Trojan War Flashcards
None of them must escape stark destruction at our hands,
Even the boys still carried by their mothers
Wherever the Trojans looked
Death stared them in the face
You pretend that Achilles was your father but this is
Not how Achilles treated his enemy Priam
He had respect for my rights as
A supplicant and for the trust I placed in him
He was dragging Priam to the very alter, his body trembling
As it slithered through pools of his son’s blood
How many days you wish for the burial of godlike Hector so that I
Can stay my own hand and hold back the army for that time
Come then dear father
Up on my back
Whether she stopped…. Sat down
Or lost her way, no one knows
Like wolves foraging blindly on a misty night
Driven out of their layers by revenging hunger
So the Trojans, panicked like dear
Spread through the city
It threatens to fall, it’s foliage shudders
And it’s head trembles
You used to protect the city, keep safe her loved wives and little children, they will soon now be carried away
In the hollow ships, and I am among them
