1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.CO 1 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:36,177 THE ODYSSEY based on Homer's epic poem 2 00:01:35,180 --> 00:01:39,060 EPISODE FOUR 3 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:13,020 Strangers, what are you doing in my home? 4 00:07:13,860 --> 00:07:15,950 Come near so I can see you! 5 00:07:16,420 --> 00:07:18,440 Who are you? 6 00:07:19,460 --> 00:07:22,820 Few are the men who come this lonely land. 7 00:07:23,580 --> 00:07:26,000 We are Greek, we fought the Trojan War... 8 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,150 ...and the winds pushed us across the sea towards Africa. 9 00:07:30,420 --> 00:07:34,720 We are in your home now, you who are so strong and mighty 10 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:39,040 Give us hospitality, we hope you will be generous. 11 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:43,260 Accept our friendship, we ask for yours in the name of our protector Zeus... 12 00:07:43,260 --> 00:07:47,680 ...he who guides travelers, and wants guests to be honored... 13 00:07:52,740 --> 00:07:57,440 - Stranger, you are talking like a simpleton or a child! 14 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:05,160 ... indeed, you must come from afar to mention the Gods and their laws... 15 00:08:05,180 --> 00:08:09,360 I am Polyphemus, from the race of Cyclopes! 16 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:12,660 We are stronger than all the Gods together... 17 00:08:14,180 --> 00:08:19,340 I will spare you and your fellows only if I please... 18 00:08:19,340 --> 00:08:21,880 ... and I do not fear the wrath of Zeus... 19 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:27,377 Tell me where your ship is hiding! Close to here? Near the cape? 20 00:08:27,644 --> 00:08:30,980 Our coasts are dangerous, and the winds are rough... 21 00:08:31,500 --> 00:08:35,020 ...I know a real harbor where your ship would be safe. 22 00:08:42,900 --> 00:08:47,220 His words took all my hopes away. Polyphemus was an evil creature... 23 00:08:47,300 --> 00:08:49,920 ...trying to fool me to take hold of my ship. 24 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:55,420 His only eye was staring at me, the beast was looking at his prey. 25 00:08:55,460 --> 00:09:00,920 We couldn't escape the cave, as the hole was now impossible to reach. 26 00:09:01,060 --> 00:09:03,110 I decided to answer to deceit by deceit. 27 00:09:04,380 --> 00:09:09,340 - Poseidon has smashed my ship against this island... 28 00:09:11,260 --> 00:09:14,750 ...and here we are, barely escaping death. 29 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:18,440 - Who of us will be his next victim? 30 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:23,460 - No one for now. Look, he's getting asleep... 31 00:12:44,750 --> 00:12:47,370 You are a hero, Odysseus. But don't risk your life for us. 32 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,120 - We have to act! No use for waiting... 33 00:12:56,820 --> 00:12:59,620 I know what you think, Odysseus But you have no chance... 34 00:13:00,860 --> 00:13:03,620 ...even if your dagger pierced his heart, it would be no use... 35 00:13:04,820 --> 00:13:09,520 ... we can never move the rock closing the way out of the cave ... 36 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,000 - You are right... 37 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,280 ...the atrocities we just saw have obscured my mind... 38 00:13:19,770 --> 00:13:23,820 More than by terror and horror, I was thwarted by the unability to fight. 39 00:13:24,300 --> 00:13:28,340 My shipmates prayed the Gods. I wondered how to escape the monster... 40 00:13:28,420 --> 00:13:31,000 ... there had to be a way, but which? 41 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,020 The longest night in our lives started. 42 00:13:38,420 --> 00:13:42,260 Only the weakest among us, terrified and exhausted, fell asleep. 43 00:13:43,770 --> 00:13:45,770 The night was a torture to me. 44 00:13:46,570 --> 00:13:49,620 ..the idea of such an end outraged me... 45 00:13:49,620 --> 00:13:54,350 ...I could not admit to die in this cave, away from the sunlight... 46 00:13:54,700 --> 00:13:57,700 At dawn, the monster went out with his sheep... 47 00:13:57,750 --> 00:14:00,260 ... and locked up our prison with the rock. 48 00:14:08,500 --> 00:14:11,770 We had one day ahead of us, and we were alive... 49 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,930 ...in my mind, I started to figure out desperate plans... 