Alcippe/Alkippe/Αλκιππη

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Alcippe/Alkippe/Αλκιππη

Death was too kind
an end for the rapist, some say.
Death was too kind.
Her father is a god enshrined,
Her mother a mortal who lay
with husband of many wives, nay?
Death was too kind.

Death was too kind
but mid-assault did the god slay;
death was too kind.
A wonder She'd not lost Her mind:
covered in dead man's bloody spray,
not even time to go away -
death was too kind.

Death was too kind.
The trial: old enmities at play.
Death was too kind.
Poseidon's son: a corpse. He pined
for justice; Ares, held at bay,
said, "If he lived, I'd make him pay!
Death was too kind!"

"Death was too kind,"
whispered Alcippe, "come what may, 
death was too kind.
To Mother's death, I am resigned,
Her sacrifice gives us each day;
ev'ry rapist is less than clay:
death was too kind."

Source: 
Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Encyclopedia_of_Goddesses_and_Heroines/izVJAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Encyclopedia Mythica. https://pantheon.org/articles/a/alcippe.html
Theoi. https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/AresFamily.html

Music:
Actual Greek music : Songs from the rebetiko underground compilation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRy6U4H9nqw
Χασικλίδικα Και Άλλα Ρεμπέτικα Μπουζούκια Bouzouki Favourites Cannabis Rebetiko Songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc9loh2vHvU

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