Canto I

There stood in the plains a warrior
Whose name was ancient as the days are long.
He travelled from very far
To the land of mystical Greece.
From his home in Zion
He travelled to the Athenian shores
Where he landed, and saw a culture
Much unlike anything he had seen previously.
Brittos disembarked from his galleon 
With Chantz his steed,
A black stallion with no blemish on it.
He took and led Chantz by foot
Stroking the horse's gentle face.

He saw many strange things.
There were women in love with women,
Men in love with men.
There were men who dressed as women
And women who dressed as men.
Some, by way of moegic,
Made themselves of the very sex.
The only thing which showed them 
What they were, was the face
And even some had faces which none could
Tell were of a man or woman's.

He saw the philosophers,
The Ionians,
The Atomists
The Evolutionists,
The Pythagoreans.
He saw much knowledge
In this city, where men rode upon their steeds.
He heard of the gods of this region
Baalim whose mischief with the science of Babylon
Was strong. Yet, none were of the thirteen
Save Minerva, who once ruled over the Grecian borders.

Brittos saw their marble homes,
The plenteous activities,
The Olympics in their nude displays.
He saw the Parthenon, the Domes
The Aqueduct, the Pantheon
The Hanging Archways
Taught to these Greeks by the Etruscans.
'twas not as beauteous as Brittos' home
With the Sistine Chapel, Sophia and Notre Dame.
But it had the same aqueducts;
It had the same warmed waters.
Yet these men took their aqueducts  
And made their pools
Where the men had their sodomous orgies
And the women's mouths were filled.

Brittos marveled at
Their wisdom...
They had knowledge of the cosmos
They had knowledge of the beginnings of the earth
They had knowledge of the waters
The seas, the gardens.
Their science was exact
And brought pleasure to the whole land
Like none before them
Save Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom.

 Canto II

Brittos found among them a champion.
His name was Hercules.
Much like a Nethinim was he.
Therefore, Brittos challenged him to a wrestling match.
Brittos, thin and white, and wiry
Was looked at by their champion.
Hercules scoffed at him.
 
"Look at you, gangly, spindly limbs
"And skin as pale as the daisy.
"You wish to challenge me?
"A god?"

Brittos disrobed.
"I wish to challenge any who
"Would call themselves a god.
"For, I had slain gods before.
"Thor and Athena."

Hercules scratched his chin.
"You had slain Minerva?
"In these days, we call that goddess Minerva.
"And you claim to have slain her?"

"Yes, good sir. And I wish to test my bout with you
"To prove that a man is mightier than a god."

Hercules scoffed.
"I am as strong as one thousand men.
"I had cleaned out the Augean stables,
"Had borne the Earth on my shoulders, 
"To unburden Atlas,
"Had defeated the Hydra,
"And had wrestled Antaeus in the garden of Hesperides"

Brittos nodded his head,
And said to Hercules,
"These are fine feats.
"Since we boast before combat
"I had defeated Thor and Athena both in mortal combat.
"I had beaten the ladies Grea
"I had overcome the Chok who could bend a Nethinim's verse
"I had even overcome the Giant's Soul."
 
Hercules paused.
"You had defeated a giant?"

Brittos said,
"Nay, not a giant, but even worse.
"A Giant within me."
 
Hercules rubbed his chin again.
"I say, you have slain a god,
"Of this I know
"For I too have subdued one.
"And this Thor, I do not know
"But you speak of him
"The same as Minerva
"So I assume he rules over a different land."
 
"Yes," said Brittos.

"I sense there is great power in you."

"No, none whatsoever. All my faith flows
"Through the LORD Jesus."
 
Hercules spake,
"My strength flows through
"Knowing what is right
"For I had sailed with Jason
"To attain the Golden Fleece.
"I did it to attain riches for the impoverished.
"And riches I had won from that."

"Then it is righteousness that holds you to 
"Your victories. Saved, I had been afflicted by the Giant's Soul
"And I had done much wrong by it."

Hercules was affronted by this.
"You had done much wrong by the Giant's Soul?
"Then are you evil?"

Brittos bowed.
"I am as evil as any man.
"But, if I subdue you
"You shall see it is not my righteousness
"That makes me strong.
"You will see that it is grace.
"For all men have done wickedly on the earth."

