Privilege

He has no weaknesses, no vulnerable spots.
His golden armor covers him from head to toe.
Fate follows Fortune. In the drawing of their lots,
they favored him. So very few've been favored so.

His tutors were among the best that gods can buy,
and Chiron let himself be saddled, yes, for fun!
An ocean nymph would sing him Grecian lullabies,
great Thetis singing: "child of mine, you'll be the one!"

Exalted as the best among both kings and Greeks
he leads the Myrmidons on to the sandy beach
and plans to take Troy quickly. Fame is what he seeks.
He has all else, and knows that nothing's out of reach.

A bronze age hero, he's brought down, but not by steel.
The story may be myth, the moral, though, is real.