1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.CO 1 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:55,700 (The raft had been adrift for seventeen days now...) 2 00:02:56,640 --> 00:02:58,640 (...a mere toy to winds and currents...) 3 00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:05,640 (...Odysseus could only tell he was bound eastwards, where his homeland was..) 4 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:37,640 (...on the first days, he had mostly endured loneliness...) 5 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,640 (...but on the tenth day came also thirst...) 6 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:10,500 (Under the blazing sun, he was afraid to lose his mind...) 7 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:16,800 (Now it is all over, he thought, I will just sink and die...) 8 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,800 (Blessed are those who fell under the walls of Troy...) 9 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:26,800 (If I had perished there by spear, I would have at least had a funeral...) 10 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,800 (...and be honored by a glorious death...) 11 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:35,360 (...but no one will ever know about this miserable end...) 12 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:07,680 (Finally, on the eighteenth day, a land appeared in the distance...) 13 00:06:10,500 --> 00:06:13,480 (But a new storm was already coming...) 14 00:06:13,490 --> 00:06:19,440 (Poseidon saw him from mount Solymus and his anger rose...) 15 00:06:19,780 --> 00:06:22,510 (He understood the Gods had changed their mind about Odysseus...) 16 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,400 (...and allowed him to land and escape his misfortunes...) 17 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:31,400 (But Poseidon, still resentful, cast his wrath on him again..) 18 00:06:31,830 --> 00:06:35,560 (The god of the sea gathered the clouds, and stirred up the waves...) 19 00:06:38,410 --> 00:06:45,400 (Then Odysseus knew that his sufferings were not over...) 20 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:54,400 (Poseidon made the East and South winds blow gusts...) 21 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:01,460 (Odysseus was hit by a massive wave, and thrown off the raft...) 22 00:08:37,500 --> 00:08:40,500 Listen to mortals blaming the Gods. 23 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:43,520 They say all their woes come from us... 24 00:08:43,670 --> 00:08:48,430 ...while their own madness only worsens their fate. 25 00:08:50,620 --> 00:08:53,620 - Our father, Zeus, son of Chronos... 26 00:08:53,820 --> 00:08:57,820 ... my heart breaks for Odysseus who suffers so much... 27 00:08:57,820 --> 00:09:00,820 Aren't you moved by his plight? 28 00:09:01,220 --> 00:09:06,470 Wasn't he dear to you when he made sacrifices on the Trojan plain? 29 00:09:06,740 --> 00:09:11,050 - Athena, my daughter, how would I forget Odysseus... 30 00:09:11,140 --> 00:09:15,300 ... who is so above others by his wisdom? 31 00:09:16,300 --> 00:09:20,300 No, it's Poseidon who seeks revenge for his son Polyphemus, 32 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:23,680 the Cyclops, whom Odysseus had blinded. 33 00:09:23,810 --> 00:09:28,240 He doesn't put him to death, but keeps him far away from his homeland 34 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:32,240 But if we all here decide that Odysseus returns to Ithaca... 35 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:38,030 Poseidon will have to smother his wrath, and abide by our will, whatever he thinks. 36 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:44,610 (...but Athena stopped the winds...) 37 00:09:45,180 --> 00:09:49,410 (...she calmed down the sea, allowing Odysseus to reach the coast.) 38 00:09:56,500 --> 00:09:58,920 (He embraced the land.) 39 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:29,600 (He said to the river: Lord, I escaped from the sea.) 40 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:32,830 (Whoever you are, I am in debt do you) 41 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:36,340 (Have mercy on me.) 42 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:08,920 (And just like you conceal embers under ashes....) 43 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:17,400 (...Odysseus covered himself with leaves.) 44 00:11:20,500 --> 00:11:23,600 (Athena gave him a dreamless sleep...) 45 00:11:23,610 --> 00:11:26,720 (... then went to the city to prepare his his arrival.) 46 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:34,320 (Like a breath, she entered the bedroom of Nausicaa, the daughter of Alcinous... 47 00:11:34,430 --> 00:11:38,470 (... and got into her dream as a young friend of hers.) 48 00:11:44,500 --> 00:11:48,760 - Nausicaa, did your mother raise you to be so careless... 49 00:11:48,770 --> 00:11:51,630 ...that you leave the laundry unwashed? 50 00:11:52,930 --> 00:11:56,860 Your wedding day is near, you must look beautiful... 51 00:11:56,860 --> 00:12:00,040 ...all the clothes should be sparkling clean. 52 00:12:00,500 --> 00:12:04,500 Many young Phaeacians want you as their wife... 53 00:12:04,500 --> 00:12:06,700 ...and shortly, you will marry. 