A womaniser of kingdoms, flitted from one engagement to another, draining dowries like uncut wine in the post-Alexandrian classical age carve up. Frenetic, pinball wizard with sword for hire, undiagnosed ADD child opened negotiations for Greece Pty. Ltd. to become a Roman subsidiary. Tactical dervish bewildered legions, phalanxes, wives, rules.
Have (you) had a pyrrhic victory?
A chaotic end was justified: some sideshow in Argos & a well-timed roof tile thrown
by the Argives’ best old woman. Hit the mark too, ended his career as military magician.
Everyone’s ambition: become an adjective.
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