Invocation
Sing in me, Muse and through me tell the story
Of those heroes skilled in all ways of contending,
In the games, gods against mortals,
The fates of the pawns lie in their enemies' hands.
Twelve will commence the race—only seven will survive.
All under the eyes of one
But three will be the answer when the game is done.
Of this adventure, Muse, daughter of Zeus,
Tell us in our time, lift the great song again.
In Greek Mythology, the Invocation was used for the storyteller to send a prayer to the nine Muses, goddesses that inspire creation in literature or the arts. They served as aids to an author of prose, too, sometimes represented as the true speaker, for whom an author is merely a mouthpiece.
But I promise that this whole entire story will not be in prose. (: