homer Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: DRAMATIS PERSONS. NAMES OF THE MICE. Psicharpax, one who plunders granaries, Troxartes, a bread-eater. Lychomyle, a ticker of meal. Pternotroctas,... more » a bacon-eater. LICHOPINAX, a licker of dishes. Embasichytros, a creeper into pots. Lichenor, a name from licking. Troglodytes, one who runs into holes. Artophagus, who feeds on bread. Tyroglyphus, a cheese-scooper. Pternoglyphus, a bacon-scooper. Pternophagus, a bacon-eater. Cnissodioctes, one who follows the steam of kitchens. Sitophagus, an eater of wheat. Meridarpax, one who plunders his share. NAMES OF THE FROGS. Physignathus, one who swells his cheeks. Peleus, a name from mud. Hydromeduse, a ruler in the waters. Hypsiboas, a loudbawler. Pelion, from mud. SEUTLUS, called from the beets. POLYPHONUS, a great babbler. LlMNOCHARIS, one who loves the lake. Crambophagus, cabbage-eater. LlMNISIUS, called from the lake. Calaminthius, from the herb. Hydrocharis, who laves the water. BORBOROCETES, who lies in the mud. Prassophagus, an eater of garlic. Pelusius, from mud. Pelobates, who walks in the dirt. PRASSus, called from garlic. Craugasides, from croaking. chapter{Section 4THE BATTLE OF THE FROGS AND MICE. TRANSLATED BY THOMAS PARNELL. BOOK I . To fill my rising song with sacred fire, Ye tuneful nine, ye sweet celestial choir! From Helicon's imbowering height repair, Attend my labors and reward my prayer. The dreadful toils of raging Mars I write, The springs of contest and the fields of fight; How threatening mice advanced with warlike grace, And waged dire combats with the croaking race. Not louder tumults shook Olympus' towers, When earth-born giants dared immortal powers. These equal acts an equal glory claim, And th...« less