In May 1981, the citizens of Naphlion, a city in southern Greece, awoke to find small green frogs falling from the sky during a storm. The frogs, weighing just a few ounces each, survived the fall and hopped away. This animal rain event was reported in local and international media, adding to the long history of such phenomena in the Mediterranean region.

The Naphlion frog rain was noted by contemporary Greek poets who saw in it a continuation of the ancient tradition of marvels and prodigies. The event resonated with the long history of Greek poetry, from Homer to the moderns, where strange weather often serves as a bridge between the human and the divine.