Brewer's: Physignathos

[one who swells the checks]. King of the Frogs, and son of Pelus [mud], slain by Troxartas, the Mouse-king.

Great Physignathos I, from Peleus' race, Begot in fair Hydromede's embrace. Where, by the nuptial bank that paints his side, The swift Eridanus delights to glide.

Parnell: Battle of the Frogs, bk. i.

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