54 00:12:08,780 --> 00:12:11,540 You have to go the river at dawn... 55 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:16,700 I will go with you and help you, things will go faster... 56 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:21,240 ... you will hitch up the mules and the carriage as soon as you wake up... 57 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:27,000 ...you know the road is long, and the day will be hard... 58 00:12:54,300 --> 00:12:58,030 (Odysseus came out of the bushes, dirty and repulsive... 59 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:01,180 (... and the maidens ran in terror.) 60 00:13:01,190 --> 00:13:06,240 (Only Nausicaa remained, reminding the dream she had.) 61 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:20,440 (Odysseus didn't know if he should fall on his knees before her...) 62 00:13:21,450 --> 00:13:24,560 (... or beg her from afar so she wouldn't get scared.) 63 00:13:24,680 --> 00:13:28,480 -Are you a goddess or a woman? 64 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:33,030 Your beauty makes you a goddess... are you a daughter of Zeus? 65 00:13:33,500 --> 00:13:37,480 -A daughter of Zeus washing laundry in a river? 66 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:42,400 -Well at least, you didn't flee. You are not afraid of me? 67 00:13:42,410 --> 00:13:47,480 - Afraid? No, why should I be? -So tell me please... 68 00:13:47,680 --> 00:13:53,400 ... what is this land? Last night, the waves threw me on this beach... 69 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,430 ...and I don't know yet how I survived the sea. 70 00:13:57,800 --> 00:13:58,960 Help me please! 71 00:13:59,980 --> 00:14:03,670 ...I have no treachery in my heart, I am not an evil man... 72 00:14:04,500 --> 00:14:06,500 ...please believe me, have mercy! 73 00:14:18,500 --> 00:14:24,440 -Wash yourself and get dressed. My servants will help you. 74 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:32,760 (After he had washed and dressed, Odysseus kept aside on the beach..) 75 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:40,040 (Nausicaa thought : this man hasn't come to us against the will of the Gods... 76 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:43,630 (Now he looks alike a god himself) 77 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:48,440 (How I wish he would stay and live among us!) 78 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:53,158 Three times blessed are your mother and father... 79 00:14:53,182 --> 00:14:55,160 Three times blessed are your brothers. 80 00:14:55,160 --> 00:15:00,120 But the man most blessed is the one who leads you homewards. 81 00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:10,120 -Would you like to to eat? -Yes. 82 00:15:28,500 --> 00:15:32,120 My name is Nausicaa. What is yours? 83 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:43,500 This is the land of the Phaeacian people. Fear nothing among us. 84 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:48,500 - I will take you to my father. - Who is your father? 85 00:15:48,500 --> 00:15:57,440 - Alcinous, king of this people. Do you beware of me? - No, we'll go. 86 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:09,500 Soon, you must stop following me so close. 87 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:13,200 - But how shall I find the city? - By yourself, and with ease. 88 00:16:13,210 --> 00:16:17,040 I don't want people saying: "Look at this man following Nausicaa" 89 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:19,560 "What does she want with this beautiful stranger?" 90 00:16:19,570 --> 00:16:27,040 Some will think I want to marry you, and went to the river on purpose. 91 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:31,320 Many young Phaeacians would feel hurt in their pride. 92 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:35,560 What would you think yourself about a young girl... 93 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:40,440 ... in company of a stranger before her wedding ? 94 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,820 Remember, when you come to court... 95 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,160 ... you have to implore my mother first! 96 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:20,160 Oh Athena, daughter of Zeus... 97 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:25,320 ...who used to protect me, but wouldn't hear me in my distress... 98 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:30,880 ...when I was prisoner of the waves, hear me at last, 99 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:33,560 ..and let Alcinous welcome me as a friend. 100 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:45,680 (Athena listened, with the face of a young girl...) 101 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:50,440 (... but in order not to offend Poseidon...) 102 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:55,920 (...she remained unvisible, and just whispered...) 103 00:17:55,920 --> 00:18:00,320 -Go and do not worry. I will guide your steps. 104 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:06,040 Do not look at anyone, do not ask anything, until you arrive. 105 00:18:08,540 --> 00:18:11,080 Here you are, this is the court of the King... 106 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:16,960 All are waiting there for you, because your presence was noticed. 