When Agamemnon starts to think he's Zeus
there's Klytemnestra with her subtle net.
Where Hera must endure her Lord's abuse
this mortal won't forgive, and won't forget.
Aegysthos frolicked in his cousin's bed,
while better Greeks probed Troy's high walls for cracks.
but it's the Queen who claimed the cuckold's head.
His glory proved no proof against her ax.
Penelope with Pallas shares the bond;
one step behind, she won't--quite--touch her foe.
Two realms, untouching somehow correspond;
the script on High is played out here, Below.
What's platonists would later formalize
was clear enough to sightless Homer's eyes.
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