1 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:27,200 THE ODYSSEY based on Homer's epic poem 2 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:26,880 PART FOUR 3 00:01:44,660 --> 00:01:46,620 You come back alone, with no weapons. 4 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:51,550 They will ask for those who left with you twenty years ago... 5 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:55,860 ... once you summon the assembly... - I will not summon it 6 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,710 Men are sheep following the stronger. Who are those suitors? 7 00:02:00,710 --> 00:02:04,970 - I think the worst are Antinous and Eurymachus. 8 00:02:04,970 --> 00:02:07,550 - Are they? They are so young... 9 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:09,600 - They were twenty years ago. 10 00:02:10,750 --> 00:02:14,930 - Right, of course. Who else? 11 00:02:15,020 --> 00:02:18,400 - Leocrites, Amphinomus..., - Ctesippus... 12 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,420 ...and Amphimedontes, the son of Melaneus. 13 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,350 - I see. How many altogether? 14 00:02:26,350 --> 00:02:28,350 - Just from Samos, already a dozen. 15 00:02:28,620 --> 00:02:30,800 - They are many, Ulysses. Too many. 16 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:36,040 - No one must know I am here. 17 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:41,950 - And my mother? 18 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,480 - No, not even her. 19 00:02:56,970 --> 00:03:00,530 (The ship launched by the suitors to catch Telemachus...) 20 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,440 (... came back to the harbor.) 21 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:20,350 - He took another route. He was lucky to be informed. 22 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,950 - We must eliminate him before he summons another assembly. 23 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,170 - Attack him in the fields and slay him! 24 00:03:26,260 --> 00:03:28,710 - Yes, plundering his wealth is no longer enough. 25 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,130 (When Penelope heard that the suitors were on their way...) 26 00:03:58,350 --> 00:04:02,260 (... she decided to precede them into the court room...) 27 00:04:03,060 --> 00:04:06,660 (...she took her seat next to the royal throne...) 28 00:04:07,460 --> 00:04:09,330 (... to speak to them.) 29 00:04:31,550 --> 00:04:33,950 - What have you done with my son? - Your son? 30 00:04:33,950 --> 00:04:37,460 His ship is in the harbor. I thought he was here. 31 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,800 - I'm asking you where he is! - I don't know. Am I his tutor? 32 00:04:47,330 --> 00:04:50,800 - I know your schemes, Antinous. - You are badly informed. 33 00:04:51,950 --> 00:04:54,220 - I once saw your father kneeling before the king... 34 00:04:54,260 --> 00:04:57,020 ...he was begging for protection, in this very room! 35 00:04:57,420 --> 00:05:02,780 Ulysses saved his life then, now his son plots against mine! 36 00:05:02,780 --> 00:05:04,080 Leave the palace! 37 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,800 You are a coward, just like your father! 38 00:05:07,060 --> 00:05:10,480 No one is threatening your son, Penelope... 39 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:14,570 ...and as long as I live, I will watch over him and protect him. 40 00:05:15,910 --> 00:05:18,970 - Telemachus! Telemachus is back! 41 00:05:19,110 --> 00:05:21,950 (Penelope rushed to meet her son...) 42 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:25,240 (She hugged him and kissed his face repeating:) 43 00:05:25,330 --> 00:05:29,420 (... you are here, Telemachus, my sunshine...) 44 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,170 (Theoclymenus had also come the court.) 45 00:05:36,220 --> 00:05:40,130 (... the maids hurried to wash and anoint the two men.) 46 00:06:22,620 --> 00:06:28,080 Your journey transformed you. You are more determined, and quieter too... 47 00:06:30,170 --> 00:06:32,930 ...I feel proud of you. - I am pleased. 48 00:06:33,280 --> 00:06:35,860 I wish I could give you an even greater joy, mother... 49 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:43,820 - When your father went to war, do you know what he told me? 50 00:06:45,950 --> 00:06:52,780 In case I had bad luck, I trust you with everything: home, servants, herds... 51 00:06:52,840 --> 00:06:59,110 ... and my son. As soon as his beard grows, you will give him regency. 52 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,860 - And in this case, did he say you should marry again? 53 00:07:11,550 --> 00:07:15,950 - You know this stranger? - You said his name was Theoclymenus. 54 00:07:17,020 --> 00:07:24,620 - He asked for my protection when I boarded in Pylos. He killed a man. 55 00:07:25,370 --> 00:07:27,910 - Why did you bring a murderer in this house? 56 00:07:30,170 --> 00:07:34,440 - He is a prophet. He advised me to change my course. 57 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,840 I might owe him my life... 58 00:07:43,370 --> 00:07:46,750 - You come back with a strange guest, you talk about the future... 59 00:07:46,750 --> 00:07:49,640 ...yet you say nothing about the one you searched for. 60 00:07:50,570 --> 00:07:54,170 After traveling far and wide and gone through such perils... 61 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,910 ...do you at least come back with news of your father? 62 00:07:59,330 --> 00:08:01,330 Telemachus... 63 00:08:03,020 --> 00:08:05,200 In Pylos, Nestor welcomed me kindly... 64 00:08:06,310 --> 00:08:08,840 ... but I got no news of Ulysses from him. 65 00:08:12,660 --> 00:08:15,510 In Sparta, I met Helen and Menelaus. 66 00:08:16,350 --> 00:08:21,200 I also told them what happens in Ithaca... 67 00:08:22,310 --> 00:08:25,020 ... they admire your patience, but can do nothing for us. 68 00:08:26,620 --> 00:08:28,970 They ignore where my father is. 69 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:34,000 - Faithful lady, what could Menelaus tell your son? 70 00:08:34,220 --> 00:08:37,330 Why not ask me when I can see the future? 71 00:08:37,460 --> 00:08:39,600 I do not see men, but heavenly signs... 72 00:08:39,860 --> 00:08:43,420 ...and I know you must keep waiting for the king, you must... 73 00:08:43,420 --> 00:08:48,750 ...trick the suitors a little bit more, you know how to deal with them... 74 00:08:49,020 --> 00:08:51,770 Odysseus would not act any different, you know that... 75 00:08:51,910 --> 00:08:55,640 - How was he? - Who? 76 00:08:57,680 --> 00:09:00,440 - My father... how was he when you married? 77 00:09:01,420 --> 00:09:05,820 - Odysseus... how was he? 78 00:09:09,770 --> 00:09:12,620 He was the last one to propose me. 79 00:09:13,860 --> 00:09:19,730 My father despised him. He was not rich nor daring. 80 00:09:21,060 --> 00:09:27,730 When my father refused him, Odysseus looked down and left ... 81 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:30,840 ... not even turning around... 82 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:34,800 ...then... 83 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:37,280 ... I followed him... 84 00:09:38,180 --> 00:09:46,860 ...when he saw me, he packed his cart. He said nothing... 85 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:51,420 ...he let Penelope sit down, and the cart moved off... 86 00:09:55,510 --> 00:09:59,820 ...then my father... wanted to stop us... 87 00:10:00,220 --> 00:10:04,660 ...he stood in the way, and wanted me to get off... 88 00:10:06,930 --> 00:10:12,400 ... but I took the folds of my veil and covered my face... 89 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:14,480 ...Odysseus whipped the horses... 90 00:10:17,510 --> 00:10:19,510 ...and we went. 91 00:10:34,970 --> 00:10:37,280 (Odysseus and Eumaeus headed to the city...) 92 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:41,060 (The swineherd had given his master a satchel and a stick...) 93 00:10:41,150 --> 00:10:43,280 (... to complete his disguise...) 94 00:10:46,660 --> 00:10:49,110 (...and all whom they came across thought :...) 95 00:10:49,550 --> 00:10:52,750 (...see how heaven brings birds of a feather to another...) 96 00:10:53,060 --> 00:10:56,130 (... look at the swineherd taking this beggar to the court...) 97 00:11:32,750 --> 00:11:35,460 You look suddenly transformed, Penelope. 98 00:11:35,770 --> 00:11:39,680 Such a gracious face! What has made you so attractive? 