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I hear tell of the Mighty River // The God who could not overthrow The Hero // Many tried to subdue the lipless champion // Commander of the Ants of Thessaly.

The War of Immortals comes to my thoughts // If not immortal in body then in memory // Names that will pass beyond the Cities that held them // From both aggressor stock and defender caste

And whilst River-God and Hero-Man held the plains of Asia Minor // One Red haired, Left handed Devil commanded the War. // Great Odysseus, Ulysses to Roman tongue // Mind sharper than any Bronze or Godly Iron blade ever forged

War Chief // Spy Lord // Horse Builder // Fox of Ithaca

Break your banks Great Skamander! // Loose your War-cry Myrmidon Prince! // All eyes pursue Brave Hector // And blush at the beauty of one who caused Posiedon's walls to fall

Bow and scrape as Mycenaean Brothers stride // Beware Aeneas from whom Rome took root // Pray to Athena or Athene if walls surround // But do not forget Deal Broker Odysseus for on his whim nations are leveled

"Who should take Helen for his wife amongst this Kingly multitude?" // Tyndareus might well ask to avoid murderous pride // Who in Ancient Hellenos would have answer for such ills? // The Ithacan King would set the stage for what was to come

"Who will wrest Brave Achilles, unbound by Quartered Horse Oaths?" // Agamemnon might well ask to ensure unseemly victory // Who in Ancient Hellenos would have wit to tempt a Prince offshore? // The Flame-haired Fox of the Isles would see his name etched in eternity

"Who will discover their weakness? these Thieves of Wives behind stone" // Menelaus might well ask to put frustrating years to rest // Who in Ancient Hellenos would have the cunning to breach what the Earth Shaker raised? // Odysseus! Odysseus! would have the Horse led straight to Stable

For One Hundred and Twenty cycles of the Moon on high // Did Greek men strive to right many wrongs in their minds // From Battles and Betrayals were Legends and Hero's born // But at days end most would see home nevermore

Some One Hundred and Twenty cycles again passed by // When new Kings reigned in the homes of Homers Men // A Man all in tatters strolls into an Ithacan town // To a house filled with arrogant suitors set to remain

"Who will string this Great Bow of Odysseus, shoot this arrow through those Twelve Axe Handles in one?" // Penelope might well ask to put freeloaders out the door // Who in Ancient Hellenos would have the steady hands, composure and strength? //  Only a Man kept from home for Twenty Years, a Man with Fire for Hair. The Builder of Horses

Today, i'll be reblogging my all time 3 favourite pieces to come across my feed since i joined the TWC collective

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