1 00:07:15,613 --> 00:07:20,926 Here was Troy 3000 years ago, a city of destiny... 2 00:07:21,093 --> 00:07:23,732 ...so situated that it dominated the Hellespont... 3 00:07:23,893 --> 00:07:25,929 ...today known as the Dardanelles. 4 00:07:26,093 --> 00:07:29,529 This was the only sea route to and from the east. 5 00:07:29,693 --> 00:07:32,002 As a result, Troy grew prosperous... 6 00:07:32,173 --> 00:07:36,007 ...a tempting prize of war for the Greek nations. 7 00:07:36,173 --> 00:07:40,803 The Trojans had long memories of the time when the Greeks, led by Sparta... 8 00:07:40,973 --> 00:07:44,124 ...had pillaged and burned the city of their fathers. 9 00:07:44,293 --> 00:07:49,048 They had prepared strong defenses against the possibility of future assault. 10 00:07:49,213 --> 00:07:52,171 That is why new Troy, their rebuilt city... 11 00:07:52,333 --> 00:07:55,882 ...was guarded by mighty walls, an impregnable shelter... 12 00:07:56,053 --> 00:07:59,284 ...for a happy people in love with beauty. 13 00:07:59,693 --> 00:08:01,923 In the palace square and the busy streets... 14 00:08:02,093 --> 00:08:05,529 ...the industrious citizens were enjoying the works of peace... 15 00:08:05,693 --> 00:08:09,527 ...as though this carefree era would last forever. 16 00:08:10,493 --> 00:08:13,530 There was Lord Aeneas, nephew of King Priam... 17 00:08:13,693 --> 00:08:15,490 ...on his way to the palace... 18 00:08:15,653 --> 00:08:20,283 ...where the future of Troy was being weighed by the royal council. 19 00:08:20,653 --> 00:08:23,406 And so we've locked out the understanding of nations... 20 00:08:23,573 --> 00:08:27,009 ...and we've locked in the poison. Trojans jumping at every rumor... 21 00:08:27,173 --> 00:08:30,768 ...pointing fingers at each other. l tell you there's only one solution. 22 00:08:30,933 --> 00:08:34,403 Have your way. Go to Sparta. Go wherever you will... 23 00:08:34,893 --> 00:08:37,612 ...but don't try to drag the destiny of Troy with you. 24 00:08:37,773 --> 00:08:40,082 What destiny, to live like a crab in a shell? 25 00:08:40,253 --> 00:08:41,253 We live well. 26 00:08:41,533 --> 00:08:43,967 We tax traders at the sea gate. That's our blood. 27 00:08:44,213 --> 00:08:47,967 Stupidity! We'll choke on our own fat unless we sail our ships of trade. 28 00:08:48,133 --> 00:08:50,522 But how can we, when every harbor is an enemy's? 29 00:08:50,693 --> 00:08:53,605 -Oh, l'm sick of your crazy dreams. -Careful, brother. 30 00:08:53,933 --> 00:08:56,401 Paris has always been able to crack your neck. 31 00:08:56,773 --> 00:08:58,570 And you can thrash us both. 32 00:08:58,733 --> 00:09:01,372 -Tell him he's a fool, Hector! -My sons... 33 00:09:01,733 --> 00:09:04,930 ...the fool is the man who makes a quarrel of a debate. 34 00:09:05,173 --> 00:09:08,290 Paris, l bless your plan to sail to Sparta. 35 00:09:08,453 --> 00:09:10,842 l know l can trust you not to beg for peace. 36 00:09:11,013 --> 00:09:14,449 l'll try to convince the Greeks our power makes a treaty advisable. 37 00:09:14,653 --> 00:09:15,927 l'd convince them. 38 00:09:16,093 --> 00:09:19,403 l'd take 100 ships of war and burn the soil of Sparta black! 39 00:09:19,573 --> 00:09:23,691 l'm sure you would, Polydorus, and create endless war. 40 00:09:24,493 --> 00:09:26,882 And you, Hector, do you aspire to anything... 41 00:09:27,053 --> 00:09:29,726 -...but to excel at swordplay and boxing? -Yes, sire. 42 00:09:29,893 --> 00:09:32,327 The javelin and the discus. 43 00:09:32,733 --> 00:09:34,485 Hector's a good son, Priam. 44 00:09:34,733 --> 00:09:38,203 And a good husband, my lord. ls that not sufficient glory? 45 00:09:38,533 --> 00:09:40,649 By your leave, Paris' ship is ready to sail. 46 00:09:40,813 --> 00:09:42,883 Do the gods approve the day and the hour? 47 00:09:43,053 --> 00:09:47,012 The omens are good and also the prophecies, with but one exception. 48 00:09:47,173 --> 00:09:49,289 One troubled priestess of the temple. 49 00:09:49,653 --> 00:09:52,531 -My daughter. -Don't be angry, Priam. 50 00:09:52,693 --> 00:09:56,003 -Cassandra is ill. -Sick in the mind. 51 00:09:57,893 --> 00:09:59,485 Arise, Paris... 52 00:09:59,653 --> 00:10:01,291 ...and go. 53 00:10:02,253 --> 00:10:06,451 The virgin Cassandra does make one point that causes me much concern. 54 00:10:06,693 --> 00:10:10,402 Prince Paris, it appears, gives all his worship to one goddess alone. 55 00:10:10,573 --> 00:10:14,407 -Aphrodite. -l'm not sure l worship anything. 56 00:10:15,573 --> 00:10:17,131 No. 57 00:10:17,613 --> 00:10:19,888 Admiration is the better word. 58 00:10:20,053 --> 00:10:22,567 Admiration for the beauty of a marble image. 59 00:10:22,733 --> 00:10:26,567 lt was not the goddess of beauty who taught us to arm against our enemies... 60 00:10:26,733 --> 00:10:29,372 ...but Athena, the goddess of wisdom... 61 00:10:29,533 --> 00:10:32,206 ...and the patroness of the horses of war. 62 00:10:32,653 --> 00:10:34,609 Athena does not rejoice in this... 63 00:10:34,773 --> 00:10:37,082 This solitary adoration of yours. 64 00:10:37,293 --> 00:10:40,649 Neither is she delighted that you undertake a mission of peace. 65 00:10:40,813 --> 00:10:44,283 And l suppose that evil horse of hers will spring out and trample me. 66 00:10:44,453 --> 00:10:46,921 Very well. Let it come, my lord... 67 00:10:47,093 --> 00:10:49,766 ...if that's the price of living in a world of fables. 68 00:10:49,933 --> 00:10:51,605 Do not say that, Paris. 69 00:10:52,933 --> 00:10:54,969 Do not seek peace elsewhere, dear brother... 70 00:10:55,133 --> 00:10:57,089 ...until first you have pacified Athena. 71 00:10:57,253 --> 00:11:00,325 My little Cassandra, there can be no postponement. 72 00:11:00,493 --> 00:11:02,563 Give me your blessing for a happy voyage. 73 00:11:02,733 --> 00:11:04,803 l cannot bless what l see in your future. 74 00:11:04,973 --> 00:11:06,167 Cassandra! 75 00:11:06,493 --> 00:11:09,451 -Cassandra, stop this. -But, Father, it's true. 76 00:11:09,613 --> 00:11:12,286 What l see and feel is true. 77 00:11:14,173 --> 00:11:15,925 Go, Paris. 78 00:11:19,893 --> 00:11:21,451 Come, Cassandra. 79 00:11:21,613 --> 00:11:24,810 -Come and rest a while. -How can l, Mother? 80 00:11:25,253 --> 00:11:27,130 Oh, l wish it hadn't been given me... 81 00:11:27,293 --> 00:11:29,932 ...this agony l live with. 82 00:11:39,493 --> 00:11:40,721 Paris! 83 00:11:41,293 --> 00:11:43,682 Paris, don't go. Please don't go. 84 00:11:43,853 --> 00:11:46,572 -l must sail at once. -lf you have any love for Troy... 85 00:11:46,733 --> 00:11:49,167 ...don't bring this dreadful thing upon us. 86 00:11:49,333 --> 00:11:52,882 -And l thought you loved me best of all. -l do, but... 87 00:11:53,053 --> 00:11:56,125 ...the noise, the storm grows so great. 88 00:11:56,573 --> 00:12:00,361 The screaming of horses, the cries of dying men. 89 00:12:01,573 --> 00:12:04,963 -Take care of her. -My dear, my dear. 90 00:12:31,133 --> 00:12:34,045 Perhaps it could not be otherwise. 91 00:12:34,773 --> 00:12:37,606 What must be, no one can change. 92 00:13:26,173 --> 00:13:28,004 Where are we today? Elysium? 93 00:13:28,173 --> 00:13:30,607 Far from it. We're nearing Sparta... 94 00:13:30,773 --> 00:13:34,971 ...a harsh military land, where a man will cut off his arm to prove he's brave. 95 00:13:35,133 --> 00:13:38,443 -l wonder what the women look like. -My profound Cousin Aeneas. 96 00:13:38,613 --> 00:13:41,002 To think deeply, Paris, one must think of women. 97 00:13:41,173 --> 00:13:43,733 They bring all life into the world and much death. 98 00:13:43,893 --> 00:13:47,852 -They sway the destinies of men. -Not my destiny. 99 00:13:50,053 --> 00:13:51,771 What's the matter? 100 00:13:52,253 --> 00:13:54,403 Oh, just a quickening of the breeze. 101 00:13:54,573 --> 00:13:56,928 But l don't like the hot breath of it. 102 00:13:57,533 --> 00:14:00,764 Oh, it's nothing. Only one drifting cloud up there. 103 00:14:27,693 --> 00:14:29,763 Up the mast with you! 104 00:14:35,173 --> 00:14:39,052 -l command you! Climb the mast! -Drop the sail! 105 00:14:39,213 --> 00:14:43,411 My prince, the ropes are fouled, and these men refuse to climb the mast. 106 00:14:43,573 --> 00:14:46,371 -l'll flay them! -No! 107 00:14:46,533 --> 00:14:49,206 There's only one way to cure these fantasies. 108 00:14:49,373 --> 00:14:52,888 No, my prince, not you. No! 109 00:14:55,733 --> 00:14:57,405 Paris! 110 00:14:59,173 --> 00:15:01,403 Paris! 111 00:15:15,013 --> 00:15:16,890 Paris! 112 00:15:19,573 --> 00:15:21,325 Paris! Paris! 113 00:15:28,173 --> 00:15:29,173 Paris! 114 00:16:17,213 --> 00:16:18,646 Megas! 115 00:16:36,693 --> 00:16:37,967 Aphrodite. 116 00:16:39,493 --> 00:16:40,812 What? 117 00:16:42,613 --> 00:16:44,490 Some ship had bad luck. 118 00:16:44,773 --> 00:16:46,923 She does exist. 119 00:16:47,133 --> 00:16:50,170 -Who? -The fairest goddess. 120 00:16:50,333 --> 00:16:52,210 This creature is crazy. 121 00:16:52,373 --> 00:16:54,807 But with a nice sort of craziness. 122 00:16:58,333 --> 00:16:59,971 What was your ship? 123 00:17:01,253 --> 00:17:02,481 The Dolphin... 124 00:17:02,653 --> 00:17:04,848 -...of Troy. -A Trojan. 125 00:17:08,173 --> 00:17:10,050 Cut him loose, Andros. 126 00:17:10,213 --> 00:17:14,092 Maybe we can warm some life into him before we turn him over to the soldiers. 127 00:17:14,253 --> 00:17:18,883 Women! Why warm a man to cut his throat? 128 00:17:21,413 --> 00:17:23,643 Cover him up, quickly. 