107 00:18:36,500 --> 00:18:44,360 Phaeacians are wary of strangers, you have to win their trust. 108 00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:49,160 They will ask you many questions, and watch you with amazement. 109 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:52,080 Stay courageous and bold. 110 00:18:52,740 --> 00:18:58,650 A bold man overcomes any obstacle, even the unknown. 111 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:24,120 -My queen, be honored. I have no weapons nor hostile intentions... 112 00:19:24,130 --> 00:19:25,740 ... I just beg for your hospitality... 113 00:19:25,750 --> 00:19:30,100 ... may the Gods ever be benevolent to you, your husband and your kin. 114 00:19:31,630 --> 00:19:38,210 My queen, in the name of Zeus, I implore your help and mercy... 115 00:19:42,210 --> 00:19:47,230 It was wise to address the queen first. Her name is Arete... 116 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:50,960 ...she is the niece of her husband Alcinous. 117 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:54,360 They are both related to Poseidon through Periboea... 118 00:19:54,360 --> 00:19:58,120 ... the daughter of the former king of the Giants. 119 00:19:58,430 --> 00:20:02,920 Thus they are of divine origin, pray them for your return. 120 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:08,490 Just be careful and wise, you can fully trust Arete. 121 00:20:08,490 --> 00:20:13,920 She is honored by all for her wisdom and her love of peace. 122 00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:45,520 (Odysseus had eaten nothing for many days...) 123 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:52,280 (...he repressed his shame, just taking care of his body...) 124 00:21:52,500 --> 00:21:56,720 (...although he was embarassed to eat and drink in front of all...) 125 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:03,300 (... he knew that his hosts had to measure his distress...) 126 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,300 (...to understand how much he needed their help...) 127 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,500 - Stranger, you were welcomed as a guest from the Gods... 128 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:10,960 Tell us now who you are, where you come from, and how you arrived here. 129 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:15,240 - I am a sailor and my homeland is far away... 130 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:21,040 ... many woes have fallen on me. - Alright, but you don't tell your name. 131 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:28,200 -The name of a shipwrecked man? Without kin or property? 132 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:31,320 What name does such a man have? 133 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:35,000 - He seems to be noble and dignified 134 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,000 - You said you were alone? - Yes, my queen. 135 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:40,560 - Where and when did you strand on our shores? 136 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,500 - Last night, on the beach near the creek.. 137 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:49,840 - And your ship, and your companions? - I have lost all long ago... 138 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:53,840 - You sailed alone on open sea? -That's right. 139 00:23:53,850 --> 00:23:57,850 -How? - On a raft, for eighteen days... 140 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:03,030 ... I had ran out of food and water, nothing was left 141 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,720 I was despaired until I saw your land. 142 00:24:06,500 --> 00:24:08,920 - Where do you come from, stranger? 143 00:24:09,500 --> 00:24:16,360 Eight years ago, winds and streams pushed me to the land of the sunset... 144 00:24:17,500 --> 00:24:21,040 ... a storm wrecked my ship on the island of Ogygia... 145 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,160 ... all my companions perished. 146 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:30,200 I was saved by a goddess, her name is Calypso... 147 00:24:30,780 --> 00:24:33,840 ...I am still alive thanks to the care she took of me, ... 148 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:37,960 ... but once I recovered, she would not let me go. 149 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:42,340 Twenty days ago, for some reason, she released me... 150 00:24:43,180 --> 00:24:45,500 ...and let me build a raft. 151 00:24:46,470 --> 00:24:51,360 - You said you wrecked yesterday and came to this court alone... 152 00:24:53,450 --> 00:24:58,660 ... where did you get your clothes? This dress belongs to a son of mine. 153 00:24:59,270 --> 00:25:01,320 Who gave it to you? 154 00:25:06,030 --> 00:25:11,160 Well, who gave it to you? - Your daughter. 155 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:18,320 - Your daughter, whom I met at sunrise on the beach... 156 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,320 ... she was the first to pity me. 157 00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:25,160 -My daughter was misled by her youth... 