- sing the parodos, the
first choral interlude.
Their croaking refrain –
Brekekekèx-koàx-koáx (Gr****: Βρεκεκεκὲξ κοὰξ κοάξ) –
greatly annoys Dionysus, who...
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chanting the Axe yell,
which was
based on The
Frogs by
Aristophanes (
Brekekekèx-koàx-koáx): Give 'em the axe, the axe, the axe! Give 'em the axe, the...
-
different frog
species around the
world make
different sounds:
Ancient Gr****
brekekekex koax koax (only in Aristophanes'
comic play The Frogs)
probably for marsh...
-
often heard in films.
Other renderings of frog
calls into
speech include "
brekekekex koax koax", the call of the
marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) in The...
-
partly taken from The
Frogs of Aristophanes,
which runs thus:
Brekekekex, ko-ax, ko-ax,
Brekekekex, ko-ax, ko-ax, O-op, O-op, parabalou, Yale, Yale, Yale, Rah...
- croa croa siff
Galician cro cro
German summ gribbit,
quaak zisch Gr****
brekekekex koax koax (ancient,
likely Rana ridibunda), κουάξ κουάξ (kuaks kuaks)...
- Aristophanes, in
which the
choir of
frogs sings the
famous onomatopoeic line: "
Brekekekex koax koax." In the Bible, the
Second Plague of
Egypt described in the...
- The
chorus of
frogs sings the
famous croaking onomatopoeic refrain:
Brekekekèx-koàx-koáx (Gr****: Βρεκεκεκὲξ κοὰξ κοάξ). This
greatly annoys Dionysus...
