1 00:00:24,233 --> 00:00:27,225 'You may have heard the story of Helen, 2 00:00:27,236 --> 00:00:31,025 'a woman whose beauty launched a thousand ships 3 00:00:32,658 --> 00:00:36,151 'and started the most famous war in history. 4 00:00:36,828 --> 00:00:39,195 'You may have heard of that valiant struggle 5 00:00:39,206 --> 00:00:44,121 'that took place beneath the golden walls of Troy for ten years, 6 00:00:44,127 --> 00:00:46,744 'the best of our lives. 7 00:00:46,755 --> 00:00:48,837 'Ten thousand men, 8 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:52,504 'the best the gods and dreams of glory could have fashioned, 9 00:00:55,931 --> 00:00:59,970 'all led by my brother, Agamemnon, the mightiest of the Greeks. 10 00:01:05,899 --> 00:01:10,359 'And Achilles, who could strike down ten warriors with one blow. 11 00:01:15,033 --> 00:01:17,900 'You may even have heard of Paris, 12 00:01:17,911 --> 00:01:21,154 'who they say betrayed his country and crown 13 00:01:21,164 --> 00:01:23,246 'for love. 14 00:01:24,376 --> 00:01:26,959 'But that is not the way it happened. 15 00:01:26,962 --> 00:01:29,454 'Let me tell you the real story. 16 00:01:29,464 --> 00:01:32,047 'I know. I was there.' 17 00:01:40,017 --> 00:01:40,927 Kill him! 18 00:01:45,522 --> 00:01:47,934 Kill him! 19 00:01:50,986 --> 00:01:54,650 Kill him! Kill him! 20 00:01:54,656 --> 00:01:57,318 Kill him! Kill him! 21 00:01:57,326 --> 00:01:59,408 Kill him! 22 00:01:59,411 --> 00:02:03,621 It's a boy, Your Highness. A boy. 23 00:02:07,419 --> 00:02:10,207 You said, "Kill him. Kill him!" 24 00:02:12,466 --> 00:02:15,049 Before any of us knew it was a boy. 25 00:02:15,052 --> 00:02:19,046 Cassandra, have you just had one of your visions? Tell me! 26 00:02:19,056 --> 00:02:22,299 Priam, come see your son. 27 00:02:22,309 --> 00:02:25,768 Cassandra, come see your brother Alexandros. 28 00:02:25,771 --> 00:02:29,560 Look, Cassandra, Cassandra. 29 00:02:29,566 --> 00:02:33,685 I know that you see things. And I know people don't believe you but I do. 30 00:02:35,238 --> 00:02:37,730 You saw that it was a baby boy, right? 31 00:02:39,368 --> 00:02:42,030 Now, what else did you see? 32 00:02:42,704 --> 00:02:44,911 What else? 33 00:02:44,915 --> 00:02:48,579 If he lives, Troy will burn. 34 00:03:00,555 --> 00:03:03,092 Take my son to the mountain. 35 00:03:03,100 --> 00:03:05,216 No! 36 00:03:05,227 --> 00:03:07,559 Throw him from the highest peak. 37 00:03:07,562 --> 00:03:09,473 - No! - Do it now! 38 00:03:09,481 --> 00:03:11,813 No! No! 39 00:03:11,817 --> 00:03:15,185 No, no, no, no! 40 00:03:15,195 --> 00:03:20,031 No, no! Please! No! 41 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:22,491 Please! My son! 42 00:03:22,494 --> 00:03:24,360 'No!' 43 00:03:49,563 --> 00:03:51,600 Gods, do your will. 44 00:04:11,918 --> 00:04:14,285 Why would they? 45 00:04:14,296 --> 00:04:18,665 What was it, child? Some foul prophet jealous of your beauty? 46 00:04:19,718 --> 00:04:23,962 Never mind. With me, you shall be loved and honoured. 47 00:04:23,972 --> 00:04:26,930 And I shall name you Paris. 48 00:04:31,062 --> 00:04:33,645 Paris! 49 00:04:33,648 --> 00:04:35,810 Paris, where are you? 50 00:04:37,027 --> 00:04:39,519 Paris! Come, time to eat! 51 00:04:57,339 --> 00:04:59,626 Whoa! 52 00:05:03,637 --> 00:05:06,345 I've got goats that fight better than you! 53 00:05:06,348 --> 00:05:10,433 Too bad you can't watch your goats as well as you fight! 54 00:05:10,435 --> 00:05:12,517 - Look! - What? 55 00:05:14,815 --> 00:05:17,978 Watch my herd! 56 00:05:20,737 --> 00:05:23,069 Stubos! 57 00:05:51,226 --> 00:05:53,513 Stubos! 58 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,461 Stubos? 59 00:06:50,535 --> 00:06:52,071 Stubos? 60 00:07:28,031 --> 00:07:29,897 Who's there? 61 00:07:33,620 --> 00:07:36,203 Beauty is all. All is beauty. 62 00:07:36,206 --> 00:07:38,698 Victory goes to the strong. 63 00:07:38,708 --> 00:07:42,292 Gold rules men. Wealth is power. 64 00:07:45,674 --> 00:07:47,711 Paris must choose. 65 00:07:50,512 --> 00:07:52,628 You must judge 66 00:07:52,639 --> 00:07:54,596 who of us is fairest. 67 00:07:57,894 --> 00:08:00,807 - Who are you? - Choose me, Paris. 68 00:08:00,814 --> 00:08:05,524 I am Hera. I can give you wealth beyond your dreams. 69 00:08:05,527 --> 00:08:08,861 Athena brings Victory and glory forever. 70 00:08:15,870 --> 00:08:18,328 Look into its face, Paris. 71 00:08:18,331 --> 00:08:20,698 See what Aphrodite gives. 72 00:08:25,005 --> 00:08:27,838 The most beautiful woman in the world... 73 00:08:31,094 --> 00:08:33,131 Helen. 74 00:09:54,719 --> 00:09:58,633 - Pollux! - You shouldn't be outside the city walls. 75 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:00,677 Father is furious. 76 00:10:02,477 --> 00:10:05,970 Let's get you dressed. You can't go to a wedding like that. 77 00:10:05,980 --> 00:10:08,267 That big one in front. 78 00:10:08,274 --> 00:10:11,892 Is that Agamem... the one who is to marry our sister? 79 00:10:11,903 --> 00:10:14,770 No, that's his father, King Atreus. 80 00:10:14,781 --> 00:10:18,240 See that one there with the beard? That's Agamemnon. 81 00:10:18,243 --> 00:10:21,326 They say that one day he will rule the entire Aegean. 82 00:10:21,329 --> 00:10:24,947 - Come on, let's go. - Who's the other one, the young one? 83 00:10:24,958 --> 00:10:28,496 That's his brother, Menelaus, younger by two years, 84 00:10:28,503 --> 00:10:31,291 and not fond of living in his brother's shadow. 85 00:10:31,297 --> 00:10:33,413 Come on, let's get you dressed. 86 00:10:33,424 --> 00:10:35,756 - But where are they from? - Mycenae. 87 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,172 - Where's that? - Never you mind. 88 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:06,284 Theseus, my king, this is bad timing, don't you think? 89 00:11:06,291 --> 00:11:08,623 The greater the challenge. 90 00:11:09,586 --> 00:11:14,046 I love a challenge but I'd hate to be missing Athens in the springtime. 91 00:11:14,048 --> 00:11:19,088 - You know how beautiful it is. - You'll find beauty beyond those walls. 92 00:11:19,095 --> 00:11:22,304 The most beautiful girl in the world is here in Sparta. 93 00:11:22,307 --> 00:11:24,423 She's just a child! 94 00:11:24,434 --> 00:11:27,472 I'll ripen her like grapes, I'll age her like wine. 95 00:11:27,478 --> 00:11:30,186 When she ages just enough, I'll taste her. 96 00:11:30,190 --> 00:11:34,104 But not when the greatest warriors in Mycenae are behind those walls. 97 00:11:34,110 --> 00:11:36,852 Don't be such a bore! Let's have some fun. 98 00:11:36,863 --> 00:11:40,401 Fun? No, this is not fun. No, fishing is fun. 99 00:11:40,408 --> 00:11:44,902 Playing the lute is fun. Swimming in shark-infested waters is fun. 100 00:11:44,913 --> 00:11:47,405 Committing suicide is not fun! 101 00:12:31,042 --> 00:12:36,082 High King Atreus, Prince Agamemnon, Prince Menelaus, 102 00:12:36,089 --> 00:12:39,207 we welcome you to Sparta. 103 00:12:39,217 --> 00:12:42,630 Great Tyndareus, made greater by his kindness. 104 00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:48,348 Made greater only by his most dutiful and obedient daughter. 105 00:12:48,351 --> 00:12:51,184 May I present the lovely Clytemnestra? 106 00:12:57,860 --> 00:13:00,147 Clytemnestra... 107 00:13:01,990 --> 00:13:05,199 I hereby claim you as my wife. 108 00:13:16,838 --> 00:13:19,125 And who is this? 109 00:13:20,591 --> 00:13:24,050 My youngest. Still a child. 110 00:13:24,053 --> 00:13:27,967 An untamed and disrespectful child, I might add. 111 00:13:30,685 --> 00:13:34,053 - Her name, my lord? - She is Helen. 112 00:13:38,067 --> 00:13:40,354 Helen. 113 00:13:42,405 --> 00:13:46,399 - Father, I will take her to her room. - Yes, indeed you shall. 114 00:13:46,409 --> 00:13:50,368 As punishment for her disrespect, she will miss the wedding feast. 115 00:13:54,208 --> 00:13:56,700 Father-in-law, 116 00:13:56,711 --> 00:13:59,453 I see my bride is distressed. 117 00:14:00,340 --> 00:14:01,705 You're quite right. 118 00:14:01,716 --> 00:14:07,257 Clytemnestra's little sister is but a child, a child who meant no harm. 119 00:14:08,389 --> 00:14:11,051 Why not invite her to join us? 120 00:14:11,059 --> 00:14:13,642 Well, that sounds fair. 121 00:14:17,732 --> 00:14:22,067 I would be honoured to be Helen's escort, 122 00:14:22,070 --> 00:14:25,153 should the king's legendary kindness permit. 123 00:14:26,824 --> 00:14:30,192 Pollux, see that she is properly dressed. 124 00:14:30,203 --> 00:14:32,240 Yes, Father. 125 00:14:34,123 --> 00:14:38,959 - Have you ever seen anything like it? - You are in so much trouble. 126 00:14:38,961 --> 00:14:43,580 - What's all the big fuss about? - Don't you understand anything? 127 00:14:43,591 --> 00:14:46,083 You're not a little girl, you're... 128 00:14:46,094 --> 00:14:48,802 You're almost a woman - what are you doing? 129 00:14:48,805 --> 00:14:52,719 - I'm no such thing. - You are! Listen to me. 130 00:14:52,725 --> 00:14:55,592 - Get off for a second. Listen! - No, I won't! 131 00:14:55,603 --> 00:14:56,889 Helen! 132 00:14:59,232 --> 00:15:01,724 Helen, I love you more than life. 133 00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:07,446 I know it's hard to accept but some day, soon, you will marry. 134 00:15:07,448 --> 00:15:10,657 - I already know who to. - You do? 135 00:15:10,660 --> 00:15:13,322 - I saw him. - Where? 136 00:15:13,329 --> 00:15:16,162 - In the water. - You'll marry a fish? 137 00:15:16,165 --> 00:15:18,702 - He's a shepherd. - Oh, that's likely. 138 00:15:19,544 --> 00:15:23,128 - Helen! - I will! I will, Pollux. 