158 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,600 ...she should have taken you here and announce your arrival. 159 00:25:29,010 --> 00:25:31,010 - I told her not to... 160 00:25:31,540 --> 00:25:36,080 ...so she would not be blamed if my presence had angered you. 161 00:25:36,610 --> 00:25:41,180 - You are mistaken, as Phaeacians don't lose their temper easily. 162 00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:45,700 ...but you did take a risk, and this was brave... 163 00:25:45,710 --> 00:25:50,580 Hospitality is not easy for us indeed, as we have faced evil. 164 00:25:50,590 --> 00:25:55,020 We used to live on an island near the Cyclopes... 165 00:25:55,030 --> 00:25:58,160 ... they constantly threatened our peace and our lives... 166 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:04,760 Thus, my father took his people to a place out of reach. 167 00:26:04,770 --> 00:26:10,040 This island. But is it an island ? You will never know, stranger. 168 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,160 We called our land Scheria... 169 00:26:12,170 --> 00:26:15,160 ... but gave no names to rivers or mountains, 170 00:26:15,184 --> 00:26:17,560 so no one would know about them... 171 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:24,040 Isolation is the price for our peace. 172 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:28,440 A high price, but peace is priceless. 173 00:26:30,870 --> 00:26:35,410 Now you know why we dislike strangers coming without notice. 174 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:46,600 -Father, I had a dream. -No, your father is right. 175 00:26:46,610 --> 00:26:51,640 - What dream? - A sudden puff of air came to my room... 176 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:57,290 ... I heard the voice of my friend, the helmsman's daughter ... 177 00:26:57,300 --> 00:27:01,640 She said: Nausicaa, why are you careless? The laundry waits unwashed... 178 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,800 ... we'll go tomorrow morning and wash it in the river... 179 00:27:05,810 --> 00:27:09,500 So I went to the river, and there I met the stranger... 180 00:27:11,140 --> 00:27:14,830 -Have you had such dreams before? - Never. 181 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:29,270 -I don't know who you are, but do know that dreams of innocent souls... 182 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,440 ...are messages from the Gods. 183 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:35,180 A god protects you, and wants us to welcome you. 184 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:54,800 (Alcinous saw that the mysterious guest was not at rest...) 185 00:28:55,360 --> 00:29:04,040 (...he thought his mind was troubled, and decided to tell him about Phaeacia...) 186 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:57,810 I see you don't sleep Aren't you tired? Resting would be wise. 187 00:30:03,180 --> 00:30:05,520 - The sky of Phaeacia is very clear. 188 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:12,830 -True, stars are very bright here. Ships cannot go astray ... 189 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:17,800 -How often have I watched these stars to find my way... 190 00:30:18,430 --> 00:30:21,540 For years, I asked them in vain to bring me back... 191 00:30:22,100 --> 00:30:24,060 - To your homeland? 192 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:28,520 - Yes. But they did not take me there... 193 00:30:29,230 --> 00:30:31,230 They just tell me that I am not far away. 194 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,500 The inclination of the Big Dipper leaves no doubt . 195 00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:39,160 -You were blessed by the Gods, as accosting our land is dangerous. 196 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:43,930 ... while leaving it is easy. The skill of our sailors is unmatched... 197 00:30:44,250 --> 00:30:46,600 ... none was ever lost at sea... 198 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,480 - Why have your ships a stretched hand on their prow? 199 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,900 - It is a warning. They do not bow to those with evil intentions. 200 00:30:53,990 --> 00:30:58,440 - And why was this ship built here? -It is not meant to sail. 201 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,480 Long ago, my father foretold that one day... 202 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:05,160 our ships will carry home a man cursed by Poseidon... 203 00:31:05,670 --> 00:31:08,650 ... and that the god will be angry at us for this. 204 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:14,080 So this is a sacrificial offering to the mighty lord of the sea. 205 00:31:24,860 --> 00:31:27,820 The stormy season is beginning. 206 00:31:33,620 --> 00:31:37,530 Sailing will be dangerous. Why don't you stay? 207 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:40,280 ...at least until spring? 208 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,220 - I would like to stay... - Really? 209 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,700 - For how long would you keep me here? One year? 210 00:31:48,780 --> 00:31:51,000 - One year is not enough... 211 00:31:52,540 --> 00:31:55,130 ...you were on the island Ogygia for seven years. 212 00:31:56,150 --> 00:32:01,750 - Yes, and it felt both extremely long... 213 00:32:01,980 --> 00:32:03,740 ... and extremely short. 