99 00:11:39,910 --> 00:11:41,460 - You are lying. 100 00:11:41,510 --> 00:11:48,660 - He praises your beauty, my queen. Why would he lie? We all admire you. 101 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,730 - My beauty went away along with my husband. 102 00:11:51,730 --> 00:11:54,040 - So why would we be here, Penelope? 103 00:11:57,110 --> 00:11:58,660 - Not for me. 104 00:11:58,710 --> 00:12:01,200 (Athena had made her more handsome, and taller...) 105 00:12:01,370 --> 00:12:02,880 - Silence, comrades! 106 00:12:03,770 --> 00:12:05,550 Penelope will speak, quiet! 107 00:12:06,710 --> 00:12:08,750 (... whiter than sawn ivory.) 108 00:12:09,020 --> 00:12:14,130 - Custom in Ithaca, when a nobleman wants to marry... 109 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:20,350 ... is to bring his own wedding gifts, not plunder the lady's wealth. 110 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:24,130 - Is this some new trick? Another way to save time? 111 00:12:24,570 --> 00:12:29,200 - We believe you no more. Soon you'll see how bold we are. 112 00:12:29,370 --> 00:12:34,260 Wedding gifts, you'll get this very evening... 113 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:38,570 ... but be sure we won't leave until you make your choice. 114 00:12:38,660 --> 00:12:43,420 (Even more handsome and majestic, the goddess had made her...) 115 00:12:43,820 --> 00:12:47,020 Comrades, tomorrow Penelope will chose the new king. 116 00:12:47,110 --> 00:12:49,150 (... whiter than sawn ivory...) 117 00:12:49,510 --> 00:12:52,130 For now, let's enjoy the queen's hospitality. 118 00:12:52,220 --> 00:12:55,460 (... but Athena didn't let Penelope recognize her husband.) 119 00:12:56,570 --> 00:12:58,930 ( ...yet he had just crossed the threshold...) 120 00:13:00,170 --> 00:13:05,240 (...he was watching every detail, joy and pain collided in his heart...) 121 00:13:06,310 --> 00:13:08,530 - I will stop here. 122 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,330 Better they don't see you with me. 123 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:18,000 The lords know my loyalty, so they enjoy putting me down. 124 00:13:19,020 --> 00:13:21,550 I don't want them to insult you, because you are with me. 125 00:13:37,370 --> 00:13:38,570 - Argos! 126 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:43,550 (It was Argos indeed, a dog Odysseus had raised himself...) 127 00:13:44,530 --> 00:13:47,460 (...but he had no time to train him for hunting.) 128 00:13:48,620 --> 00:13:50,660 You remember me?... 129 00:13:51,460 --> 00:13:54,970 Is it true? After twenty years, you remember? 130 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:27,240 (Argos had the time to recognize his master, before dying...) 131 00:14:53,460 --> 00:14:57,020 - Why are you here, old man? Where have you been? 132 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:01,550 I bet you rather beg your bread than work for it. 133 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:08,440 (With his back arched, Odysseus entered the room as an old beggar...) 134 00:15:09,110 --> 00:15:13,300 (With his back arched, Odysseus entered the room as an old beggar...) 135 00:15:13,370 --> 00:15:16,000 (... walking with a stick, and dressed in rags.) 136 00:15:19,550 --> 00:15:23,820 Euryclea! Give some bread to the beggar... 137 00:15:23,950 --> 00:15:28,220 ... if he wants more, bring him a loaf, he may eat as much as he likes. 138 00:15:32,350 --> 00:15:38,080 - Telemachus sends you this. - Let Zeus protect him, thank you . 139 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,880 (The suitors were banqueting in the court room...) 140 00:15:40,930 --> 00:15:47,860 (... and Athena inspired Odysseus to pick up the remains of every suitor...) 141 00:15:47,950 --> 00:15:51,860 (... to see for himself who among them was just and who was not...) 142 00:15:51,910 --> 00:15:55,910 (...although all were promised to death...) 143 00:16:19,330 --> 00:16:22,710 - Give me some leftovers, some bread, Sir 144 00:16:22,710 --> 00:16:24,710 - Who is he? 145 00:16:31,460 --> 00:16:37,020 - Please, have mercy. - Who can he be? I never saw him before... 146 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,440 ( ...they all looked very young...) 147 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:50,440 (...Odysseus watched them one by one, youngsters oblivious of their sin...) 148 00:16:51,820 --> 00:16:55,950 (... and wondered if any would escape his revenge.) 149 00:16:59,730 --> 00:17:03,680 - Give something to a poor old man. - Get away! 150 00:17:07,060 --> 00:17:11,860 - Telemachus, are we short of beggars? Did we really need more? 151 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:14,570 And you complain that your wealth wastes away! 152 00:17:14,570 --> 00:17:17,420 - Thank you, Eurymachus for your concern... 153 00:17:17,860 --> 00:17:21,550 ... but do not mind. You may feed him with my permission. 154 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:24,840 - Get away! 155 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:37,200 - Have mercy, please. Thank you. Let Zeus reward you, my lords. 156 00:17:43,020 --> 00:17:49,060 You give me some bread, you have the looks of a gentleman... 157 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:56,710 Who is rich can give more. That's justice in my land of Crete... 158 00:17:57,420 --> 00:18:00,350 ...do you know the island of Minos? 159 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,910 Before, I used to be powerful and wealthy like you... 160 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,750 ...I had estates, servants and cattle... 161 00:18:06,970 --> 00:18:09,370 ...but one day Zeus reduced me to this ... 162 00:18:11,330 --> 00:18:13,330 ... misfortune was bound to me... 163 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:18,710 ... I had nine sturdy ships, bound to Egypt for trade... 164 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:22,130 ... but as soon as we landed, my men plundered the fields... 165 00:18:22,570 --> 00:18:27,550 ... they robbed, they killed, and I paid for their deeds. 166 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:32,800 - This man has paid for all... so we must pay for him! 167 00:18:38,930 --> 00:18:44,220 - You are Antinous, a lord with a heart of stone... 168 00:18:44,710 --> 00:18:49,020 ... keeping all for himself, giving nothing away... 169 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:55,200 ... not a pinch of salt, nor a piece of bread, yet reveling on the wealth of others. 170 00:19:07,110 --> 00:19:11,460 (Telemachus felt pain for his humiliated father...) 171 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,860 (...but he shed no tears..) 172 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:19,680 (..and watched in silence, thinking about revenge...). 173 00:19:21,820 --> 00:19:28,220 It's one thing to be hit when fighting, another to be hungry... 174 00:19:31,330 --> 00:19:35,860 ... the Gods will make you pay for what you just have done. 175 00:19:37,150 --> 00:19:41,330 - Shut up and get away, or I shall throw you out. 176 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,330 - A stranger has just come... 177 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:58,800 - Last night, I had a dream : twenty geese were pecking... 178 00:19:59,330 --> 00:20:03,330 ... when an eagle descended from the top of the hills... 179 00:20:03,460 --> 00:20:06,260 - He is not a beggar, he comes from far away... 180 00:20:06,660 --> 00:20:12,880 ... the eagle broke their neck, one after the other...what is this sign? 181 00:20:13,770 --> 00:20:17,330 - Penelope, why not ask the stranger who just came? 182 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:27,330 - Irus is also here, how fun watching two dogs on the same bone! 183 00:20:27,370 --> 00:20:31,900 (Irus was a popular beggar, a notorious glutton and drunkard...) 184 00:20:32,710 --> 00:20:37,680 (Arnaeus was his real name, which his mother gave him at birth...) 185 00:20:37,860 --> 00:20:40,930 (...but his nickname was Irus...) 186 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:51,240 - Who is this one? Taking my given place in front of me! 187 00:20:52,530 --> 00:20:55,950 Get lost at once, you wretched, or we will come to blows! 188 00:21:01,910 --> 00:21:09,460 - Irus! Be brave! Get us rid of him! Defend yourself! Throw him out! 189 00:21:10,970 --> 00:21:15,020 - Hear them? Run while you can, before I break your bones. 