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Georg Rollenhagen (15421609)
Rollenhagen, Georg (rōl’en-hä”gen). A German poet; born at Bernau, April 22, 1542; died at Magdeburg, May 20, 1609. His great work is the heroic-comic and didactic poem ‘Froschmeuseler, the Grand Court of the Frogs and Mice’ (1595); where, under the guise of frogs, rats, mice, cats, and foxes, the author describes the poor people of his day. He also wrote ‘The Limping Courier,’ and the dramas, ‘Abraham’; ‘Tobit’; ‘Lazarus.’