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# Goddess Scorned
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/goddess-scorned/
- Published: 2022-01-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-01-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: her left hand holds the Aegis shield javelin armed, she takes the field defending Greeks, heroes and plebes be they from Sparta or from Thebes
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

her left hand holds the Aegis shield  
javelin armed, she takes the field  
defending Greeks, heroes and plebes  
be they from Sparta or from Thebes

she won't forgive Paris's slight  
let him pursue Helen's delight  
and Aphrodite, let her weep  
her chosen slain, butchered like sheep

Odysseus, her favorite son  
for him she will take on the sun  
Apollo knocked back on his back  
the battle swings as Greeks attack

her father interferes, to stay  
her victory delayed that day  
she has a backup plan, of course  
soon she'll trot out the Trojan horse