139 00:15:23,131 --> 00:15:26,123 - I had a vision. I saw his face and... - And what? 140 00:15:27,260 --> 00:15:29,501 He saw mine. 141 00:15:29,512 --> 00:15:32,846 And one day, he'll find me. 142 00:15:32,849 --> 00:15:35,216 I know it. 143 00:15:35,226 --> 00:15:39,060 - I just...I know it. - Good. 144 00:15:39,063 --> 00:15:41,270 Good. 145 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:46,394 But meanwhile, you must be ready for kings and princes to seek your hand. 146 00:15:46,404 --> 00:15:50,238 - Why? - Your beauty. Your spirit. 147 00:15:50,241 --> 00:15:52,278 It makes men weak. 148 00:15:53,828 --> 00:15:55,239 Ah! 149 00:15:55,246 --> 00:15:59,786 Helen, you have no idea what madness lies in men. 150 00:15:59,792 --> 00:16:02,454 All men. Every one. 151 00:16:02,462 --> 00:16:04,169 Even you? 152 00:16:18,644 --> 00:16:20,806 - Yes. - Ah, yes, I see her. 153 00:16:55,515 --> 00:16:58,633 - There she is. - Hm, yes. 154 00:17:49,527 --> 00:17:52,315 - Halt there! - Can you hold this, please? 155 00:17:52,321 --> 00:17:53,607 Thank you. 156 00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:47,828 - Why are you doing that? - Doing what? 157 00:18:47,835 --> 00:18:49,997 Casting lots. 158 00:18:50,004 --> 00:18:52,336 I know what for too. 159 00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:59,883 - I'm not some sort of a prize... - Well done, my friend. 160 00:18:59,889 --> 00:19:02,506 So you get the girl and I get the horse. 161 00:19:06,479 --> 00:19:11,349 Well, I'll just have to find myself another stunningly beautiful princess. 162 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:14,772 - Persephone, perhaps. - She's sweet on pomegranates. 163 00:19:15,946 --> 00:19:18,654 I hate pomegranates. 164 00:19:18,658 --> 00:19:20,774 Farewell, my friend. 165 00:19:20,785 --> 00:19:22,867 May the gods be kind. 166 00:19:32,838 --> 00:19:35,296 Who are you? 167 00:19:36,342 --> 00:19:38,549 Theseus, King of Athens. 168 00:19:38,552 --> 00:19:40,589 You don't look like a king. 169 00:19:47,228 --> 00:19:50,812 You'd better get used to me. I'm going to marry you. 170 00:19:53,818 --> 00:19:56,526 You've got me confused with my sister. 171 00:19:56,529 --> 00:20:00,488 I'm not the daughter of Tyndareus, who does what anybody says. 172 00:20:00,491 --> 00:20:03,358 You're not the daughter of Tyndareus at all. 173 00:20:03,369 --> 00:20:05,201 Of course I am. 174 00:20:06,330 --> 00:20:09,789 You think my mother found me under a cabbage leaf? 175 00:20:10,793 --> 00:20:13,535 Some say that. I don't. 176 00:20:17,675 --> 00:20:21,919 You're Queen Leda's daughter, all right. There's no mistaking that face. 177 00:20:24,223 --> 00:20:26,885 I'm my father's daughter too. 178 00:20:28,352 --> 00:20:32,516 - That's the way it works. - Tyndareus is my father. 179 00:20:34,692 --> 00:20:37,184 They never told you anything, did they? 180 00:20:40,030 --> 00:20:41,941 Told me what? 181 00:20:41,949 --> 00:20:44,281 What happened to your mother? 182 00:20:44,285 --> 00:20:47,027 - She died. - Why? 183 00:20:48,497 --> 00:20:50,613 Because of me. 184 00:20:52,084 --> 00:20:54,416 I made her sick. 185 00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:57,663 How? Do you know? 186 00:21:06,015 --> 00:21:09,053 Tyndareus told you you killed your mother? 187 00:21:09,059 --> 00:21:11,175 He didn't have to say it. 188 00:21:14,190 --> 00:21:16,227 He can't look at me. 189 00:21:17,651 --> 00:21:19,517 Your mother took her own life. 190 00:21:19,528 --> 00:21:22,737 She leapt from the west wall of the palace. 191 00:21:26,869 --> 00:21:30,578 No. You're lying. 192 00:21:38,672 --> 00:21:40,879 Why would she? 193 00:21:40,883 --> 00:21:42,965 She was raped. 194 00:21:44,637 --> 00:21:46,674 Because she was beautiful? 195 00:21:48,516 --> 00:21:50,553 Yeah. 196 00:21:50,559 --> 00:21:53,597 - Is that what you intend with me? - What? 197 00:21:53,604 --> 00:21:56,437 - Rape. - I don't rape children. 198 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:58,932 - Or are you a woman? - No, no. 199 00:21:58,943 --> 00:22:03,904 Well, when you are, we'll be good friends. We'll be fine. 200 00:22:18,462 --> 00:22:20,373 You can't take our best stock. 201 00:22:20,381 --> 00:22:24,500 - You should be honoured. - That you steal away our livelihood? 202 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:30,008 You will be compensated. Fairly compensated. 203 00:22:30,015 --> 00:22:35,010 Compensation doesn't fill our cows with seed or give us meat. 204 00:22:36,146 --> 00:22:38,638 Paris, they're taking your bull! 205 00:22:38,649 --> 00:22:42,062 - That's the property of the King of Troy! - He's mine! 206 00:22:42,069 --> 00:22:44,185 - I raised him! - Hold him! 207 00:22:44,947 --> 00:22:48,781 Leave him! Leave him! Leave my son alone! 208 00:23:00,129 --> 00:23:02,587 Any other objections? 209 00:23:12,141 --> 00:23:15,384 He will be the grand prize in King Priam's games. 210 00:23:16,604 --> 00:23:21,019 If you wish to negotiate with the winner, you'll find him there. 211 00:24:09,782 --> 00:24:12,649 Tell me the truth about my mother. 212 00:24:14,745 --> 00:24:16,531 I need to know. Please. 213 00:24:30,803 --> 00:24:34,137 When it happened, Tyndareus was away in Egypt. 214 00:24:35,641 --> 00:24:38,508 When she began to show a couple of months later, 215 00:24:38,519 --> 00:24:41,682 he'd been gone for half a year. 216 00:24:41,689 --> 00:24:45,523 So the kingdom watched her belly swell, month after month. 217 00:24:46,777 --> 00:24:49,269 She was disgraced. 218 00:24:49,279 --> 00:24:51,691 She had no husband beside her. 219 00:24:51,699 --> 00:24:56,159 She waited till she had you, then... 220 00:24:56,161 --> 00:24:58,243 Had me? 221 00:25:01,375 --> 00:25:03,457 It was me? 222 00:25:12,052 --> 00:25:14,009 No! 223 00:25:14,013 --> 00:25:16,505 Helen, no! There are wolves! 224 00:25:31,989 --> 00:25:34,230 Do I look like her? 225 00:25:36,452 --> 00:25:38,659 Well, you're younger 226 00:25:38,662 --> 00:25:40,699 and dirtier. 227 00:25:42,374 --> 00:25:47,289 But when you grow up, if you grow up, and you don't make me wring your neck, 228 00:25:47,296 --> 00:25:49,879 you'll be even more breathtaking. 229 00:25:51,550 --> 00:25:54,212 Who was it? Who did it? 230 00:25:56,346 --> 00:25:58,132 Tell me who. 231 00:26:00,309 --> 00:26:04,473 You're the daughter of the greatest god. Zeus is your father. 232 00:26:07,191 --> 00:26:10,479 That's why your beauty will never be matched. 233 00:26:10,486 --> 00:26:13,228 That's why no man will ever resist it. 234 00:26:17,659 --> 00:26:19,149 You resisted me. 235 00:26:20,788 --> 00:26:22,825 Well... 236 00:26:23,957 --> 00:26:26,745 Well, not without great effort 237 00:26:30,839 --> 00:26:33,501 Let me be your friend. 238 00:26:35,052 --> 00:26:37,214 I think you could do with one. 239 00:26:41,183 --> 00:26:44,266 I must always know the truth. 240 00:26:45,104 --> 00:26:47,311 Always. 241 00:26:54,404 --> 00:26:57,738 I'm going to Troy. I'll get our bull back. 242 00:26:57,741 --> 00:27:00,779 Troy is no place for people like us. 243 00:27:00,786 --> 00:27:03,778 - I'm going. - No, they'll hurt you. 244 00:27:07,251 --> 00:27:11,791 If these ribs aren't broken, they would have been with one more blow. 245 00:27:11,797 --> 00:27:15,381 They can't treat us like that, like we're nothing. 246 00:27:16,552 --> 00:27:19,340 I'll bring back what's ours. 247 00:27:19,346 --> 00:27:22,259 - There's no point. - There is. 248 00:27:22,266 --> 00:27:24,428 When I win it. 249 00:27:29,606 --> 00:27:32,439 'And so Paris came to Troy. 250 00:27:34,903 --> 00:27:37,110 'It was the richest city in the world. 251 00:27:42,327 --> 00:27:46,116 'Into it were brought silks from Asia, spices from Arabia, 252 00:27:46,123 --> 00:27:48,160 'rare woods from Africa.' 253 00:28:06,435 --> 00:28:09,427 A feast for the eyes. Both of them, huh? 254 00:28:24,661 --> 00:28:28,154 'From its strategic harbour, with its massive walls, 255 00:28:28,165 --> 00:28:32,250 'Troy controlled all trade north and south of the Aegean. 256 00:28:35,672 --> 00:28:38,630 'And Paris would control Troy's fate 257 00:28:39,843 --> 00:28:42,175 'more than he could know.' 258 00:28:42,179 --> 00:28:44,261 It's the silver. 259 00:30:11,268 --> 00:30:14,101 Hector! Hector! Hector! 260 00:30:16,231 --> 00:30:18,848 Are you here to sign up? 261 00:30:20,777 --> 00:30:23,690 - What's your name? - Paris. 262 00:30:23,697 --> 00:30:25,563 Of...? 263 00:30:27,492 --> 00:30:29,984 As in where from? 264 00:30:30,996 --> 00:30:33,203 Mount Ida. 265 00:30:34,958 --> 00:30:38,622 - Where's your cuirass? - My what? 266 00:30:38,628 --> 00:30:41,245 Breastplate. 267 00:30:41,256 --> 00:30:43,873 No? What about a helmet? 268 00:30:46,303 --> 00:30:48,715 Any kind of Armour? 269 00:30:49,890 --> 00:30:53,474 Boy! Fetch me some of that old Armour. 270 00:30:57,647 --> 00:30:59,684 How about your cudgel? 271 00:31:01,276 --> 00:31:03,392 I could use this. 272 00:31:03,403 --> 00:31:06,236 Look here, lad. You can't win. 273 00:31:06,239 --> 00:31:09,607 But at least you have to put on a good show. 274 00:31:11,244 --> 00:31:13,281 Go ahead. Choose one. 275 00:31:22,214 --> 00:31:24,831 You'll find some better than others. 276 00:31:30,597 --> 00:31:32,634 Why can't I win? 277 00:31:35,185 --> 00:31:38,644 No one ever beats Prince Hector. 278 00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:47,690 Leave your knife on the rack. 279 00:31:51,827 --> 00:31:53,738 Hey, shepherd boy! 280 00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:56,703 The hero from Mount Ida! 281 00:31:56,706 --> 00:31:59,448 Ah, the king's thief. 282 00:32:00,544 --> 00:32:03,957 You're on, shepherd. With your friend. Go on. Go. 283 00:32:04,923 --> 00:32:07,415 Paris of Mount Ida 284 00:32:07,426 --> 00:32:10,088 meets Pres Byterian, 285 00:32:10,095 --> 00:32:13,087 Commander of the Guard! 286 00:33:55,700 --> 00:34:00,740 The winner is Paris of Mount Ida! 287 00:34:14,970 --> 00:34:16,961 You need better Armour. 288 00:34:17,931 --> 00:34:20,138 This old Hittite stuff is junk. 289 00:34:22,269 --> 00:34:27,514 - Is it bad? - It's nothing. An old wound. 