Book Three

Launched

With ball

Thrown down field 

To starting wide

Receiver, ball caught

As defense arrived, yards

Run until safety tackled.




First

Spear thrown

By Trojan

Alexandros

Lodged in Achaian

Shield of Menelaos,

Former ducked Achaian's spear.




School

Master's

Syllabus

Passed front to back,

Athletics replaced

By vocabulary,

Greek grammar, from 'Iliad.'




Snap,

Ball to

Quarterback,

Sacked, second down,

Shotgun, receiver 

Tackled, third down, I form,

Fullback tackled on the fourth.




Sword

Struck the

Trojan's horn

Helmet four times,

Broke, Menelaos

Grabbed it, Alexandros 

Swung strangled by the chin strap.




First

Classics

Lecture on

Collision of

Seaborne, pillaging

Greek warriors, Trojan

Settled, city-state cultures.




Ball

Control

To second-

String, quarterback's

Pass to receiver

Intercepted, pick six

To end zone, team coalesced.



Strap

Broken,

Mist covered,

Aphrodite

Stole Alexandros

Away, Menelaos

Left holding empty helmet.



Next

Classics 

Lecture on 

Fate, even if

Foretold, gods meddled,

Encouraged, then withdrew,

Ultimately wouldn't change. 



Towels

Snapped at

Butts in briefs

After showers

In gym locker room,

Second-string not amused

With trick play during practice.



Zeus,

Hera,

Quarrelled, resolved,

Pandaros tricked,

Aimed an arrow at

Menelaos, swatted

By Athena, only grazed.





Each

Master,

As tutor,

Oversaw boys'

Educational

Progress, wrote term reports,

Commented on grades, sports, lives.




Wax

On, wax

Off drill, force 

Applied at first

Commensurate with

Fair play execution,

Raised notches 'til whistle blown.




Gods,

Ares,

Athena,

Apollo, and

Aphrodite, found

Alongside mortals, fought

Achaians, Trojans, themselves.




Boys'

Cred with

Peers hung on

Perception of

Tutor's position

In school hierarchy,

Willingness to bend the rules.




Ball

Punch drill,

Second- string,

Starters, matched up,

Pushback aggressive,

Pit drill, teaching staff forms 

Active, shouting barricade.




Mist

Lifted,

Immortals

Visible to

Diomedes, with

Athena's help, his strikes

Lethal, toll conspicuous.




Each

Master

Assigned a

Table at the

Dining hall, with choice

Of senior seated next

To him in affirmation.










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