50 00:14:18,300 --> 00:14:21,200 - Such a miserable fate! Surviving so many perils... 51 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,220 ...only to die here, where courage is of no use... 52 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,800 ...and our hands unable to fight. 53 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,200 - You are to blame, Odysseus! I should never have followed you... 54 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:33,740 - Shut up! You have a short memory. - Let him talk. 55 00:14:34,900 --> 00:14:37,060 - We have been wandering on sea for years... 56 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:42,400 ...without ever finding our homes and our wives... Odysseus is to blame! 57 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:44,920 - Odysseus, I don't want to be devoured by the monster... 58 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,760 ...the Lotus Eaters were good, why did we leave them, why? 59 00:14:47,820 --> 00:14:49,820 - Quiet! 60 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,820 We will save ourselves... 61 00:14:59,170 --> 00:15:01,040 ....but you must obey me once more.... 62 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,000 ...it is still time to refuse, my friends... 63 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,710 - Well I do! I no longer trust your plans! 64 00:15:19,580 --> 00:15:23,100 - We are only men against this monster, but we are brave. 65 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:31,950 I found a way. 66 00:15:37,330 --> 00:15:42,170 Let's prune this trunk. I want it polished like a mast, help me! 67 00:17:45,900 --> 00:17:51,500 We smoothed the trunk, cut an edge, hardened it with fire, then hid it.. 68 00:17:51,500 --> 00:17:56,680 ... then until dusk, we had to wait, anxious for the Cyclops to return... 69 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,460 ...he would obviously devour more of us.... 70 00:18:00,460 --> 00:18:05,440 ...we let chance decide who would be sacrified... 71 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:07,140 ... in the endeavour. 72 00:18:50,060 --> 00:18:55,110 Wait! Put my luck beside yours! 73 00:19:18,900 --> 00:19:23,480 Fate favored me by chosing the four I would have selected myself... 74 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:27,060 ...for a task requiring to be bold, skilled and selfless... 75 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:33,330 ... Heraclius, Philetor, Elpenor, Eurylochus and myself. 76 00:20:58,140 --> 00:21:02,200 Once more, we were inflicted the sight of his ghastly meal. 77 00:21:03,260 --> 00:21:06,880 Time had come to serve him wine and make him numb... 78 00:21:08,380 --> 00:21:13,620 ... there was plenty, and I blessed my instinct to bring it with me... 79 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:19,000 ...a man could only drink it if watered down twenty times... 80 00:21:44,620 --> 00:21:49,060 Cyclops, now you reveled on human flesh, quench your thirst! 81 00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:53,180 This is wine I had brought confident in your hospitality. 82 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:59,600 - Too kind of you, offering this to me! It might be a ploy though... 83 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:03,400 You drink first! 84 00:22:27,510 --> 00:22:31,020 What a nectar! Pour some more! 85 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:34,620 Hear me? Give me more of your wine! 86 00:22:34,740 --> 00:22:37,500 You earned the gift which a guest deserves. 87 00:22:38,260 --> 00:22:42,940 After this, you won't say I ignore the traditions of hospitality.... 88 00:22:43,740 --> 00:22:45,680 ... and don't respect the Gods. 89 00:23:18,530 --> 00:23:21,460 What are you called? Speak! 90 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:26,220 - I will tell you my name, Polyphemus... 91 00:23:26,220 --> 00:23:29,640 ...but once told, you must give me what you promised... 92 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,020 ...now listen... 93 00:23:39,660 --> 00:23:41,660 - Speak! 94 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,000 My name is.... 95 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,000 ...Nobody! 96 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,880 My father called me so, and my friends also call me Nobody! 97 00:23:50,950 --> 00:23:55,460 - Nobody? You will be devoured last... 98 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,530 ... after I have eaten up all of your fellows. 99 00:23:59,420 --> 00:24:03,110 This is how I shall thank you, my guest! 