Zeus and His Lover a Trojan Prince?

Why Zeus rape the Trojan Prince?

 

 

Stunned to his likeness
He tore his shallow clear skin
Surrendered his regal lair
Eagle lifted him to Mt. Olympus
to be beloved by Zeus

Reviews

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Don't think rape was involved Marc. The Greeks thought it acceptable for a man to have an erotic relationship with a youth. At worst he kidnapped the boy but then gave him immortality and paid his father in horses.

Stunned to his likeness
He tore his shallow clear skin
Surrendered his regal lair
Eagle lifted him to Mt. Olympus
to be beloved by Zeus

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Thanks Mr. John the one you gave is my original write, and it has 8 syllables. That's why i kept it 7 to become Tanka.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I might be miscounting but I got the count as 5-6-7-10-6 so assumed you were doing your own thing lol!

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

:) lol I will check it again.

[JR Darewood]

while transforming into an eagle and kidnapping a kid might be acceptable in certain circles, (and i'll admit immortality is a great consolation prize), it still didn't sound consensual.

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Thanks J for reading.

[JR Darewood]

I love greek mythology and history, but you were right, Zeus was a rapist. He raped like half of Greece. Dude needed to put it back in his pants.

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Lol :) you are right J :)

[Mark]

cuz he could? Would a God recognize it as rape or just exercising His right to do with a human as He willed?

[Dakshta]

Umm Wow? A nice write but this proves again that Greeks were really weird..

[Rhianne Ney]

Maybe this is common before well, maybe until now. But nicely written

[Writer #00]

Interesting poem. Always nice to acknowledge Zeus' forceful "love" and cheating on Hera.

[Nick.B]

Interesting imaginary, and perspective, great job

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Thanks Brother :) appreciate your words.

[Eddie Phillips]

Original and creative as always.

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Thanks Brother :) I appreciate your words always.

[Inda]

Zeus; the most horny of the Greek Gods!

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Lol couldn't agree more, seems he laid both male and female. lol

[Ufi Auttorri ~ Amy C. T..]

Out of my realm. The others seem to have it well in hand.

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Thanks for the reads.

[tamsen grier]

For this subject, I wouldn't be afraid to break from the tanka form (or maybe put two together) to explore the myth more fully. It's hard to "get in" to all the questions this story presents in such a small space. The old master's of poesie thought form should reflect content. Using a form for the form's sake isn't effective unless it's paired with an appropriate subject. I like the poem as it is but I feel like there is more to tell.

[Gerald Parker]

I'm reading this for the human interest and can't find it. Sorry.