Feminine Beauty Just Ain’t Right
“Hylas . . . is described in very un-heroic terms, with χαρίεντος (7) suggesting youth and beauty, and πλοκαμῖδα (7) emphasizing the boy’s ‘almost feminine prettiness’.”
A hero can’t be pretty, beautiful,
Or like a girl.,, (Well, someone should have told
Hippolyta) …or not, NOT cute-iful,
But bronze-like strong and masculine and bold.
A little boy won’t do, of course not, guys.
Well, someone should have told young David that
Before he went and smacked between the eyes
Goliath, watching giant blood go splat.
Hans Brinker never got the memo, so
He put his finger in the dyke and saved
The land. A little girl couldn’t go
And do that, no. A gal is too depraved
To be courageous, right? Medea knew
That, but she saved her Jason and his crew.