129 00:17:31,293 --> 00:17:34,205 We're looking for our sovereign lady, the Queen of Sparta. 130 00:17:34,373 --> 00:17:38,366 She came to the shore to visit a nurse of her childhood days. 131 00:17:40,613 --> 00:17:43,923 -My lady. -l left orders not to be disturbed here. 132 00:17:44,093 --> 00:17:47,688 But there are certain developments which make this beach unsafe today. 133 00:17:47,853 --> 00:17:50,492 A strange ship was sighted running out of the storm. 134 00:17:50,653 --> 00:17:52,564 We couldn't go after her. Heavy seas. 135 00:17:52,733 --> 00:17:55,725 She might have been Trojan. lt's possible she left spies. 136 00:17:55,893 --> 00:17:58,805 You see Trojan phantoms everywhere. 137 00:18:08,413 --> 00:18:12,770 -This was no phantom ship. -The emblem of the royal House of Troy. 138 00:18:13,413 --> 00:18:16,564 The king would want me to insist that his queen return at once. 139 00:18:16,733 --> 00:18:20,362 lnform King Menelaus that Cora is taking excellent care of me. 140 00:18:23,653 --> 00:18:25,530 Go along now. 141 00:18:27,373 --> 00:18:28,886 Very well, my lady. 142 00:18:40,773 --> 00:18:42,889 Andraste! 143 00:18:47,933 --> 00:18:51,323 -Andraste, help us carry this man. -A man, my lady? 144 00:18:51,493 --> 00:18:53,688 How interesting! 145 00:19:22,213 --> 00:19:25,091 -l can't risk hiding a Trojan. -Yes. 146 00:19:25,253 --> 00:19:28,450 What if he's a warrior and only pretending? You must be careful. 147 00:19:28,613 --> 00:19:32,401 Women who are always careful miss much in life, Andraste. 148 00:19:33,373 --> 00:19:35,728 He doesn't seem to recover. 149 00:19:38,133 --> 00:19:40,283 But his heart beats. 150 00:19:47,173 --> 00:19:49,607 Give him some broth, and we'll turn him over. 151 00:19:49,773 --> 00:19:52,446 -Good. -Oh, no! They'll kill him. 152 00:19:52,613 --> 00:19:55,127 -l still say good. -And l, too, would say so... 153 00:19:55,293 --> 00:19:58,842 -...if he were as unattractive as you. -Thank you. 154 00:19:59,013 --> 00:20:01,322 To whom am l indebted for this gallant defense? 155 00:20:01,493 --> 00:20:05,202 Nobody of importance. l am only a slave. 156 00:20:08,773 --> 00:20:11,492 Now tell us about yourself, Trojan. 157 00:20:11,653 --> 00:20:13,644 Did l mention that? 158 00:20:14,253 --> 00:20:16,323 My memory is clouded. 159 00:20:18,053 --> 00:20:20,931 But l do recall l thought you a vision. 160 00:20:22,013 --> 00:20:23,651 A goddess. 161 00:20:26,293 --> 00:20:28,170 Dear Aphrodite... 162 00:20:28,893 --> 00:20:31,487 ...allow me to present myself. 163 00:20:31,693 --> 00:20:35,402 -Prince Paris of Troy. -We'll dispense with impudence. 164 00:20:36,053 --> 00:20:39,170 You're a bit impudent yourself for whatever you are, a slave? 165 00:20:39,333 --> 00:20:42,405 -Silence! You're addressing... -A slave of the palace, Andros. 166 00:20:42,933 --> 00:20:45,322 Of what importance is that? 167 00:20:47,933 --> 00:20:50,527 l tell you truly, l am Prince Paris. 168 00:20:51,013 --> 00:20:54,289 l come to offer a treaty of peace to King Menelaus. 169 00:20:55,853 --> 00:20:58,367 But of course, you don't believe me. 170 00:20:58,613 --> 00:21:00,524 My articles of identity... 171 00:21:00,693 --> 00:21:03,730 ...all the gifts l was bringing to the Court of Sparta... 172 00:21:03,893 --> 00:21:06,532 My crew won't come near a Spartan harbor now. 173 00:21:06,693 --> 00:21:09,730 They'll swear the gods hurled lightning at me. 174 00:21:11,173 --> 00:21:13,084 Perhaps l do believe you. 175 00:21:16,013 --> 00:21:19,767 The sea has damaged your appearance, but not your manner. 176 00:21:23,493 --> 00:21:25,211 You must leave here at nightfall. 177 00:21:25,373 --> 00:21:28,604 Follow the coast. You'll reach a cove where Phoenician ships put in. 178 00:21:28,773 --> 00:21:32,527 -No. l still have a mission. -Do as l tell you! 179 00:21:33,093 --> 00:21:36,165 Our soldiers have a habit of plunging a dagger into strangers. 180 00:21:36,333 --> 00:21:38,210 And why should that worry you? 181 00:21:38,373 --> 00:21:41,729 Never mind. The feelings of a slave are of no importance. 182 00:21:41,893 --> 00:21:43,451 They are to me. 183 00:21:43,613 --> 00:21:47,049 ln any place but Sparta, one so fair would be a queen. 184 00:21:47,213 --> 00:21:48,931 ln Troy, we'd make songs about you. 185 00:21:49,093 --> 00:21:51,163 King Menelaus would not permit that here. 186 00:21:51,333 --> 00:21:53,642 Because you'd make his queen look plain. 187 00:21:53,813 --> 00:21:55,769 She would be pained to hear you say that. 188 00:21:55,933 --> 00:21:57,048 Do you know her? 189 00:21:57,213 --> 00:22:00,649 She owns me. l'm her shadow. 190 00:22:02,533 --> 00:22:04,922 And l always thought l knew her. 191 00:22:05,573 --> 00:22:09,043 No, l don't believe anyone knows Queen Helen very well... 192 00:22:09,693 --> 00:22:12,651 -...including Helen. -Not even the king? 193 00:22:12,813 --> 00:22:15,452 Great power doesn't need knowledge. 194 00:22:15,853 --> 00:22:18,413 Wait. l only ask these questions... 195 00:22:18,573 --> 00:22:21,246 -...because l must go to the palace. -Don't chance it. 196 00:22:21,413 --> 00:22:24,485 l intend to be discreet, so prepare me. 197 00:22:24,653 --> 00:22:27,167 lf Menelaus won't help me, l'll ask the queen. 198 00:22:27,373 --> 00:22:29,648 That you must never do! l... 199 00:22:29,813 --> 00:22:33,567 Oh, if you were old and ugly, maybe then she could help you. 200 00:22:34,213 --> 00:22:37,410 But you're not old, nor ugly. 201 00:22:38,853 --> 00:22:41,606 lt's late, Andros. We must get the fish to market. 202 00:22:41,773 --> 00:22:45,561 Gladly. lf the soldiers find him here, l don't want to be involved. 203 00:22:45,733 --> 00:22:46,927 l wouldn't mind. 204 00:22:47,093 --> 00:22:51,689 We must get back to the palace, Andraste. l've stayed here too long. 205 00:22:53,573 --> 00:22:55,052 Promise me... 206 00:22:56,013 --> 00:22:57,651 ...we'll meet again. 207 00:23:37,133 --> 00:23:39,169 You can go back now. 208 00:23:48,293 --> 00:23:51,569 Supplies, for your voyage home. 209 00:23:52,373 --> 00:23:54,648 So you still hope l won't go to the palace? 210 00:23:54,813 --> 00:23:55,962 More than ever. 211 00:23:56,133 --> 00:23:59,887 The kings of Greece are gathering there to consider a war against Troy. 212 00:24:00,053 --> 00:24:02,521 Then my mission was well-timed. 213 00:24:02,853 --> 00:24:05,367 -When will they be in council? -Tomorrow, perhaps. 214 00:24:05,533 --> 00:24:07,125 But tonight... 215 00:24:07,373 --> 00:24:09,648 ...there are only you and l. 216 00:24:10,653 --> 00:24:12,769 Under the magic of the moonlight. 217 00:24:12,933 --> 00:24:15,811 Here. See what l brought you? 218 00:24:15,973 --> 00:24:18,362 My dear little slave girl... 219 00:24:18,533 --> 00:24:21,764 ...l don't want what you steal from the palace. 220 00:24:22,453 --> 00:24:24,762 l only want what l steal from the palace. 221 00:24:24,933 --> 00:24:26,730 No, my prince. 222 00:24:27,333 --> 00:24:29,085 Very well, then, l'll borrow you. 223 00:24:29,253 --> 00:24:31,164 But we'll be quite honest about it. 224 00:24:31,333 --> 00:24:35,167 -l'll offer to buy you from the queen. -Oh, no! That would mean death! 225 00:24:35,333 --> 00:24:36,561 Nonsense. 226 00:24:36,733 --> 00:24:39,531 l'll explain to her that you're no slave to me... 227 00:24:39,693 --> 00:24:42,161 ...but my future Princess of Troy. 228 00:24:42,333 --> 00:24:44,483 Let me go, Paris. 229 00:24:45,493 --> 00:24:48,132 Don't you believe l could love a slave? 230 00:24:48,493 --> 00:24:50,290 Yes, l believe. 231 00:24:50,453 --> 00:24:52,967 My heart believes and loves you. 232 00:24:53,133 --> 00:24:57,604 My heart is yours, Paris, but l can never be. 233 00:25:03,173 --> 00:25:07,564 You must not seek out the queen, nor anyone at the palace. 234 00:25:09,253 --> 00:25:12,086 And this moment must be our last. 235 00:25:12,893 --> 00:25:14,645 Don't ask me why. 236 00:25:14,813 --> 00:25:17,486 Call it magic, call it a dream. 237 00:25:17,653 --> 00:25:20,645 And never speak of it to anyone. 238 00:25:36,893 --> 00:25:40,249 Hear our Spartan host, King Menelaus. 239 00:25:40,413 --> 00:25:43,769 -Are you sure Ulysses is coming? -His ship was not far behind mine. 240 00:25:43,933 --> 00:25:46,845 This great lthacan refused to leave his wife and farm. 241 00:25:47,013 --> 00:25:49,573 He's so sick of war, he wouldn't let go of the plow. 242 00:25:49,733 --> 00:25:53,442 Till his child was cast in front of it, to convince him Greece's glory... 243 00:25:53,613 --> 00:25:55,012 ...comes before contentment. 244 00:25:55,173 --> 00:25:58,051 You can have the glory. l'll take Troy's gold. 245 00:25:58,213 --> 00:26:00,124 Not my share, brother. 246 00:26:00,293 --> 00:26:02,249 Ulysses, King of lthaca! 247 00:26:05,413 --> 00:26:08,610 Greetings, friend. You're acquainted with everyone. 248 00:26:08,773 --> 00:26:12,402 Ajax, Prince of Salamis. Nestor, King of Pylos. 249 00:26:12,573 --> 00:26:14,370 Diomedes, ruler of Aetolia. 250 00:26:14,533 --> 00:26:17,764 And l think you know my brother, King Agamemnon of Mycenae. 251 00:26:17,933 --> 00:26:20,686 Greetings, fellow pirates. 252 00:26:23,413 --> 00:26:25,688 lt is a righteous war we plan, Ulysses... 253 00:26:25,853 --> 00:26:27,650 ...a war of defensive aggression. 254 00:26:28,333 --> 00:26:29,812 A neat sort of righteousness. 255 00:26:29,973 --> 00:26:32,726 You think the Trojans built a citadel for peace-lovers? 256 00:26:32,893 --> 00:26:34,451 Have you heard of Priam's sons? 257 00:26:34,613 --> 00:26:37,286 Polydorus begs for war! Hector wants only a challenge. 