cherchez la femme

sing, Muse! Peleides god-like in wrath
would make his liege-lord pay dear for that maid
not Helen, who'd set Greece on the war-path
but Briseus for whom his sweat had paid
why should Atreides be honored more
by all the princes of Achaean lands
who took up arms to capture back his whore
and camped ten wife-less years on Troad sands
no merit had earned Menelaos fame
he's just the pretty boy whom Helen picked
but all Greece mobilized to 'venge his shame
and wrest his trophy bride back from the hick
walls, palace, armies wiped out in the swirl
and setting all in motion was a girl