Paris

why is great Paris so named, you may ask
some say, a famed Celtic tribe
I think the City of Love got its task
due to the Trojan -- and bribe

mighty she was, Aphrodite, in none
of a great prince's demands
but, as it turns, she excelled in just one
one that will often wreck plans

love, she did promise, and love he shall have
enough for a thousand ships
Helen rebelling, and all for that love
Odyssey-full of bad trips

was it all worth it, since Helen did flee
back to the Sparta of old
no referee who's been to gay Paree
minds that this story's been told


Author notes: https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/JudgementParis.html

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