258 00:26:37,453 --> 00:26:40,206 Paris is anyone's equal with a cestus, bow and javelin. 259 00:26:40,373 --> 00:26:41,772 You believe they want peace? 260 00:26:41,933 --> 00:26:44,766 All the more reason why we cannot plan without Achilles. 261 00:26:44,933 --> 00:26:46,525 But he hates my brother and me... 262 00:26:46,693 --> 00:26:49,127 He hates you almost as much as he loves war. 263 00:26:49,293 --> 00:26:52,842 ln order to lock himself from all temptation of joining with us... 264 00:26:53,013 --> 00:26:56,608 ...he hid himself securely, in a house of women. 265 00:26:58,093 --> 00:27:01,642 That's where l found him, hiding from all persuasion... 266 00:27:01,813 --> 00:27:03,007 ...dressed as a woman! 267 00:27:05,213 --> 00:27:06,532 Did you persuade him? 268 00:27:06,693 --> 00:27:09,924 Yes. He's here at the stables, seeing to the care of his horses. 269 00:27:10,453 --> 00:27:12,444 Achilles, a blushing girl. 270 00:27:12,613 --> 00:27:15,889 l shall commend him for the beauty of his face and figure. 271 00:27:18,813 --> 00:27:20,849 The man who blows his own horn. 272 00:27:49,093 --> 00:27:50,890 Commend him, Menelaus. 273 00:27:53,293 --> 00:27:54,965 l commend you, Achilles. 274 00:27:55,213 --> 00:27:57,363 And l despise you. 275 00:27:57,613 --> 00:27:59,649 And you, Agamemnon. 276 00:28:00,253 --> 00:28:02,403 But it seems we must unite... 277 00:28:02,573 --> 00:28:04,643 ...so l am here to lead you. 278 00:28:07,813 --> 00:28:09,531 -Lead us, Achilles? -Of course. 279 00:28:09,693 --> 00:28:11,729 l and my good friend Patroclus. 280 00:28:11,893 --> 00:28:14,805 Since we were boys, we could stand alone and defy an army. 281 00:28:14,973 --> 00:28:16,565 -l question that. -Who? 282 00:28:16,733 --> 00:28:19,486 l, Ajax. 283 00:28:19,933 --> 00:28:21,412 My imitator. 284 00:28:21,573 --> 00:28:24,007 You disgusting glory-hunter. 285 00:28:24,173 --> 00:28:27,006 To imitate him, l'd need to wear three layers of armor. 286 00:28:27,173 --> 00:28:30,085 That's where he gets his reputation for being invulnerable. 287 00:28:30,253 --> 00:28:32,164 Silence this fool, Menelaus. 288 00:28:32,453 --> 00:28:35,365 l would prefer not to be angered by him. 289 00:28:36,373 --> 00:28:40,286 The truth of the matter is, his skin's as tender as his vanity. 290 00:28:40,453 --> 00:28:42,683 And especially his heel. 291 00:28:42,853 --> 00:28:46,368 -He can't even stand leather against it. -l do not fight with my feet. 292 00:28:46,533 --> 00:28:49,206 Take your ease, my prince. l'll handle this buffoon. 293 00:28:49,373 --> 00:28:52,445 Enough of this. We must remain united. 294 00:28:52,613 --> 00:28:53,887 lmpossible. 295 00:28:54,053 --> 00:28:56,567 We've never been united, and we never will be. 296 00:28:56,733 --> 00:28:58,724 Keep my horses ready. 297 00:28:59,013 --> 00:29:00,412 Patroclus, we shall leave. 298 00:29:00,573 --> 00:29:03,212 l see no ethical purpose for a raid on Troy. 299 00:29:03,373 --> 00:29:06,809 -Nor l. -Now, wait. Wait. 300 00:29:08,133 --> 00:29:11,364 Here. You talk of ethics. 301 00:29:12,013 --> 00:29:14,686 Here's the sign of a Trojan ship prowling our shores. 302 00:29:14,853 --> 00:29:18,163 No peaceful trader, but a royal ship of the House of Priam. 303 00:29:18,333 --> 00:29:20,483 lt was my ship, sire. 304 00:29:21,453 --> 00:29:23,409 l am Paris of Troy. 305 00:29:23,573 --> 00:29:25,131 -You are King Menelaus? -Yes. 306 00:29:25,453 --> 00:29:29,048 Sorry to present myself like this, l was swept overboard in the storm. 307 00:29:29,693 --> 00:29:32,605 Fortunately, this gathering of the most royal of Greece... 308 00:29:32,773 --> 00:29:34,843 ...makes my mission easier. 309 00:29:35,013 --> 00:29:38,892 -How'd you know we were here? -l beg my lord's indulgence, l know. 310 00:29:39,053 --> 00:29:41,362 So l'm saved from journeying to each king... 311 00:29:41,533 --> 00:29:44,570 ...if you decide against offers of peace l bring from Troy. 312 00:29:45,653 --> 00:29:47,450 -What? -Troy does not plan war? 313 00:29:47,693 --> 00:29:49,684 You are wrong, Menelaus. 314 00:29:50,053 --> 00:29:53,045 Stop this or lose your Trojan plunder. 315 00:29:53,213 --> 00:29:56,011 -Where'd you find this impostor? -He came to the palace. 316 00:29:56,173 --> 00:29:58,892 -l thought you'd question him. -You interrupt council! 317 00:29:59,053 --> 00:30:01,009 -Hear him. -This is our business. 318 00:30:01,173 --> 00:30:04,609 He's only some wandering vagabond. See the rags he wears. 319 00:30:05,053 --> 00:30:07,328 These roving jesters come often to my palace. 320 00:30:07,493 --> 00:30:10,053 And they never fail to have some nimble talent. 321 00:30:10,213 --> 00:30:12,522 What do you do besides this royal imposture? 322 00:30:13,653 --> 00:30:15,769 lt seems l try to do the impossible. 323 00:30:16,373 --> 00:30:17,806 The cesti. 324 00:30:17,973 --> 00:30:20,851 lf he's Paris, he should have some skill with the cesti. 325 00:30:21,013 --> 00:30:24,403 -Brilliant, brother, brilliant. -You heard, Ajax, Achilles? 326 00:30:24,573 --> 00:30:26,086 Achilles is weary from travel. 327 00:30:26,253 --> 00:30:29,882 Achilles did not make his reputation fighting children. 328 00:30:39,173 --> 00:30:41,129 This Sparta, my son, is a viper's nest. 329 00:30:41,293 --> 00:30:43,966 -l'll see you aren't... -lf we offend the pretender... 330 00:30:44,133 --> 00:30:46,522 -...l give him leave to go. -No. 331 00:30:46,693 --> 00:30:49,605 After all, part of my task was to spread civilization. 332 00:30:49,773 --> 00:30:51,491 But l must exact an agreement. 333 00:30:51,853 --> 00:30:55,971 lf l come fairly out of this fight, will you believe that l am Paris... 334 00:30:56,133 --> 00:30:57,885 ...and hear the Trojan peace terms? 335 00:30:58,053 --> 00:31:00,726 lf your head's still on your shoulders, yes. 336 00:32:17,293 --> 00:32:19,011 Paris! 337 00:33:32,293 --> 00:33:36,923 My good Trojan, you have used a Spartan persuasion on me: courage. 338 00:33:37,093 --> 00:33:40,563 My courage almost failed me at the thought of meeting Ajax. 339 00:33:40,733 --> 00:33:42,212 You shall rest. 340 00:33:42,373 --> 00:33:44,091 And tomorrow we shall talk. 341 00:33:44,453 --> 00:33:46,284 About your adventures, your voyage... 342 00:33:46,453 --> 00:33:49,411 ...and the secret charm that makes me call you "friend." 343 00:33:49,573 --> 00:33:51,370 And Troy shall call Sparta "friend." 344 00:33:51,893 --> 00:33:55,203 Alpheus, find quarters for our guest. 345 00:33:55,493 --> 00:33:57,006 And, Alpheus... 346 00:33:57,173 --> 00:34:00,085 ...they say the Trojans have great eyes for beauty. 347 00:34:00,253 --> 00:34:04,246 Find him a slave and see that she is beautiful. 348 00:34:04,693 --> 00:34:08,572 There is one slave in your palace for whom l'd gladly become a slave myself. 349 00:34:08,733 --> 00:34:10,485 Menelaus! 350 00:34:16,013 --> 00:34:19,005 You expressed a wish yesterday to present your guests to me. 351 00:34:19,173 --> 00:34:21,004 A proud wish. 352 00:34:21,293 --> 00:34:25,605 Helen, Queen of Sparta, wife to Menelaus... 353 00:34:25,773 --> 00:34:28,571 ...l present Paris, Prince Royal of Troy. 354 00:34:31,133 --> 00:34:32,851 Why are you here, Trojan? 355 00:34:33,013 --> 00:34:34,731 To study our arts and culture? 356 00:34:34,973 --> 00:34:38,443 Yes, my lady. The art of self-preservation. 357 00:34:38,613 --> 00:34:40,683 Trojan impudence! 358 00:34:40,853 --> 00:34:42,127 By your leave, my lord... 359 00:34:42,293 --> 00:34:45,888 ...l shall receive the Greeks at some happier moment. 360 00:35:06,693 --> 00:35:10,481 l heard my lady was truly Spartan this afternoon. 361 00:35:10,653 --> 00:35:12,769 My heart behaved like a fool. 362 00:35:12,933 --> 00:35:15,811 l'm sure Menelaus could hear it beating. 363 00:35:39,453 --> 00:35:40,727 Tell your servants to go. 364 00:35:41,453 --> 00:35:43,125 You may go. 365 00:35:54,533 --> 00:35:56,091 -Get out! -When will you learn? 366 00:35:56,253 --> 00:35:59,006 The man can neither speak nor hear. 367 00:36:12,733 --> 00:36:14,371 What did you think of the Trojan? 368 00:36:14,533 --> 00:36:17,331 -You saw what l thought. -Yes, l saw what you thought. 369 00:36:17,493 --> 00:36:19,484 Of this Trojan anyway. 370 00:36:20,053 --> 00:36:22,044 What is this game you're playing? 371 00:36:22,213 --> 00:36:25,250 Helen, you reveal yourself. So does he. 372 00:36:25,413 --> 00:36:28,530 Speak plainly. lf l've given you some offense, punish me... 373 00:36:28,693 --> 00:36:32,652 ...but don't welcome a stranger with one hand and strike him with the other! 374 00:36:35,773 --> 00:36:38,207 So now we're fond of Trojans? 375 00:36:38,613 --> 00:36:41,446 l might do many things with him. l might send him home... 376 00:36:41,613 --> 00:36:43,444 ...with his appearance altered. 377 00:36:43,613 --> 00:36:46,685 l might hold him hostage to bleed tribute out of Priam. 378 00:36:46,853 --> 00:36:48,923 l imagined once l had married a king. 379 00:36:49,093 --> 00:36:51,846 -You married a king. -l married a robber. 380 00:36:52,013 --> 00:36:54,766 Why did you marry him? Why did you marry him? 381 00:36:58,373 --> 00:37:00,603 When a king takes spoils, he robs no one. 382 00:37:00,773 --> 00:37:03,810 When he kills, he commits no murder. He fulfills justice. 383 00:37:03,973 --> 00:37:05,406 The way of a Spartan. 384 00:37:05,573 --> 00:37:08,406 l understand these things. You do not. 385 00:37:08,573 --> 00:37:09,767 l understand enough. 