290 00:34:27,524 --> 00:34:30,357 You shouldn't be fighting. 291 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:34,149 - I have to. - Oh, really? Why's that? 292 00:34:35,740 --> 00:34:38,107 I don't like thieves sent by kings 293 00:34:38,118 --> 00:34:41,702 to steal my livestock for their games and amusement. 294 00:34:44,165 --> 00:34:46,202 The bull? 295 00:34:47,335 --> 00:34:48,791 My bull. 296 00:34:49,796 --> 00:34:51,207 Ah. 297 00:35:12,902 --> 00:35:16,645 My father's games must be fair. I can't fight a wounded man. 298 00:35:16,656 --> 00:35:19,318 The rules are clear, my lord. You must. 299 00:35:22,579 --> 00:35:25,241 - Paris, son. - Father. Ow! 300 00:35:26,541 --> 00:35:31,081 Paris of Mount Ida will fight Damian of Carthos. 301 00:35:31,087 --> 00:35:33,249 - You're hurt. - I'll be fine. 302 00:35:33,256 --> 00:35:36,294 - Your ribs. You can't. - Father, I'll be fine. 303 00:35:57,447 --> 00:36:02,237 The winner is Paris of Mount Ida. 304 00:36:07,874 --> 00:36:11,242 Paris, you must stop this. 305 00:36:11,252 --> 00:36:13,994 I've seen these crush a man's head. 306 00:36:14,005 --> 00:36:18,841 Paris, you must never mind what happened. We'll survive without our bull. 307 00:36:19,803 --> 00:36:21,385 Paris... 308 00:36:21,388 --> 00:36:24,597 you're my only child. I beg you, come home. 309 00:36:26,768 --> 00:36:30,762 You raised me to be strong and to be loyal, 310 00:36:31,898 --> 00:36:34,014 to defend what I believe in. 311 00:36:34,025 --> 00:36:39,395 Paris of Mount Ida will fight Hideous of Seramia. 312 00:36:39,406 --> 00:36:41,397 I love you, Father. 313 00:37:01,344 --> 00:37:05,008 The winner is Paris of Mount Ida! 314 00:37:07,058 --> 00:37:09,516 I can't watch my only son get killed. 315 00:37:09,519 --> 00:37:11,681 He's not your son. 316 00:37:11,688 --> 00:37:13,929 - Be gone, old shepherd. - Wait. 317 00:37:13,940 --> 00:37:17,274 - He is my father. - No, don't. It's Princess Cassandra. 318 00:37:21,156 --> 00:37:24,740 - Alexandros? - My name is Paris. 319 00:37:30,039 --> 00:37:33,282 - You should be dead. - Give me a minute. 320 00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:38,962 The final match - Prince Hector of Troy 321 00:37:40,049 --> 00:37:43,508 against Paris of Mount Ida. 322 00:37:44,637 --> 00:37:46,753 No! 323 00:37:46,765 --> 00:37:48,802 You must kill him. 324 00:37:49,726 --> 00:37:52,684 - These are just games. - You don't understand! 325 00:37:52,687 --> 00:37:56,521 - He is good but he's only a shepherd. - Alexandros. 326 00:38:01,404 --> 00:38:03,896 He's baby Alexandros. 327 00:38:14,125 --> 00:38:17,618 If you love your family, honour Troy, 328 00:38:17,629 --> 00:38:19,711 you must destroy him. 329 00:38:34,479 --> 00:38:37,346 You don't intend to fight me? 330 00:38:37,357 --> 00:38:40,850 I'll fight you the way I live, not Troy's way. 331 00:38:51,704 --> 00:38:55,288 Do you know how to use a dagger, shepherd? 332 00:38:55,291 --> 00:38:57,783 You can't stop wolves with sticks. 333 00:39:05,635 --> 00:39:07,501 What is he doing? 334 00:39:22,151 --> 00:39:24,267 Then, use it. 335 00:40:25,757 --> 00:40:28,249 - Kill him! - What? 336 00:40:32,764 --> 00:40:34,346 Come on! 337 00:40:34,349 --> 00:40:37,011 'Kill him! Kill him!' 338 00:40:37,018 --> 00:40:40,807 Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! 339 00:40:52,742 --> 00:40:54,449 Alexandros? 340 00:41:05,672 --> 00:41:08,585 Kill him! 341 00:41:13,721 --> 00:41:15,507 Paris, no! 342 00:41:17,475 --> 00:41:19,762 Do you surrender? 343 00:41:21,604 --> 00:41:25,347 - I am prepared to die. - I don't want your life. 344 00:41:25,358 --> 00:41:28,066 Does Prince Hector surrender? 345 00:41:28,069 --> 00:41:30,857 Does Troy surrender? 346 00:41:35,034 --> 00:41:36,650 The winner - 347 00:41:36,661 --> 00:41:40,154 Paris of Mount Ida! 348 00:41:54,262 --> 00:41:57,630 Approach, Paris of Mount Ida. 349 00:42:01,936 --> 00:42:04,394 Don't look at him, Mother. 350 00:42:05,773 --> 00:42:07,229 Alexandros? 351 00:42:11,571 --> 00:42:13,778 Are you Alexandros? 352 00:42:14,782 --> 00:42:16,819 My name is Paris. 353 00:42:17,702 --> 00:42:20,865 Father, what are you doing? Get up. 354 00:42:20,872 --> 00:42:23,239 We have our bull. We can go home. 355 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,412 You are home. 356 00:42:29,672 --> 00:42:32,130 Noble King Priam, 357 00:42:32,133 --> 00:42:36,047 if someone must be punished, let it be me. 358 00:42:36,054 --> 00:42:38,967 - My son? - There is no doubt, my queen. 359 00:42:41,476 --> 00:42:43,513 I found him on the mountain. 360 00:42:58,785 --> 00:43:01,402 My darling, darling child. 361 00:43:08,961 --> 00:43:10,747 Shepherd, 362 00:43:12,131 --> 00:43:14,168 you've done well. 363 00:43:15,510 --> 00:43:17,922 You have brought home our son. 364 00:43:26,020 --> 00:43:28,637 Welcome home, 365 00:43:28,648 --> 00:43:32,016 Prince Paris of Troy! 366 00:43:39,283 --> 00:43:43,242 - The prophecy has been fulfilled. - What prophecy? 367 00:43:43,246 --> 00:43:46,238 Because you live, we all must die. 368 00:44:10,022 --> 00:44:12,059 How was the ride? 369 00:44:22,326 --> 00:44:25,444 Mount Hymettus honey, best in the world. 370 00:44:40,344 --> 00:44:42,426 How do you know it's the best? 371 00:44:43,514 --> 00:44:45,551 Well, I suppose I don't. 372 00:44:47,894 --> 00:44:52,434 Then there's always a chance you might find something better. 373 00:44:53,774 --> 00:44:55,310 No. 374 00:44:56,569 --> 00:44:59,311 - I want to love. - You will someday. 375 00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:03,356 I'm ready now. 376 00:45:03,367 --> 00:45:05,199 You're young. 377 00:45:05,203 --> 00:45:06,989 I'm a woman. 378 00:45:20,092 --> 00:45:23,380 Someday, someplace, you will find someone better. 379 00:45:23,554 --> 00:45:25,591 Someone worthier. 380 00:45:26,349 --> 00:45:30,092 When you do, neither the gods' will nor the earth's turning 381 00:45:30,102 --> 00:45:32,764 will keep you from him. 382 00:45:32,772 --> 00:45:39,109 - That's how I feel about you. - This has just been a kind of practice. 383 00:45:42,782 --> 00:45:45,274 Someday you'll know the difference. 384 00:45:47,536 --> 00:45:49,573 You always said that we'd marry. 385 00:45:51,666 --> 00:45:53,327 Helen. 386 00:45:59,257 --> 00:46:01,419 Hey... 387 00:46:17,024 --> 00:46:19,061 - Pollux! - Shh, quiet! 388 00:46:22,863 --> 00:46:26,857 - Why are you here? - We've finally found you. You're safe. 389 00:46:32,748 --> 00:46:34,284 Ah! 390 00:46:34,292 --> 00:46:35,748 Ow! 391 00:46:51,767 --> 00:46:53,804 Leave him! 392 00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:56,386 Let me go! 393 00:46:57,189 --> 00:46:58,554 Let me go! 394 00:46:58,566 --> 00:47:02,275 - Pollux, make them stop! - Don't let her see it! 395 00:47:02,278 --> 00:47:06,021 - It will warm her heart! - No, Pollux, you don't understand! 396 00:47:08,868 --> 00:47:10,324 Get off me! 397 00:47:37,521 --> 00:47:39,683 Pollux, if you love me, hear me! 398 00:47:47,573 --> 00:47:49,439 Let me go! 399 00:47:50,910 --> 00:47:55,029 - No! - It's all right, Helen! It's a fair price. 400 00:47:55,039 --> 00:47:57,451 I gladly pay it. 401 00:47:58,542 --> 00:48:00,032 No! 402 00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:09,592 No. 403 00:48:20,731 --> 00:48:22,847 Pollux! No! 404 00:48:36,622 --> 00:48:40,866 'With the death of Pollux, Tyndareus had no heir. 405 00:48:40,876 --> 00:48:45,712 'The great kings of the Aegean were drawn to Sparta like moths to the flame.' 406 00:48:45,714 --> 00:48:50,129 Odysseus, King of Ithaca, remembers the fallen Pollux 407 00:48:50,136 --> 00:48:52,719 and offers his heart to King Tyndareus. 408 00:49:00,312 --> 00:49:03,304 Achilles brings greetings from the Myrmidons, 409 00:49:03,315 --> 00:49:08,276 who stand with the people of Sparta to defend its honour 410 00:49:08,279 --> 00:49:12,398 and to revenge the blood of the great King Tyndareus. 411 00:49:17,413 --> 00:49:20,701 To die for a woman, it's hard to imagine such weakness. 412 00:49:20,708 --> 00:49:23,575 - You have not seen her. - I don't need to. 413 00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:29,339 - You're afraid to try? - I'm afraid of nothing. 414 00:49:30,009 --> 00:49:31,750 There. 415 00:49:33,888 --> 00:49:36,220 You shed no tears. 416 00:49:37,099 --> 00:49:40,057 By your actions you have left me without love or hope 417 00:49:40,060 --> 00:49:44,429 and Sparta without its future king, yet you show no grief. 418 00:49:45,733 --> 00:49:47,895 It should've been you who died. 419 00:49:57,536 --> 00:50:01,780 Is there any among you who will take this cursed woman? 420 00:50:02,875 --> 00:50:07,540 Is there any among you who wishes their home devastated, 421 00:50:07,546 --> 00:50:13,383 his country brought to ruin, his heart broken beyond repair? 422 00:50:17,765 --> 00:50:20,427 I leave her to you. 423 00:50:29,610 --> 00:50:31,647 Leave her! 424 00:51:02,810 --> 00:51:05,017 Tyndareus is right. 425 00:51:05,020 --> 00:51:08,854 She'll bring her husband more trouble than he could imagine. 426 00:51:08,857 --> 00:51:13,146 The path to her bed is strewn with ash and death. 427 00:51:14,363 --> 00:51:18,948 And yet is there not one man round this table who does not want her? 428 00:51:18,951 --> 00:51:23,491 Do you suggest that every king here draw his sword against the other? 429 00:51:26,083 --> 00:51:28,120 No, of course not. That would be... 430 00:51:28,127 --> 00:51:33,088 What he wants is to have her all to himself. Isn't that right, brother? 431 00:51:39,179 --> 00:51:45,016 In truth, if we raise our swords at all, they should point in the same direction. 432 00:51:45,019 --> 00:51:48,853 - Toward riches in Byzantium. - Or Persia's. 433 00:51:48,856 --> 00:51:52,224 If we unite, we can conquer anything at all. 434 00:51:52,234 --> 00:51:54,271 Any creature, any nation. 