Hearth Of Ilium
© Surazeus
2026 01 03

Ilium has grown since the Trojan War
over thirty-two centuries of expansion
through empires of Athens, Macedonia,
Roma, and Britain to America,
mutating process of social control
to construct United Nations of Earth.

Heirs to ancient sociological codes,
that favor unity of special states
where all are equal under one fair law,
we fight with honest passion of respect
to ensure each breathing soul born from hope
has freedom to achieve their goals in life.

Though Achilles still kills Hector in rage
to destroy the city that controls truth,
Odysseus always finds his way back home
to manage estate of farms growing crops
and rebuild community of his clan
till time erases us all from the land.

Though time wrecks temple of wisdom we built
with vision Pericles projects through faith,
where well-trained women manage social growth,
the glorious Parthenon of fertile love
shines brightly in our hearts to sustain play
where we perform our social roles with pride.

Each empire we design to manage fear,
that grows from ruins of the previous state,
reconstitutes programs of social games
through more complex system of legal keys
that might operate checks and balances
providing capital to fund dream power.

Battered by external forces of greed,
that shake foundation of firm principles
when Achilles traitorously attacks
to crown himself king and marry the goddess,
we unite our hearts with courageous faith
to protect Liberty against his hate.

Though our federation of special states,
bound in republic for the common good,
appears to fracture from opposing goals
when greedy Midas obtrudes tyranny,
we rally round bright sword Minerva wields
to free our state from blind dictatorship.

Hearth of Ilium, lit by divine flames
which animate our world democracy,
still shines within heart of America
to nurture sense of justice in our minds,
providing guidance of social respect
when Jesus helps us defeat evil kings.

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Orpheus chronicles transformation of Ilium into America over thirty-centuries of social transformation through socialist democracy.

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