386 00:37:09,933 --> 00:37:12,686 Then understand your place in the palace, nowhere else! 387 00:37:12,853 --> 00:37:15,651 You've seen this man before. Admit it. 388 00:37:18,453 --> 00:37:20,728 Your silence condemns you. 389 00:37:21,573 --> 00:37:25,851 You've been out of the palace secretly. Admit it. You know this man. 390 00:37:26,013 --> 00:37:30,529 Silent as ever. No words for me, your husband. l am your husband! 391 00:37:30,853 --> 00:37:33,413 -Don't. -Say "husband" to me. 392 00:37:33,573 --> 00:37:34,767 Say "husband" to me. 393 00:37:45,733 --> 00:37:49,328 l can think of many ways of dealing with your Trojan, Helen. 394 00:38:02,733 --> 00:38:04,451 Andraste. 395 00:38:14,493 --> 00:38:17,087 l am the slave sent to the Prince of Troy. 396 00:38:17,253 --> 00:38:18,845 The queen's handmaiden, eh? 397 00:38:19,013 --> 00:38:21,243 The king commands me to entertain his guests. 398 00:38:21,413 --> 00:38:25,042 A fine Greek custom, but guest? He's in a prison, if he only knew it. 399 00:38:25,213 --> 00:38:28,011 Oh, l'm instructed that he shall not know it. 400 00:38:28,173 --> 00:38:30,926 Must King Menelaus command you himself to admit me? 401 00:38:31,093 --> 00:38:32,970 The royal temper's already running a fever. 402 00:38:33,133 --> 00:38:35,693 Shall l tell the king you said that? 403 00:38:36,813 --> 00:38:39,691 Get to your business, you little troublemaker. 404 00:38:48,413 --> 00:38:50,290 You should be in bed. 405 00:38:50,453 --> 00:38:51,932 Yes, l should but... 406 00:38:52,093 --> 00:38:54,846 But your mistress sent you to play another trick on me. 407 00:38:55,013 --> 00:38:57,732 No. She sent me to help you escape. 408 00:38:59,173 --> 00:39:00,845 Escape? 409 00:39:08,166 --> 00:39:10,282 Those two soldiers on watch down there... 410 00:39:11,206 --> 00:39:12,924 ...are they going to help me too? 411 00:39:13,086 --> 00:39:16,158 You're a captive. The king plans tortures for you. 412 00:39:16,326 --> 00:39:19,284 You must leave quickly. Return to the fisherman's hut. 413 00:39:19,446 --> 00:39:21,755 l'll go a distance with you to point the way. 414 00:39:21,926 --> 00:39:24,520 My good friend Menelaus. 415 00:39:24,686 --> 00:39:28,235 -The door is also watched. -Then what chance have l? 416 00:40:34,806 --> 00:40:37,115 Helen thought to make you look like a merchant. 417 00:40:37,286 --> 00:40:39,516 Any fool could see you're a prince. 418 00:40:39,686 --> 00:40:41,483 -Soldiers. -Fisherman! 419 00:40:41,646 --> 00:40:42,840 -Yes? -Fisherman! 420 00:40:43,006 --> 00:40:44,359 Yes? 421 00:40:46,646 --> 00:40:48,364 -What do you want? -A cup of wine. 422 00:40:48,526 --> 00:40:52,485 -Our throats are salted by the breeze. -Oh. Cora, the wineskin. 423 00:40:53,006 --> 00:40:55,839 The captain's an idiot. Does he think the man will swim? 424 00:40:56,006 --> 00:40:58,042 He'd be deep in the forest by now. 425 00:40:58,206 --> 00:41:00,800 Here. Take it with you. 426 00:41:10,206 --> 00:41:12,515 Go, and remember, there will be soldiers above... 427 00:41:12,686 --> 00:41:15,041 ...so you'd best try the rocks under the cliff. 428 00:41:15,206 --> 00:41:18,835 Get to a cove beyond the tower. There, a boat will send you to the ship. 429 00:41:19,006 --> 00:41:21,440 Wings of Mercury speed you. 430 00:41:22,406 --> 00:41:24,044 Why do you wait? 431 00:41:24,286 --> 00:41:26,595 lt was just a foolish hope. 432 00:41:26,966 --> 00:41:29,526 -l half-imagined she'd come. -Here? 433 00:41:29,686 --> 00:41:30,880 She sent you garments... 434 00:41:31,046 --> 00:41:34,641 ...arranged for a Phoenician ship to take you home. What more, Trojan? 435 00:41:34,806 --> 00:41:36,797 l didn't really expect her to come. 436 00:41:36,966 --> 00:41:39,321 -l only hoped. -Don't even breathe it. 437 00:41:39,486 --> 00:41:42,239 lf she should show her face here and be recognized... 438 00:41:42,406 --> 00:41:43,885 l know. 439 00:41:44,246 --> 00:41:47,044 And l wish l could repay you for your kindness. 440 00:41:48,646 --> 00:41:51,035 And for the queen... 441 00:41:51,206 --> 00:41:53,879 ...tell her she'll walk in all my dreams. 442 00:43:01,206 --> 00:43:02,525 Wait! 443 00:43:02,686 --> 00:43:04,483 The ship is not yet in the cove. 444 00:43:05,006 --> 00:43:06,405 Helen. 445 00:43:07,686 --> 00:43:09,563 Andraste, you are free. 446 00:43:10,726 --> 00:43:13,877 -Go as far away as you can from Sparta. -My lady. 447 00:43:14,166 --> 00:43:16,157 You made clear to Adelphus what l said? 448 00:43:16,326 --> 00:43:19,557 -He is far off by this time. -Then be on your way. 449 00:43:19,726 --> 00:43:21,921 Freedom is made of quicksilver sometimes. 450 00:43:27,606 --> 00:43:29,358 Go. Hurry. 451 00:43:38,046 --> 00:43:39,365 Helen. 452 00:43:39,526 --> 00:43:41,278 Helen is the queen. 453 00:43:41,446 --> 00:43:44,882 The girl you thought you knew was quite nameless and without reality. 454 00:43:45,446 --> 00:43:46,720 l can't believe that. 455 00:43:46,886 --> 00:43:48,956 -lt was she who helped me to escape. -No. 456 00:43:49,286 --> 00:43:51,959 That was the queen who hates cruelty. 457 00:43:52,606 --> 00:43:54,881 She would have done the same for any slave. 458 00:43:55,046 --> 00:43:56,764 l see. 459 00:43:58,726 --> 00:44:01,763 She is the queen who comes here to say this. 460 00:44:01,926 --> 00:44:04,599 She will always remember the gentle Paris. 461 00:44:04,766 --> 00:44:08,076 And she will do her small part to turn this nation from war. 462 00:44:08,726 --> 00:44:11,115 -You're not a Spartan. -l am. 463 00:44:11,526 --> 00:44:14,245 Daughter of a king who chose a Spartan husband for me. 464 00:44:14,406 --> 00:44:15,555 A man you despised. 465 00:44:15,726 --> 00:44:19,082 l despise oppression, as do many others here. 466 00:44:19,926 --> 00:44:22,394 We need to be Spartan to endure it. 467 00:44:22,566 --> 00:44:25,080 And we need to be understood. 468 00:44:25,246 --> 00:44:26,281 You are. 469 00:44:27,046 --> 00:44:29,435 You, not Menelaus, will be Sparta to me. 470 00:44:29,606 --> 00:44:33,599 l'll tell my father there's still hope. l'll tell Troy what l've seen and heard. 471 00:44:33,766 --> 00:44:36,326 The rulers divided, unable to find cause for war... 472 00:44:36,486 --> 00:44:38,716 ...even the Spartan people. 473 00:44:44,366 --> 00:44:47,676 Stop worrying. The kings have been carousing all night. 474 00:45:15,726 --> 00:45:19,321 And so she is real, that one l loved. 475 00:45:20,126 --> 00:45:21,684 Yes. 476 00:45:23,206 --> 00:45:26,516 The gods sometimes change the bravest of intentions. 477 00:45:26,686 --> 00:45:30,122 They are kind. l'll never doubt them again. 478 00:45:34,566 --> 00:45:36,158 Oh, Helen. 479 00:45:36,846 --> 00:45:40,156 Helen, you are a slave as long as Menelaus possesses you. 480 00:45:40,606 --> 00:45:43,404 Come away to freedom. Come to Troy with me. 481 00:45:43,566 --> 00:45:47,241 And destroy the hope of peace you were taking home with you? 482 00:45:48,326 --> 00:45:49,679 No. 483 00:45:50,526 --> 00:45:53,996 lf even one Trojan dies on the walls, l'm a failure. 484 00:45:55,606 --> 00:45:57,358 Forgive me, Helen. 485 00:45:57,526 --> 00:46:00,962 You are two women, both wise and good. 486 00:46:01,286 --> 00:46:03,038 l am two men. 487 00:46:03,486 --> 00:46:05,841 One fairly good, l try to believe. 488 00:46:06,006 --> 00:46:07,359 The other, very bad indeed. 489 00:46:07,726 --> 00:46:09,682 One is a man. 490 00:46:09,846 --> 00:46:12,485 The other just a boy, l think. 491 00:46:13,686 --> 00:46:18,680 Paris, let him be so always. Never let him grow old. 492 00:46:29,886 --> 00:46:31,319 Helen. 493 00:46:38,246 --> 00:46:39,804 The ship. 494 00:46:42,246 --> 00:46:44,362 And now l must go back. 495 00:46:46,206 --> 00:46:48,322 lt is a way the gods have... 496 00:46:48,646 --> 00:46:51,683 ...to give with one hand and take with two. 497 00:46:51,846 --> 00:46:55,077 Oh, no. This is not goodbye. 498 00:46:56,086 --> 00:46:58,646 You shall still be with me across the sea. 499 00:46:58,806 --> 00:47:00,444 And you with me. 500 00:47:00,606 --> 00:47:03,245 And always young, Paris, remember? 501 00:47:03,406 --> 00:47:06,239 What is remembered is forever young. 502 00:47:10,126 --> 00:47:11,195 Halt! 503 00:47:11,566 --> 00:47:12,760 Stand still, Trojan. 504 00:47:12,926 --> 00:47:16,123 -My lady, l ask you remove yourself... -Send your archers away. 505 00:47:16,526 --> 00:47:18,437 l beg the queen to stand out of danger. 506 00:47:18,606 --> 00:47:20,324 You wouldn't dare. You'll die. 507 00:47:20,486 --> 00:47:24,274 l can no more than lose my own life, and it's lost if l let him go. 508 00:48:20,366 --> 00:48:21,685 Silence! 509 00:48:29,126 --> 00:48:30,559 Helen! 510 00:48:33,366 --> 00:48:35,641 Helen! Helen! 511 00:48:35,806 --> 00:48:37,444 -You lie. She's in there. -No. 512 00:48:37,606 --> 00:48:40,439 -She's in there. Break the locks! -Break them. 513 00:48:41,206 --> 00:48:42,605 Break. 514 00:49:09,686 --> 00:49:11,278 lt's true. 515 00:49:11,686 --> 00:49:13,836 The Trojan's taken Helen. 516 00:49:14,006 --> 00:49:15,837 He's carried her away. 517 00:49:16,006 --> 00:49:19,078 By force, against her will. 518 00:49:19,246 --> 00:49:23,319 To think of her struggles, her fruitless cries for help. 519 00:49:23,486 --> 00:49:26,239 We had our differences, but she was my wife. 520 00:49:26,446 --> 00:49:28,562 lt goes deeper than that. 521 00:49:28,726 --> 00:49:30,956 This is the assault of all women in Greece. 522 00:49:31,126 --> 00:49:33,276 Shame. Shame on every Greek nation. 