435 00:51:54,278 --> 00:51:58,818 Well spoken, Agamemnon, but you control no army. 436 00:51:58,824 --> 00:52:01,191 I should tell you that as we speak, 437 00:52:01,201 --> 00:52:05,490 our father, the clear-eyed Atreus, lies alone speaking with the gods. 438 00:52:05,497 --> 00:52:09,957 Within days, they will take him and I will return to the citadel at Mycenae. 439 00:52:11,128 --> 00:52:16,339 Let us greet you as our new High King. Mighty Agamemnon of Mycenae. 440 00:52:16,342 --> 00:52:18,379 Agamemnon! 441 00:52:20,304 --> 00:52:23,387 Now, can we agree to unite in time of war? 442 00:52:25,809 --> 00:52:27,470 What do you say, Odysseus? 443 00:52:27,478 --> 00:52:32,348 I have a family. I'd rather plough a field and sow it with salt than go to war. 444 00:52:33,859 --> 00:52:36,396 And you, Achilles? 445 00:52:36,403 --> 00:52:40,488 Some of us may prefer a long and quiet life at home. 446 00:52:40,491 --> 00:52:45,076 I would live it short if I knew I could die with the taste of glory on my lips. 447 00:52:45,079 --> 00:52:48,993 You will have it shod if one of us takes Helen. 448 00:52:52,127 --> 00:52:57,497 Yet perhaps this is the way that we can unite as Agamemnon wishes. 449 00:52:57,508 --> 00:53:00,216 Good Odysseus, the wisest of us all. 450 00:53:01,679 --> 00:53:05,013 Tell us, O wise one, what do you propose? 451 00:53:05,015 --> 00:53:06,631 Two things. 452 00:53:06,642 --> 00:53:11,227 - First, we swear an oath. - What sort of oath? 453 00:53:11,230 --> 00:53:13,267 Whoever takes Helen 454 00:53:13,273 --> 00:53:18,234 can trust that we will defend that man's sole right to her with our lives. 455 00:53:18,987 --> 00:53:22,525 The rest must be content to admire her from afar. 456 00:53:22,533 --> 00:53:24,399 And second? 457 00:53:24,410 --> 00:53:28,745 We cast lots. The winner takes the bride. 458 00:53:28,747 --> 00:53:30,613 Never! 459 00:53:33,711 --> 00:53:35,622 Who... 460 00:53:35,629 --> 00:53:38,917 What gives you the right to agree on such a thing? 461 00:53:40,134 --> 00:53:43,923 - The right of one man to one vote. - Who has ever heard of that? 462 00:53:43,929 --> 00:53:46,045 There is no such thing. 463 00:53:47,433 --> 00:53:49,800 Then we begin here. 464 00:53:52,271 --> 00:53:53,887 Who swears the oath? 465 00:54:07,619 --> 00:54:12,034 Agamemnon, as we two are the only ones who are married, 466 00:54:12,040 --> 00:54:14,702 how do you suggest we cast the lots? 467 00:54:16,253 --> 00:54:20,247 Given this noble assemblage, I would say our seals. 468 00:55:15,687 --> 00:55:19,772 Closest to the jar may claim his bride. 469 00:55:57,229 --> 00:55:59,345 Menelaus. 470 00:56:34,308 --> 00:56:36,140 What say you, my brother? 471 00:56:39,521 --> 00:56:42,138 I say the gods have spoken. 472 00:56:46,820 --> 00:56:51,485 And each man here would be wise to keep his oath 473 00:56:51,491 --> 00:56:55,325 or face the everlasting wrath of Mount Olympus. 474 00:57:05,213 --> 00:57:08,251 Your daughter is so lovely. 475 00:57:08,258 --> 00:57:12,593 Hm. She reminds me of you. 476 00:57:14,806 --> 00:57:16,888 So long ago. 477 00:57:19,019 --> 00:57:22,853 Iphigenia, come. Say good night to your aunt. 478 00:57:23,941 --> 00:57:26,148 Have you been bouncing? 479 00:57:26,151 --> 00:57:27,767 Whoa! 480 00:57:29,071 --> 00:57:30,903 Give your aunt a kiss. 481 00:57:36,078 --> 00:57:38,240 Go to bed. Quickly. 482 00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:46,540 Making a child so sweet might be reason enough to live. 483 00:57:46,546 --> 00:57:48,708 You have many reasons, Helen. 484 00:57:51,218 --> 00:57:54,006 Tomorrow you will marry my husband's brother. 485 00:57:54,012 --> 00:57:56,595 We'll be sisters and sisters-in-law, both. 486 00:58:00,644 --> 00:58:02,760 Yes. 487 00:58:02,771 --> 00:58:07,481 They are hard men. But it is possible to love them. 488 00:58:24,918 --> 00:58:27,956 Paris, Father asked to see you. 489 00:58:35,387 --> 00:58:38,175 He's sending you to Sparta. 490 00:58:38,932 --> 00:58:41,014 Why? 491 00:58:41,018 --> 00:58:45,137 Because he wants you to take a message to the new King Menelaus, 492 00:58:45,147 --> 00:58:48,856 younger brother of High King Agamemnon of Mycenae. 493 00:58:48,859 --> 00:58:52,853 High King? Some sort of supreme ruler, is he? 494 00:58:53,947 --> 00:58:56,314 That's right. 495 00:58:56,324 --> 00:59:01,364 - And now he's talking war against Troy. - Why? 496 00:59:01,371 --> 00:59:05,740 Because we control access to the silks and spices of Byzantium. 497 00:59:07,169 --> 00:59:09,080 What? 498 00:59:09,087 --> 00:59:12,455 I can't believe people go to war over nutmeg. 499 00:59:13,717 --> 00:59:16,584 Well, they do and you'd better get used to it. 500 00:59:17,721 --> 00:59:20,839 Where is he now, this High King of theirs? 501 00:59:22,517 --> 00:59:23,928 I don't know. 502 00:59:29,357 --> 00:59:32,440 Agamemnon's in Sparta for the funeral of Tyndareus 503 00:59:32,444 --> 00:59:35,027 and the crowning of Menelaus. 504 00:59:35,030 --> 00:59:39,240 When I get there, it will appear I've been sent to divide the brothers 505 00:59:39,242 --> 00:59:41,904 who will kill me and put my head on a spike. 506 00:59:41,912 --> 00:59:45,746 Then Troy will be rid of me, Cassandra will be redeemed 507 00:59:45,749 --> 00:59:49,162 and you can get back to being the sole heir to the throne. 508 00:59:49,169 --> 00:59:53,037 - Am I close? - You're being a fool. 509 00:59:53,048 --> 00:59:57,167 Look me in the eye and say that. Look me in the eye. 510 01:00:01,306 --> 01:00:05,174 Brother, the gods have divined it. 511 01:00:05,185 --> 01:00:07,222 So be it. 512 01:00:17,864 --> 01:00:21,778 Such strong winds, my lord. The gods must have hurried us here. 513 01:00:21,785 --> 01:00:25,449 - Yes, it would seem. - They must favour your mission. 514 01:00:25,455 --> 01:00:27,787 I wouldn't count on it. 515 01:00:32,087 --> 01:00:36,297 Helen, I'm the obedient wife but even I will tell you, 516 01:00:36,299 --> 01:00:39,542 he's taken this oath too far. 517 01:00:39,553 --> 01:00:42,215 When you were a child and Father punished you, 518 01:00:42,222 --> 01:00:45,305 you would always come back fighting. 519 01:00:47,769 --> 01:00:49,851 Why aren't you fighting now? 520 01:00:51,940 --> 01:00:54,557 I've caused such grief and destruction. 521 01:00:54,568 --> 01:00:58,607 Helen, you did not ask to be kidnapped. 522 01:01:00,031 --> 01:01:02,614 Nor rescued, for that matter. 523 01:01:03,910 --> 01:01:05,696 It's not your fault. 524 01:01:13,086 --> 01:01:17,671 - Prince Paris of Troy has arrived. - Bring him in. 525 01:01:24,806 --> 01:01:29,221 - You don't know. - Why do you have to do this? 526 01:01:29,227 --> 01:01:32,970 - Menelaus commands it. - I don't do it for Agamemnon. 527 01:01:32,981 --> 01:01:36,269 Ten thousand men have sworn their lives 528 01:01:36,276 --> 01:01:38,392 to defend his right to have me. 529 01:01:38,403 --> 01:01:43,068 Agamemnon believes the kings should see proof of my worth. 530 01:01:44,159 --> 01:01:46,491 How can you let them treat you like this? 531 01:01:46,494 --> 01:01:50,738 They can look all they want but they'll never see me. 532 01:02:22,614 --> 01:02:24,651 Beautiful. 533 01:02:29,120 --> 01:02:31,532 Breathtaking! 534 01:03:40,025 --> 01:03:42,642 Wait, wait, wait! We come in peace! 535 01:03:45,280 --> 01:03:47,396 I'll be fine. 536 01:05:03,274 --> 01:05:08,314 - He seeks peace, my brother. - There is no peace with Troy. 537 01:05:09,697 --> 01:05:12,109 He bears a letter from their king. 538 01:05:13,201 --> 01:05:15,317 To whom is it addressed? 539 01:05:54,534 --> 01:05:56,992 Do not shame me, brother. 540 01:05:58,872 --> 01:06:02,536 Troy seeks to align with Sparta 541 01:06:02,542 --> 01:06:04,579 and Sparta alone. 542 01:06:07,714 --> 01:06:11,082 They have sent him to drive a wedge between us. 543 01:06:11,092 --> 01:06:14,426 We can let nothing divide the blood of the House of Atreus 544 01:06:14,429 --> 01:06:17,763 but not now, not here. 545 01:06:21,519 --> 01:06:26,104 Let him remain, freely speaking, until we know enough of Troy 546 01:06:26,107 --> 01:06:29,020 to find a way inside its golden walls. 547 01:06:35,033 --> 01:06:39,573 The crown has made my little brother wise beyond my expectations. 548 01:07:52,527 --> 01:07:54,564 Catch me, Theseus. 549 01:07:56,197 --> 01:07:57,779 Catch me, Pollux. 550 01:08:02,370 --> 01:08:03,986 You? 551 01:08:05,582 --> 01:08:07,619 I've seen you. 552 01:08:08,918 --> 01:08:10,374 In the pool. 553 01:08:11,421 --> 01:08:13,253 You saw too? 554 01:08:15,174 --> 01:08:18,257 - I've come for you. - It's too late. 555 01:08:21,556 --> 01:08:24,674 The gods decree it. Aphrodite herself. 556 01:08:24,684 --> 01:08:27,472 Then the gods torment me. 557 01:08:27,478 --> 01:08:30,140 How can you say that? 558 01:08:30,148 --> 01:08:34,437 When I'm there with them, I feel nothing. 559 01:08:34,444 --> 01:08:37,982 Naked in front of a hundred kings, nothing. 560 01:08:40,950 --> 01:08:44,488 Then tonight, when I saw you, 561 01:08:46,497 --> 01:08:48,955 something began to tear away my shield, 562 01:08:48,958 --> 01:08:51,746 to expose the one thing that I cannot endure. 563 01:08:55,840 --> 01:08:58,298 Hope. 564 01:08:59,844 --> 01:09:02,131 You have it now. 565 01:09:05,725 --> 01:09:08,012 I love you. 566 01:09:17,654 --> 01:09:20,897 Loving me kills people, destroys families, 567 01:09:20,907 --> 01:09:24,320 causes such grief you cannot imagine. 568 01:09:26,496 --> 01:09:28,908 I imagined you all these years. 569 01:09:30,041 --> 01:09:33,454 And now I've found you, I cannot let you go. 570 01:09:35,254 --> 01:09:37,791 I will never leave you. 571 01:09:39,175 --> 01:09:41,416 The day I do is the day I die. 572 01:09:59,529 --> 01:10:01,566 Go away. 573 01:10:04,617 --> 01:10:08,030 Leave me. You must never see me again. 574 01:10:19,966 --> 01:10:22,958 You consort with a Trojan, an enemy of Sparta. 