The Judgement of Paris

from Diomedes by Stop the Monster

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Let the die be cast upon a forgotten myth,
Perverted by artists and ironically irony itself,
Invitation to the garden banquet never was presented,
And angered by this was discord as she plotted her response,

To the fairest read the scripture,
And three goddesses rose to claim it,

Aphrodites, Athena and Hera took blessing from Hesperides,

To bite the hand that feeds,

Eris laughed herself to glee as her apple caused disruption,
And uncomforted the serene balance of power within the court of the Gods,

Three candidates bathed in the spring of Ida,
Then were presented before a Trojan mortal to be judged,

As charged by Zeus,
Paris drew into his mind,
And judged the three in turn with undoubting fairness,
For he already had proven his worth,
When his prize bull was bested,

I grow old, always learning many things,
And not even the Gods fight necessity,
So let the die be cast and give me somewhere to stand,

Each goddess in turn tried to convince him,
But to only one did he place the apple of discord in her hand,
As a gift the goddess presented a wife, beautiful to behold,
And in rage a war was started to retrieve their bride,

And within a war waged for decades,
A goddesses wrath was felt like shockwaves through the ground,
She turned the tide to spite the winner of her judgement day.

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from Diomedes, released July 23, 2020

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