523 00:49:33,446 --> 00:49:35,516 Then man your ships. Follow them. 524 00:49:35,686 --> 00:49:38,246 Ulysses, why do you sit? She must be restored to me. 525 00:49:38,406 --> 00:49:41,125 -Not now, Menelaus. Later. -Yes. Now, now, now! 526 00:49:41,286 --> 00:49:42,924 Will you not stand with me? 527 00:49:43,086 --> 00:49:46,840 Menelaus, we will reclaim her, and with her, all the loot of Troy. 528 00:49:47,006 --> 00:49:48,280 But only if you wait. 529 00:49:48,446 --> 00:49:50,880 We'll send out a call to every city in Greece. 530 00:49:51,046 --> 00:49:53,435 All Greeks united in a war of honor. 531 00:49:53,606 --> 00:49:55,756 Yes. That's what the future will call it. 532 00:49:55,926 --> 00:49:57,120 l call it that now. 533 00:49:57,286 --> 00:50:00,323 This Prince of Troy has asked for war, not peace. 534 00:50:00,646 --> 00:50:02,398 Ulysses. 535 00:50:02,766 --> 00:50:06,839 l'm sure you'll agree with me that it is my duty to become our leader. 536 00:50:07,126 --> 00:50:08,684 Leader? 537 00:50:10,446 --> 00:50:12,437 l'll see no one but Achilles as leader. 538 00:50:12,606 --> 00:50:16,281 lt is my consecrated duty to become our leader to avenge my dear brother. 539 00:50:16,446 --> 00:50:20,200 Quite, quite, Agamemnon. And l will follow you. 540 00:50:20,486 --> 00:50:22,716 And tell you what to do, as usual. 541 00:50:22,886 --> 00:50:25,639 And l will persuade the sensitive Achilles... 542 00:50:25,806 --> 00:50:27,956 ...with certain fascinating facts... 543 00:50:28,126 --> 00:50:31,675 ...about the great store of gold to be found in Troy. 544 00:50:31,846 --> 00:50:35,600 l seek no treasure. l will kill. 545 00:50:36,566 --> 00:50:38,716 So shall we all, brother. 546 00:50:40,246 --> 00:50:42,441 To defend your honor. 547 00:50:54,606 --> 00:50:56,005 Who are they? 548 00:50:56,166 --> 00:50:59,715 l don't know, but l know the color of their gold. 549 00:51:04,526 --> 00:51:07,040 Sparta is the past, Helen. 550 00:51:09,406 --> 00:51:11,362 Troy is this way. 551 00:51:11,806 --> 00:51:13,876 What will they call us there? 552 00:51:14,046 --> 00:51:16,719 A woman who left her husband. 553 00:51:16,886 --> 00:51:19,275 A prince turned thief. 554 00:51:19,606 --> 00:51:21,483 What else can we ever be? 555 00:51:21,646 --> 00:51:23,045 Two people in love. 556 00:51:23,206 --> 00:51:25,800 Against the world, if need be. 557 00:51:29,926 --> 00:51:32,486 lf l could make a bargain with the gods... 558 00:51:32,646 --> 00:51:35,035 ...we would escape the world... 559 00:51:35,206 --> 00:51:37,083 ...never landing on any shore. 560 00:51:37,246 --> 00:51:41,125 A lovely dream, but somewhere we must land. 561 00:51:42,406 --> 00:51:45,762 Paris, there's an island called Pelagos. 562 00:51:45,926 --> 00:51:47,644 The sea can feed us. 563 00:51:47,806 --> 00:51:50,525 And there are little houses near the village well. 564 00:51:50,686 --> 00:51:52,165 Let's go there. 565 00:51:52,326 --> 00:51:55,045 l cannot. l was born to an obligation. 566 00:51:55,206 --> 00:51:59,085 Paris, son of Priam, heir to responsibility. 567 00:52:01,246 --> 00:52:04,795 l could leave the kingdoms of the world and never miss them. 568 00:52:06,926 --> 00:52:09,520 -But you... -Helen... 569 00:52:09,686 --> 00:52:12,154 ...our life together will fade if l run from this. 570 00:52:12,326 --> 00:52:15,443 lt will become a slight thing that any storm can tear apart. 571 00:52:15,606 --> 00:52:16,755 No, Paris. 572 00:52:19,206 --> 00:52:20,798 Forgive me. 573 00:52:21,726 --> 00:52:25,514 l forget you are a woman, not a goddess. 574 00:52:26,926 --> 00:52:28,644 Captain. 575 00:52:31,326 --> 00:52:34,079 -You know the island of Pelagos? -lt's far southward... 576 00:52:34,246 --> 00:52:38,000 -...through the Cytherean straits. -Sail southward. 577 00:52:41,326 --> 00:52:43,715 -Captain. -Yes? 578 00:52:45,726 --> 00:52:47,717 We have decided otherwise. 579 00:52:51,606 --> 00:52:54,439 Sail north to Troy. 580 00:53:26,926 --> 00:53:30,362 -What is it? -You'll have to see, Lord Aeneas. 581 00:53:49,766 --> 00:53:51,165 Wait. 582 00:53:51,326 --> 00:53:53,362 Aeneas, call the queen. 583 00:54:04,806 --> 00:54:06,034 Paris! 584 00:54:08,206 --> 00:54:09,605 Paris. 585 00:54:09,766 --> 00:54:12,155 Come and meet my brothers. 586 00:54:12,326 --> 00:54:15,045 Hector, Polydorus. l told you about them. 587 00:54:15,206 --> 00:54:18,084 Lucky Paris. You could fall in the black pit of Hades... 588 00:54:18,246 --> 00:54:20,316 ...and come out with arms full of sunshine. 589 00:54:20,486 --> 00:54:22,636 He's always had a fine flair for surprises. 590 00:54:22,806 --> 00:54:25,400 l'm happy to see that you diverted your mission... 591 00:54:25,566 --> 00:54:28,524 ...to an enterprise more to your talents. 592 00:54:28,686 --> 00:54:30,881 Come. 593 00:54:33,486 --> 00:54:36,398 -Aeneas. -Paris. 594 00:54:37,566 --> 00:54:40,876 -Paris. -l should have had faith. 595 00:54:41,046 --> 00:54:43,116 The great god Zeus would never let him die... 596 00:54:43,286 --> 00:54:46,164 -...and with him our hopes of peace. -lt's a miracle. 597 00:54:46,726 --> 00:54:49,286 Tell us what happened, Paris. 598 00:54:49,446 --> 00:54:50,720 Here is your miracle. 599 00:54:50,886 --> 00:54:54,276 l would never have seen Troy again but for her. 600 00:54:54,446 --> 00:54:57,199 lt would have taken a sea sprite to save you. 601 00:54:57,366 --> 00:55:00,005 How could one so tender have managed it? 602 00:55:00,166 --> 00:55:02,236 Postpone your questions. 603 00:55:02,406 --> 00:55:06,445 She suffered an ordeal that l shan't relate in her presence. 604 00:55:06,606 --> 00:55:11,043 lt's enough that our son has been given back to us by you, my dear. 605 00:55:11,206 --> 00:55:12,958 You are welcome, my child. 606 00:55:13,126 --> 00:55:16,482 Paris, call the high steward. See that she is made comfortable. 607 00:55:16,646 --> 00:55:18,876 Later, you shall tell me of your adventures. 608 00:55:19,046 --> 00:55:21,037 At your command, Father. 609 00:55:22,846 --> 00:55:25,440 My brother seems to have forgotten his courtliness. 610 00:55:25,606 --> 00:55:29,042 By what name, my lady, shall we know you? 611 00:55:34,086 --> 00:55:36,725 -My name is... -Her name is death. 612 00:55:36,886 --> 00:55:39,400 -Cassandra! -Forgive her. She suffers an illness. 613 00:55:39,566 --> 00:55:40,681 Wait. 614 00:55:41,806 --> 00:55:44,195 You were going to say? 615 00:55:46,286 --> 00:55:49,403 l am Helen, Queen of Sparta. 616 00:55:49,646 --> 00:55:51,921 The wife of King Menelaus? 617 00:55:52,086 --> 00:55:55,635 -His wife no more. -The goddess of beauty, Aphrodite... 618 00:55:55,806 --> 00:55:57,842 ...come down to Earth in mortal form. 619 00:55:58,006 --> 00:56:01,078 She will bring the disaster l have prophesied. 620 00:56:01,246 --> 00:56:05,876 Her name will be written in letters of fire. Helen. 621 00:56:06,686 --> 00:56:09,120 Helen of Troy. 622 00:56:13,486 --> 00:56:15,238 And she saved my life again... 623 00:56:15,406 --> 00:56:17,920 ...but at such risk to herself that l couldn't leave her... 624 00:56:18,086 --> 00:56:19,997 ...to the mercy of the Spartans. 625 00:56:21,326 --> 00:56:24,159 l can see l've troubled you, sire. 626 00:56:25,206 --> 00:56:28,323 But in your affection for me and mine for you... 627 00:56:28,486 --> 00:56:30,954 ...l hope you will judge me fairly. 628 00:56:32,806 --> 00:56:35,798 l would never have believed that this could happen... 629 00:56:36,526 --> 00:56:38,881 ...not through this son of mine. 630 00:56:39,526 --> 00:56:42,757 This son who shared my hope of everlasting peace. 631 00:56:42,926 --> 00:56:46,077 Who promised he would bring it. And what have you brought? 632 00:56:46,246 --> 00:56:47,838 Dishonor. 633 00:56:48,006 --> 00:56:49,917 You have united the Greeks. 634 00:56:50,086 --> 00:56:54,477 You have kindled a flame that will weld them together against us. 635 00:56:54,646 --> 00:56:57,114 This will bring them to our very shores. 636 00:56:57,286 --> 00:56:58,480 That should delight you. 637 00:56:58,646 --> 00:57:01,604 You may have to answer for the death of many a good Trojan. 638 00:57:02,446 --> 00:57:05,483 You have presumed too much upon our affection. 639 00:57:05,646 --> 00:57:07,238 Paris... 640 00:57:07,406 --> 00:57:12,116 ...send her back to Sparta and make your peace with Menelaus. 641 00:57:12,286 --> 00:57:13,958 l'll never send her back. 642 00:57:14,406 --> 00:57:18,194 -You reject every word of wisdom? -My love has no logic. 643 00:57:18,366 --> 00:57:21,005 lt could only choose between Troy and Pelagos. 644 00:57:21,566 --> 00:57:24,160 Helen wanted to go to Pelagos... 645 00:57:24,326 --> 00:57:26,601 ...but l had to bring you the warning. 646 00:57:26,766 --> 00:57:29,280 And she had the courage to come with me. 647 00:57:29,446 --> 00:57:31,516 But she was right. 648 00:57:31,926 --> 00:57:34,565 There is no heart in Troy. We'll seek it elsewhere. 649 00:57:34,726 --> 00:57:37,365 The coward's way to avoid the fight? 650 00:57:38,046 --> 00:57:42,244 -You exceed the rights of a brother. -And you... 651 00:57:42,406 --> 00:57:44,715 You scorn every Trojan duty. 652 00:57:45,766 --> 00:57:47,677 The damage is done. 653 00:57:47,846 --> 00:57:50,155 Go or stay. lt matters not. 654 00:57:50,326 --> 00:57:53,955 -l shall not see you again. -Priam. 655 00:57:58,206 --> 00:58:01,915 Bring to the council chamber the armory masters and the granary stewards. 656 00:58:02,086 --> 00:58:06,477 Tell them l want an estimate of Troy's ability to withstand a siege. 