190 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:17,950 - What wrong I have done to you? 191 00:21:18,130 --> 00:21:22,800 I am one of your kind, taking what I'm given. There is enough for both... 192 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:27,200 - Nonsense, you lousy fool! Here is enough for me only! 193 00:21:27,370 --> 00:21:31,020 Haven't you heard? Clear off, or you will spit your teeth. 194 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:34,970 - Do not challenge me.... 195 00:21:36,220 --> 00:21:39,860 - Gentlemen, get ready for the show! 196 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:43,060 - Come on, entertain us! 197 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:48,880 - Here is the reward! The winner takes this, the loser gets out. 198 00:21:49,110 --> 00:21:54,170 - I shall fight because of hunger, but swear you don't hit me in the back. 199 00:21:54,570 --> 00:22:01,660 - Enough talk, hurry up! Let's move to the outer court! 200 00:22:20,710 --> 00:22:22,400 - Begin fighting, you clowns! 201 00:22:23,150 --> 00:22:26,840 (Odysseus girded up his old rags, about his loins...) 202 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:33,950 (..thus baring his stalwart thighs, his broad shoulders and chest..) 203 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,880 (...and his mighty arms..) 204 00:22:37,820 --> 00:22:43,110 (...Athena came up to him, and made his limbs even stronger still...) 205 00:22:43,370 --> 00:22:45,240 (...and his muscles even more supple ... 206 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:56,400 (Odysseus struck Irus below the ear and broke his bone...) 207 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,240 (...blood gushed out of his mouth...) 208 00:24:05,110 --> 00:24:07,700 (...he fell groaning in the dust...) 209 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:10,970 (...gnashing his teeth, and kicking on the ground.) 210 00:25:11,370 --> 00:25:16,970 (Odysseus had pity to Irus, and told him quietly:...) 211 00:25:18,170 --> 00:25:24,530 (...sit here now, keep the dogs and the pigs off...) 212 00:25:25,020 --> 00:25:30,310 (... you are not the king of beggars, a miserable remains miserable...) 213 00:25:31,730 --> 00:25:33,600 - This is yours. 214 00:25:57,020 --> 00:26:01,280 - And now friends, let's all go back to our homes! 215 00:26:01,420 --> 00:26:04,570 The queen wants bridal gifts... 216 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:10,000 ...tonight, each will send his own, let's not keep her waiting... 217 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,860 ...she seems so impatient to make her choice. 218 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,860 - You fought bravely. - Thank you 219 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:52,750 ... You are Amphinomus, the son of Nisus, right? I knew your father once... 220 00:26:52,750 --> 00:26:55,330 ...but listen to an old man's advice, my son... 221 00:26:57,820 --> 00:27:00,570 ...there is nothing more unfortunate than man: 222 00:27:01,420 --> 00:27:05,110 ... unaware is he who believes fields will always be green... 223 00:27:05,150 --> 00:27:07,640 ... ignoring that all can change overnight. 224 00:27:09,330 --> 00:27:11,950 These lords, for example... 225 00:27:13,420 --> 00:27:17,770 ... they behave just as if no punishment would come. 226 00:27:17,950 --> 00:27:20,220 - Well, you don't say, you fool! 227 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:27,060 The beggar plays the prophet! - Leave this court, don't get back... 228 00:27:29,550 --> 00:27:33,240 - Come, my mistress wants to speak with you. - Now? 229 00:27:33,330 --> 00:27:36,400 - Yes now. The queen would like to see you. 230 00:27:37,420 --> 00:27:43,420 - No, not now. Later, after dusk. 231 00:28:21,420 --> 00:28:30,310 Antinous... Leocrites... Eurymachus! 232 00:28:30,750 --> 00:28:33,420 - Come on, quick! Come! 233 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,310 - Even at night, you are here to bother? 234 00:28:58,310 --> 00:29:01,640 Get away! Or I'll take care of you... 235 00:29:43,370 --> 00:29:47,820 - Sit, I want to talk to you. - To sit with you? 236 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:55,420 ... my queen, I'm only a poor beggar. - Rich and poor are equal at my home... 237 00:29:55,420 --> 00:29:57,420 Take a seat. 238 00:29:58,140 --> 00:30:00,970 - I am a beggar. Let me stay at my place. 239 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:18,170 Who are you? How did you get here? 240 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:24,970 Why do you resist? Does shyness make you mute? 241 00:30:25,060 --> 00:30:28,710 Talk to me. Hardships read on your face. 242 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:34,660 You'll be respected in this house. I know about pain. I suffer too. 243 00:30:37,910 --> 00:30:41,020 (Odysseus strived to restrain his tears...) 244 00:30:44,350 --> 00:30:50,860 (For all these years, he endured so many ordeals to find his land...) 245 00:30:51,820 --> 00:30:54,800 (...his son... his wife...) 246 00:30:55,100 --> 00:30:57,820 (...and there he was, in front of her...) 247 00:30:58,740 --> 00:31:02,440 (...an could not do or say anything...) 248 00:31:03,330 --> 00:31:05,370 (...because it was not time yet...) 249 00:31:12,620 --> 00:31:15,550 - Fear nothing, stranger. I just want to know who you are.. 250 00:31:20,220 --> 00:31:25,600 - If I tell you, my queen you will think I'm liar, or a drunkard... 251 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:32,800 ... actually, you do not care about me, but about your husband. 252 00:31:37,330 --> 00:31:42,930 I saw Odysseus. I really did... 253 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:48,170 ...with an army, when he left for Troy, that was long ago... 254 00:31:53,860 --> 00:31:58,440 - If you saw Odysseus, give me some proof. What do you remember? 255 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:04,530 - Twenty years is such a long time... 256 00:32:08,530 --> 00:32:11,150 ...but I remember... 257 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:16,040 ... he wore a mantle of red wool... 258 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:22,260 ...and on his mantle was a golden brooch... 259 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:29,150 ... which showed a hound holding a spotted fawn in his paws.... 260 00:32:31,370 --> 00:32:34,440 - The fawn struggled to escape... 261 00:32:37,330 --> 00:32:39,600 ...I had sewn this mantle myself. 262 00:32:51,110 --> 00:32:55,950 Stranger, how do you know this? 263 00:32:57,770 --> 00:32:59,680 Who are you? 264 00:33:11,330 --> 00:33:15,580 ...but you are... - I am Aeton, and I was born in Cnossos... 265 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:29,730 - But you are... 266 00:33:31,460 --> 00:33:33,730 ...Odysseus! - My father was Deucalion... 267 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:37,680 ...and his ancestors descended from Minos, offspring of the great Zeus... 268 00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:43,600 ...my brother Idomeneus went to Troy, and was one of few survivors to return... 269 00:33:44,970 --> 00:33:48,930 - If you are Odysseus, why are you still lying? 270 00:33:51,370 --> 00:33:55,640 - Your fame makes you a superior woman. 271 00:33:58,970 --> 00:34:00,970 - Odysseus! 272 00:34:40,530 --> 00:34:43,280 I want you to stay at the court. 273 00:34:44,170 --> 00:34:46,440 I'll order a bed for you. 274 00:34:49,950 --> 00:34:53,730 Euryclea! Take good care of our guest. 275 00:34:53,770 --> 00:34:57,060 ... he is not a beggar. He is Aeton from Cnossos, 276 00:34:57,110 --> 00:34:59,200 ...he used to be king once... 277 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,000 He is the same age as your master... 278 00:35:04,530 --> 00:35:07,460 ...but suffering makes you look older. 279 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:32,840 - You know, you remind me of the master I once lost... 280 00:35:32,930 --> 00:35:37,200 ...same looks, same voice... -I know, I have been told before. 281 00:35:39,950 --> 00:35:43,640 - My beloved master, mourned by your old nurse... 282 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:46,220 ...where can you be now? 283 00:35:46,350 --> 00:35:49,820 ...maybe in such a house... 284 00:35:50,170 --> 00:35:56,310 ...begging for a crust of bread, humiliated, offended... 285 00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:01,330 ... servants are treating him ill like they did with you you here... 286 00:36:04,130 --> 00:36:09,370 (She recognized the scar done to Odysseus by a wild boar while he was very young...) 