100 00:24:50,220 --> 00:24:54,460 - Odysseus, I also want to avenge our friends! 101 00:27:59,700 --> 00:28:08,000 Help me! Brother Cyclopes, help me! They kill me! They kill me! 102 00:28:36,700 --> 00:28:40,500 - They will be many to help him. Our attempt was of no avail. 103 00:28:41,140 --> 00:28:44,400 - They're coming! Our end is near, comrades. 104 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:49,400 - We blinded him, and still we're doomed, such a misery! 105 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,860 - At least, we avenged our friends. 106 00:28:54,570 --> 00:28:59,100 - Help me, brother Cyclopes! Help! Help! 107 00:28:59,300 --> 00:29:04,620 - What's up, Polyphemus? What gives you so much trouble and pain? 108 00:29:04,620 --> 00:29:09,000 Why did you wake up? Was your flock stolen? 109 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,060 Somebody wants to kill you? 110 00:29:11,150 --> 00:29:17,300 - It's Nobody! Nobody wants to kill me, Nobody! 111 00:29:17,460 --> 00:29:23,000 If nobody harms you, then your pain comes from Zeus... 112 00:29:23,020 --> 00:29:29,740 ...we can do nothing for you... ...call our father Poseidon, he will help. 113 00:29:29,740 --> 00:29:31,740 The trick with the name had fooled them. 114 00:29:31,900 --> 00:29:35,120 All night long, he chased us, groping around, and rolling out of pain. 115 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:36,900 At dawn, his sheep started bleating... 116 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,400 ...and Polyphemus wanted to let them out... 117 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,000 ...he found the rock and removed it... 118 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,900 ...I knew he would inspect the sheep one by one to stop us fleeing... 119 00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:51,540 ...so I told my men to tie themselves up beneath their paunch ... 120 00:29:51,620 --> 00:29:53,580 - Today.... 121 00:29:54,510 --> 00:29:56,510 ...I can guide you no longer... 122 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:01,860 ...where the grass is fresh and green. You are now without a shepherd. 123 00:30:03,260 --> 00:30:07,940 But those miserable Greeks cannot escape me! 124 00:30:10,130 --> 00:30:12,800 - Hold yourselves tight! 125 00:30:15,020 --> 00:30:17,260 - Those treacherous cowards struck me... 126 00:30:17,260 --> 00:30:20,000 ... Nobody blinded me with a vile ploy! 127 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,460 This is how my men fled from their jail. 128 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:27,280 - And how did you escape? 129 00:30:28,820 --> 00:30:30,820 - I was tied to the paunch of his favorite ram. 130 00:30:35,510 --> 00:30:40,860 - My dearest ram, why are you among the last today? 131 00:30:41,020 --> 00:30:45,100 ...you are always ahead of the flock, ready to graze tender grass... 132 00:30:45,100 --> 00:30:50,150 Have the cries of your master stopped you? 133 00:30:50,980 --> 00:30:57,020 I see no more! Woe to this scum who numbed me with his wine! 134 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:00,000 His wretched name is Nobody! 135 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,240 But let me tell you, he has not escaped death yet! 136 00:31:04,420 --> 00:31:09,020 If you knew my feelings, if you could only speak... 137 00:31:09,420 --> 00:31:17,220 ... if only you could tell me where this infamous traitor is hiding! 138 00:31:17,860 --> 00:31:20,860 Go, my dear ram, go. 139 00:31:21,460 --> 00:31:25,000 So without being aware, he pushed me himself out of the cave. 140 00:31:25,500 --> 00:31:30,000 As soon I was out, I yelled: you all run to the boat, run! 141 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,300 I was afraid that other Cyclopes might see us. 142 00:31:39,820 --> 00:31:45,770 Hurry up, take everything you can! Come on, quick! 143 00:31:50,310 --> 00:31:52,540 Odysseus! 144 00:32:03,300 --> 00:32:06,000 What force was keeping me on this rock? 145 00:32:06,020 --> 00:32:09,220 Why did I hesitate to join my men on the shore? 146 00:32:09,820 --> 00:32:13,730 Was it not wiser just to flee as fast as I could, and to keep silent? 147 00:32:15,020 --> 00:32:17,020 Listen, you Cyclops! 148 00:32:18,340 --> 00:32:21,340 You have misjudged the future, now have you paid the price! 149 00:32:21,340 --> 00:32:25,340 I was not a poor wanderer, whose companions you could devour unpunished! 150 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:35,340 The evil you have done has left its mark on you forever! 