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Stay back!

This realm is not for you!

Stay!

Stay!

Antipas... Stay!

Antipas... You must show me Tiresias.

Please.

Bring me to him.

have risked much to seek a blind prophet.

It's a risk, yes.

Bring the ram forward.

Offer it up.

First, show me the way.

You're a clever man, Odysseus of Ithaca, but not a very wise one. You keep your

eyes only on your home, blinded. You do not see that it is the journey itself.

which makes up your life.

Only when you understand this will you understand the meaning of wisdom.

Wisdom.

I will find it all.

Help me find my way!

The answer has been before your eyes every night at sea.

On this side of Poseidon's realm.

There is a constellation which never sinks beneath the horizon, shaped like a

hunter. All?

Yes. Sail towards its brightest star, and there you will reach

the straits of Scylla and Charybdis.

On one side is a creature, vile, ferocious.

That is Scylla.

Insatiable for blood, she lurks in the shadow, hoping to fill her belly.

And the other, a tidal pool charybdis.

Her waters appear calm.

She invites you in.

But she is a thing of terror, Odysseus. When she opens her gaping mouth, you and

all with you will be swallowed by her force.

This way, my son.

Yes,

I'm here.

I took my own life out of grief.

I could wait no longer for you.

Forgive me.

You must leave this place.

Where is Penelope?

She's waiting for you. Where?

You must hurry.

Men are trying to steal your world.

Penelope was alive and waiting for me.

But my mother's word burned my soul.

Men would stop at nothing to steal my kingdom.

Who's this guy? Look at this fool!

You are Queen Penelope?

I am the wife of King Odysseus.

I humbly... I am the humble... What?

I am... Who is it? Elarteth of Dilichium.

Owner of sheep and pigs.

I have come.

I am here.

To join these noble men.

I've been gifted gold.

and wool and music and jugglers for your palate.

Play!

I hope my father dies a hero.

If he is alive, he has forgotten me.

The day the gods gave you to us, they took your father from me.

But he promised me, with you lying here in my arms, that he would return alive.

And this tree around which we built our world is alive.

He's alive.

Why hasn't he come?

I know your father.

He is alive.

There is something you must know.

The day your father sailed, I swore to him a promise that if he had not

by the time you were a man, beard on your chin, that I must remarry.

I will keep my promise.

We have time to wait.

You do not have your beard yet.

And these men?

I will hold them off.

Queen

Penelope.

All here believe Odysseus, king of Ithaca, is dead.

Yes. I do not.

Today, I will begin to weave a shroud for my lost husband.

If he is not seen in Ithaca before I finish, I will choose one of you to take

his place beside me. I will send for maidens to help you.

I alone must do this work.

Weave alone?

We'll be old men by the time you finish.

brought gifts to my door.

I have given you a proper feast in return.

Now I depend on your honor.

Return to your homes.

When my work is done, you will hear my decision. We will stay where we are.

We will not leave here until you choose.

Leave slowly.

Your husband's wine is very good.

Winter turned to summer as we neared the straits of Scylla and Theribodes.

After a 16 -year ordeal, nothing could frighten me from the glorious.

But we had never seen what waited between those rocks.

Underclothes.

Like a torch.

There's nothing there.

Is it in there?

Come on!

Try me!

Pull like this.

Give it a go.

Push!

I'll take the work if you wish. No.

Lock the door.

Mistress?

The door.

I will serve these filthy strangers no longer.

Drinking, sleeping where they drop.

I have to crawl over that big elephant each time I win open treasury.

And to watch men from our own island eat you and Telemachus out. of house and

home. It's more than I can bear. At least there's life here now.

Melanthe, quiet.

Yes, take care of you.

I've seen the way you run after that snake, Eurymachus.

He asked me to serve him.

I cannot refuse my mistress's guests.

Guests?

Guests leave when asked.

They're men who will follow their empty bellies. Penelope!

Penelope, I've won!

Me, I've won!

Alone, my men lost before my eyes.

I floated endlessly in Poseidon's sea, wondering when he would take my

life.

You are safe.

I need water.

Bring him water.

I need a ship.

There are none here.

No one comes or goes from my island.

I must find the way home.

Walter.

You are home.

Please do not mind my maids.

You are the first man they have seen in their lives.

I myself have not laid eyes on one for over 100 years.

You will regard us.

I am Calypso.

It is only a dream.

Forget.

