Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TROY RESTORED, by PUBLIUS AELIUS HADRIANUS Poet's Biography First Line: O hector, blood of ares, can you hear beneath the ground? Last Line: And all your thessaly subdued beneath aeneas' sons.' Alternate Author Name(s): Hadrian Subject(s): Troy | ||||||||
OHECTOR, blood of Ares, can you hear beneath the ground? Rejoice, and get your breath awhile on this your country's day! For Ilion, famous city, is re-peopled: she has found Men, not as brave as you were, but still lovers of the fray. Go near and tell Achilles: 'Dead are all your Myrmidons, And all your Thessaly subdued beneath AEneas' sons.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HELEN OF TROY DOES COUNTER DANCING by MARGARET ATWOOD DESTROYING BEAUTY by CHARLES BUKOWSKI WHAT LIGHT DESTROYS by ANDREW HUDGINS A MOTEL IN TROY, NEW YORK by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN A MAN NAMED TROY by REGINALD SHEPHERD LETTER TO GOD FROM ETHAN AMOS BOYD, TROY, NY, 1929 by ANNE STEVENSON A MOMENT IN TROY by WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA HELEN OF TROY by SARA TEASDALE ON THE SOUL by PUBLIUS AELIUS HADRIANUS |
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