Nostos Odysseus verse 1



I sing you Truth, Horkos Everlasting
 Lord God Zeus
It happened when I was still a Youth,
 Prince Telemakhos
My Lord & Father leading our Akhaian Fleet
 against windswept Wilios
To recover King Menelaos' Queen Helen,
 Daughter of Lord Zeus
In War greater than any our World had
 known
(Waged to bring Gold Fleece home)
Immortal Gods & Bronzeclad Warriors vied
While mighty Heroes killed, consumed by
 Pride
Until my Father made King Priamos'
 high Trioa fall
Beneath hollow Gift which stood so tall
His great Hippos built of silverfir Wood
Ground Troia's Bones beneath planted
 Hooves
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Submitted by epicpoet1 on August 15, 2015

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Scheme ABCBDBEBFGHIJIBKKLMN
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 565
Words 97
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20

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