Telemachus! What are you doing here in the dark?

I've got to kill Antinous.

All of them, if I have to.

Calm yourself, Telemachus.

Antinous is a warrior.

He's been to battle. He's cut men in two with a sword. You've not done that yet.

Now is the time.

No, it is not.

If you kill him, the others will not leave.

You'll give them an excuse to turn against you.

And tell me, what can I do?

Do as your father would do.

Call on those who are still loyal to him for help.

Me?

Call the assembly.

Who am I?

You know who you are.

You are Odysseus' son.

Call them here.

They will listen.

Mental, let him speak.

Good men.

It is I, Prince Telemachus, son of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, who summon you

this place.

An army of suitors has invaded my palace.

They slaughter my oxen, my pigs, my sheep to feast on.

Soon I will have nothing to eat myself.

They offer no proof of my father's death, yet seek to take his place.

And before my mother's eyes, they beat my servants and break my face.

I ask you, men of Ithaca, in my father's name,

help me rid my house of these same...

She must choose between us, which is right.

This is your right.

She must choose.

Good men, not one of us should spill blood over pigs and sheep.

Ah, yes.

But my father... He's dead.

You want to kill me.

Tell me. I can see it.

Wait, please.

Wait!

If you will not help me, then give me a ship.

I will sail for Mythica and find my father.

It is no use, Telemachus.

Wait.

Wait.

The boy should not be punished.

If he wishes a ship, we will give him a ship.

Elders.

You will have your ship, Telemachus.

You will have your ship, Telemachus.

Go and find your father.

You have a reason for this?

He will end like his father.

And if he returns?

We will greet him with the spear in his back.

When I touch your skin, I wonder how you got this scar.

I'm sorry.

The day Achilles was taken from us.

From a battle?

A wild war.

I was 15.

And my mother cried.

Tears of happiness.

You were going to leave without even thanking me for my kindness.

Don't you see?

No one leaves my island, and all that lives here exists to serve me.

There'll be another ship.

Perhaps. In another ten years, perhaps never.

Forget Ithaca.

You are home now.

Say goodbye to your mother.

The sorrow is on your face.

She would try to stop me.

You are right to fear the sea. I'm not afraid.

I've never kept foot from Ithaca.

Do not worry.

The gods are watching you with favor.

Favor.

The gods have cursed me since the day I was born.

Leave me alone.

Your head is as

hard as your father's.

Athena.

Are mental?

When I wish to be, yes.

You spoke very well at your assembly.

You kept your wits and used them wisely to get the ship.

But you did not help me.

You are your father's son.

Remember, the God will not do for man what man must do for himself.

You must make this journey.

This wind will take you.

Go. Go before the ship sails without you.

I never crossed the sea. Where should I go?

Sparta. Sparta.

I'm alone now.

For two more years, Calypso's island was my prison.

Forgotten by the outside world.

Abandoned by Athena.

My hopes of ever reaching Penelope.

began to fade.

None other.

Oh, Calypso, the concealer is not overjoyed to see me. Get away from here.

Calypso, I'm only a messenger.

Who loves to bring painful news.

You're keeping this man prisoner.

I have given him a home.

It is not Odysseus' fate to end his days on your island.

You are to set him free without delay.

These are the words from the lips of Zeus himself.

Neither Zeus nor any god pities Odysseus.

It is envy which sends you here.

They are all outraged by me openly making love to a mortal man, choosing

my husband. Calypso.

It is I who pulled him from the sea, who tended to his wounds.

You're all jealous of my happiness.

Do not incur Zeus's wrath.

Offer this man his freedom, or your island will be driven to the bottom of

Poseidon's sea.

Farewell.

home to you, Penelope.

Why?

Is there a ship?

No.

Now go.

Swim.

I do not care.

They will not try to stop you.

Just leave my eyes.

A moment ago you left this cave with so much love in your eyes.

Now you want me to leave?

You are no longer worthy of me.

Why are we that?

Did someone come to you?

Or did I miss?

You must help me build a ship.

Please.

Please.

On thee.

Far side of the island.

And a cave.

There's dry wood.

Was not sure she were.

She were.

Tender meat.

Tender meat.

I will find my own.

you some wine.

Just a taste.

Tell me, what keeps your mistress from finishing her tapestry?

It is a secret.

It is a secret.

So it is true.

I do not mean to frighten you to enter your room, but I had to see.

Oh, my.