657 00:58:17,326 --> 00:58:22,525 There were times when l almost forgot that l had other children, Paris... 658 00:58:22,686 --> 00:58:26,918 ...others to die, perhaps. 659 00:58:28,166 --> 00:58:31,954 Destiny, Paris. Destiny. 660 00:58:33,126 --> 00:58:37,278 Every Trojan woman with son or husband will curse you. 661 00:58:45,086 --> 00:58:49,045 Well, don't worry, brother, a war may clear the atmosphere. 662 00:58:49,206 --> 00:58:52,881 War, the only thing that could make you happy. 663 00:58:53,046 --> 00:58:56,675 Keep out of my way, or you'll never live to enjoy it. 664 00:59:07,366 --> 00:59:10,881 -Lord Aeneas. -You may go. 665 00:59:16,206 --> 00:59:19,676 The ship that brought you to Troy is still in the harbor. 666 00:59:19,846 --> 00:59:22,883 My charioteer will take you there. 667 00:59:24,166 --> 00:59:25,804 l see. 668 00:59:25,966 --> 00:59:29,242 Or if my lady prefers, l'll arrange for a royal escort. 669 00:59:29,406 --> 00:59:32,478 No, l won't delay. 670 00:59:39,326 --> 00:59:41,282 Wait for us. 671 00:59:41,446 --> 00:59:44,040 My chariot will be in the courtyard. 672 00:59:49,566 --> 00:59:52,160 Athena wields much power, it seems. 673 00:59:53,286 --> 00:59:56,995 -lf l return to Menelaus... -No. 674 00:59:57,166 --> 00:59:59,202 Pelagos? 675 00:59:59,366 --> 01:00:01,561 Yes, l'll take you to Pelagos. 676 01:00:05,526 --> 01:00:08,723 You said our lives would fade if you ran away. 677 01:00:08,886 --> 01:00:12,162 l also said that you'd be happy in Troy. 678 01:00:15,846 --> 01:00:17,598 Paris, the word has spread. 679 01:00:17,766 --> 01:00:20,766 -They are not armed with flowers. -Quick, before they overrun the courtyard. 680 01:00:20,886 --> 01:00:24,117 They won't as long as they enjoy their carnival. 681 01:00:24,286 --> 01:00:27,084 -Take Helen to the harbor. -Don't show yourself to them. 682 01:00:27,246 --> 01:00:30,044 -See her aboard the ship. -Paris! 683 01:00:31,366 --> 01:00:32,845 Dog! 684 01:00:36,086 --> 01:00:40,284 You expect us to fight a war for your amusement? 685 01:00:53,006 --> 01:00:55,600 My brave Trojans... 686 01:00:55,766 --> 01:00:58,326 ...will you show as much spirit against the Spartan army... 687 01:00:58,486 --> 01:01:00,681 ...as against one Spartan woman? 688 01:01:00,846 --> 01:01:04,600 Can you stand alone, each, in battle... 689 01:01:04,766 --> 01:01:07,883 ...or do you need the cowardice of numbers to make you bold? 690 01:01:09,446 --> 01:01:13,439 Go home and search your hearts, Trojans... 691 01:01:13,606 --> 01:01:16,723 ...for all this must be answered soon. 692 01:01:29,966 --> 01:01:32,799 -You can leave safely now. -Without you? 693 01:01:33,726 --> 01:01:38,720 l've gained a victory of a sort tonight. l mustn't lose it, Helen. 694 01:01:40,646 --> 01:01:43,922 There's no Pelagos if l'm there alone. 695 01:01:50,006 --> 01:01:53,555 But there's always one island where the storm can't touch us. 696 01:01:53,726 --> 01:01:57,435 lt's anyplace, Paris, where we're together. 697 01:01:57,606 --> 01:02:00,166 -Here? -Oh, yes, even here. 698 01:02:08,206 --> 01:02:10,959 News reached Troy that the Greeks were about to sail... 699 01:02:11,126 --> 01:02:16,564 ...with the mightiest armada ever known to man. The Trojans prepared for war. 700 01:03:32,326 --> 01:03:34,794 Our signals have never warned of so many ships. 701 01:03:34,966 --> 01:03:37,275 -That's all right. We're ready. -Hundreds. 702 01:03:37,446 --> 01:03:42,236 -Many more than we can count. -Five, 600. More. 703 01:03:42,406 --> 01:03:46,035 -No less than 1 000 ships. -We'll make them pay a heavy price. 704 01:03:46,206 --> 01:03:51,838 What shall we pay? Aeneas, bring them here. Let them see. 705 01:03:52,886 --> 01:03:54,877 Yes, sire. 706 01:04:13,966 --> 01:04:16,161 Faster. Faster. 707 01:04:41,726 --> 01:04:45,082 -See what you have brought upon us? -Father. 708 01:04:48,846 --> 01:04:53,556 The face that launched 1 000 ships. 709 01:05:40,486 --> 01:05:44,559 Now remember, these Trojan walls are our strength and our substance... 710 01:05:44,726 --> 01:05:48,275 ...so let no eager fool attempt to charge this plain... 711 01:05:48,446 --> 01:05:52,200 ...until these ramparts have served their purpose. 712 01:05:53,646 --> 01:05:56,763 Well, to your posts. 713 01:06:02,406 --> 01:06:05,523 Hector, where is my place? 714 01:06:05,686 --> 01:06:08,439 Beside your Spartan woman. 715 01:06:10,926 --> 01:06:15,204 Come with me, brother. l'll share Spartan blood with you. 716 01:06:15,486 --> 01:06:18,000 You can have my share. 717 01:06:40,006 --> 01:06:41,519 No Trojans to greet us? 718 01:06:42,046 --> 01:06:45,880 l had hoped they'd be foolish enough to scatter their forces. 719 01:06:46,046 --> 01:06:49,925 -Where do we make camp, Agamemnon? -Camp? No, onwards. 720 01:06:50,086 --> 01:06:52,202 Every moment of delay, my Helen suffers. 721 01:06:52,366 --> 01:06:55,756 Our camp is the Trojan palace. We must attack at once. 722 01:06:55,926 --> 01:07:01,523 Against Troy's walls, Achilles? No. We must equip to take this fortress. 723 01:07:01,686 --> 01:07:05,804 Ulysses is right. We must prepare. 724 01:07:09,446 --> 01:07:12,085 The canny counsel of Ulysses prevailed. 725 01:07:12,246 --> 01:07:15,841 The Greeks consolidated their beachhead and built machines for attack... 726 01:07:16,006 --> 01:07:19,840 ...on a scale big enough to match the Trojan walls. 727 01:11:03,286 --> 01:11:05,356 Follow Achilles! 728 01:12:00,686 --> 01:12:02,483 Hector. 729 01:12:14,166 --> 01:12:19,240 -To the ramps. Back! -We're outflanked! Fall back! 730 01:12:34,006 --> 01:12:35,997 Return to your towers. 731 01:12:40,166 --> 01:12:42,999 To the ramps. Back! 732 01:12:44,086 --> 01:12:45,883 Back! 733 01:14:33,446 --> 01:14:35,516 Polydorus. 734 01:14:42,726 --> 01:14:45,035 lt's a good war, Paris. 735 01:14:45,206 --> 01:14:48,721 Hector, the man of peace... 736 01:14:48,886 --> 01:14:52,037 ...now our greatest warrior. 737 01:14:52,206 --> 01:14:55,835 Thank Helen for your destiny. 738 01:14:56,006 --> 01:15:00,397 -Thank Paris. -l thank him for my life. 739 01:15:06,246 --> 01:15:09,397 Oh, great Zeus, king of all... 740 01:15:09,566 --> 01:15:12,876 ...we give to you Polydorus, Prince of Troy. 741 01:15:13,046 --> 01:15:17,915 l pray you, judge him with compassion and understanding. 742 01:15:18,086 --> 01:15:22,045 Let not Athena's hatred feed on my defenseless son... 743 01:15:22,206 --> 01:15:25,721 ...but on our sorrow here. 744 01:15:33,766 --> 01:15:37,725 We, the living dead of Troy, shall pay his debt... 745 01:15:37,886 --> 01:15:40,844 ...in the years of siege to come. 746 01:15:44,246 --> 01:15:47,602 And the Greeks did prepare for years of siege. 747 01:15:47,766 --> 01:15:50,564 They unloaded provisions from their ships... 748 01:15:50,726 --> 01:15:53,081 ...and as time went on they looted and raped... 749 01:15:53,246 --> 01:15:56,079 ...the small surrounding villages. 750 01:16:08,246 --> 01:16:09,838 Take your hands off her! 751 01:16:10,006 --> 01:16:12,679 -A warrior commanding his commander? -She's mine. 752 01:16:12,846 --> 01:16:17,601 Great as you are, l'm still your chieftain, protector of all the spoils of war. 753 01:16:17,766 --> 01:16:20,803 -Take her to my quarters. -No. 754 01:16:20,966 --> 01:16:24,276 Agamemnon, if you take this girl, l shall sail home. 755 01:16:24,446 --> 01:16:26,641 -Then fly, mighty warrior. Fly. -Agamemnon! 756 01:16:26,806 --> 01:16:30,560 -He didn't mean that, Achilles. Come on. -Sail home, great warrior. 757 01:16:30,726 --> 01:16:32,318 No, Achilles. 758 01:16:32,486 --> 01:16:35,080 Out! Out! Out! 759 01:16:35,246 --> 01:16:39,285 Achilles, Agamemnon does not speak for all our people. 760 01:16:39,446 --> 01:16:42,677 Dogs! Jackals! 761 01:16:44,966 --> 01:16:47,526 l'll never fight his battles again. 762 01:16:47,686 --> 01:16:50,519 But for Greece, you'll fight. 763 01:16:52,006 --> 01:16:54,042 No more. 764 01:16:54,886 --> 01:16:57,195 During these years of stalemate, the Trojans... 765 01:16:57,366 --> 01:17:01,041 ...from the safety of their walls, constantly harassed the invaders... 766 01:17:01,206 --> 01:17:04,562 ...with night raids on their camps. 767 01:17:42,966 --> 01:17:47,801 -Helen, how perfect. -The girl you fell in love with? 768 01:17:48,446 --> 01:17:51,165 Always keep that image with you, Paris. 769 01:17:51,366 --> 01:17:55,837 l shan't need to. l have the source of its magic. 770 01:17:59,006 --> 01:18:02,362 Right here, l hold its living warmth... 771 01:18:02,646 --> 01:18:06,275 ...and its spirit is always with me on the ramparts. 772 01:18:06,446 --> 01:18:09,119 Then it can't be lost, can it? 773 01:18:09,286 --> 01:18:11,959 What has been lived and shared is never lost. 774 01:18:12,126 --> 01:18:15,562 -Never, Helen. -But if you should lose me... 775 01:18:15,726 --> 01:18:17,842 ...could you resign yourself to that? 776 01:18:18,006 --> 01:18:21,794 Don't worry, nothing will happen to you. 777 01:18:22,006 --> 01:18:26,602 Nothing endures on Earth, Paris, neither sorrow nor happiness... 778 01:18:26,766 --> 01:18:28,438 ...or people in love. 779 01:18:28,606 --> 01:18:33,316 Dear Helen, she looks for shadows in the one bright place in Troy. 780 01:18:33,486 --> 01:18:35,397 People in love should not be blind. 781 01:18:36,126 --> 01:18:39,755 They should look to the future and prepare for separation. 782 01:18:39,926 --> 01:18:43,714 But not so gloomily, my love. l'll meet you in Elysium... 