575 01:10:22,969 --> 01:10:26,337 - Do you want to be put to death? - Yes, I do! 576 01:10:28,474 --> 01:10:31,637 - What's happened to you? - I've become visible. 577 01:10:32,562 --> 01:10:35,270 You're not making sense about anything. 578 01:10:35,273 --> 01:10:39,517 - You meet some envoy and before you... - No, I didn't just meet him. 579 01:10:39,527 --> 01:10:43,987 I've loved him for years. Before you even married Agamemnon. 580 01:10:43,990 --> 01:10:46,948 That can't be possible. It's not true, is it? 581 01:10:50,455 --> 01:10:52,492 What's going to happen? 582 01:10:54,083 --> 01:10:58,372 I heard Agamemnon and Menelaus talk of Troy. 583 01:10:58,379 --> 01:11:00,086 And? 584 01:11:02,800 --> 01:11:06,043 Tomorrow they will ask the envoy about his city. 585 01:11:07,388 --> 01:11:12,098 When Agamemnon learns all he needs to know, we will return to Mycenae. 586 01:11:12,101 --> 01:11:15,310 - And Menelaus... - Will kill him! 587 01:11:23,488 --> 01:11:25,695 You did well tonight. 588 01:11:26,616 --> 01:11:30,575 - The kings were pleased. - Until the envoy arrived. 589 01:11:31,287 --> 01:11:32,948 Yes. 590 01:11:38,544 --> 01:11:41,377 Why is he here? 591 01:11:41,380 --> 01:11:43,838 That makes no matter. 592 01:11:45,676 --> 01:11:48,168 Did he come bearing tribute? 593 01:11:49,889 --> 01:11:53,553 There is no tribute that compares with you. 594 01:11:53,559 --> 01:11:56,051 You are a generous man. 595 01:11:56,062 --> 01:11:58,099 No, I'm a lucky man. 596 01:12:20,545 --> 01:12:23,128 Stealing is not a crime in Sparta? 597 01:12:23,130 --> 01:12:26,293 Being caught is the crime, always. 598 01:12:26,300 --> 01:12:29,793 There was a boy, young, no more than ten, 599 01:12:29,804 --> 01:12:32,421 he stole a fox and hid it under his cloak. 600 01:12:33,599 --> 01:12:37,217 He died while being questioned and when they removed his cloak, 601 01:12:37,228 --> 01:12:42,223 they found he'd let the fox gnaw through his body rather than reveal his theft. 602 01:12:42,233 --> 01:12:45,897 - Such boys make good soldiers. - Yes, they do. 603 01:12:46,696 --> 01:12:48,903 We train them from the age of seven. 604 01:12:50,241 --> 01:12:52,983 Ours learn to tame horses from a young age. 605 01:12:52,994 --> 01:12:56,112 You must Visit our stables whilst you're here. 606 01:12:56,122 --> 01:12:59,035 They're not as grand as your own, I'm sure. 607 01:13:06,674 --> 01:13:10,417 I've heard people say that the walls of Troy are made of gold. 608 01:13:10,428 --> 01:13:12,419 Is this really true? 609 01:13:13,347 --> 01:13:16,760 No, but they are beautiful. 610 01:13:17,560 --> 01:13:20,643 Iphigenia, where are you? 611 01:13:20,646 --> 01:13:23,684 Perhaps one day I will see the walls of Troy for myself. 612 01:13:25,776 --> 01:13:28,234 I've found you! 613 01:14:09,570 --> 01:14:12,483 No man can possess all he desires. 614 01:14:15,826 --> 01:14:17,988 Calchas. 615 01:14:19,872 --> 01:14:21,704 My lord. 616 01:14:25,252 --> 01:14:29,837 My wife tells me that no man can claim the world. 617 01:14:31,801 --> 01:14:34,259 What say the gods? 618 01:14:37,723 --> 01:14:40,181 Olympus favours the High King, 619 01:14:40,184 --> 01:14:43,393 who one day will rule the entire Aegean. 620 01:14:52,071 --> 01:14:54,859 You may bear my children. 621 01:14:54,865 --> 01:14:59,200 Never again will you interfere with my affairs. Is that understood? 622 01:15:36,365 --> 01:15:40,359 - Come with me. - You and you, let's go. 623 01:15:41,328 --> 01:15:42,910 Let's go! 624 01:15:42,913 --> 01:15:45,996 - Aren't we here to make peace? - We like making peace. 625 01:15:46,000 --> 01:15:49,083 - Yes, a lot. - The Greeks have other ideas. 626 01:15:49,086 --> 01:15:51,373 What sort of ideas? 627 01:15:51,380 --> 01:15:56,090 Like cut off our heads, put them on pikes, let birds eat our eyes. 628 01:15:56,093 --> 01:15:57,834 That sort of thing. 629 01:16:22,036 --> 01:16:26,530 Prince Paris of Troy, my king bids you a fond good night. 630 01:17:08,249 --> 01:17:11,367 - Man those oars! - Get to the tiller! 631 01:17:12,211 --> 01:17:14,418 Go now. You're free. 632 01:17:20,427 --> 01:17:22,418 Without you? 633 01:17:25,307 --> 01:17:29,892 - You have my love. - Without you I have nothing. 634 01:17:36,318 --> 01:17:39,185 My lord! The tide begins to turn. 635 01:17:43,117 --> 01:17:47,657 Menelaus is shamed but he fears to harm me. 636 01:17:49,623 --> 01:17:51,239 Now, go. 637 01:17:53,669 --> 01:17:57,412 I beg you, please, go! 638 01:17:57,423 --> 01:17:59,710 My lord, the wind is up. 639 01:18:04,346 --> 01:18:06,053 Please. 640 01:18:10,561 --> 01:18:12,973 Please. 641 01:18:16,025 --> 01:18:18,141 Make way, men! 642 01:18:29,371 --> 01:18:31,237 To the oars. 643 01:18:32,750 --> 01:18:34,707 Ready, pull. 644 01:18:36,212 --> 01:18:37,873 Ready, pull. 645 01:18:48,098 --> 01:18:49,930 No. 646 01:18:55,397 --> 01:18:56,933 Hold oars! 647 01:19:04,490 --> 01:19:06,401 Make way! 648 01:19:13,082 --> 01:19:15,540 What have we done? 649 01:19:55,499 --> 01:19:57,536 Well fought, Clesus. 650 01:20:02,089 --> 01:20:04,706 Achilles, Achilles... 651 01:20:04,717 --> 01:20:09,757 - Your news precedes you. - I'll kill that man, you can be sure of it. 652 01:20:09,763 --> 01:20:12,471 You brought shame to the House of Atreus. 653 01:20:12,474 --> 01:20:16,092 I'll have the Trojan's head on a spike! 654 01:20:16,103 --> 01:20:18,720 - Not without my help. - Oh, yes. 655 01:20:18,731 --> 01:20:22,224 As always, I must bear the weight of your shadow. 656 01:20:23,360 --> 01:20:26,978 You're a smudge on history's legend but you are my brother. 657 01:20:26,989 --> 01:20:29,606 The kings of the Aegean have sworn an oath. 658 01:20:29,616 --> 01:20:34,531 To unite. The oath did not place you in command of me, my army or any other. 659 01:20:34,538 --> 01:20:37,997 Do not incur my wrath, little brother, do not. 660 01:20:39,168 --> 01:20:41,455 These are my terms. 661 01:20:41,462 --> 01:20:43,794 You may have the Trojan 662 01:20:43,797 --> 01:20:46,960 and your whore - I will take Troy. 663 01:20:46,967 --> 01:20:51,712 You will share no spoils, not a scrap of broken clay, 664 01:20:51,722 --> 01:20:56,262 not an ingot of their basest metal. Agreed? 665 01:20:56,268 --> 01:20:59,386 - I am your brother... - Do you agree?! 666 01:21:08,489 --> 01:21:10,947 Why would the kings unite behind you? 667 01:21:10,949 --> 01:21:13,657 The gods have written it. 668 01:21:13,660 --> 01:21:17,324 - You know for certain they favour you? - For certain! 669 01:21:41,397 --> 01:21:43,308 Save him! 670 01:21:43,315 --> 01:21:45,773 - Swim! - We're all going to die! 671 01:21:45,776 --> 01:21:49,519 - Here, reach for me. - This storm's going to kill us! 672 01:21:50,239 --> 01:21:51,821 Ah! 673 01:22:45,919 --> 01:22:47,956 Two months. 674 01:22:49,298 --> 01:22:53,257 - The wind remains against us. - The men grow impatient. 675 01:22:53,260 --> 01:22:56,343 I grow impatient, Achilles. 676 01:22:59,266 --> 01:23:01,007 Calchas. 677 01:23:02,060 --> 01:23:03,767 My lord. 678 01:23:06,315 --> 01:23:09,148 When will the winds blow with us? 679 01:23:10,319 --> 01:23:12,310 What say the gods? 680 01:23:16,492 --> 01:23:18,529 Speak, seer. 681 01:23:20,621 --> 01:23:23,079 What must I do? 682 01:23:23,081 --> 01:23:25,163 A terrible thing. 683 01:23:28,295 --> 01:23:30,036 Tell me. 684 01:23:32,382 --> 01:23:34,840 I command you. 685 01:23:34,843 --> 01:23:37,881 The goddess Artemis asks for your daughter. 686 01:23:41,892 --> 01:23:46,352 In trade for fair wind, Artemis demands your daughter's life. 687 01:23:48,732 --> 01:23:51,099 Here, on this altar. 688 01:24:04,373 --> 01:24:07,616 And this will satisfy the goddess? 689 01:24:10,671 --> 01:24:13,038 But you must hold the knife. 690 01:24:14,132 --> 01:24:16,043 The gods demand it. 691 01:24:21,807 --> 01:24:23,844 Of course they do. 692 01:24:54,131 --> 01:24:56,668 The winds will soon be with us. 693 01:24:57,676 --> 01:24:59,587 Ready? 694 01:24:59,595 --> 01:25:01,131 Oh! 695 01:25:07,978 --> 01:25:09,810 Ready? 696 01:26:27,641 --> 01:26:29,678 To Troy! 697 01:27:09,057 --> 01:27:11,765 Must we leave now that the ship's repaired? 698 01:27:14,938 --> 01:27:17,305 - The men have asked. - I understand. 699 01:27:17,315 --> 01:27:19,807 They have wives, families. 700 01:27:21,153 --> 01:27:25,192 You know, we could stay here. Just the two of us. 701 01:27:28,243 --> 01:27:32,077 I promise I'll make a far better shepherd than I do a prince. 702 01:27:35,083 --> 01:27:37,290 My lord! 703 01:27:37,294 --> 01:27:38,876 Many ships! 704 01:27:49,973 --> 01:27:52,590 We have to warn Troy. 705 01:27:52,601 --> 01:27:57,220 - You must go. Now. - We must go now. 706 01:27:57,230 --> 01:28:00,973 You can't give Agamemnon the excuse for war. 707 01:28:00,984 --> 01:28:05,319 Agamemnon wants Troy. He's always wanted Troy. 708 01:28:06,698 --> 01:28:09,736 That's why my father sent me to Sparta. 709 01:28:11,161 --> 01:28:14,324 And now, wherever this path may lead, 710 01:28:15,457 --> 01:28:17,698 we're on it together. 711 01:29:41,084 --> 01:29:42,995 This way. 712 01:29:57,267 --> 01:30:01,431 - Hector. - The elders demand to see you. 713 01:30:01,438 --> 01:30:03,600 Alone. 714 01:30:05,901 --> 01:30:08,689 - Do not harm her. - I'll be all right. 715 01:30:11,865 --> 01:30:14,232 It is you who brings harm to Troy. 716 01:30:16,202 --> 01:30:18,614 Men, thank you. Go home. 717 01:30:37,474 --> 01:30:41,468 You steal the King of Sparta's wife. 718 01:30:43,772 --> 01:30:49,188 And you bring her here with the entire Aegean fleet on your heels 719 01:30:50,487 --> 01:30:55,106 and you expect us to turn a blind eye to your wanton frolics! 