A mythological beauty, she
had been;
A legendary beauty, she had
grown.
Who is it other than Helen of
Troy,
The epitome of seductive
beauty?
A symbol of man’s erotic
desires,
From the other women, Helen
differs
In that she never employed
her charms
To gain power of self-aggrandizement.
Her era dates back to fifth
century B.C.
The fairest of women had been
the one
Whom all women should hate
and yet envy,
And all men should fear and
yet desire.
No wonder, men were captive
of her charm,
But not was she captive of
any man.
She had admirers; none did
she admire.
Her fairness deserved more
than what she got.
A puppet she was in the
heavenly battle,
Where Greek Gods and
Goddesses had sported.
As such, she must be absolved
of the taints
She was attached with,
sadistically.
Helen was the daughter of
Zeus and Leda,
The Greek God and Goddess.
Born of an egg,
And brought up by a shepherd,
she became
The prince of Sparta, a
kingdom’f the Greek.
At her age ten, Helen was
kidnapped
By an Athenian Hero for her
charm
And was, however, brought
back unscathed
By her brother; so famous she
became.
At Helen’s wedding, numerous
suitors
From far and wide came to
claim her fair hand.
They were made to swear an
oath to defend
The chosen husband in the
event of
A rival attempting to abduct
Helen,
The beauty that bred danger
where she trod.
The oath assumed a greater
importance
In the development of the
Trojan War.
Helen was married to Menelaus,
A warrior, on his highest
offerings.
On king’s death, he became
the king of Sparta.
Helen bore a daughter; nine
years rolled.
Paris, a Trojan Prince, came
to Sparta
To marry Helen, whom he had
been promised
By Aphrodite, after he had
chosen her
As the fairest of all the
goddesses
So that she could claim the
golden apple
Thrown by the Goddess, Eris,
from anger
Of not being invited by King
Peleus
For his marriage to Sea Nymph
Thetis.
Once Paris
And Menelaus was fated to
leave it,
Helen eloped with Paris
The war broke, all suitors
participated
The war lasting for over nine
years,
Helen lived these years as a
willing captive,
More to the design of
Aphrodite.
It is unfair to brand her as
unfaithful..
The end of the war was
brought about
Through the Trojan horse
built and left ashore,
With their heroes hidden in
it. The foes
Drew the horse into the fort
for their fate.
The heroes sacked the city
and captured
And caged the fairest queen
to her shame.
The Greeks and the Trojans
despised her alike.
No woman of her status could
be that worst.
Menelaus was to slay his
faithless wife.
As he raised his sword, she
dropped her robe
From her shoulders, revealing
her assets.
It made him let the sword
drop from his hand.
Helen defied Aphrodite to
remain
With Paris
Her woes about her hasty
decision
To leave Sparta
‘I will not serve his bed
since the Trojan women
Hereafter would laugh at me,
all, and my heart
Even now is confused with
sorrow’
Helen lamented thus to
Aphrodite.
Helen returned as the queen
of Sparta
Chastity, outraged, could be
recovered;
Women are resilient, given a
chance.
Helen is a proof for all men
to note.
How Helen looked, no
clues;
Yet her name has power
To inflame men’s heart,
ho!
20.08.2008
[Aphrodite is Greek Goddess;
her counterpart is Venus.
Zeus is Greek God; his
counterpart is Jupiter.]
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