287 00:36:10,220 --> 00:36:14,170 ...Odysseus! Odysseus, my master! 288 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:17,910 ...and I did not recognize you. You were in front of me... 289 00:36:17,910 --> 00:36:19,910 - Say nothing! Don't betray me! 290 00:36:23,110 --> 00:36:26,040 If you did, I would have no mercy, even for you! 291 00:36:40,620 --> 00:36:46,260 - You sound so cautious and wise, stranger, give me some advice. 292 00:36:46,260 --> 00:36:47,640 - Tell me. 293 00:36:49,730 --> 00:36:56,080 - You saw that my home was full of young lords who want to marry me... 294 00:36:56,930 --> 00:37:00,530 ...my son seems impatient to get rid of me. 295 00:37:01,510 --> 00:37:03,680 ...what should I do? - Wait... 296 00:37:04,130 --> 00:37:07,820 Odysseus shall return, and he will do justice. 297 00:37:14,970 --> 00:37:16,970 - No. 298 00:37:17,820 --> 00:37:21,060 Tomorrow, I will have all these young suitors compete... 299 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:26,440 ... the first one strong enough to stretch the bow... 300 00:37:26,930 --> 00:37:29,200 ...which Odysseus left me... 301 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:32,620 ... and sends the arrow through twelve hollow axes... 302 00:37:33,330 --> 00:37:35,770 ... will become my husband. 303 00:37:56,880 --> 00:38:00,530 (Father and son were hiding their weapons...) 304 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:05,640 (...when a ray of light showed them the way...) 305 00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:09,550 (... before Telemachus could talk, Odysseus said:) 306 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:14,260 (Ask no questions, my son and trust the Gods.) 307 00:38:17,110 --> 00:38:20,570 (The night went by, and Penelope was anxious...) 308 00:38:20,620 --> 00:38:23,060 (... looking at her wedding bed.) 309 00:39:10,660 --> 00:39:14,440 Artemis, daughter of Zeus, shoot me with an arrow... 310 00:39:14,530 --> 00:39:17,730 ... or let the wind and the storm carry me away. 311 00:39:17,820 --> 00:39:20,530 Let me die, Artemis! 312 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:26,000 (Odysseus guessed what she thought to herself...) 313 00:39:26,530 --> 00:39:34,040 (he believed, now his faithful wife had recognized him...) 314 00:39:34,220 --> 00:39:38,660 (...that she was by his side.) 315 00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:46,350 He lies awake, unfortunate amongst mortals... 316 00:39:46,620 --> 00:39:49,600 ... now a stranger in his own home... 317 00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:12,440 (Dawn slowly came after night...) 318 00:40:29,860 --> 00:40:34,100 Since the Gods have seen fit to bring me home... 319 00:40:34,100 --> 00:40:37,740 ... father Zeus, let someone in my home give a shout... 320 00:40:38,310 --> 00:40:40,930 ... or let me have a sign of some kind from outside... 321 00:40:48,350 --> 00:40:52,310 One woman stays at the mill, the others have ground their task... 322 00:40:52,310 --> 00:40:55,950 ... frail and old, she can hardly finish work... 323 00:40:56,040 --> 00:41:00,480 ...and thus she speaks : - Thunder, and not a single cloud... 324 00:41:00,660 --> 00:41:04,310 ...you sent someone a sign, Zeus almighty.... 325 00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:09,510 ...grant the prayer of a servant... 326 00:41:09,730 --> 00:41:13,200 ... let the suitors dine for the last time in the house of Odysseus... 327 00:41:14,310 --> 00:41:17,510 ... they have worn out my back grinding this flour... 328 00:41:21,460 --> 00:41:27,200 - Clear the tables with sponges, quick! The lords are almost here. 329 00:41:27,910 --> 00:41:34,080 Hurry up! They will eat even more, today is a holiday. 330 00:41:43,020 --> 00:41:45,420 - Euryclea, how did you serve our guest? 331 00:41:45,420 --> 00:41:47,280 - Poorly, but I'm not to blame... 332 00:41:47,330 --> 00:41:50,570 ...he wanted no bed, and slept in a blanket... 333 00:41:50,750 --> 00:41:53,770 ... we gave him a bull hide to cover himself... 334 00:42:08,310 --> 00:42:10,880 (Eumaeus arrived at the court...) 335 00:42:11,150 --> 00:42:16,530 (...just like Euryclea and Telemachus, he could not yet call Odysseus by his name.) 336 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:32,080 - Who is the stockman? - Philoetius, you knew him... 337 00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:35,680 ...as a small child, don't you remember? - He grew up! 338 00:42:35,730 --> 00:42:40,000 (Odysseus was feeling lonely, his mind was tormented...) 339 00:42:40,660 --> 00:42:44,750 (...loneliness and sadness and doubt were in his soul...) 340 00:42:44,750 --> 00:42:48,750 (...contriving the wicked lords was such a risky endeavor...) 341 00:42:48,750 --> 00:42:52,750 (...with only his son and the swineherd standing by his side...) 342 00:42:52,750 --> 00:42:57,640 (...but soon Athena, the clear eyed goddess, stood again in front of him...) 343 00:42:57,820 --> 00:43:00,800 - Why are you doubting? Others would be content... 344 00:43:00,930 --> 00:43:03,950 ... with the help of even weaker allies... 345 00:43:04,530 --> 00:43:09,860 ... and you don't trust me, while I always rescue you in danger... 346 00:43:13,733 --> 00:43:15,733 - Beautiful beast! 347 00:43:18,930 --> 00:43:22,840 - Good day, old man. Torments have wrinkled your forehead. 348 00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:24,840 - Philoetius! 349 00:43:25,330 --> 00:43:29,780 The stranger is no beggar, he used to be a brave warrior... 350 00:43:29,910 --> 00:43:32,570 - Same fate that may have befallen my master... 351 00:43:32,660 --> 00:43:36,080 ... he might also go about, dressed such in rags ... 352 00:43:36,170 --> 00:43:38,260 ... if he is still alive. 353 00:43:39,420 --> 00:43:43,020 - Have you known your master? - I don't remember him... 354 00:43:43,060 --> 00:43:46,620 - Of course, he was so young when Odysseus trusted him a flock... 355 00:43:46,970 --> 00:43:50,930 ... but indeed, he could have not chosen better. 356 00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:54,710 Philoetius bred the cattle like no one else. 357 00:43:54,710 --> 00:43:56,440 - Good. 358 00:43:56,480 --> 00:43:58,480 I have trust in you... 359 00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:02,080 ...and will tell you a secret... 360 00:44:02,570 --> 00:44:04,930 ... your master Odysseus will soon reappear. 361 00:44:04,970 --> 00:44:07,460 - When will he return? - Not so loud. 362 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:16,440 - Tell me, Philoetius. If he returned, what would you do? 363 00:44:17,060 --> 00:44:19,240 - What I would do? 364 00:44:19,240 --> 00:44:24,000 My master would need these arms. You should see what I would do! 365 00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:34,620 (As every morning, the suitors came to the court...) 366 00:44:36,310 --> 00:44:42,540 (...as they ordered, the fattest sheep and pigs had been sacrificed...) 367 00:44:42,540 --> 00:44:46,800 (...and many oxen too. The inwards were cooked first) 368 00:44:57,150 --> 00:45:02,350 (...meat was roasted, bread partaken, and wine poured into cups...) 369 00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:09,150 (...the lords rushed on the food. The feast began in joy...) 370 00:45:09,510 --> 00:45:12,570 (Odysseus was watching silently...) 371 00:45:13,370 --> 00:45:17,020 (...but bitterness and desire for revenge were growing in his heart) 372 00:45:36,970 --> 00:45:42,000 (He stood up, pushed by Athena, aggravating the lords) 373 00:45:43,020 --> 00:45:46,480 (...he triggered their insults to make his wrath deeper...) 374 00:45:47,460 --> 00:45:50,020 (One of the suitors soon responded...) 375 00:45:50,500 --> 00:45:54,930 (He was Ctesippus, a proud and fierce lord from Samos...) 376 00:45:57,020 --> 00:46:02,350 The guest has received his due share. What a good example! 377 00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:05,280 Telemachus honors him at his table. 378 00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:07,780 ...I will treat him with a piece of meat myself... 379 00:46:07,780 --> 00:46:12,400 ...some choice cut that will feed him both for today and for tomorrow ... 380 00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:15,600 (Thus he spoke, and threw a bull's hoof...) 381 00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:19,950 (Odysseus avoided it by turning his head, smiling grimly...) 382 00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:24,400 (The crowd remained speechless...) 