720 01:30:55,116 --> 01:30:59,155 Father, please allow me to present my case. 721 01:30:59,162 --> 01:31:01,904 You have presented us with a war! 722 01:31:01,915 --> 01:31:05,533 Agamemnon presents war, not I. 723 01:31:05,543 --> 01:31:07,409 You sent me to Sparta to confirm it. 724 01:31:10,757 --> 01:31:13,340 My King, 725 01:31:13,343 --> 01:31:15,755 elders of Troy, 726 01:31:16,888 --> 01:31:19,880 the High King of Mycenae has fastened himself to Troy 727 01:31:19,891 --> 01:31:22,258 as gateway to the treasures of Byzantium. 728 01:31:22,268 --> 01:31:24,350 The woman belongs to Sparta. 729 01:31:24,354 --> 01:31:27,642 Where she's treated worse than a Hittite whore. 730 01:31:27,649 --> 01:31:32,189 Forced to walk naked among Aegean kings who leer and spit obscenities. 731 01:31:34,280 --> 01:31:36,396 I did not take her. 732 01:31:39,119 --> 01:31:42,532 I saved her from a people who find no worth in women, 733 01:31:42,539 --> 01:31:44,405 place no Value on beauty 734 01:31:44,416 --> 01:31:48,910 and seek their only honour through glorious death in battle. 735 01:31:50,171 --> 01:31:53,664 Father, do not listen. The woman brings the end of Troy. 736 01:31:53,675 --> 01:31:56,963 She must be returned to Sparta. 737 01:31:56,970 --> 01:31:59,587 - Where is Helen? - She's being prepared. 738 01:32:00,765 --> 01:32:03,052 - For what? - Her husband. 739 01:32:12,569 --> 01:32:16,403 Does Troy so fear the Aegeans it turns its face from mercy? 740 01:32:17,282 --> 01:32:22,368 Are the gilded walls of Ilium so weak they cannot defend kindness? 741 01:33:14,714 --> 01:33:19,299 Are you all blind? The woman is a Spartan. 742 01:33:19,302 --> 01:33:22,545 She must leave here. She must go. 743 01:33:25,683 --> 01:33:27,845 She will kill us all. 744 01:33:31,606 --> 01:33:33,893 Good King... 745 01:33:33,900 --> 01:33:36,642 your daughter speaks the truth. 746 01:33:36,653 --> 01:33:39,236 - I have no right to be here. - Helen. 747 01:33:42,659 --> 01:33:44,616 I wish to return to my husband. 748 01:34:14,816 --> 01:34:17,274 Your wife awaits you. 749 01:34:17,277 --> 01:34:22,113 Menelaus, King of Sparta. Odysseus, King of Ithaca. 750 01:34:34,294 --> 01:34:35,910 Troy welcomes you. 751 01:34:43,428 --> 01:34:46,762 Great King Priam, we are... 752 01:34:47,891 --> 01:34:49,848 honoured to stand before you. 753 01:34:49,851 --> 01:34:53,685 We know you to be just and wise 754 01:34:54,772 --> 01:34:59,687 and therefore will see reason to return to Sparta 755 01:34:59,694 --> 01:35:01,685 what belongs to Sparta. 756 01:35:01,696 --> 01:35:04,108 For what purpose? 757 01:35:07,702 --> 01:35:09,158 Purpose? 758 01:35:09,162 --> 01:35:14,282 You ask us to return to Sparta that which belongs to Sparta. 759 01:35:14,292 --> 01:35:17,956 Is this your property, your chattel or your evening's amusement? 760 01:35:17,962 --> 01:35:20,044 Will you insult me? 761 01:35:20,048 --> 01:35:22,039 I demand you return my wife! 762 01:35:22,842 --> 01:35:26,176 Bold King of Sparta... 763 01:35:26,179 --> 01:35:29,137 I ask the question again. For what purpose? 764 01:35:29,140 --> 01:35:33,509 Because she is mine. Because she is my wife! 765 01:35:33,519 --> 01:35:36,261 It is a simple question. 766 01:35:37,232 --> 01:35:41,772 And I will make it painfully simple, if only for your benefit. 767 01:35:42,862 --> 01:35:47,322 You will return Helen...to me 768 01:35:48,451 --> 01:35:53,161 or the armies of the Aegean will sack your city and raze it to the ground. 769 01:35:53,164 --> 01:35:55,952 Good King Priam, if I may speak on the matter? 770 01:36:03,466 --> 01:36:05,878 A man loses his wife to another. 771 01:36:07,262 --> 01:36:09,629 She's stolen or goes of her own free will, 772 01:36:09,639 --> 01:36:13,052 it makes no difference. 773 01:36:13,059 --> 01:36:18,645 That man is so consumed with grief and passion 774 01:36:20,024 --> 01:36:24,359 he becomes rash, even senseless at times. 775 01:36:25,989 --> 01:36:28,731 It would be the same for any man here. 776 01:36:28,741 --> 01:36:32,234 The farmer in the field, the merchant in the street, 777 01:36:33,454 --> 01:36:35,365 even a king. 778 01:36:37,000 --> 01:36:41,540 King Menelaus pleads with you to return his wife. 779 01:36:43,131 --> 01:36:45,498 For what purpose, you ask? 780 01:36:47,343 --> 01:36:51,758 For the only purpose that can account for such fervour... 781 01:36:54,100 --> 01:36:55,590 love. 782 01:36:58,855 --> 01:37:00,721 Only that. 783 01:37:08,948 --> 01:37:13,317 King Odysseus, you have spoken well and wisely. 784 01:37:17,540 --> 01:37:21,875 You shall have our answer before sunrise. 785 01:37:45,651 --> 01:37:47,267 Leave us. 786 01:37:59,582 --> 01:38:03,917 - I asked to be returned. - Is that what you want? 787 01:38:04,712 --> 01:38:06,419 It is my duty. 788 01:38:09,550 --> 01:38:11,791 I have two questions. 789 01:38:11,803 --> 01:38:13,510 Do you love my son? 790 01:38:15,348 --> 01:38:17,385 With all my heart. 791 01:38:20,436 --> 01:38:23,929 If I send you back, will it stop this war? 792 01:38:28,236 --> 01:38:30,273 Why not? 793 01:38:33,366 --> 01:38:36,700 - I know him. - Menelaus? 794 01:38:42,291 --> 01:38:44,328 The other. 795 01:39:02,728 --> 01:39:04,469 Bring me Achilles. 796 01:39:04,480 --> 01:39:08,519 The main fleet lands here, Agamemnon and I here. 797 01:39:08,526 --> 01:39:12,485 We scale the cliffs to a plain that leads to the marketplace. 798 01:39:12,488 --> 01:39:16,607 Up a staircase, through an arch, in front of the city gates. 799 01:39:16,617 --> 01:39:19,029 The merchants will retreat to the city. 800 01:39:19,036 --> 01:39:21,869 Compassion will keep the gates open. 801 01:39:21,873 --> 01:39:25,707 Take the beach. We will pass through the market in disguise. 802 01:39:25,710 --> 01:39:29,578 A shod life full of glory - isn't that what you wished? 803 01:39:30,506 --> 01:39:32,622 May the gods smile on our destiny. 804 01:39:33,551 --> 01:39:35,838 I agree with the elders. 805 01:39:35,845 --> 01:39:39,679 I have no doubt that the High King of Mycenae comes to Troy 806 01:39:39,682 --> 01:39:42,390 for the purpose of making war. 807 01:39:42,393 --> 01:39:46,853 We are also aware of speculation that he has sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia 808 01:39:46,856 --> 01:39:50,099 for the purpose of securing a favourable wind. 809 01:39:51,944 --> 01:39:55,608 This is not the conduct of a man of peace. 810 01:39:56,991 --> 01:40:01,656 We also agree that to sacrifice your honour, or even your life, 811 01:40:01,662 --> 01:40:07,453 will not appease his desire or make peace more likely. 812 01:40:07,460 --> 01:40:13,502 For these reasons, we invite you to consider this city to be your home 813 01:40:14,675 --> 01:40:17,212 for as long as you shall live. 814 01:40:17,220 --> 01:40:22,431 And should you choose to renounce any further affiliation with Sparta, 815 01:40:22,433 --> 01:40:27,473 you shall henceforth be known as Helen of Troy. 816 01:40:32,777 --> 01:40:35,565 Do you accept this offer? 817 01:40:37,865 --> 01:40:40,152 I accept. 818 01:41:46,267 --> 01:41:49,385 It appears they will keep her. 819 01:41:59,155 --> 01:42:01,271 To Troy! 820 01:42:01,282 --> 01:42:03,319 To Troy! 821 01:42:23,095 --> 01:42:25,211 All ahead! 822 01:43:00,216 --> 01:43:02,082 Get down! 823 01:44:17,126 --> 01:44:19,458 We need to pull the barriers down! 824 01:44:19,462 --> 01:44:22,545 Ropes and hooks now! 825 01:44:24,759 --> 01:44:28,343 - Gather what you can! - Hurry with those! 826 01:44:33,309 --> 01:44:35,471 Leave it! 827 01:44:45,863 --> 01:44:48,321 On to Troy! 828 01:45:49,134 --> 01:45:51,796 There is no time! 829 01:45:57,518 --> 01:45:59,429 Out of the way! 830 01:45:59,436 --> 01:46:01,928 They're soldiers. Alert the guards. 831 01:46:07,278 --> 01:46:11,567 You brought all this upon us, Paris, you and your golden Aphrodite. 832 01:46:12,700 --> 01:46:14,316 Hurry! 833 01:46:30,134 --> 01:46:31,750 Onward! 834 01:46:58,287 --> 01:47:01,905 Fall before Achilles! 835 01:47:42,748 --> 01:47:44,489 Archers! 836 01:47:53,968 --> 01:47:55,584 Fire! 837 01:49:20,471 --> 01:49:23,759 I fear for Agamemnon. He should be here by now. 838 01:49:26,643 --> 01:49:30,136 Spartans! Follow me! 839 01:49:30,147 --> 01:49:31,763 Fight on, men! 840 01:49:47,414 --> 01:49:49,576 Ten of your best men. 841 01:49:49,583 --> 01:49:51,244 Ahhh! 842 01:50:09,645 --> 01:50:11,727 Back to Troy! 843 01:50:19,321 --> 01:50:20,937 Agamemnon! 844 01:50:22,407 --> 01:50:24,114 Unfortunate. 845 01:50:49,852 --> 01:50:51,092 Thank you, brother. 846 01:51:05,617 --> 01:51:07,528 Retreat from the archers! 847 01:51:21,758 --> 01:51:23,669 Head them off! 848 01:51:50,370 --> 01:51:51,781 Now! 849 01:52:01,840 --> 01:52:03,501 Go! Now! 850 01:52:09,264 --> 01:52:11,255 Fall back! 851 01:52:13,602 --> 01:52:15,434 There! 852 01:52:27,074 --> 01:52:28,815 Quickly! 853 01:52:32,871 --> 01:52:34,908 Close the gates! 854 01:53:00,232 --> 01:53:03,145 - Well done, my boy. - Thank you, Father. 855 01:53:14,329 --> 01:53:16,366 I owe you my life. 856 01:53:17,833 --> 01:53:19,870 We are blood. 857 01:53:28,969 --> 01:53:31,836 What say you now, sister? 858 01:53:31,847 --> 01:53:33,929 Will Troy still burn? 859 01:53:33,932 --> 01:53:37,641 Don't ask a question if you don't want an answer. 860 01:53:37,644 --> 01:53:40,136 Well, Cassandra, is there an answer? 861 01:53:54,619 --> 01:53:57,862 For ten years, the Greeks will pillage our country, 862 01:53:57,873 --> 01:53:59,910 attack our gates. 863 01:54:02,085 --> 01:54:06,204 For ten years, they will raid the southern shores, 864 01:54:06,214 --> 01:54:10,583 enslave our neighbours, fatten themselves on their butchered cattle, 865 01:54:10,594 --> 01:54:12,631 become rich with spoils 866 01:54:12,637 --> 01:54:15,880 and our friends will flee here, and flee here... 867 01:54:15,891 --> 01:54:17,598 and flee here. 868 01:54:19,186 --> 01:54:23,100 Until these walls are packed with broken people 869 01:54:23,106 --> 01:54:27,771 and our city is filled with sorrow, our streets flooded with tears, 870 01:54:27,778 --> 01:54:31,612 until not one of us has food to eat, water to drink or air to breathe! 