Invocation of a Goddess:

Sing goddess the wrath of Achilles,

whose swift feet carried the Myrmidons across the Aegean.

Sing goddess the tale of Hector,

breaker of horses, whose glory of Troy still pulses today.

Sing goddess the song of doltish Paris,

whose arrow killed Greece’s greatest warrior.

Sing of Briseis who tamed a soldier’s heart

And brought peace to his lifetime of war.

Sing goddess that of witty Odysseus,

whose said to have lived in the time of great Achilles

And of the ruler of Kings, Agamemnon

whose brother Menelaus brought forth the Trojan War.

Sing goddess, forever the songs of fallen heroes

Of Swift Achilles, and Ithaca’s’ wily King

Of Poseidon’s tribute which brought down the gates of Troy

Of Helen, child born of a swan and god,

Sing of Patroclus who fell at Hector’s blade

Sing forever of their glory, lest they be forgotten

God help us all, against the wrath of Achilles.