383 00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:33,280 (...but of all creatures on earth, none can be as vile as man...) 384 00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:52,220 (...and they all roared with laughter, Athena obscured their minds...) 385 00:46:52,310 --> 00:46:55,020 (...their mouths reveled on bloody flesh...) 386 00:46:57,280 --> 00:46:59,820 (... but their eyes were filled with tears...) 387 00:47:00,220 --> 00:47:03,600 (...the whole palace eerily echoed their laughter.) 388 00:47:04,350 --> 00:47:09,420 (The prophet Theocymenus heard them, and made them this omen...) 389 00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:22,260 - You wretched fools! 390 00:47:23,550 --> 00:47:25,550 You should cry instead! 391 00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:29,060 Can't you see the shadow floating over your heads? 392 00:47:29,510 --> 00:47:32,310 Are your eyes completely covered with darkness? 393 00:47:34,710 --> 00:47:37,370 I see the walls dripping with blood! 394 00:47:39,240 --> 00:47:43,550 I see... the courtyard full of ghosts... 395 00:47:47,110 --> 00:47:51,680 ...trooping down into the night of hell, forever. 396 00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:59,060 The sun is blotted out. The blighting gloom of death is over all. 397 00:48:00,170 --> 00:48:02,130 - Another madman! 398 00:48:05,110 --> 00:48:10,000 Hurry him up to the doorstep, so his stupid talk burdens us no more! 399 00:48:11,950 --> 00:48:15,600 - Telemachus can chose his guests : a madman and a beggar! 400 00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:18,620 - Listen Telemachus, I have some good idea: 401 00:48:18,930 --> 00:48:22,750 ... why not board them both on a ship and sell them as slaves? 402 00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:26,310 For sure they'd be bought fast and cheap! 403 00:48:29,950 --> 00:48:36,480 - Your jokes are worthless, and I only take advice from my mother the queen.... 404 00:48:36,570 --> 00:48:40,970 ... I will hear no more sarcasms. I know you long to kill me... 405 00:48:41,060 --> 00:48:46,400 ...well keep on dreaming. I just won't tolerate my guests being insulted. 406 00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:49,770 I am grown up, Eurymachus you will know. 407 00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:57,100 - I forgot about this insolent youth. Pity that Zeus has not helped us... 408 00:48:57,100 --> 00:49:01,100 ... Telemachus speaks loud and sharp.... 409 00:49:01,330 --> 00:49:04,880 ...these are mere words though, thus pay no heed! 410 00:49:05,240 --> 00:49:07,150 (You had warned them, Theoclymenus...) 411 00:49:07,370 --> 00:49:09,730 (...you gave them a chance to save themselves...) 412 00:49:10,350 --> 00:49:15,280 (...but they remained deaf, enjoying the abundant meal..) 413 00:49:15,860 --> 00:49:19,730 (...and the delicious foods they were served...) 414 00:49:20,570 --> 00:49:23,950 (...yet they will now be served another meal...) 415 00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:26,880 (...by the goddess and the hero...) 416 00:49:28,710 --> 00:49:31,910 (...and allotted quite different seats...) 417 00:49:42,080 --> 00:49:44,260 (Night was falling...) 418 00:49:44,710 --> 00:49:47,770 (Athena had awaited the moment, inspiring Penelope...) 419 00:49:47,860 --> 00:49:50,310 (...to offer the suitors the bow contest...). 420 00:49:51,910 --> 00:49:57,020 (...a mighty weapon, given long ago to Odysseus by a guest...) 421 00:49:57,910 --> 00:50:02,660 (How eagerly Odysseus would draw it in his youth...) 422 00:50:03,370 --> 00:50:07,820 (But now, Penelope saw him tired and untimely aged...) 423 00:50:07,820 --> 00:50:12,380 (...and thought he was singled out facing his enemies...) 424 00:50:16,620 --> 00:50:18,620 - The queen! 425 00:50:52,930 --> 00:50:58,570 (Everyone knew instantly she was about to speak crucial words...) 426 00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:08,170 - My lords! 427 00:51:15,060 --> 00:51:17,420 I will offer you a contest... 428 00:51:20,620 --> 00:51:26,840 ...who shall string this bow this bow with the strength of his arms... 429 00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:30,970 ... and send his arrow through each one of twelve axes... 430 00:51:33,680 --> 00:51:36,130 ... that man I will marry. 431 00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:45,550 He may take me away from the house of my youth... 432 00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:53,680 ... and thus will become the king of Ithaca. 433 00:51:57,730 --> 00:51:59,730 Eumaeus! 434 00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:07,020 - Swineherd, bring it to me! 435 00:52:18,040 --> 00:52:21,950 - Come on, lords, take the bow! The reward sits right here: 436 00:52:22,040 --> 00:52:25,060 ... the most noble in the lands of the Greek. 437 00:52:25,420 --> 00:52:29,600 But you know this all well! What need to praise my mother? 438 00:52:29,770 --> 00:52:32,310 Zeus must have confused my mind! 439 00:52:32,710 --> 00:52:37,150 My mother says she will follow another, yet I am laughing... 440 00:52:37,240 --> 00:52:39,060 ...and amusing myself! 441 00:52:39,510 --> 00:52:41,770 I will compete as well. 442 00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:45,860 If I can string and shoot, thus my mother remains in this palace... 443 00:52:46,130 --> 00:52:50,710 ... instead of quitting with one of you, she will stay with her son, the winner... 444 00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:55,950 (As he spoke, Telemachus tugged at the bow with his youthful hands...) 445 00:52:56,620 --> 00:52:59,510 (...and hade to leave it off...) 446 00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:16,800 Your arm is strong enough, you try, Antinous! 447 00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:30,040 (In the mean time, Odysseus was hammering the axes..) 448 00:53:30,440 --> 00:53:34,040 (Each was pierced in the head, above the blade...) 449 00:53:34,570 --> 00:53:38,620 (...he aligned the iron so that the hollows made a straight line...) 450 00:53:48,310 --> 00:53:52,480 - Come on, each of you in his turn, gentlemen... 451 00:53:53,330 --> 00:53:55,200 ....starting with you, Leodes 452 00:53:56,260 --> 00:54:00,130 (Leodes was the only one to disapprove the arrogance of other lords...) 453 00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:03,640 (...of course, he also coveted the queen's hand...) 454 00:54:04,080 --> 00:54:09,600 (...but he loved Penelope, and prayed that one day she will follow him...) 455 00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:14,040 (...and give him descendants since Odysseus vanished forever...) 456 00:54:16,660 --> 00:54:18,660 - My veil! 457 00:54:20,930 --> 00:54:25,950 (Testing the bow, Leodes soon grew tired...) 458 00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:28,800 (...his hands were moist and his muscles got limp ...). 459 00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:33,460 (...he would have to find some other Greek lady...) 460 00:54:33,510 --> 00:54:36,130 (...to make his bridal offerings...) 461 00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:41,600 (...he did not know Odysseus would seal his fate...) 462 00:54:52,310 --> 00:54:54,930 - This bow shall take so many lives! 463 00:54:55,770 --> 00:54:58,930 Better to die, than missing your purpose in life! 464 00:54:59,640 --> 00:55:01,110 Better to die! 465 00:55:01,150 --> 00:55:04,400 - You think no one can bend this bow just because you failed? 466 00:55:05,110 --> 00:55:07,950 You were not born to be an archer... 467 00:55:08,220 --> 00:55:10,750 ... but others will have tighter muscles. 468 00:55:14,440 --> 00:55:16,440 Your turn! 469 00:55:52,480 --> 00:55:54,480 - Come on! 470 00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:58,620 - If you help me do justice, you will live here as my own sons. 471 00:56:06,970 --> 00:56:10,000 Tell the women to stay in their rooms, so they can hear... 472 00:56:10,130 --> 00:56:13,240 ... you Eumaeus and Philoetius lock the gates to the hall.... 473 00:56:13,240 --> 00:56:15,240 ...so none of the lords can escape. 474 00:56:34,800 --> 00:56:38,840 (Every lord tried and failed, to draw the king of Ithaca's bow...) 475 00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:42,130 (...Athena stopped them all...) 476 00:56:43,020 --> 00:56:48,530 Now comes Eurymachus. He tries and persists, to no avail. 477 00:56:49,200 --> 00:56:52,310 ... he doesn't know either the bow is under a spell. 