214 00:32:14,950 --> 00:32:17,140 - How far is that island? 215 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:21,880 And where is it? 216 00:32:22,260 --> 00:32:24,060 - In the western sea... 217 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:27,400 ...but it must be very far... 218 00:32:27,980 --> 00:32:30,860 ....because the stars appeared quite differently from here.... 219 00:32:30,860 --> 00:32:35,780 ...and I traveled for eighteen days, with every wind and current... 220 00:32:35,900 --> 00:32:38,860 How would I know where Ogygia is? 221 00:32:40,900 --> 00:32:43,940 - Is it a beautiful island ? 222 00:32:44,180 --> 00:32:47,240 - It looked as though it had been designed for the Gods... 223 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:52,370 ...full of flowers, ferns, mosses, birds, butterflies... 224 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:56,780 ... surrounded by shady beaches. 225 00:32:56,860 --> 00:33:00,140 Even the toughest wind there was a breeze. 226 00:33:01,590 --> 00:33:07,570 - Is Calypso a goddess or a woman? - She is an immortal creature... 227 00:33:07,710 --> 00:33:09,860 - Tell me, how does she look? 228 00:33:09,860 --> 00:33:12,820 - There is no exact word for the color of her eyes... 229 00:33:13,140 --> 00:33:19,180 ... but her hair was just like yours, long, soft, and tumbling... 230 00:33:20,110 --> 00:33:22,180 ...Calypso is a nymph... 231 00:33:22,580 --> 00:33:26,900 ... a daughter of Atlas, and she is amazingly beautiful. 232 00:33:28,420 --> 00:33:34,000 - She kept you prisoner... - The sea kept me prisoner.... 233 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,580 ...without ship, without a crew... 234 00:33:38,860 --> 00:33:41,080 - Why did you want to go back then? 235 00:33:43,750 --> 00:33:48,100 Was captivity hard on you? - By day, yes, very much so... 236 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:53,300 ... but at night, memories faded away... 237 00:33:53,660 --> 00:33:55,980 ... in Calypso's balmy cave. 238 00:33:57,020 --> 00:34:01,220 When I woke up, the yearning for home would surge up again... 239 00:34:02,420 --> 00:34:06,510 ...one morning, I was sitting on the shore, looking at the distance... 240 00:34:06,550 --> 00:34:08,550 ...and Calypso told me... 241 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:14,700 -Odysseus, your homeland is in the North... 242 00:34:20,370 --> 00:34:24,500 ...last night the crows croaked a long time.... 243 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:31,900 ...while you were sleeping, suddenly a seagull flew into my cave... 244 00:34:32,240 --> 00:34:35,620 ...the bird went straight to me. 245 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:40,910 A god must have sent him as a messenger... 246 00:34:41,750 --> 00:34:43,480 What do you think? 247 00:34:43,860 --> 00:34:47,420 - That bird was tired of flying so long... 248 00:34:48,250 --> 00:34:50,660 ...so he stopped here. 249 00:34:51,130 --> 00:34:56,060 You must have caught him and put him into a cage as well. 250 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:04,860 - No, he left, as you can do, if you want... 251 00:35:07,260 --> 00:35:09,380 - What are you talking about? 252 00:35:09,540 --> 00:35:13,500 -About the freedom you were urging me to give you for so long... 253 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:17,340 - Leave? How? 254 00:35:21,340 --> 00:35:25,100 - Listen, now you look at this sea differently... 255 00:35:25,950 --> 00:35:29,900 It is not impossible to cross, I just made you believe that. 256 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:36,700 And I will give you all my help to assemble a sturdy raft... 257 00:35:36,700 --> 00:35:39,500 ...with a strong and well shaped sail... 258 00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:41,460 ...I will provide you with a supply of food and water. 259 00:35:41,500 --> 00:35:46,980 - A raft? You must be fooling me, I cannot believe you! 260 00:35:47,980 --> 00:35:50,980 - Why would I try to fool you? 261 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:54,460 - Swear it! - What shall I swear? 262 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:58,820 -That you decided to release me! 263 00:36:00,300 --> 00:36:03,860 -No, I did not decide it... 264 00:36:04,460 --> 00:36:08,380 ...but the Gods did. Their voices are stronger than mine... 265 00:36:08,380 --> 00:36:10,980 ...and their obscure decisions cannot be crossed. 266 00:36:11,710 --> 00:36:14,380 I was the one who rescued you! 267 00:36:14,620 --> 00:36:18,000 I preserved you from death, now they want to take you away... 268 00:36:18,370 --> 00:36:21,860 ...I saved your life, and they want to save you from me... 269 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:30,620 ...the seagull was their messenger, he brought an order from Zeus... 270 00:36:31,180 --> 00:36:34,380 ...this is why you may leave. 271 00:36:38,460 --> 00:36:43,780 - So coming here was destiny? - The Gods paved me the way... 272 00:36:46,420 --> 00:36:48,600 - But you could have chosen to remain there? 273 00:36:50,730 --> 00:36:52,730 -Yes. 274 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:25,660 - Stay here with me. I shall make you immortal, 275 00:37:25,660 --> 00:37:29,120 ...you will no longer age, never... 