Leave me.

It is a mistake.

Now, your defeat can only bring trouble. I will not speak a word, but you're

made.

She may tell another.

That's it.

I

have no

choice.

It will not trick them much longer.

It has been too long since you felt it. men's touch.

Sixteen years.

Long.

Take my indecision tonight.

These other men, they come for your fortune.

I come for you.

I cannot.

I love my husband.

husband is not alive.

I will wait for his return or till my son brings

proof.

You may stay if you choose to.

Your wife has aged during these years of disuse. She will not match my beauty.

No more woman could ever match you.

I love Penelope.

And she has aged.

As I have.

And when I reach you, thicker,

We'll grow old together.

With me, you will never grow old.

Never die.

I can make you immortal.

I would rather lie in my wife's arms.

For one moment as a man, then to live forever without her.

Who is this boy my son brings?

Telemachus of Ithaca, Highness.

Welcome to Sparta, stranger.

There is the king.

Now go.

Good King Menelaus, I have traveled long and far to meet you.

You have your father's searching eyes.

The same thoughtful forehead.

Yes.

Oh, yes.

You are Odysseus's son. You are his son.

I sailed from Ithaca to find him.

Can you help me?

You know, I saw you on the day you were born.

It was the proudest and most painful day of your father's life.

We fought together at Troy, side by side.

Watching our brothers fall.

Your father stopped the slaughter.

He freed us to return to grief.

But he will never feed it home again.

He's dead.

How can you know?

Not one day, not one hour passed for Odysseus of Troy without

you and your mother in his heart.

Only death could stop him returning to Ithaca.

But you, you, Telemachus, you must return.

And you must fight for what is his and yours.

PUSSY!

for me!

I want you to suffer much

more.

I have nothing left!

I have nothing!

All that is left is my life!

is not to kill you.

You must understand.

So be it!

I was alive.

Broken by Poseidon's waves.

And still far from America.

But I was alive.

I had reached a nation.

A land of man and some fishermen.

Unsure whether I would be welcomed.

I was led to the palace of their ruler.

The powerful king.

Alcinous.

I've shared with you my food.

Now will you share with me your name? I cannot. My name has long been cursed.

To let it leave my lips would only cause you pain.

I know only one long -lost hero who, being cursed by the gods, could survive.

It's cunning, Odysseus.

I am he.

I never dreamt I'd see Odysseus himself.

It's an honor to all for Eithne.

that such a hero as Odysseus of Ithaca sits among us. I will give my finest

ship, heavy with gifts and food, and the finest mariners in all Aetia to sail

you safely home.

The Phaeacians carried me towards Ithaca, but it was Poseidon who allowed

continue my journey, to consider his words.

I understood.

That I was only one man in the world.

Nothing more.

Nothing less.

What night without sleep?

His body will fail him in Ithaca.

Fontenot! Come here!

Lend a sleeping potion.

Yeah, drink this

Who's there?

It is.

Master. My wife.

Master, you.

My wife.

That's your room.

You must!

Who is that?

Your son.

He left a year ago to look for you. Oh, really?

Telemachus! You're safe!

Look at you!

Tell me, how is my mother? She'll be overjoyed to see you. But come, tell me

your journey. Later. I must go to her.

Telemachus!

Who is it?

Who is there?

It is your father.

Do not dare say those words. Come out of there.

What trick is this?

It's not a trick.

You cannot be my father.

Odysseus is dead.

Odysseus is alive.

And he's standing before you.

Stay back.

Please.

You see yourself.

In my face.

I see only a man with no respect for his son's feelings. No, not you or my son.

And these are the hands here which brought you into this world. Here.

In this field.

No.

I hold you.

For all the world to see.

I showed you Ithaca.

I showed you your home for the first time.

And when I was taken from you and your mother, I placed you in her arms,

in our bed, which I built with these hands.

She must have told you this.

But it makes my soul sick.

These men have got black hearts. They fear nothing.

We'll all run like dogs now.

Yes. They deserve to die. Yes. Antinous most of all. You may as well bring them

food for the feast.

Never feed them again. Never.

You will do as you have always done.

You trust your crew?

No.

They were given to me out of the suit as men.

Tell them you'll join them later.

Have patience.

Use your mind.

That's why I love you, my Odysseus.

Any other man, after so many years, would have rushed home to embrace his

and children.

And blinded by his impatience, would have been hacked in two by the

Only you know better.

