Nostos Odysseus verse 3



Xeinia between Guestfriends are binding
 Holy Oaths
Apparently that meant Nothing to
 Trojan Prince Alexandros
Most Handsome Man in Troia, Illfated,
 he caused Troad's Fall
Lord God Zeus' Proxy in Judgement,
 he chose Love above All
Accepting PaleGold Goddess Aphrodite's
 Offering of Fairest Maid on Earth
Over bribes Queen Goddess Hera
 & Aphthiton Pallas Athene proffered
To gain a Gold Kallistei Apple
 Discordian Goddess Eris threw
Into Peleus & Thetis' Wedding Feast
 only She was not invited to
Dooming Trojans & Akhaians alike
 as Wargod Ares claimed
Broken Bodies & sorry Souls for
 Lord Aidoneus, bloody Aristeia
Could not save them when they fought
 & died
No longer Mortal, at last they were Wise
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Submitted on August 15, 2015

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