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Then the frogs made a second request for a real king and were sent down a water snake that started eating them. Once more the frogs appealed to Zeus, but this time he replied that they must face the consequences of their request. In later variations of the story, the water snake is often replaced with a stork or heron.
The combat between the Frogs and the Mice (Batrachomyomachia) was a mock epic, commonly attributed to Homer, though in fact a parody of his Iliad. [8] [9] [10] The Frogs Who Desired a King is a fable, attributed to Aesop. The Frogs prayed to Zeus asking for a King. Zeus set up a log to be their monarch.
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The frogs, disorganized and directionless, asked the god Jupiter for a king. So the gods threw down a log into the water. This log king was amiable and supported the frogs in their lounging. The young frogs, knowing nothing but the time of the log, sat upon the log and croaked to Jupiter about theirs woes with the government.
The color of the Cuban tree frog can vary, ranging from white to gray, green, or brown, and may be marked with irregular, dark stripes or blotches that fade when the frog changes color.
A plague of frogs is seen as a punishment in the Old Testament of the Bible. A frog being eaten by King Stork, by Milo Winter to illustrate a 1919 Aesop anthology. Two fables attributed to Aesop, The Frogs Who Desired a King and The Frog and the Ox feature frog characters. The Frogs is a comic play by Aristophanes.
King Charles leaves Waltham Forest Town Hall in London on Dec. 20, 2024 King Charles cracked a joke about longevity during his final day out for work before the royal family convenes for Christmas.
Khoisan protesters surround King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands at the Iziko Slave Lodge museum in Cape Town during their state visit to South Africa Friday, Oct. 20, 2023.