151 00:32:36,500 --> 00:32:41,500 Shame is not enough of a penance for the one who kills his guests... 152 00:32:41,500 --> 00:32:46,930 ...you learned that Zeus and all the Gods never forgive those who break their laws! 153 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:28,420 Cyclops, if any mortal happened to ask for... 154 00:33:28,750 --> 00:33:32,760 ...the name of the foe who subdued and blinded you... 155 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:36,300 ... tell him it was Odysseus, one of the conquerors of Troy! 156 00:33:37,020 --> 00:33:40,170 Ithaca is my kingdom, and my father Laertes! 157 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:42,800 - Odysseus! 158 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:47,280 I was foretold that you would take my sight! 159 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,000 You were my destiny! 160 00:33:50,530 --> 00:33:55,770 But I imagined a hero who would be equal by strength... 161 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,000 ...whereas you fooled me by deceit. 162 00:33:59,780 --> 00:34:02,000 Come back here, Odysseus! 163 00:34:02,900 --> 00:34:06,160 Now I know who you are, I will wish you a good journey.... 164 00:34:06,540 --> 00:34:09,660 ...I shall pray my father to guide you and your ship... 165 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:13,822 ...my father Poseidon, god of the seas! 166 00:34:14,355 --> 00:34:16,660 -Press the oars! 167 00:34:19,511 --> 00:34:21,511 Row faster! 168 00:34:45,580 --> 00:34:48,360 - Oh, help me Poseidon! 169 00:34:48,540 --> 00:34:51,500 - Your only eye will never heal... 170 00:34:51,500 --> 00:34:56,640 ...and if Poseidon came up from the abyss, his help would be no use! 171 00:34:56,640 --> 00:35:00,100 My only regret is not to rip out your heart! 172 00:35:00,100 --> 00:35:03,680 - Poseidon, lord of the proud waters... 173 00:35:04,380 --> 00:35:10,000 ... if really I am your son, may Odysseus never return home! 174 00:35:14,540 --> 00:35:19,000 That was the plea of Polyphemus to his father, the blue haired god. 175 00:35:19,340 --> 00:35:24,500 That is why you see me here, begging you on my knees... 176 00:35:24,940 --> 00:35:27,700 ...because I depend on you, and only you can help me. 177 00:35:30,300 --> 00:35:32,600 - I am afraid it is not in my power to help you. 178 00:35:33,500 --> 00:35:37,000 The forces you have challenged are huge, and I am only a man... 179 00:35:37,940 --> 00:35:39,550 ... and they could fall back on us. 180 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:44,620 - Before you refuse him your support, you should wonder... 181 00:35:44,700 --> 00:35:48,480 ...where justice was. The Cyclops was blasphemous by devouring his guests. 182 00:35:48,910 --> 00:35:51,860 - You know that we and the Cyclopes have common ancestry... 183 00:35:52,110 --> 00:35:54,110 ... and don't forget the ancient prophecy... 184 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,350 ...we Phaeacians will face Poseidon's anger because of a guest... 185 00:35:58,820 --> 00:36:01,540 ... a stranger whom we will shelter and escort at sea.... 186 00:36:02,140 --> 00:36:04,350 ...the prophecy even foretells the sanction... 187 00:36:05,060 --> 00:36:07,740 ...the ship that will escort him will be destroyed... 188 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:12,170 ...it also tells that our city will be crushed by a mountain. 189 00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:19,500 - Prophecies often turned out to be false, or only partly true...... 190 00:36:20,700 --> 00:36:24,500 ... Zeus doesn't want them to prevent us from being just. 191 00:36:25,300 --> 00:36:29,700 - I know, Alcinous, I demand much generosity from the Phaeacians... 192 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:34,530 ... and if a god's curse really made me strand here... 193 00:36:36,820 --> 00:36:41,420 ...I shall leave alone on a raft, to keep you out of trouble! 194 00:36:42,330 --> 00:36:43,880 - Noble Phaeacians... 195 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:47,880 ...we will ask our host to continue his story, so we can understand... 196 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:52,240 ...how and why his journey back brought him to our country... 197 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:54,400 Go on, Odysseus... 198 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:59,460 ...you moved the queens heart, I see a favorable sign of destiny. 