Hercules turned his head around him
Seeing a mighty crowd had gathered for the battle.
"Do we take to weapons?
"Must I slay you, since you are wicked?
"And you have committed crimes?"

Brittos said,
"I had been afflicted by your emperor,
"Nero, who had done to me
"What he sought well to do.
"For I had worldliness in my heart."
 
Hercules then said,
"How can unrighteousness
"Beat a hero like me?
"You had done wrong---
"Much from what you say
"And I had freed men and women 
"From their plights."

Brittos then said,
"But I too had freed men and women---
"I had defeated an entire army
"Of Thor's with the jawbone I plucked from one
"Of their square chins."

Hercules then spake,
"Well, I have had enough of this.
"We take to combat.
"I shall pin you
"And prove that it is my strength
"Which overcomes weakness
"And that you shall fall
"By your wicked devices."

Brittos then spake,
"Yet, if I win, it will 
"Show that grace is stronger
"Than my great surplus of sins.
"And that it is not strength which wins in combat
"But the deliverance of Christ."
 
Hercules, with his muscles and skin
Burnished by the oils of many olives
Was thrice the size of Brittos.
The two threw off all their clothes
In Greek fashion.

Canto III

Brittos and Hercules
Bull rushed into one another,
Their arms like horns,
Taking into their hands
The sinews of each other's triceps.
They both writhed in that fashion
Trying to throw the other to the ground
And therefore win their points.
Brittos would not let Hercules escape his grip
To which Brittos flung forward
And tackled his opponent to the ground.

Hercules and Brittos strove upon the shale
For fifteen minutes.
Hercules spake, "I am more righteous than you
"And I shall prove it by defeating you!"

Brittos saw his enemy hold equal strength
So he exerted all his effort to thrust
The opponent to the ground.
The two made wild jerks
To which Hercules and Brittos
Both scored many points.

Hercules then spake,
"I have more points than you
"So, your only hope of winning is to pin!"

Brittos knew this a lie,
But took to thrust his opponent
To the shale beneath him.
Brittos had commanded the fight
Yet Hercules spake,
"I am beating you.
"You are not righteous
"Brittos. I am righteous
"I had done many feats of good works
"And you have none, save the sins
"You overcame within you."

Brittos thrust forward
Breaking his opponent's armhold on the shale
Sofore, he swung around 
Hercules' four-anchored body 
To get atop of him.
Hercules spake,
"I shall beat you.
"For you are unrighteous.
"I have many works of heroism.
"And all you have done
"Is conquer your demons."

Brittos then spake,
"I shall prevail
"For Christ's grace covers me."

The two escaped one another.
Hercules , then, thrust his hand
Into Brittos' throat
And the two knelt, facing one another.
Hercules spake,
"I shall squeeze as tight as I can
"Your throat, and I shall kill you.
"That shall prove that you are wicked."

Hercules squeezed as hard as he could
Choking Brittos.
Brittos then spake, 
"If I am evil, then kill me.
"I do not wish to live if I am evil.
"Let us make this pact
"That if I am evil
"You shall prevail and kill me
"Hence here, to prevent my eternal suffering.
"For if you prevail,
"And kill me, I shall know that I am evil.
"But if I prevail,
"I shall know that Christ covers all my sins
"From now, and furthermore forever hencewith.
"Even if all my sins be exposed."
Brittos, thus, stood upon his nimble feet
And thrust himself between the gap
Of Hercules' knees.
Hercules tumbled over and 
Brittos thrust himself overtop
Of Hercules.

"You can only win by a pin
"And I shall never let you pin me!"
Cried Hercules.

Brittos spake to Hercules,
"I shall pin you,
"And you shall see that Grace is stronger than your heroic deeds!
"For in you is murder
"And it had not even once crossed my mind
"Nor entered into my thoughts!"

Brittos pushed down upon the shoulders
Of the hulking Hercules
And squared his shoulders to the shale
For five seconds.

Hercules spake, "You hadn't pinned me for three seconds."
Yet, it was for five seconds which Brittos pinned Hercules.
The match ended
And Hercules vanished without a trace.
The battle had been won
By Brittos, 
Yet the Pride of Grecian Honor
Forbade Hercules to admit defeat.
For to a Greek
Sin can never be atoned for.