783 01:18:43,886 --> 01:18:47,515 ...where an age of years is just a wink of time. 784 01:18:48,286 --> 01:18:51,084 You charter a ship. l'll take the flying horse, Pegasus. 785 01:18:51,246 --> 01:18:53,316 To our island, Paris? 786 01:18:53,486 --> 01:18:57,957 Oh, goddess come to Earth, make me immortal with your kiss... 787 01:18:58,126 --> 01:19:01,482 ...and we'll live on nectar and ambrosia. 788 01:19:04,366 --> 01:19:09,394 -But l'm not sure l like being so ethereal. -Nor l. 789 01:19:13,486 --> 01:19:16,284 How many years, fellow Trojans, shall we suffer? 790 01:19:16,446 --> 01:19:20,962 Our only respite, a truce to burn our dead. 791 01:19:21,126 --> 01:19:26,996 The holiday of a Troy that once knew happy times. 792 01:19:27,726 --> 01:19:31,799 Must the Trojans always set their funeral pyre so near this house? 793 01:19:31,966 --> 01:19:37,165 -How long will they accuse me? -They lost many loved ones, my lady. 794 01:19:37,406 --> 01:19:41,035 Lulled by the promises of peace forever. 795 01:19:41,206 --> 01:19:44,039 l, for one, believe we might have had that peace... 796 01:19:44,206 --> 01:19:47,562 l thought l could escape from it, but there is no place... 797 01:19:47,726 --> 01:19:50,718 -And no victory for anybody. -Go. Leave me. 798 01:19:50,886 --> 01:19:53,684 Paris commanded me to stay with you while he's on duty. 799 01:19:53,846 --> 01:19:56,440 Leave me, l tell you. 800 01:19:57,126 --> 01:19:58,559 No, friends! 801 01:19:59,086 --> 01:20:01,316 Hear me, Trojans. 802 01:20:01,486 --> 01:20:04,239 Cast her to the Spartans. 803 01:20:04,406 --> 01:20:07,284 Cast Paris out of Troy. 804 01:20:08,206 --> 01:20:14,441 -lf you haven't the fiber for this... -Helen, don't go out. 805 01:20:15,566 --> 01:20:19,081 Their mood is dangerous. l've sent soldiers to disperse them. 806 01:20:20,646 --> 01:20:24,924 -You've come to ask me to leave Troy. -No, Helen. 807 01:20:25,206 --> 01:20:26,844 No. 808 01:20:27,006 --> 01:20:32,239 But for Paris, l would have lost Hector. l must love my sons equally... 809 01:20:32,406 --> 01:20:34,840 ...and whomsoever they love. 810 01:20:36,646 --> 01:20:38,762 You are good. 811 01:20:38,926 --> 01:20:41,963 The high priest says that even the gods fight each other. 812 01:20:42,126 --> 01:20:46,039 Some for Athena and Greece, some for Troy and Aphrodite. 813 01:20:46,206 --> 01:20:49,915 How, then, could l blame you for this war? 814 01:20:50,086 --> 01:20:52,156 -l could stop it. -No one could. 815 01:20:52,326 --> 01:20:54,760 l could... 816 01:20:54,926 --> 01:20:57,724 ...if l return to the Greeks, to Menelaus. 817 01:20:58,606 --> 01:21:00,961 Go back to someone you so despise? 818 01:21:01,406 --> 01:21:05,604 lf it brings an end to war and restores Paris to the love of the Trojans... 819 01:21:05,766 --> 01:21:10,362 -He'd never let you go. -And could l ever leave him? 820 01:21:11,286 --> 01:21:14,915 -You must help me to decide. -Would you defy the Fates? 821 01:21:15,086 --> 01:21:19,876 No mortal should attempt so much, Helen. And yet l wonder... 822 01:21:20,046 --> 01:21:22,401 ...is one so lovely quite mortal? 823 01:21:22,566 --> 01:21:27,640 Lovely? No. l am everything l was determined not to be. 824 01:21:27,806 --> 01:21:30,764 l have only been selfish. 825 01:21:31,606 --> 01:21:35,997 All the despair, the pain and the tears l've brought. 826 01:21:36,686 --> 01:21:40,156 How different from that island dream. 827 01:21:42,886 --> 01:21:44,399 Return to your King of Troy... 828 01:21:44,566 --> 01:21:47,638 ...and tell him we will receive Helen at the appointed place. 829 01:21:47,806 --> 01:21:50,525 But warn him there must be no treachery or deceit. 830 01:21:50,686 --> 01:21:52,995 l assure you, my lord, no deceit exists. 831 01:21:53,166 --> 01:21:55,236 lt is her wish to return to King Menelaus. 832 01:21:55,406 --> 01:21:58,682 -lt's her wish. You hear that, brother? -l've heard it often. 833 01:21:59,446 --> 01:22:01,437 Wait, herald. 834 01:22:04,686 --> 01:22:07,075 Tell your master from Menelaus that we demand... 835 01:22:07,246 --> 01:22:09,043 No, no, no. Nothing else. 836 01:22:09,206 --> 01:22:13,518 Nothing else, only the return of Helen. The Trojans wish to make peace. 837 01:22:13,686 --> 01:22:17,156 As men of peace, we accept their offer. 838 01:22:21,006 --> 01:22:23,122 Have we suffered to return empty-handed? 839 01:22:23,286 --> 01:22:24,765 Empty-handed, Menelaus? 840 01:22:24,926 --> 01:22:27,804 With Helen returned, integrity satisfied? 841 01:22:27,966 --> 01:22:30,161 You are too outspoken, brother. 842 01:22:30,326 --> 01:22:33,318 When the Trojans have handed over Helen, we'll teach them... 843 01:22:33,486 --> 01:22:35,442 ...that we're not easily bought off. 844 01:22:35,606 --> 01:22:39,042 But l'd like Achilles with us, in case they prove troublesome. 845 01:22:39,206 --> 01:22:42,403 He still refuses to fight so long as you're in command... 846 01:22:42,566 --> 01:22:45,922 ...and your lovesick jackass of a brother brays upon this beach. 847 01:22:46,086 --> 01:22:49,396 Then he'll get not one obol of Trojan tribute. 848 01:23:07,166 --> 01:23:08,884 Helen? 849 01:23:12,646 --> 01:23:14,284 Helen. 850 01:23:18,246 --> 01:23:22,205 -Where is she? -She's not here, Paris. 851 01:23:22,366 --> 01:23:24,755 Not here? Where? 852 01:23:24,926 --> 01:23:27,998 She's gone to the camp of the Greeks. 853 01:23:29,646 --> 01:23:32,206 To Menelaus? 854 01:23:33,246 --> 01:23:35,476 She was determined to end the destruction... 855 01:23:35,646 --> 01:23:37,716 ...and restore you to the hearts of the Trojans. 856 01:23:37,886 --> 01:23:41,162 -And you conspired with her... -She was not a captive here, Paris... 857 01:23:41,326 --> 01:23:45,080 ...but a woman of self-determination, a queen with more courage... 858 01:23:45,246 --> 01:23:49,034 ...than l would have had to sail against the tides of heaven. 859 01:23:49,206 --> 01:23:52,403 -He shan't take her. -The hour has passed, Paris. 860 01:23:52,566 --> 01:23:54,443 You can't prevent it. 861 01:26:19,326 --> 01:26:21,123 Wait, Trojans. 862 01:26:22,446 --> 01:26:25,961 You've returned the wife of Menelaus, but that isn't all your debt. 863 01:26:26,126 --> 01:26:27,605 Debt? 864 01:26:28,326 --> 01:26:31,557 -We recognize no claim of debt. -No? 865 01:26:31,886 --> 01:26:34,605 Then who pays for the Greek blood shed on this plain? 866 01:26:34,766 --> 01:26:36,722 Trojan blood has paid in full. 867 01:26:36,886 --> 01:26:39,275 Trojan blood is not valid currency in Sparta... 868 01:26:39,446 --> 01:26:41,482 ...nor does it pay for launching 1 000 ships. 869 01:26:41,646 --> 01:26:43,523 The terms of this truce were clear. 870 01:26:43,686 --> 01:26:46,120 The return of Helen, in exchange for which... 871 01:26:46,286 --> 01:26:48,277 ...you agreed to sail from these shores. 872 01:26:48,446 --> 01:26:51,916 -You trusting fools. -Two things only will suffice: 873 01:26:52,086 --> 01:26:54,680 Half the treasury of Troy before we depart... 874 01:26:54,846 --> 01:26:57,963 ...and after that, 1 000 talents every year. 875 01:26:58,126 --> 01:27:00,037 Take these nobles as security! 876 01:27:05,486 --> 01:27:08,239 -Here's payment, Menelaus! -To the gates with her! 877 01:27:08,406 --> 01:27:10,203 Bring her back to Troy! 878 01:27:14,086 --> 01:27:15,917 Follow them! 879 01:27:19,606 --> 01:27:21,961 After them! After them! 880 01:28:08,406 --> 01:28:10,283 Back! Turn back! 881 01:28:16,366 --> 01:28:18,402 Don't go too close to the Trojan walls. 882 01:28:18,566 --> 01:28:20,397 Not against Hector. 883 01:28:23,726 --> 01:28:26,286 Patroclus! Patroclus! 884 01:29:08,606 --> 01:29:11,074 -Bring me my armor. -Yes, master. 885 01:29:14,286 --> 01:29:18,120 Thank you, Trojan, for bringing us the body of Patroclus. 886 01:29:19,326 --> 01:29:21,317 Thank you very much. 887 01:29:34,406 --> 01:29:39,526 My son, Greek treachery has proved that theirs is not a war of honor. 888 01:29:39,686 --> 01:29:44,362 Helen, through you, we have learned that they seek plunder, not justice. 889 01:29:44,526 --> 01:29:46,915 l ask forgiveness of you both. 890 01:29:51,366 --> 01:29:52,845 Cassandra... 891 01:29:53,006 --> 01:29:55,600 ...we have found there is great wisdom in you. 892 01:29:55,766 --> 01:29:59,884 -What more can you tell us? -New storms shall ride the sky... 893 01:30:00,886 --> 01:30:04,356 ...but the guilt will be Athena's, not Helen's. 894 01:30:04,526 --> 01:30:08,201 -Thank you, Cassandra. -Such courage must not go unrewarded. 895 01:30:08,366 --> 01:30:11,642 Helen, you will be a princess of Troy. 896 01:30:11,966 --> 01:30:15,197 Where is Hector and Andromache? 897 01:30:15,366 --> 01:30:17,277 They are to bestow the laurels. 898 01:30:20,806 --> 01:30:22,125 Where is Hector? 899 01:30:23,206 --> 01:30:24,685 By the Scaean gates, sire. 900 01:30:24,846 --> 01:30:28,361 He anticipates a call to single combat for the death of Patroclus. 901 01:30:28,526 --> 01:30:31,086 l killed him. Any Greek challenge would come to me. 902 01:30:31,246 --> 01:30:34,044 But Hector didn't want you to be challenged by Achilles. 903 01:30:34,206 --> 01:30:37,482 -He was devoted to Patroclus. -Hector sent him his friend's corpse... 904 01:30:37,646 --> 01:30:39,238 ...with personal compliments. 905 01:30:39,406 --> 01:30:42,637 No one can match Achilles, not even Hector. 906 01:30:42,806 --> 01:30:44,524 This must not happen. 907 01:30:47,726 --> 01:30:51,480 He cried like an animal in grief, my lord, and then called for his armor. 