478 00:56:57,550 --> 00:57:01,860 - It's all over, Eurymachus. These lame muscles leave you no chance. 479 00:57:01,950 --> 00:57:05,730 - Alright, I am out, but how will you do? Just you try, Antinous. 480 00:57:05,910 --> 00:57:09,950 - My friends, it's getting late. Tomorrow, we celebrate Apollo the archer... 481 00:57:09,950 --> 00:57:11,950 ...let us delay the joust to tomorrow. 482 00:57:13,640 --> 00:57:17,150 - Noble lords, please let me try once too. 483 00:57:18,970 --> 00:57:22,310 Tomorrow, Apollo will chose among you whom he pleases... 484 00:57:22,310 --> 00:57:25,820 ...but for today, give me a chance to stretch the string... 485 00:57:25,860 --> 00:57:28,350 ... to test what remains of my strength. 486 00:57:28,840 --> 00:57:31,240 - Are you out of your mind? 487 00:57:31,950 --> 00:57:35,110 - Such a funny request! Who do you think you are? 488 00:57:35,240 --> 00:57:39,020 If by miracle, you succeed, you would not get away alive. 489 00:57:39,330 --> 00:57:41,460 - Why threaten him, Antinous? 490 00:57:41,550 --> 00:57:44,750 Do you suppose the stranger wins and makes me his wife? 491 00:57:44,880 --> 00:57:48,710 - It is impossible, my queen! - So why not let him try? 492 00:57:49,280 --> 00:57:53,280 - You ask us why! Think what people would say... 493 00:57:53,420 --> 00:57:57,950 ... if the beggar achieves what the lord has failed! 494 00:57:58,480 --> 00:58:01,640 - Eumaeus! Bring the bow to our guest! 495 00:58:02,660 --> 00:58:05,420 The lords may resume tomorrow. 496 00:58:05,420 --> 00:58:08,840 Until then, I am still in command. 497 00:58:40,400 --> 00:58:43,910 The old man grasps the bow, proving it all over... 498 00:58:43,950 --> 00:58:46,620 ...warming it on the flame, one side then the other... 499 00:58:46,710 --> 00:58:49,770 ... seeing whether years had not hurt the horns... 500 00:58:50,040 --> 00:58:53,460 ...this man fancies bows and arrows... 501 00:58:53,460 --> 00:58:55,770 ...he must have such a tool at home... 502 00:58:55,860 --> 00:59:00,660 I tell you, haughty lords, he is likely to string this bow... 503 00:59:17,240 --> 00:59:19,680 ... like I string the peg of my lyre ... 504 00:59:19,820 --> 00:59:22,880 ...his dismal hands stretch the weapon's string... 505 00:59:22,930 --> 00:59:25,770 ...the beggar is about to win with ease, like a game... 506 00:59:25,770 --> 00:59:29,950 ... and now the string sings, like the twitter of a swallow. 507 01:00:14,350 --> 01:00:16,350 - He went mad! 508 01:00:19,770 --> 01:00:21,770 - You dogs! 509 01:00:22,400 --> 01:00:25,200 You believed that I would never come back from Troy? 510 01:00:25,330 --> 01:00:28,170 You wasted my substance, wooed my wife... 511 01:00:28,480 --> 01:00:33,020 ... fearing neither the wrath of Gods nor the blame of men! 512 01:00:33,420 --> 01:00:35,910 Time has come for you to die! 513 01:00:36,350 --> 01:00:39,600 Telemachus! Expect no mercy from me! 514 01:00:40,840 --> 01:00:43,460 None of you shall come out alive! 515 01:00:45,460 --> 01:00:48,660 The bell has tolled for revenge and for dread. 516 01:00:49,770 --> 01:00:51,910 Like terrified sheep... 517 01:00:52,130 --> 01:00:55,200 ... they look around to flee and escape their death... 518 01:00:56,930 --> 01:01:00,530 ...but the gates are locked... and I am frightened too! 519 01:01:07,510 --> 01:01:11,820 - If you really are good king Odysseus, then your anger is just... 520 01:01:12,080 --> 01:01:15,680 ...but the causer lies here for all his evil deeds... 521 01:01:15,950 --> 01:01:19,060 ...Antinous was responsible for scheming this wedding! 522 01:01:19,240 --> 01:01:22,480 He wanted power over Ithaca after killing your son. 523 01:01:23,110 --> 01:01:26,000 ... but we will pay you in full for all we ate and drunk... 524 01:01:26,080 --> 01:01:29,200 - Repay me, Eurymachus? - Each one shall pay a fine... 525 01:01:29,330 --> 01:01:33,150 ... worth twenty oxen, bronze, gold, all you say Odysseus... 526 01:01:33,280 --> 01:01:36,970 - Your offer is worthless, what I claim is your life, Eurymachus! 527 01:01:36,970 --> 01:01:38,970 I claim all your lives! 528 01:02:00,080 --> 01:02:03,330 - You will not get out, Odysseus ordered it! 529 01:02:03,420 --> 01:02:08,350 Stay, no one will escape! Back! Stop! Back! 530 01:02:08,350 --> 01:02:12,130 You betrayed the master with the usurpers! 531 01:02:14,170 --> 01:02:19,280 You shameless bitches, your time is out! The king will not spare you! 532 01:02:28,750 --> 01:02:32,570 - Open the gates! Let us out! 533 01:02:36,080 --> 01:02:38,080 Open the gates! 534 01:02:39,550 --> 01:02:41,550 Open the gates! 535 01:02:52,310 --> 01:02:54,310 - I will kill you all! 536 01:02:58,930 --> 01:03:02,800 Will you show up? Come! 537 01:03:28,440 --> 01:03:30,970 - This was your last arrow Odysseus, stop! 538 01:03:32,570 --> 01:03:35,020 - Catch this! 539 01:04:27,910 --> 01:04:29,910 - All are crying... 540 01:04:32,170 --> 01:04:37,860 - No shelter, nor salvation to the suitors. Athena is merciless... 541 01:04:37,910 --> 01:04:43,200 ... they fight no longer, they just run all around like hens scared of thunder... 542 01:04:43,280 --> 01:04:49,380 ... as eagles descend in circles, down on their petrified preys... 543 01:04:57,110 --> 01:04:58,880 - Silence for all of you! 544 01:05:06,660 --> 01:05:09,150 - Come forward! 545 01:05:18,880 --> 01:05:20,400 - Zeus! 546 01:05:35,770 --> 01:05:38,930 (A bride cried over her dying groom...) 547 01:05:39,020 --> 01:05:43,600 (... a bride cried on her knees, despair tearing her heart apart...) 548 01:05:44,570 --> 01:05:49,200 (...and Odysseus stopped, stunned by his own revenge.) 549 01:05:52,570 --> 01:05:54,880 Stop, Telemachus! Enough! 550 01:05:55,020 --> 01:05:57,640 (Next to him was Mentor, his father's friend) 551 01:05:58,350 --> 01:06:04,130 - Where are the strength and courage you displayed when fighting for Helen? 552 01:06:04,400 --> 01:06:08,930 ....and that wasn't his father's friend, but Athena taking Mentor's shape 553 01:06:08,930 --> 01:06:12,620 - What are you doing, when taking back your home? Weeping? 554 01:06:12,970 --> 01:06:15,680 You must be strong, tough! 555 01:06:19,640 --> 01:06:21,950 ...I will be inflexible... 556 01:06:25,550 --> 01:06:27,550 ...ruthless! 557 01:06:27,550 --> 01:06:32,750 Eumaeus, Philoetius! Find them! We have to kill them all! 558 01:06:50,880 --> 01:06:53,640 - How many times had the Gods warned you... 559 01:06:53,730 --> 01:06:57,860 ... to honor loyalty and dignity of men. 560 01:06:58,840 --> 01:07:02,130 You understood too late it was dangerous to ignore. 561 01:07:02,480 --> 01:07:05,510 Blind and deaf, they claim Gods are unfair... 562 01:07:05,510 --> 01:07:08,930 ... while only they are to blame, they all pay back their crimes... 563 01:07:09,460 --> 01:07:13,110 ... and fate is cruel to those who sinned for years. 564 01:07:13,110 --> 01:07:15,910 You who saw the slaughter, do not fear to be doomed... 565 01:07:16,080 --> 01:07:19,640 ... those who never betrayed know that justice can be reckless... 566 01:07:19,770 --> 01:07:22,040 ... and its clean eyes can be eclipsed by blood. 567 01:07:22,310 --> 01:07:27,060 Now all is fulfilled, the Gods gave their judgement. 568 01:07:28,130 --> 01:07:30,480 All is fulfilled. 569 01:08:26,530 --> 01:08:28,530 - Euryclea, open! 570 01:08:33,460 --> 01:08:35,460 Open the gates! 571 01:08:35,910 --> 01:08:38,970 (Odysseus looked around in the vast hall...) 572 01:08:39,730 --> 01:08:42,970 (...to see who escaped the slaughter...) 573 01:08:44,040 --> 01:08:48,020 (... but all he saw were lifeless bodies, bathed in blood...) 574 01:08:49,020 --> 01:08:54,970 (...like fish thrown by seamen on the shore...) 575 01:09:00,570 --> 01:09:03,910 - No! Not him! Spare the poet! 576 01:09:05,730 --> 01:09:10,710 - My eyes saw your revenge. My song will tell it forever. 577 01:09:11,680 --> 01:09:15,370 You can kill me now, but you will be sorry. 578 01:09:16,530 --> 01:09:18,570 - I will not kill you, Phemius. 579 01:09:19,370 --> 01:09:22,570 You shall sing so that men know good deeds from evil ones... 580 01:09:22,930 --> 01:09:25,060 Go, you are free. 581 01:09:46,620 --> 01:09:50,170 Telemachus, the first task is now over. 582 01:09:50,310 --> 01:09:54,260 We killed the foremost youth of Ithaca. We just had to do it. 583 01:10:01,600 --> 01:10:06,660 We must expect their fathers and brothers, to seek revenge... 584 01:10:07,910 --> 01:10:09,820 ... let's save time. It will be rough. 585 01:10:09,860 --> 01:10:12,530 Now I'm too tired to face their anger. 586 01:10:17,950 --> 01:10:20,930 I have an idea... Telemachus! 