The One Day War
There is a tale within a tale that appears in the myths of Herakles, told to him by a thief - whom he lets go after he finds the story amusing. In Greek it is called the Batrachomyomachia - the War Between the Frogs and Mice.
Authorship is disputed, but Homer is a likely candidate. The piece is a comic aside and widely believed to be a satire, both of the overblown Epic poetry style of many Greek writers who somewhat ladled it on with a trowel, but also perhaps of much human politics and how the Gods might actually view our endless disputes and fractiousness. What to us is so massively important may to them seem really quite petty.
This is my much shortened version of the story, just as a bit of levity in times of stress (both personal and global). The beard will soon be full Dumbledore if the barbers do not open in the next few weeks.
Authorship is disputed, but Homer is a likely candidate. The piece is a comic aside and widely believed to be a satire, both of the overblown Epic poetry style of many Greek writers who somewhat ladled it on with a trowel, but also perhaps of much human politics and how the Gods might actually view our endless disputes and fractiousness. What to us is so massively important may to them seem really quite petty.
This is my much shortened version of the story, just as a bit of levity in times of stress (both personal and global). The beard will soon be full Dumbledore if the barbers do not open in the next few weeks.
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