871 01:54:31,615 --> 01:54:33,356 Cassandra! Enough! 872 01:54:33,367 --> 01:54:36,359 The war will not be over until the curse is lifted. 873 01:54:36,370 --> 01:54:40,830 You all know it. Why can you not understand? Why do you not believe? 874 01:54:40,832 --> 01:54:46,293 Because, child, we must not believe you. We cannot believe you. 875 01:54:48,256 --> 01:54:50,964 - Paris must die. - Stop her, Father! 876 01:54:50,967 --> 01:54:54,505 I cannot stop. I will not stop until you listen! 877 01:54:54,513 --> 01:54:56,550 You don't know what you're saying. 878 01:54:56,556 --> 01:54:59,344 I say the truth. Only the truth. 879 01:54:59,351 --> 01:55:01,592 But none of you have seen... 880 01:55:04,147 --> 01:55:06,263 what I see. 881 01:55:08,985 --> 01:55:12,603 She's mad! 882 01:55:12,614 --> 01:55:18,405 Enough! This family, this city, speaks with one voice. 883 01:55:18,412 --> 01:55:23,873 There will be no dissent. Guard, take her away. Put her in a dungeon. 884 01:55:27,421 --> 01:55:30,755 A creature will come, a creature that eats men. 885 01:55:30,757 --> 01:55:36,343 He will eat you, Father, and you, and you, and you. 886 01:55:36,346 --> 01:55:39,555 He will eat all of you! 887 01:55:39,558 --> 01:55:44,098 You all will die! 888 01:55:52,696 --> 01:55:57,406 'And so ten years passed beneath the walls of Troy. 889 01:55:57,409 --> 01:56:00,743 'At home, our own cities crumbled into ruin. 890 01:56:00,745 --> 01:56:03,863 'The men had lost all their dreams. 891 01:56:03,874 --> 01:56:07,037 'They'd forgotten what their own wives looked like. 892 01:56:09,337 --> 01:56:11,920 'But I could not forget 893 01:56:11,923 --> 01:56:15,257 'and Agamemnon would not forget and so we stayed. 894 01:56:16,887 --> 01:56:19,595 'And stayed.' 895 01:56:19,598 --> 01:56:23,057 I am glad that there is laughter in here. Really. 896 01:56:24,436 --> 01:56:26,643 There is none outside in the camp. 897 01:56:28,398 --> 01:56:31,106 The men want to go home. 898 01:56:31,109 --> 01:56:33,191 Menelaus is right. 899 01:56:33,195 --> 01:56:37,484 My wife has suitors breaking down the door. Her weaving ruse cannot last. 900 01:56:38,533 --> 01:56:41,116 And ten years is too long. 901 01:56:42,037 --> 01:56:45,450 We must finish this war. Or go home. 902 01:56:49,461 --> 01:56:51,953 - So we shall. - Shall what? 903 01:56:51,963 --> 01:56:55,297 Fight...or retreat? 904 01:56:55,300 --> 01:56:57,462 Both. 905 01:57:18,073 --> 01:57:22,863 When the outcome of Troy is determined, I wish to know it. 906 01:58:05,579 --> 01:58:08,162 You seem sad. 907 01:58:19,467 --> 01:58:20,957 What? 908 01:58:23,388 --> 01:58:25,425 A message. 909 01:58:28,476 --> 01:58:31,343 Agamemnon proposes peace. 910 01:58:34,232 --> 01:58:36,314 At what price? 911 01:59:16,691 --> 01:59:19,149 This war has gone on too long. 912 01:59:20,070 --> 01:59:24,405 I propose we negotiate an end to it. 913 01:59:24,407 --> 01:59:26,023 On what terms? 914 01:59:27,243 --> 01:59:29,610 Paris fights Menelaus. 915 01:59:30,664 --> 01:59:33,452 Single combat. 916 01:59:33,458 --> 01:59:35,449 Whoever wins... 917 01:59:38,922 --> 01:59:41,664 claims Helen. 918 01:59:46,930 --> 01:59:48,841 Helen belongs to Troy. 919 01:59:48,848 --> 01:59:52,591 No matter who wins... 920 01:59:53,728 --> 01:59:55,139 we will leave. 921 01:59:58,733 --> 02:00:02,567 If you speak for Menelaus, it's you I should fight. 922 02:00:05,323 --> 02:00:07,405 My brother? 923 02:00:09,369 --> 02:00:11,235 I challenge you, Paris. 924 02:00:12,580 --> 02:00:14,617 To the death. 925 02:00:16,751 --> 02:00:19,118 For my wife. 926 02:00:21,464 --> 02:00:23,501 And for my honour. 927 02:00:24,551 --> 02:00:27,509 - Your weapon? - Javelin. 928 02:00:29,222 --> 02:00:31,338 I accept. 929 02:01:20,899 --> 02:01:22,890 These belonged to Atreus. 930 02:01:24,736 --> 02:01:27,023 It's he you avenge today. 931 02:01:32,410 --> 02:01:35,198 Can you envision a future 932 02:01:35,205 --> 02:01:40,041 where some feckless Trojan leaps up onto the tomb of the great Menelaus 933 02:01:41,586 --> 02:01:43,702 and proudly recounts this day? 934 02:01:45,381 --> 02:01:47,918 Can you see that day, my brother? 935 02:01:49,594 --> 02:01:51,926 Can you even imagine it? 936 02:05:53,921 --> 02:05:55,707 Ahhh! 937 02:07:25,429 --> 02:07:28,512 revenge the House of Atreus! 938 02:07:35,857 --> 02:07:38,349 Die, Trojan. 939 02:07:38,359 --> 02:07:40,020 Die! 940 02:08:38,127 --> 02:08:41,210 The gods must be on your side. 941 02:08:41,214 --> 02:08:43,455 I could have told you that. 942 02:08:54,185 --> 02:08:56,222 I know this substance. 943 02:08:57,313 --> 02:08:59,350 How long have I got? 944 02:09:00,650 --> 02:09:03,438 The Thracians use it to hunt monkeys. 945 02:09:05,655 --> 02:09:08,647 - It's not lethal, just... - Unfair. 946 02:09:11,452 --> 02:09:13,693 I swear I did not know. 947 02:09:19,919 --> 02:09:22,126 Tell me something. 948 02:09:24,298 --> 02:09:29,384 Do you...do you honestly believe that you deserve her more than I do? 949 02:09:33,891 --> 02:09:36,849 Yes. Yes, I do. 950 02:09:42,900 --> 02:09:44,937 We took an oath. 951 02:09:47,571 --> 02:09:49,778 I am ashamed, the way we... 952 02:09:51,409 --> 02:09:53,696 the way I treated her. 953 02:09:56,414 --> 02:10:01,409 Somehow, I feel you're not much like your brother. 954 02:10:01,419 --> 02:10:05,629 You might have noticed that in Sparta before you abused my hospitality. 955 02:10:05,631 --> 02:10:09,124 Before you had me killed, you mean. 956 02:10:09,135 --> 02:10:11,297 I might have let you go. 957 02:10:14,432 --> 02:10:16,469 Probably not. 958 02:10:21,939 --> 02:10:23,976 Is she well? 959 02:10:25,901 --> 02:10:27,608 Yes. 960 02:10:29,572 --> 02:10:31,404 Does she ever...? 961 02:10:33,200 --> 02:10:35,316 Has she spoken of me? 962 02:10:47,214 --> 02:10:49,296 Now I must ask you something. 963 02:10:51,761 --> 02:10:55,129 Agamemnon wants Troy. Not Helen. 964 02:10:55,139 --> 02:10:56,675 Yes. 965 02:10:58,517 --> 02:11:01,179 Then why are we trying to kill each other? 966 02:11:08,444 --> 02:11:10,856 His amusement. 967 02:11:10,863 --> 02:11:14,356 Have you ever thought some day you should defy him? 968 02:11:29,090 --> 02:11:33,129 - Can you walk? - I think so. 969 02:11:46,023 --> 02:11:48,981 King Menelaus! 970 02:12:35,197 --> 02:12:37,154 You're alive! 971 02:12:38,367 --> 02:12:41,200 - A misunderstanding. - Paris lives! 972 02:12:58,345 --> 02:13:00,962 All hail Prince Paris! 973 02:13:02,766 --> 02:13:05,007 They will fight again tomorrow. 974 02:13:06,020 --> 02:13:08,978 No. We will settle this today. 975 02:13:10,483 --> 02:13:13,441 I will take the place of my brother. 976 02:13:14,028 --> 02:13:15,735 Hector. 977 02:13:17,323 --> 02:13:20,941 I challenge you, High King Agamemnon. 978 02:13:22,870 --> 02:13:24,861 This time... 979 02:13:24,872 --> 02:13:26,738 without poison. 980 02:13:26,749 --> 02:13:31,334 You do not stand for me. I cannot allow you to fight for me. 981 02:13:31,337 --> 02:13:33,374 I stand for Troy. 982 02:13:35,090 --> 02:13:37,127 I fight for my country! 983 02:13:37,134 --> 02:13:38,624 Not my first-born! 984 02:13:41,972 --> 02:13:43,337 Hector... 985 02:13:44,475 --> 02:13:47,684 it is for me to end it with Agamemnon. 986 02:13:47,686 --> 02:13:51,850 - It is my path to follow. - You are my modal brother. 987 02:13:52,983 --> 02:13:55,441 And I am proud to share your journey. 988 02:13:56,195 --> 02:14:00,689 Hector, my boy. Come back within these walls, I beg you. 989 02:14:00,699 --> 02:14:03,316 I stand for High King Agamemnon. 990 02:14:05,287 --> 02:14:09,497 I've skewered nothing but rabble for ten years. I'm sick of it! 991 02:14:11,001 --> 02:14:13,083 I thirst for royal blood. 992 02:14:14,630 --> 02:14:17,088 Mighty Achilles, 993 02:14:18,092 --> 02:14:22,177 - Helen is not your fight. - I do not fight for Helen. 994 02:14:22,179 --> 02:14:26,013 - Then for what? - Something Trojans do not understand. 995 02:14:26,016 --> 02:14:29,099 Achilles fights for his own hollow pride! 996 02:14:29,103 --> 02:14:32,516 He honours nothing but his own image in the glass. 997 02:14:32,523 --> 02:14:36,938 He hungers only for glory. If you do not feed him, he will starve. 998 02:14:36,944 --> 02:14:41,563 Hector, my boy. Pity your mother's misery. 999 02:14:41,574 --> 02:14:43,235 And mine. 1000 02:14:43,242 --> 02:14:47,657 I beg you, do not hand over your glory and your own sweet life 1001 02:14:47,663 --> 02:14:52,078 to such a brutal, war-loving dog! 1002 02:15:16,984 --> 02:15:19,316 You throw first. 1003 02:15:25,075 --> 02:15:28,409 - We should draw lots. - No. 1004 02:15:28,412 --> 02:15:31,530 Go ahead. Take it. 1005 02:15:44,887 --> 02:15:47,345 I'm waiting. 1006 02:16:09,662 --> 02:16:13,246 - You should have hit me then. - I don't fight that way. 1007 02:16:13,248 --> 02:16:15,580 I do! 1008 02:16:17,294 --> 02:16:19,035 No! 1009 02:17:19,690 --> 02:17:21,852 Achilles! 1010 02:17:21,859 --> 02:17:24,942 - Take me! - Die, Hector! 1011 02:18:16,371 --> 02:18:19,989 Today, I feed your son to my dogs! 1012 02:18:21,168 --> 02:18:25,127 Tomorrow, they will devour your Prince Paris! 1013 02:18:26,507 --> 02:18:29,966 One blow! 1014 02:18:29,968 --> 02:18:31,550 Yah! 1015 02:19:34,491 --> 02:19:36,983 - Cassandra? - Leave me! 1016 02:19:41,915 --> 02:19:45,533 Paris believes Aphrodite protects him. Can you see... 1017 02:19:45,544 --> 02:19:48,252 You bring ruin to my house, 1018 02:19:48,255 --> 02:19:51,919 kill my family, destroy my world 1019 02:19:51,925 --> 02:19:55,509 and you expect me to soothe your worries?! 1020 02:19:55,512 --> 02:19:58,004 How dare you? 1021 02:20:05,147 --> 02:20:08,230 - My brother is dead. - Yes. 1022 02:20:08,233 --> 02:20:12,568 - It wasn't a question. - Then you must know why I'm here. 1023 02:20:12,571 --> 02:20:17,316 I will do anything to save him, anything. Tell me what to do. 1024 02:20:25,667 --> 02:20:29,160 - See me. - I do. 1025 02:20:29,171 --> 02:20:31,708 See me. 1026 02:20:38,013 --> 02:20:40,050 See me. 1027 02:20:46,855 --> 02:20:49,893 Achilles dies. The war begins again. 