Poseidon parks his horses out in the Aegean, and goes to the Greeks disguised as the prophet Calchas
You are HERA. You are delighted to see your brother Poseidon encouraging the Greeks (with his war-cry as loud as 9-10,000 men) - the problem is your other brother/husband. He's promised Thetis the Trojans will set fire to the Greek ships: how can you distract him from this? You plan a grand seduction. You give yourself a complete make-over. You are very pleased with the way you look - and smell. But there is one item you deperately need...

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