908 01:30:51,646 --> 01:30:53,364 Ah, so he comes. 909 01:30:53,726 --> 01:30:55,045 Hector! 910 01:30:55,446 --> 01:30:56,720 Hector! 911 01:31:01,166 --> 01:31:04,203 -lt is done, Andromache. -Achilles? 912 01:31:05,766 --> 01:31:08,838 By his hand, my father and my brothers fell. 913 01:31:09,006 --> 01:31:14,763 -While you live, l still have them in you. -l intend to live, Andromache, for you... 914 01:31:16,286 --> 01:31:17,878 ...and for our son. 915 01:31:20,846 --> 01:31:23,121 This helmet always frightens him. 916 01:31:24,566 --> 01:31:27,444 Let's pray that he may never need one... 917 01:31:27,606 --> 01:31:29,483 ...that he finds peace. 918 01:31:31,766 --> 01:31:33,802 Arms to bear. 919 01:32:25,166 --> 01:32:27,999 lf Achilles wins, we move. 920 01:32:28,166 --> 01:32:30,396 We strike at once! To the palace! 921 01:32:31,166 --> 01:32:36,081 And if Achilles dies, we retire to consider a certain plan of mine. 922 01:34:58,646 --> 01:35:04,039 -There's an immortal shield around him. -Mighty Zeus, help me find a weakness. 923 01:35:22,086 --> 01:35:24,042 Achilles is dead! 924 01:35:28,046 --> 01:35:32,597 So dies Greek courage, but not Greek cunning. 925 01:35:48,006 --> 01:35:51,521 Defeated by men, deserted by the gods. 926 01:35:51,926 --> 01:35:56,363 l used to number the months by a battle, a pestilence, a famine. 927 01:35:56,526 --> 01:36:00,075 Now it's all one long nightmare. 928 01:36:00,406 --> 01:36:05,275 l fought wars since most of you were sucklings, but never one like this. 929 01:36:05,446 --> 01:36:09,155 Let's take our ships and sail back home. 930 01:36:10,166 --> 01:36:11,997 That we shall do. 931 01:36:13,726 --> 01:36:17,878 l have a plan that first required a Trojan victory. 932 01:36:18,806 --> 01:36:21,923 -That much, at least, is accomplished. -You speak treason. 933 01:36:22,086 --> 01:36:24,520 As you will, but let's be realistic. 934 01:36:24,766 --> 01:36:27,405 The greatest army on Earth has lost its war. 935 01:36:27,566 --> 01:36:29,682 What are you dreaming, Ulysses? 936 01:36:30,286 --> 01:36:33,835 l'm dreaming of my wife, the good, constant Penelope. 937 01:36:34,606 --> 01:36:39,760 And in my dreams, l see myself returning to her with all the treasures of Troy. 938 01:36:40,686 --> 01:36:43,439 -But how? -Has this anything to do with the work... 939 01:36:43,606 --> 01:36:46,837 ...that Apagos and his men have been doing in the woodlands? 940 01:36:47,006 --> 01:36:51,079 They're building a monument to the triumph of Paris and Helen. 941 01:36:51,246 --> 01:36:53,123 A gift from the goddess Athena. 942 01:36:53,806 --> 01:36:57,799 A sacred horse, so big and so beautiful... 943 01:36:57,966 --> 01:37:01,003 ...that Troy cannot help taking it to her heart. 944 01:37:03,606 --> 01:37:06,564 Remember, blow the retreat loud enough for Troy to hear. 945 01:37:06,726 --> 01:37:10,435 Let the ships sail but keep sufficient force in the woodlands. 946 01:37:10,606 --> 01:37:12,198 The ships will return at dawn. 947 01:37:12,366 --> 01:37:15,722 Are you sure the Trojans will take this monstrosity into the city? 948 01:37:15,886 --> 01:37:20,357 l promise. Their gratitude to Athena for her victory will be tremendous. 949 01:37:20,526 --> 01:37:23,563 And they'll give a loving welcome to her wondrous horse. 950 01:37:23,726 --> 01:37:26,365 And to Bacchus, the god of grapes. 951 01:37:27,406 --> 01:37:29,715 Make ready, men of Greece! 952 01:38:07,406 --> 01:38:12,685 First they sounded retreat, and now the call to man the oars. 953 01:38:12,846 --> 01:38:14,882 Their torches are moving back to the sea. 954 01:38:15,046 --> 01:38:17,002 -Aboard the ships? -We'll soon know. 955 01:38:17,166 --> 01:38:19,760 Lord Aeneas has gone to the shore with scouts. 956 01:38:33,246 --> 01:38:36,602 Sire, they've sailed. The last of their ships has gone to sea. 957 01:38:36,766 --> 01:38:41,601 Sound the cry! Light the victory torch. Carry it through the streets. 958 01:38:41,766 --> 01:38:43,165 Good, Priam. Good. 959 01:38:43,326 --> 01:38:48,480 -Our heroes would wish us to rejoice. -Light the victory torch! 960 01:38:49,286 --> 01:38:51,436 You'll see a Troy you've never known before. 961 01:38:51,606 --> 01:38:53,801 l see it in your faces. 962 01:39:10,846 --> 01:39:13,155 Open it! Open it! 963 01:39:13,326 --> 01:39:15,840 Let us look at the world again! 964 01:39:26,606 --> 01:39:28,358 The night smiles on us. 965 01:39:30,046 --> 01:39:31,399 Look, Priam. 966 01:39:32,806 --> 01:39:34,683 l was trying to tell you of it, sire. 967 01:39:34,846 --> 01:39:38,361 Some strange monument that the Greeks have left at our doorstep. 968 01:40:08,566 --> 01:40:11,239 Beware the Greeks bearing gifts. 969 01:40:11,926 --> 01:40:16,841 My sister speaks truly. lt is a thing of evil that should be burnt upon the plain. 970 01:40:17,006 --> 01:40:18,200 l agree. 971 01:40:18,366 --> 01:40:20,277 The enemy doesn't give joyful presents. 972 01:40:20,446 --> 01:40:22,914 My children, this is no gift from the Greeks... 973 01:40:23,086 --> 01:40:25,441 ...but a symbol of worship they had to abandon. 974 01:40:25,606 --> 01:40:29,599 Sire, the people beg permission to bring this amazing prize into the square. 975 01:40:29,766 --> 01:40:32,439 They have fought long and bravely. l cannot deny them. 976 01:40:32,606 --> 01:40:33,755 Father, please hear me. 977 01:40:33,926 --> 01:40:36,201 lt is not the end of ruin, but the beginning. 978 01:40:36,366 --> 01:40:37,765 We must not be ungrateful... 979 01:40:37,926 --> 01:40:41,839 ...to a goddess who has proved herself our goddess. Bring in her sacred horse. 980 01:40:42,006 --> 01:40:44,122 lt shall be a monument to Trojan valor. 981 01:40:44,286 --> 01:40:46,004 Yes, sire. 982 01:40:46,846 --> 01:40:49,565 lt is a great and perfect thing. 983 01:40:49,806 --> 01:40:51,876 How childish l was to have misgivings. 984 01:40:52,046 --> 01:40:54,606 And l to be afraid of a wooden giant. 985 01:40:54,766 --> 01:40:56,085 What was that for? 986 01:40:56,246 --> 01:40:58,999 Athena. So forgiving of a rival goddess. 987 01:40:59,166 --> 01:41:01,555 Are you jealous, Aphrodite? 988 01:41:02,606 --> 01:41:04,517 l'm only Helen... 989 01:41:04,686 --> 01:41:08,042 ...who wonders if she'll ever be a Trojan, really. 990 01:41:09,326 --> 01:41:12,159 When the Trojan people look upon that plain... 991 01:41:12,326 --> 01:41:15,477 ...won't they always think of Helen of Sparta? 992 01:41:16,406 --> 01:41:18,283 There is peace everywhere now. 993 01:41:18,446 --> 01:41:20,118 We're not bound to remain here. 994 01:41:20,726 --> 01:41:23,035 Wherever you wish to go, Helen, l'll take you. 995 01:41:23,206 --> 01:41:25,959 Hail to Prince Paris and his Helen! 996 01:41:26,126 --> 01:41:27,559 Hail to Helen! 997 01:41:27,726 --> 01:41:31,355 -All hail to Paris! -Hail to Helen! 998 01:41:34,246 --> 01:41:37,636 Destiny, Paris. Destiny. 999 01:41:37,806 --> 01:41:39,398 There is no escape, it seems. 1000 01:41:39,566 --> 01:41:41,443 Not even from happiness. 1001 01:41:41,606 --> 01:41:45,485 No, and l am happy. Very happy. 1002 01:47:41,206 --> 01:47:42,434 Men of Sparta! 1003 01:47:42,606 --> 01:47:45,166 Men of Sparta, to the palace! 1004 01:48:31,086 --> 01:48:32,678 Forward! 1005 01:49:23,886 --> 01:49:27,401 Troy is lost, but you must not die. 1006 01:49:27,566 --> 01:49:30,205 While the Greeks plunder, make for the north gate. 1007 01:49:30,366 --> 01:49:32,596 -Do you think l would leave you now? -Or l? 1008 01:49:32,766 --> 01:49:34,119 Obey your king. 1009 01:49:35,006 --> 01:49:38,316 Aeneas, take care of Andromache and my grandson. 1010 01:49:44,326 --> 01:49:46,157 Paris, Helen... 1011 01:49:46,326 --> 01:49:48,920 ...l command you, go. 1012 01:50:15,886 --> 01:50:18,036 Magnificent leadership, Agamemnon. 1013 01:50:18,206 --> 01:50:21,801 Athena will reward you with all the glory. 1014 01:50:40,126 --> 01:50:42,117 All of you, break in! 1015 01:50:46,806 --> 01:50:48,000 Helen! 1016 01:50:48,166 --> 01:50:51,954 Take them! The rest of you, search! Find her! 1017 01:51:25,486 --> 01:51:28,205 -Don't let me get lost, Paris. -Never. 1018 01:51:39,926 --> 01:51:41,484 Paris! 1019 01:51:44,486 --> 01:51:47,876 Paris! Paris! 1020 01:51:53,486 --> 01:51:54,635 Paris! 1021 01:52:05,166 --> 01:52:08,203 Oh, Paris! Paris! 1022 01:52:09,006 --> 01:52:11,156 Paris! l thought l was lost! 1023 01:52:11,326 --> 01:52:13,999 The gods are with us. Come. 1024 01:53:39,686 --> 01:53:41,358 Paris! 1025 01:53:51,486 --> 01:53:53,556 For a moment, l thought... 1026 01:53:54,126 --> 01:53:56,845 -...that you were that little slave girl. -Oh, l am. 1027 01:53:57,006 --> 01:54:00,203 Whatever your love wishes me to be, whatever is in your heart. 1028 01:54:00,366 --> 01:54:02,197 You are my heart. 1029 01:54:10,686 --> 01:54:13,154 Paris. No. 1030 01:54:29,486 --> 01:54:32,762 My ship has returned for you. Go there. 1031 01:54:33,646 --> 01:54:35,602 Wash his blood from you. 1032 01:54:36,566 --> 01:54:40,081 That can never be. lt's my blood. 1033 01:55:19,326 --> 01:55:21,362 It can 't be lost, Paris, can it? 1034 01:55:21,526 --> 01:55:24,086 What has been lived and shared is never lost. 1035 01:55:24,246 --> 01:55:25,645 Never, Helen. 1036 01:55:25,806 --> 01:55:27,797 Then this is not goodbye. 1037 01:55:27,966 --> 01:55:29,843 You shall always be with me. 1038 01:55:30,006 --> 01:55:31,997 And you with me. 1039 01:55:40,726 --> 01:55:42,717 Subtitles by SDI Media Group 1040 01:55:42,886 --> 01:55:44,877 [ENGLISH]