Then tell me, how do I still keep my life?

And free my house of these men.

Are these suitors what you're truly afraid of?

There is nothing left for me to fear.

You see me trembling.

I tremble with rage.

Oh, you still lie well, my Odysseus.

But I know what your head asks your heart.

You are afraid your Penelope has been untrue to you.

is still with me.

That I cannot help you with.

But...

Only

your son will recognize you this way.

Go to your palace.

Find the answers you seek.

He will not know your house.

When you see what they have done, you want to kill as much as I do.

There's no different time to fight.

You must learn.

To be angry is easy.

And to be angry at the right man.

At the right time.

And for the right reason.

This is difficult.

Do you understand?

Repeat.

Our prince has shown his face with an old beggar at his side.

He's mine. I'll cut out his heart and feed it to the dog. Calm yourself,

He must attack first or all Ithaca will rise against us.

He'll never do it. My voice makes him tremble. Prince Telemachus, welcome

Ah, the gods have delivered you safely.

He went for his father and found a filthy beggar.

Tell us, why have you given up your search?

I sailed to Sparta and heard the words from King Menelaus' lips.

I believe my father lies at the bottom of the sea. Ah, finally understands.

Then you see, we have... certain rights in your

home. Yes.

The boy prince has returned home as a man of honor.

And look!

He even has his beard.

His first beard.

Weak, but it is a beard.

It is time for you to enter the ring.

Enter into manhood.

I will accept any challenge you offer.

But now I must be with my mother. Until then, this beggar is a guest in my

house. Feed him generously.

Bring your bowl.

He will serve you.

You see, I've lived the boy through.

You cannot kill him in the ring. You can, as long as he tries to kill you

I did not find him.

my father is alive.

Mother, you must hear me.

I brought a wise old man, a beggar.

He may help us find father.

When the palace sleeps, I will let you see him.

But now I must go.

Antoinette has challenged me. I have a man I must accept.

Yes.

You are a man.

Take this humiliation!

Take this!

is no shame.

Ten new wounds.

Tell your mother you conquered.

His father left him in my care the day he was born.

I wanted to thank you.

And tell you that I'm sorry you were treated poorly in my house.

There is no need.

I am here for a night.

For you, trapped in this palace, it must be an eternity.

Yes.

I must end this misery.

While my son is still alive.

Tomorrow, I'll set a contest for my hand.

Are you all right?

To wish for a new husband?

I do not wish it.

But... The day Odysseus left, he...

He took me by my hand.

Here.

So gently.

And... I promise that I will do this.

This is the last sacrifice I can make for him.

He's alive, little distance.

Yes. He's alive.

He longs to touch your hands and hold you in his eyes.

If only it were true.

Good night.

Where would you like me to suck the grape?

Bring the grape!

Bring it over here!

All right.

What are these axes?

The Lord hears.

The goat heard. He's with us.

He may be trusted.

Tell us, shepherd.

What is your mistress's plan?

I will tell you all.

This is the bow of Odysseus, king of Ithaca.

The man who strings it and shoots an arrow cleanly through all 12

axes will take his place.

What?

This is no way to choose.

It cannot be done.

My father did it.

Wait.

Wait, you will not see the winner.

You are all the same to me.

It's not fair.

I've never struck a bow.

This is not right.

I gave up. Fifty sheep!

A hundred goats!

As gifts from Deletio!

It's impossible.

He won't be able to do it.

Only two tries, Euremica.

I have been true to my word.

Philemicus has ordered us to the maid chambers.

What are you doing?

Don't be foolish.

Who are you, old man?

Now is the right time for your anger.

What is our crime?

We treated your wife as a queen.

We lived off your land, but that can be replaced. We did not kill anyone.

Your crime is that you tried to steal my world.

The world I built with my hands and my sweat.

No, anyone.

I shared with a woman who bore me my son

and no one will ever take that from me.

Now you will die to a man in a river of blood.

A river of blood!

Your marshals are not worth dying for.

Don't let your mother's eyes fall on this room.

When it is cleansed, you tell her I'm home.

Goodbye.

How much I must have changed.

No.

You're still the same.

And you're still a liar, are you?

Twenty years since you held me in your eyes.

That was only one day.

Then in one day, you've seen all the world.

Yes.

And there's much that is sacred and beautiful.

But nothing as beautiful as a man's home.

That he could take in his hands.

And know Lord's peace.