199 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,340 - We continued our journey, after we mourned the dead... 200 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:12,260 ...we sailed along the coastline, and the winds followed us ... 201 00:37:21,340 --> 00:37:26,000 ... finally we arrived at a cliff, towering above us.... 202 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:30,620 ...there was no footpath, but on top was a palace worthy of a king... 203 00:37:30,620 --> 00:37:35,220 ...I decided to consult my men, as the recent past made them fearful... 204 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:39,200 ... so I mixed truth and tale to comfort them... 205 00:37:43,860 --> 00:37:47,100 Stop! 206 00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:49,100 - I have seen these islands before... 207 00:37:49,770 --> 00:37:53,420 ...I recognize the shape of this cliff... 208 00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:58,280 ...however, I don't recall this palace, but we must stop there... 209 00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:02,570 ...needing the others is the fate of sailors. 210 00:38:03,460 --> 00:38:05,020 Why do you look at me this way? 211 00:38:05,500 --> 00:38:11,240 ... are you thinking of the terrible events with the man-eating Cyclops? 212 00:38:11,380 --> 00:38:16,760 No worry, my friends. This time, I shall explore this land on my own. 213 00:39:29,940 --> 00:39:35,600 Have no fear, stranger. Tell us your name.Tell us your needs. 214 00:39:35,730 --> 00:39:38,080 - Noble king, my name is Odysseus, king of Ithaca. 215 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:43,000 - Oh, you are the destroyer of Troy? - I am, noble king. 216 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:45,860 - So you had the idea of the wooden horse, right? 217 00:39:47,660 --> 00:39:50,220 Your fame has come to us. 218 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:54,940 Your host is the god Aeolus. Zeus kindly gave me power over the winds. 219 00:39:55,060 --> 00:39:59,300 Beside me, you can see my wife and my children. 220 00:39:59,540 --> 00:40:03,740 They are my pride. Three males, and three females. 221 00:40:04,180 --> 00:40:11,660 I asked them to marry each other, so they stay near me, and we remain united. 222 00:40:18,780 --> 00:40:23,100 My table is always set, we banquet from dawn till dusk... 223 00:40:23,110 --> 00:40:28,460 ... you will be our guest, and may partake as long as I wish. 224 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,970 Odysseus, you are said to have lived through unique adventures . 225 00:40:37,700 --> 00:40:41,280 Why don't you tell us some of them to entertain us? 226 00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:49,750 Eat your fill. Our hospitality will be long and sweet. 227 00:40:56,300 --> 00:40:58,300 - Thanks. 228 00:40:58,300 --> 00:41:01,000 For one month, Aeolus kept me at his court... 229 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:04,500 ... making me go through all our endeavors again... 230 00:41:04,580 --> 00:41:08,900 ... having me recall tragedies which sounded like mere fun to them... 231 00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:12,720 ... at last, I had enough, and dared to tell him I wanted to leave... 232 00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:14,480 ...he did not refuse. 233 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:17,720 If you don't enjoy yourself, you don't have to stay... 234 00:41:18,340 --> 00:41:23,280 ... leave if you like, my children will be sad to see you go... 235 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:27,900 - Thank you. You love your land so much that your children may not leave it... 236 00:41:28,260 --> 00:41:30,500 ... so you can understand how impatient I am to see Ithaca again. 237 00:41:30,500 --> 00:41:34,330 - I understand and I will help, you were worthy of my welcome. 238 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:37,100 You were guest to the master of the winds. 239 00:41:39,530 --> 00:41:42,740 Order the servants to skin a calf! 240 00:41:42,740 --> 00:41:49,300 Let the skin be bound as a double sheeted sack! 241 00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:08,880 In this sack, have I closed in all the winds which blow over the sea. 242 00:42:09,350 --> 00:42:12,080 I only left one out, Zephyrus. 243 00:42:13,300 --> 00:42:15,600 It will fill your sail all the way to your homeland. 244 00:42:16,180 --> 00:42:18,740 Once you have landed, then throw the sack into the sea. 245 00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:26,200 Before I give you this, you must tell me the truth. 