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Portrait of Helen of Troy
Contributed by
MysticEnchantress
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Saturday, 3rd December 2005 @ 11:24:11 AM in AEST
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Tributes
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Hail to you beautiful Helen, Sparta’s queen,
Lady of Sorrow and of solemn soliloquy,
You whose face launched a thousand ships,
Your story is one that is intricately intertwined
With a war of a decade’s duration.
You the immortal daughter of Zeus,
Your beauty was the reason so many men knelt
Before you, as in worshipful act.
Indeed, every red blooded man in Greece
Upon hearing of your voluptuous beauty
Held the dream of possessing you.
Because of your magnificent splendor
You were desired by many, hated by no small number,
Hordes of men fighting over you,
The earth running red with blood shed in your name.
You the mythological being of divine descent,
Endowed with such great and overwhelming power,
You who were lust and who were lusted after,
You who loved and were so alluringly loved,
You were, it must be said, creation and destruction combined.
Oh you goddess of the grandest order,
I pen, today, a tribute to the yet persistent
And enduring memory of your dazzling beauty,
Of your legendary charms and of such other aspects
Of you as made the staunchest of the stanch grow pale.
Oh Helen, I say, in paying you this tribute,
Even to such as I you have been, and continue to be,
A tantalizing enigma and a wonder of wonders!
E. Cruz
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MysticEnchantress
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Re: Portrait of Helen of Troy
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by Eve on
Saturday, 3rd December 2005 @ 12:10:51 PM AEST
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This is one of those poems that's so powerfully worded that my opinion was a little shaken of Helen.
Not to offend, but I've never liked her. I always thought she was selfish and somewhat oblivious, and although it wasn't her fault she was beautiful, I thought she was weak about it. But the picture you've painted here (as well as the picture up top that you've aided) makes her undeniably influential. You know, makes it seem like she was magnificent, not just beautiful.
I talk to much. I love mythology and I rarely see poetry about it lately. Thank you for sharing this; it's rather brightened my day.
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Re: Portrait of Helen of Troy
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by ebooibo on
Saturday, 3rd December 2005 @ 03:31:22 PM AEST
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| wow i gotta read some more please |
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Re: Portrait of Helen of Troy
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by NoSaint on
Thursday, 12th January 2006 @ 03:01:13 PM AEST
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well done
NS |
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