587 01:10:21,510 --> 01:10:24,040 Gather musicians to play loud...... 588 01:10:24,130 --> 01:10:26,530 ... let believe Ithaca celebrates a party... 589 01:10:26,530 --> 01:10:28,000 ... and thus forgets the dead! 590 01:10:31,640 --> 01:10:36,080 - Here are the servants who betrayed you. They confessed. 591 01:10:36,170 --> 01:10:40,000 After some vain efforts to murder us, they tried to flee. 592 01:10:42,880 --> 01:10:44,880 Don't you move! 593 01:10:44,880 --> 01:10:48,970 Euryclea says only twelve have misbehaved with the suitors... 594 01:10:49,460 --> 01:10:53,550 ...it's enough to punish these as an example to the others! 595 01:10:54,577 --> 01:10:56,577 Down on your knees! 596 01:10:58,780 --> 01:11:01,910 Odysseus, do you want to watch them die? 597 01:11:01,950 --> 01:11:07,330 - Let them first cleanse the hall and remove the dead. 598 01:11:09,600 --> 01:11:12,930 Philoetius, bring me sulphur to purify the air. 599 01:11:14,440 --> 01:11:17,550 Go to Penelope and tell her what happened. Wait! 600 01:11:18,530 --> 01:11:21,280 First light me a fire, Eumaeus. 601 01:11:22,880 --> 01:11:29,680 - Dear child, your husband has returned. Odysseus has returned! 602 01:12:07,330 --> 01:12:13,510 Haven't you heard, Penelope? I told you that Odysseus was here, among us. 603 01:12:18,350 --> 01:12:20,350 - Have I changed much? 604 01:12:25,820 --> 01:12:27,240 I will dress up. 605 01:12:30,840 --> 01:12:32,840 Help me! 606 01:13:06,880 --> 01:13:13,110 Don't be afraid, girls, your fidelity shall be rewarded. 607 01:14:28,660 --> 01:14:30,660 - Do you hear these sounds? 608 01:14:33,150 --> 01:14:34,840 - I see lights up there. 609 01:14:37,200 --> 01:14:40,840 - This is a wedding tune. The queen has chosen among the lords... 610 01:14:40,880 --> 01:14:43,240 ... she gave up waiting for her husband's return. 611 01:14:49,820 --> 01:14:53,280 - I had recognized him, but he clapped my mouth with both hands. 612 01:14:53,330 --> 01:14:56,480 He would have taken my life, if I had betrayed him, Penelope. 613 01:15:11,150 --> 01:15:14,930 He is a real man, a wise man who kept his plans secret. 614 01:15:15,420 --> 01:15:18,400 ... cautious and reckless, he trusted no one. 615 01:15:20,080 --> 01:15:21,330 No one! 616 01:15:30,530 --> 01:15:33,510 - Like the sleeper, after a nightmare... 617 01:15:33,550 --> 01:15:35,600 ... waking up wide-eyed in the morning.... 618 01:15:35,640 --> 01:15:37,370 ...soon forgetful of dangers... 619 01:16:01,240 --> 01:16:03,240 - Get out! 620 01:16:33,110 --> 01:16:35,110 You are alive! 621 01:16:39,330 --> 01:16:41,110 You are alive, my son! 622 01:16:43,510 --> 01:16:45,910 Mother, why don't you rush into his arms? 623 01:16:51,730 --> 01:16:54,310 - In the arms of a stranger, why? 624 01:16:54,800 --> 01:16:57,730 - A stranger? What do you mean, mother? 625 01:17:01,460 --> 01:17:05,640 - He is unknown to me...my son.... 626 01:17:06,440 --> 01:17:11,200 Yesterday, he was only a beggar! 627 01:17:12,350 --> 01:17:14,750 - That's how he introduced himself.... 628 01:17:15,240 --> 01:17:19,420 ... I thought I saw my husband I thought I saw Odysseus.... 629 01:17:22,260 --> 01:17:24,660 He said he was Aeton from Cnossos. 630 01:17:25,550 --> 01:17:30,080 ... I saw the man whom I waited for, patiently, for twenty years.... 631 01:17:31,110 --> 01:17:33,240 ....he showed me no trust... 632 01:17:33,240 --> 01:17:36,130 ... he lied, as though I would betray him.... 633 01:17:37,060 --> 01:17:39,330 ... yes, to me, his own wife... 634 01:17:42,080 --> 01:17:44,310 Why? Why? 635 01:17:51,060 --> 01:17:55,820 I kept quiet. Odysseus's wife should be strong... 636 01:17:58,880 --> 01:18:04,040 ...but hiding your joy when twenty years waiting are finally rewarded... 637 01:18:06,350 --> 01:18:09,600 ...was my steadiness not obvious enough? 638 01:18:12,930 --> 01:18:14,930 You have your proof. 639 01:18:16,660 --> 01:18:20,530 But now my turn has come... ...to demand a proof. 640 01:18:21,910 --> 01:18:26,260 Between spouses are tokens which others cannot know. 641 01:18:32,840 --> 01:18:34,840 If he really is Odysseus... 642 01:18:34,930 --> 01:18:38,000 ... he will find such a secret sign to show me he did not forget... 643 01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:40,930 ...the years he did not doubt me. 644 01:18:43,020 --> 01:18:45,020 - Have a bed ready for me, my queen. 645 01:18:47,460 --> 01:18:50,000 I am exhausted. Please order. 646 01:18:53,550 --> 01:18:55,510 My bed! 647 01:18:57,680 --> 01:19:02,620 - Prepare Odysseus's bed.... and move it here. 648 01:19:03,200 --> 01:19:05,820 - Who could move that bed, Penelope? 649 01:19:05,820 --> 01:19:08,480 I carved it myself inside an olive tree. 650 01:19:12,620 --> 01:19:16,080 My son, Telemachus, you do not know what it means to us... 651 01:19:20,310 --> 01:19:23,950 ... since childhood, your mother saw the tree grow every year.... 652 01:19:24,840 --> 01:19:30,080 ...she wanted me to build our bed sparing its majestic stump. 653 01:19:34,000 --> 01:19:39,770 ....so I built the walls of the wedding room around the tree.... 654 01:19:47,020 --> 01:19:50,040 ...I was young then... 655 01:19:54,260 --> 01:19:56,260 You were not born, my son. 656 01:20:33,820 --> 01:20:40,840 (As the sight of the land, is welcome to the shipwrecked...) 657 01:20:41,550 --> 01:20:46,220 (..when Poseidon smashes his ship with storm and waves...) 658 01:20:46,820 --> 01:20:51,330 (...even so welcome was her husband to Penelope...) 659 01:20:58,570 --> 01:21:02,840 Odysseus, you have yet another duty to fulfil. 660 01:21:02,970 --> 01:21:06,880 One more in Ithaca has waited for you. Your father. 661 01:21:06,970 --> 01:21:10,880 Go to him. He retired on an old farm with some servants... 662 01:21:10,970 --> 01:21:13,370 ... and never comes to the court anymore. Go now... 663 01:21:14,220 --> 01:21:16,220 ...dusk is the right time... 664 01:21:17,510 --> 01:21:20,710 ...when the old think about those who are no more. 665 01:22:04,840 --> 01:22:06,840 - Wait for me here. 666 01:22:09,330 --> 01:22:11,330 (Anticleas's voice :) 667 01:22:11,330 --> 01:22:15,240 Your father has grown old and sad waiting for you in vain. 668 01:22:16,170 --> 01:22:20,710 He doesn't come to town, but dwells among the servants. 669 01:22:21,020 --> 01:22:26,170 Like a savage, he sleeps near the fire in the winter... 670 01:22:26,780 --> 01:22:29,860 ... on a heap of olive tree leaves in the summer... 671 01:22:29,950 --> 01:22:32,880 ...sighing about Odysseus, hopeless and weak, until dark. 672 01:22:37,150 --> 01:22:39,150 - Come! 673 01:22:50,040 --> 01:22:52,040 Memories... 674 01:22:52,040 --> 01:22:54,440 My father planted this tree... 675 01:22:55,680 --> 01:22:57,680 How much time has passed! 676 01:23:07,910 --> 01:23:10,570 But if I had to cut it, I would. 677 01:23:18,970 --> 01:23:22,260 - There is nobody. - I know where he is. 678 01:23:41,770 --> 01:23:44,930 - Father! - - My son! It is truly you! 679 01:23:46,440 --> 01:23:48,170 Get up... - No! No! 680 01:23:51,240 --> 01:23:53,240 - My son... 681 01:23:54,750 --> 01:23:56,800 ...you finally returned. 682 01:24:13,640 --> 01:24:16,840 - Oh father, it hurts to see you like this... 683 01:24:23,420 --> 01:24:27,600 - True, I was a king before, and now my only luxury ... 684 01:24:27,680 --> 01:24:30,400 ... are these hides to protect my fingers from thorns. 685 01:24:30,440 --> 01:24:32,660 But I managed to keep a privilege.... 686 01:24:34,660 --> 01:24:36,660 See! 687 01:24:38,220 --> 01:24:41,280 This good blade is solid bronze. 688 01:24:43,550 --> 01:24:45,640 The only left from my former weapons... 689 01:24:45,680 --> 01:24:48,970 ... but it helped me clear the fields from stones and cultivate. 690 01:24:51,640 --> 01:24:54,970 - I think you will have occasions to use it even better. 691 01:24:56,710 --> 01:24:58,710 I went to the palace. 692 01:24:59,510 --> 01:25:04,040 I killed all of my wife's suitors, and none has survived. 693 01:25:07,330 --> 01:25:12,310 - The Gods exist on Olympus, since you avenged at last, my son. 694 01:25:19,550 --> 01:25:22,480 (The servants prepared a bath for Laertes...) 695 01:25:27,640 --> 01:25:30,040 (...the water was carried from very far...) 696 01:25:32,800 --> 01:25:38,220 (... while Telemachus, Eumaeus and Philoetius were guarding the house...) 697 01:25:46,220 --> 01:25:49,510 - Father, now you came to live like a poor peasant. 698 01:25:49,910 --> 01:25:53,770 - Yes, I live like my servants. My bed is a heap of straw... 699 01:25:54,350 --> 01:25:57,730 ... like them, I feed on olives, cheese and a few bread crusts... 700 01:25:57,730 --> 01:26:01,460 ... produced with my own hands, working from dawn to dusk... 701 01:26:01,460 --> 01:26:06,000 ... without being a slave. I would have been at the court. 