246 00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:28,500 If you answer honestly, the winds will be your friends. 247 00:42:28,500 --> 00:42:31,460 Is there a god after you, stopping you from returning? 248 00:42:31,460 --> 00:42:35,540 ...if a god holds a grudge against you the sack will be no use. 249 00:42:35,900 --> 00:42:39,220 No, noble lord, no god has any hate against me. 250 00:42:39,820 --> 00:42:43,260 I piously offered sacrifices. - Swear it, Odysseus. 251 00:42:43,980 --> 00:42:47,180 Swear that you will never insult my lord Poseidon... 252 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:52,280 ... the winds will be sealed inside so you can safely return home. 253 00:42:53,140 --> 00:42:55,820 - I swear I will make him offerings and never offend him... 254 00:42:56,140 --> 00:42:58,780 ... nor with thoughts, words or deeds. 255 00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:33,300 We sailed four days on a balmy sea. 256 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,740 I didn't even need to follow a route. 257 00:43:36,750 --> 00:43:38,840 Following the wind was enough. 258 00:43:40,460 --> 00:43:43,820 If the wind changed direction, so I steered the ship. 259 00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:04,980 - Give me the rudder, go to rest. - I will call you when needed. 260 00:44:09,100 --> 00:44:11,660 - Four days you haven't slept. What are you afraid of? 261 00:44:11,660 --> 00:44:15,880 - I shall stay awake until I see Ithaca. I have to 262 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,900 Should I let go now? It is so close I can already feel it. 263 00:44:22,900 --> 00:44:24,740 Just be on your watch too. 264 00:44:35,060 --> 00:44:37,240 - We may follow him to Polyphemus... 265 00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:40,350 ...but when a king covers him with gifts, he doesn't care for us... 266 00:45:10,380 --> 00:45:13,900 -Ithaca! Ithaca! 267 00:45:17,980 --> 00:45:22,740 - At last, this is Ithaca, our land! 268 00:45:29,180 --> 00:45:33,820 The battle was won, I could sleep at last. 269 00:45:38,420 --> 00:45:42,040 - Come on, row! Fasten the sail instead of falling asleep! 270 00:45:42,260 --> 00:45:44,220 Aren't you impatient to land? 271 00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:55,300 - What shall we say to our families? We were away for so many years! 272 00:45:55,300 --> 00:45:57,720 And we come back like beggars! 273 00:45:59,220 --> 00:46:02,220 Why do you stare and say nothing? Don't you think the same? 274 00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:06,000 Are you afraid to speak out? 275 00:46:06,900 --> 00:46:09,940 Look at the proud warriors of Troy, once departed on twelve ships... 276 00:46:10,020 --> 00:46:11,900 They are back with only one, and empty handed too! 277 00:46:12,620 --> 00:46:16,220 I wonder if there is gold on board, I want to know right away! 278 00:46:16,940 --> 00:46:18,660 - Isn't that enough that you come back alive? 279 00:46:18,750 --> 00:46:22,660 - No! After going through hunger, thirst and danger, no! 280 00:46:22,740 --> 00:46:25,200 Shame to warriors who go home without booty! 281 00:46:25,860 --> 00:46:28,900 Their sons will never look at them again with due respect! 282 00:46:28,980 --> 00:46:32,120 The booty was lost on the other ships, did you forget that? 283 00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:36,170 And the sack, what is there inside? What is Odysseus hiding from us? 284 00:46:36,380 --> 00:46:38,400 I want to know now! - No! 285 00:46:46,900 --> 00:46:51,580 All the winds were unleashed, pushing the ship far away from Ithaca. 286 00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:54,540 Gusts were blowing... 287 00:46:54,540 --> 00:46:58,620 Trying to steer the ship was just as vain as fighting among us. 288 00:47:38,780 --> 00:47:43,740 But that lord of the winds, Aeolus... have you really met him? 289 00:47:45,700 --> 00:47:47,200 - Polybus, what is your thought? 290 00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:50,640 - Strange is your story, Odysseus, and hard to comprehend. 291 00:47:50,640 --> 00:47:55,000 Blessings favor you for sure, just as opposing forces also persecute you. 292 00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:58,780 However, it seems that you govern your painful road yourself. 293 00:47:59,020 --> 00:48:02,900 ... you alone wanted to see the Cyclops, you alone climbed the rock of Aeolus... 294 00:48:03,100 --> 00:48:05,160 ... you fell asleep in sight of your homeland... 295 00:48:05,780 --> 00:48:07,880 ... all as if you did not really want to return.