1028 02:20:49,900 --> 02:20:54,019 Ajax dies. Odysseus is wounded, also Agamemnon. 1029 02:20:54,029 --> 02:20:58,148 When the day's sun sets, only Menelaus will be left to lead. 1030 02:20:58,158 --> 02:21:00,240 Paris won't die? 1031 02:21:01,244 --> 02:21:03,281 Not today. 1032 02:21:05,415 --> 02:21:08,077 - And if I... - Give myself up? 1033 02:21:12,756 --> 02:21:16,420 If you surrender to Agamemnon, the Aegeans will leave. 1034 02:21:21,056 --> 02:21:23,639 And Paris? 1035 02:21:23,642 --> 02:21:25,849 He will live. 1036 02:21:53,005 --> 02:21:55,292 Wake Prince Paris, quickly. 1037 02:22:03,724 --> 02:22:06,386 Sire, the lady has left the palace. 1038 02:22:24,786 --> 02:22:26,447 Hyah! 1039 02:22:30,584 --> 02:22:32,666 Hyah! 1040 02:22:39,509 --> 02:22:41,375 Hyah! 1041 02:22:58,445 --> 02:23:03,906 Brave Trojans, please. I thank you with all my heart. 1042 02:23:03,909 --> 02:23:06,276 But this is a weight I must bear alone. 1043 02:23:52,749 --> 02:23:58,290 High King of Mycenae, I come to end this war. 1044 02:24:02,217 --> 02:24:04,333 Just like that? 1045 02:24:05,971 --> 02:24:08,633 I will do your bidding. 1046 02:24:11,685 --> 02:24:14,017 My bidding? 1047 02:24:16,523 --> 02:24:19,140 A trade. 1048 02:24:19,151 --> 02:24:21,609 The daughter of Zeus for the body of Hector. 1049 02:24:21,611 --> 02:24:24,899 And you think that's enough? 1050 02:24:25,782 --> 02:24:29,696 Do you think my daughter's death was for nothing? 1051 02:24:29,703 --> 02:24:31,159 Hm? 1052 02:24:31,163 --> 02:24:34,952 Is that what you think? Is that what you are saying? 1053 02:24:38,670 --> 02:24:42,379 Can you even imagine the innocence in her eyes 1054 02:24:42,382 --> 02:24:44,919 as she reached out for her own father? 1055 02:24:46,887 --> 02:24:50,050 And he held her in his arms, 1056 02:24:50,056 --> 02:24:52,013 raised her up, 1057 02:24:53,143 --> 02:24:55,259 heard her laugh, 1058 02:24:56,688 --> 02:24:58,725 so full of trust. 1059 02:25:00,775 --> 02:25:04,143 As if he, somehow, was capable of good. 1060 02:25:04,154 --> 02:25:06,361 And then that startled look. 1061 02:25:11,036 --> 02:25:13,243 Can you imagine? 1062 02:25:15,248 --> 02:25:17,535 No. 1063 02:25:17,542 --> 02:25:19,624 Then I will tell you. 1064 02:25:20,795 --> 02:25:24,333 There is no trade. 1065 02:25:25,467 --> 02:25:28,209 Not you, 1066 02:25:28,220 --> 02:25:30,382 not Troy, 1067 02:25:30,388 --> 02:25:34,006 not even my own life will balance the scales. 1068 02:25:34,017 --> 02:25:37,100 Now, do you understand? 1069 02:25:37,103 --> 02:25:39,811 Yes, I understand. 1070 02:25:39,814 --> 02:25:41,851 Your rage destroys worlds. 1071 02:25:43,652 --> 02:25:46,144 But it is yourself you hate. 1072 02:25:57,207 --> 02:25:58,993 Achilles! 1073 02:26:04,631 --> 02:26:09,171 Achilles! Achilles! Achilles! 1074 02:26:13,098 --> 02:26:15,305 Hyah! 1075 02:26:16,518 --> 02:26:18,885 One blow! 1076 02:26:20,313 --> 02:26:26,184 Achilles! Achilles! Achilles! Achilles! 1077 02:26:26,194 --> 02:26:30,563 Achilles! Achilles! Achilles! 1078 02:26:34,160 --> 02:26:37,494 One blow! Yah! 1079 02:26:45,088 --> 02:26:48,080 Achilles! Achilles! 1080 02:26:53,680 --> 02:26:55,842 Agamemnon! 1081 02:27:01,563 --> 02:27:05,397 We end this now! Right here. To the death. 1082 02:27:08,320 --> 02:27:10,812 Whoa! 1083 02:27:10,822 --> 02:27:15,407 I stand for High King Agamemnon. Hyah! 1084 02:27:17,829 --> 02:27:19,786 Yah! Yah! 1085 02:27:35,472 --> 02:27:37,213 Ahhh! 1086 02:28:15,345 --> 02:28:16,756 Paris! 1087 02:28:25,438 --> 02:28:28,055 Prince Paris! Archers! 1088 02:28:47,252 --> 02:28:50,995 You've given me a hundred lifetimes' worth of happiness. 1089 02:28:57,512 --> 02:28:59,094 Paris! 1090 02:29:00,515 --> 02:29:02,301 Paris! 1091 02:29:07,397 --> 02:29:08,808 Paris... 1092 02:29:11,484 --> 02:29:13,521 Please stay. 1093 02:29:18,283 --> 02:29:20,695 Please stay. 1094 02:29:22,036 --> 02:29:24,653 Please, please... 1095 02:29:27,459 --> 02:29:29,791 Goddess... 1096 02:29:55,278 --> 02:29:58,691 He wouldn't believe the prophecy. 1097 02:30:00,325 --> 02:30:04,569 He saw the fire in Cassandra's dream as a burning love for you. 1098 02:30:13,922 --> 02:30:17,711 - My King! The Greeks have sailed. - Can it be possible? 1099 02:30:26,726 --> 02:30:28,012 Search their camp. 1100 02:31:26,995 --> 02:31:28,861 Mummy! 1101 02:31:28,871 --> 02:31:32,114 - What is it? - Look! 1102 02:31:32,125 --> 02:31:34,287 - What is that? - The size of it! 1103 02:31:35,712 --> 02:31:38,249 Never seen anything like it. 1104 02:31:49,225 --> 02:31:52,889 The Aegeans are not to be trusted, nor their gifts. 1105 02:31:59,944 --> 02:32:01,981 Archers! 1106 02:32:15,126 --> 02:32:17,288 Burn it. 1107 02:32:17,295 --> 02:32:20,833 Noble king, this is a day of great sadness for you. 1108 02:32:20,840 --> 02:32:23,298 Still we must not be rash. 1109 02:32:23,301 --> 02:32:26,760 This, whatever it is, might be an offering, 1110 02:32:26,763 --> 02:32:31,098 or a gift to honour the great horse-tamers of Troy. 1111 02:32:31,100 --> 02:32:33,091 Yes. 1112 02:32:33,102 --> 02:32:36,185 The hands that built this killed my sons. 1113 02:32:58,211 --> 02:33:03,377 - What does he say? - They've left him here as a sacrifice. 1114 02:33:11,391 --> 02:33:14,679 What about the creature they left behind? Why so big? 1115 02:33:20,274 --> 02:33:22,891 An offering to their goddess Athena. 1116 02:33:30,535 --> 02:33:33,869 It's big to shadow our city. 1117 02:33:33,871 --> 02:33:36,704 They say we cannot get it inside our gates. 1118 02:33:37,792 --> 02:33:40,284 That's what they think, do they? 1119 02:33:41,671 --> 02:33:43,161 Hm! 1120 02:33:50,638 --> 02:33:52,049 Dig him out. 1121 02:36:36,470 --> 02:36:38,507 Cassandra. 1122 02:36:40,474 --> 02:36:43,057 Can you see what happens? 1123 02:36:46,689 --> 02:36:48,930 I see you. 1124 02:36:52,111 --> 02:36:57,606 - Following. - What am I following? Who? 1125 02:36:57,617 --> 02:36:59,654 Where am I going? 1126 02:37:00,828 --> 02:37:04,037 Where you belong. 1127 02:37:04,040 --> 02:37:06,782 I belong with Paris. 1128 02:37:10,212 --> 02:37:14,206 I gave myself up. It didn't save him. 1129 02:37:16,636 --> 02:37:19,173 You gave yourself up. 1130 02:37:20,306 --> 02:37:22,889 But you didn't surrender, did you? 1131 02:37:24,727 --> 02:37:26,684 Did you? 1132 02:37:35,279 --> 02:37:37,520 Do you see him? 1133 02:37:39,200 --> 02:37:41,658 No. Not yet. 1134 02:38:26,080 --> 02:38:28,492 I hear them, playing. 1135 02:38:31,335 --> 02:38:34,498 I can always tell that sweet laughter. 1136 02:38:35,631 --> 02:38:37,668 Little Hector. 1137 02:38:43,222 --> 02:38:48,183 - Do you see them? - Yes, yes. I see them. 1138 02:38:49,812 --> 02:38:52,520 - Are they all right? - Yes. 1139 02:38:53,607 --> 02:38:55,689 They're all right. 1140 02:39:05,244 --> 02:39:09,954 When they grow up, they will make you so proud of them. 1141 02:39:11,333 --> 02:39:13,415 So very, Very proud. 1142 02:39:21,260 --> 02:39:24,173 You gave me such beautiful children. 1143 02:39:29,769 --> 02:39:32,807 Such beautiful children. 1144 02:40:04,470 --> 02:40:06,006 Psst. 1145 02:40:06,013 --> 02:40:08,050 We are free, my friend. 1146 02:41:32,808 --> 02:41:34,640 Welcome, cousin. 1147 02:42:32,451 --> 02:42:34,567 Spare my queen. 1148 02:42:34,578 --> 02:42:36,239 Ooh! 1149 02:43:27,715 --> 02:43:29,080 Bring her. 1150 02:43:41,186 --> 02:43:43,302 My lord, this way. 1151 02:44:11,592 --> 02:44:13,629 As I said... 1152 02:44:15,262 --> 02:44:17,253 no trade. 1153 02:44:31,111 --> 02:44:32,522 No! 1154 02:44:41,580 --> 02:44:44,447 No! No! No! 1155 02:44:48,670 --> 02:44:51,537 Leave her! 1156 02:45:33,966 --> 02:45:36,003 Hey, hey. 1157 02:46:20,804 --> 02:46:22,260 Helen. 1158 02:46:25,184 --> 02:46:27,391 What has he done? 1159 02:46:32,316 --> 02:46:34,227 Go. 1160 02:46:38,530 --> 02:46:40,487 Go quickly. 1161 02:46:41,533 --> 02:46:44,025 Clytemnestra. 1162 02:46:46,830 --> 02:46:49,538 I told you once... 1163 02:46:49,541 --> 02:46:52,329 never interfere. 1164 02:46:53,462 --> 02:46:55,874 I come for Iphigenia. 1165 02:46:59,510 --> 02:47:01,672 She's not here. 1166 02:47:04,223 --> 02:47:06,260 I know. 1167 02:47:17,569 --> 02:47:19,401 My daughter! 1168 02:47:24,743 --> 02:47:26,859 My daughter! 1169 02:47:58,068 --> 02:48:00,981 'War is waged by nations. 1170 02:48:00,988 --> 02:48:04,106 'But it is human beings that pay the price. 1171 02:48:06,243 --> 02:48:11,033 'For those of us that survived, we are left with the memory of shame...' 1172 02:48:11,039 --> 02:48:15,203 - The King is dead! - '...and misery and bloodshed. 1173 02:48:17,462 --> 02:48:20,124 'In these dark times, 1174 02:48:20,132 --> 02:48:24,217 'the only thing we have left to hold onto is love, 1175 02:48:24,219 --> 02:48:26,586 'the one true gift of the gods. 1176 02:48:28,181 --> 02:48:30,798 'And it is through love 1177 02:48:30,809 --> 02:48:33,471 'that we hope and pray 1178 02:48:33,478 --> 02:48:35,936 'the gods will send us peace.' 1179 02:49:03,967 --> 02:49:05,708 Paris. 1180 02:49:05,719 --> 02:49:07,926 Brave Helen. 1181 02:49:24,946 --> 02:49:27,529 Wherever you are, take me with you. 1182 02:49:29,159 --> 02:49:30,945 I cannot. 1183 02:49:34,164 --> 02:49:36,656 Will we ever meet again? 1184 02:49:39,169 --> 02:49:42,002 I've prepared you a place. 1185 02:49:43,590 --> 02:49:45,422 Good. 1186 02:50:35,475 --> 02:50:38,183 Do you think I would kill you, Helen? 1187 02:50:41,481 --> 02:50:43,768 I do not thank you for my life. 1188 02:50:50,073 --> 02:50:51,905 I understand. 1189 02:50:55,412 --> 02:50:57,744 I cannot love you. 1190 02:51:06,631 --> 02:51:09,043 What will you do? 1191 02:51:22,814 --> 02:51:25,146 I will follow. 1192 02:51:33,158 --> 02:51:34,694 I accept.