Among the Greeks
the princes of men
of those of seek
to return Helen's hand
in the army of Agamemnon
was a wily wily man
for whom no task is anon
and no query to great to mend
Odysseus the ever ready
was the tenure of his appeal
the prince of Ithica city
and husband to beautiful Penelope
leaving behind a son in infancy
Telemachus the heir to his seat
a man doomed to vagrancy
wandering in suffering and defeat
a favourite of Athena
granted with her grace
the master of war and bravura
as nimble in any race
the smartest of all men
among the besiegers of Troy
his was the plan
to use the Trojan Horse as ploy
victory at last after years of war
but to this unlucky man
victory parades forswore
indeed he will lose all that was won at hand
after Troy's destruction
and Priam's ugly death
the Greeks returned with Helen
ladened with much wealth
ships ahoy! they went to shore
returning in glories and gold
but Odysseus and his scores
were reserved a terrible toll
earning the wrath of Poseidon
Oddysseus and his crew
for the blinding of his cyclops son
great anger was askew
to trials and tribulations
was Odysseus subjected to
losing all his companions
to Calypso his freedom threw
until pity and Athena's wisdom
lifted Calypso's veil
to Odysseus was given freedom
to return to his estranged isle
off to the Phoenicians
was Odyseus washed ashore
gifted by Athena's vision
a sea passage to Ithica did they bore
home at last!
on Ithica's golden sands
come Odyseus to rest
with treasures he won from Pheonician lands
alas his home was troubled
suitors to his faithful wife
thinking he was dead
laid siege to his house astrife
but again this odd man I see
with Athena at his side
with his son Telemacus in lee
routed those riotous suitors dead
so united at last father and son
husband and wife
to Ithica a prince rethroned
a man so very very wise
Odysseus at last
at home and in his place
a man quick in repast
with wit that cuts with grace.
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