276 00:37:30,950 --> 00:37:32,950 ...I will never die? 277 00:37:33,970 --> 00:37:39,050 - Never, just like a god! No more disease, no more pain.... 278 00:37:39,060 --> 00:37:43,060 Immortal! As long as you stay here with me... 279 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,060 No! 280 00:37:52,330 --> 00:37:56,330 -So I couldn't make you forget about your wife... 281 00:37:57,310 --> 00:38:01,740 ...and despite all the years, your heart and mind were hers... 282 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,140 - Don't resent me, Calypso... 283 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,220 ...my wife cannot compete with you. 284 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:27,000 ... you are immortal, and she will get old and die... 285 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:34,260 Yet, I wish to go back to her, and also meet my son. 286 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:39,780 - Since you made your choice, then this will be your route... 287 00:38:40,460 --> 00:38:43,310 ... between the Levant and the Big Dipper... 288 00:38:43,310 --> 00:38:46,240 ...where the Pleiades rise above the sea. 289 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:13,740 - Stranger, what does it mean to be immortal? 290 00:39:18,420 --> 00:39:21,780 - Perhaps it means that men forget about you... 291 00:39:21,860 --> 00:39:25,180 ...and that you forget about them too. 292 00:39:25,500 --> 00:39:29,560 As you can see, I did not succeed. 293 00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:21,040 Well done, Euryales. 294 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:59,500 Stranger, we have a sword contest. Would you like to join us? 295 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:07,280 Why invite me? To make fun of me? Games and glory are for the youth. 296 00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:11,400 There are men who maintain their strength long after their youth... 297 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:13,640 We would be honored if you took part in our games... 298 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:16,560 I cannot, Alcinous. 299 00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:21,460 ... the harsh traveling weakened me, and I have no desire to compete... 300 00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:27,000 Leave him where he is. He does not compare to us... 301 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:31,440 He looks rather like a merchant, who only cares about profit. 302 00:41:32,210 --> 00:41:34,640 You talk too much, and badly. 303 00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:43,640 Obviously, the Gods do not share their gifts equally... 304 00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:50,340 For instance, you have muscle and a pretty face... but there is nothing beyond! 305 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:54,160 I do not care for games, and I no longer have the strength of the youth... 306 00:41:54,260 --> 00:41:56,120 ... but however, I accept your challenge... 307 00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:59,840 ... so you learn how foolish it is to talk before you think! 308 00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:06,840 (Athena was cautiously standing in the arena...) 309 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:08,840 (...but no one could see her...) 310 00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:11,840 (...not even Odysseus.) 311 00:44:55,050 --> 00:45:00,280 I was wrong to respond to provocation, but I was at war so for long, Alcinous... 312 00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:07,320 ... that war is still inside me, and little is enough to wake it up. 313 00:45:07,360 --> 00:45:11,950 You thought I were only a sailor, and you found out I was also a warrior... 314 00:45:12,220 --> 00:45:15,810 - We do not ask for an apology, the young man had offended you... 315 00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:18,500 But tell me, who are you? 316 00:45:18,500 --> 00:45:21,240 From what we just saw, your name could be famous. 317 00:45:21,240 --> 00:45:25,240 My name does not matter... but if I deserved the respect of your people... 318 00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:30,640 ... so I beg you to offer me a ship, so that I can at last see my homeland again. 319 00:46:54,150 --> 00:46:56,100 I think I know what's on your mind, Nausicaa... 320 00:46:56,140 --> 00:46:58,720 You are no longer a child, so listen... 321 00:46:59,720 --> 00:47:04,720 The young like to decide without judging, to judge without knowing... 322 00:47:04,720 --> 00:47:08,720 ...and they think they know without learning. 323 00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:12,440 Sympathy thrills them... 324 00:47:12,660 --> 00:47:15,600 They are generous enough to offer themselves... 325 00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:18,500 ... but such a gift can be a burden for whom receives it... 326 00:47:18,500 --> 00:47:20,500 ...you are touched by distress... 327 00:47:22,500 --> 00:47:26,700 ..and you want to offer more than necessary help... 328 00:47:26,720 --> 00:47:29,640 ... his fate does not belong to us, Nausicaa... 329 00:47:29,800 --> 00:47:34,640 ...he only wants to go back to his land, to his wife, to his house.