702 01:26:09,820 --> 01:26:12,130 I know what you're thinking. 703 01:26:14,350 --> 01:26:16,840 True, I shouldn't have gone. 704 01:26:17,730 --> 01:26:22,620 ...I left Penelope and your son defend themselves alone... 705 01:26:23,240 --> 01:26:27,550 ... facing infamous lords eager to take your place while you were away... 706 01:26:29,860 --> 01:26:36,000 ... I have not been king for so long, son, king I am no more... 707 01:26:37,550 --> 01:26:40,620 ...since the day I trusted this island to your care. 708 01:26:40,880 --> 01:26:44,530 Such a young king you were, brave and strong already... 709 01:26:45,460 --> 01:26:49,460 ...and cunning like a fox. You liked power, and I did not.. 710 01:26:51,200 --> 01:26:54,130 Thus I have relinquished, for you take my place. 711 01:26:56,440 --> 01:26:59,640 Soon after, you left for Troy with your warriors... 712 01:26:59,910 --> 01:27:02,350 We waited for ten years. 713 01:27:03,020 --> 01:27:07,730 Respect from the people earned the queen years of peace... 714 01:27:07,910 --> 01:27:11,020 ...her loyalty was an asset to Telemachus.... 715 01:27:11,770 --> 01:27:14,130 ...many seasons went by... 716 01:27:15,460 --> 01:27:17,730 ...your mother passed away, not seeing you again... 717 01:27:17,730 --> 01:27:22,130 ...and as all Ithaca's men , I believed myself you were lost forever... 718 01:27:22,170 --> 01:27:25,860 How could I find the strength? 719 01:27:26,440 --> 01:27:30,080 - My lord, all is prepared for your son to see you... 720 01:27:30,170 --> 01:27:32,040 ... the way he wished on the day of his return. 721 01:27:32,130 --> 01:27:34,130 - Dolios was always kind to me... 722 01:27:34,750 --> 01:27:39,020 ... helping me find in this lonely and silent retreat... 723 01:27:39,060 --> 01:27:43,820 ... this quiet happiness, the Gods award me at the evening of my life. 724 01:28:00,480 --> 01:28:04,400 - Father, you preserved your royal garment. 725 01:28:04,480 --> 01:28:07,510 You will have to put it on to fight one more time. 726 01:28:08,260 --> 01:28:11,420 - Bad luck brought him back to our island, out of nowhere. 727 01:28:11,860 --> 01:28:15,340 Cursed be Penelope, who nurtured hope and delusion. 728 01:28:15,340 --> 01:28:19,820 Hope made our sons woo her! Delusion of succcess... 729 01:28:20,570 --> 01:28:24,080 He landed at the tip of the island next to the swineherd's home... 730 01:28:24,180 --> 01:28:25,860 ...servants saw him coming... 731 01:28:25,950 --> 01:28:29,950 ... and his son Telemachus landed there too on his way back from Pylos... 732 01:28:30,310 --> 01:28:32,310 ... he was certainly informed. 733 01:28:33,910 --> 01:28:36,440 Then they went to the court. 734 01:28:36,440 --> 01:28:39,240 Odysseus was dressed in rags... 735 01:28:39,550 --> 01:28:42,260 ...like a beggar, holding on to a stick... 736 01:28:42,480 --> 01:28:44,480 ...no one knew it was him, of course... 737 01:28:44,750 --> 01:28:49,600 ..and our youth teased him as any other beggar... 738 01:28:50,930 --> 01:28:56,570 ... but his iron heart endured every insult, and planned the day of doom.... 739 01:28:56,880 --> 01:29:00,310 ...with Telemachus, his son, he hid the weapons in the hall... 740 01:29:00,530 --> 01:29:04,040 Then Penelope, the hypocrite... 741 01:29:04,040 --> 01:29:08,480 ...offered the lords to marry the one who would stretch the string of a bow... 742 01:29:09,220 --> 01:29:11,150 ... that had belonged to Odysseus.. 743 01:29:13,730 --> 01:29:17,730 None of the young men could stretch the bow... 744 01:29:18,220 --> 01:29:20,440 ... only Odysseus could... 745 01:29:20,440 --> 01:29:24,130 ...he stood in front of them, looked at them with despise... 746 01:29:24,170 --> 01:29:27,460 ... and shot a first arrow, striking Antinous in the chest... 747 01:29:29,460 --> 01:29:35,370 ... then, arrows flew all around all collapsed one on top of the other... 748 01:29:36,400 --> 01:29:41,600 ... he slaughtered them all. Nothing but cries and groans... 749 01:29:42,880 --> 01:29:45,240 ...the ground smoked from blood! 750 01:29:47,020 --> 01:29:49,540 - He killed them all! 751 01:29:51,730 --> 01:29:54,040 Not one was spared! 752 01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:02,350 Antinous! 753 01:30:05,240 --> 01:30:09,280 My son! My beloved son! 754 01:30:13,860 --> 01:30:15,730 Antinous! 755 01:30:38,800 --> 01:30:43,330 - Fathers, mothers, and stunned families will make solemn funerals. 756 01:30:43,330 --> 01:30:45,330 And then, may them forget! 757 01:30:47,550 --> 01:30:51,640 - Antinous! Antinous! 758 01:31:01,910 --> 01:31:06,570 - They were young and wealthy. - And yet they asked for more... 759 01:31:06,800 --> 01:31:10,530 ... may noble blood not fall back on the poor and innocent... 760 01:31:28,170 --> 01:31:31,950 - Father, take this blade, it has toiled land enough. 761 01:31:32,800 --> 01:31:35,060 We must act and take the lead. 762 01:31:36,710 --> 01:31:40,570 Better face the fathers, before relatives come to their help. 763 01:31:41,550 --> 01:31:46,970 Today will be decided who will be king of Ithaca. 764 01:31:47,420 --> 01:31:50,040 - How much longer will this strife last, Odysseus? 765 01:31:50,170 --> 01:31:53,730 No my son, don't get me wrong... 766 01:31:55,600 --> 01:31:58,400 ..I am not afraid, you know that. 767 01:31:58,880 --> 01:32:05,200 What a joy to retrieve in battle the flame of my distant youth! 768 01:32:05,280 --> 01:32:08,970 What a more glorious death could I wish for? 769 01:32:09,770 --> 01:32:13,330 But you alone did justice... 770 01:32:13,510 --> 01:32:17,420 ... justice was on your side, would it still be if you continued? 771 01:32:17,640 --> 01:32:21,600 The Gods protected you, now you are surrounded by silence. 772 01:32:21,680 --> 01:32:26,040 - Master, to defend the honor of your house, we took weapons and stroke first... 773 01:32:26,130 --> 01:32:28,130 ... would it be right to spill more blood? 774 01:32:28,260 --> 01:32:31,680 ... should not the fathers and brothers take their swords instead... 775 01:32:31,820 --> 01:32:33,820 ... to avenge their own? 776 01:32:34,040 --> 01:32:37,770 Offer them honorable peace. If they decline, then we will fight. 777 01:32:43,420 --> 01:32:47,640 - Let's show ourselves lenient, we'll avoid a useless slaughter... 778 01:32:47,770 --> 01:32:52,260 ...maybe they will accept your justice, and your rule in Ithaca! 779 01:32:53,770 --> 01:32:57,600 - No! Without fight, we shall never have peace! 780 01:33:07,240 --> 01:33:11,860 - You must avenge, Ithacans. Your murdered sons deserve it... 781 01:33:11,950 --> 01:33:16,130 ... our sons killed by a wild boar, a man without honor! 782 01:33:16,840 --> 01:33:21,240 Too young he became king, now this land is bleeding ! 783 01:33:22,350 --> 01:33:24,930 He slaughtered the foremost of our youth... 784 01:33:24,930 --> 01:33:28,080 ...first sacrificed in Troy, then struck by his own hands.. 785 01:33:29,150 --> 01:33:32,930 How many escaped his rage and thirst for revenge? 786 01:33:33,730 --> 01:33:39,150 He returned, but what about our sons? Our ships, our soldiers, our sailors? 787 01:33:39,820 --> 01:33:43,200 Gather your servants. Give them weapons. 788 01:33:43,280 --> 01:33:49,540 Reach to those on other islands, whose sons were savagely killed... 789 01:33:49,640 --> 01:33:52,080 ...just like ours! 790 01:33:52,080 --> 01:33:55,600 We will soon have enough troops to march against him... 791 01:33:55,770 --> 01:33:59,820 ...to destroy his house, to burn his harvests, and we will be avenged! 792 01:34:00,970 --> 01:34:03,060 (Halitherses began to speak...) 793 01:34:04,480 --> 01:34:09,240 (He could see the past and the future, and his words were wise...) 794 01:34:09,640 --> 01:34:15,020 - Listen to me, Ithacans! Your weakness led to tragedy... 795 01:34:15,200 --> 01:34:19,460 ...you would hear neither me, nor Mentor, and your sons, out of stubborn pride... 796 01:34:19,460 --> 01:34:23,060 ...have committed evil, defying the Gods... 797 01:34:24,260 --> 01:34:25,900 ...dishonoring the wife of a hero. 798 01:34:28,400 --> 01:34:30,350 Let us not head for misery! 799 01:34:32,170 --> 01:34:35,330 - You false prophet, misery would be not to avenge our sons! 800 01:34:35,580 --> 01:34:39,220 Let's go, it is your duty to make Odysseus pay for his deeds... 801 01:34:39,860 --> 01:34:42,220 You know that. What are you waiting for? 802 01:34:42,220 --> 01:34:45,640 - He must have fled to Pylos or Sparta, where he has mighty allies. 803 01:34:45,640 --> 01:34:48,970 - No, he is still on Ithaca, I saw him... 804 01:34:48,970 --> 01:34:52,530 ...he went out to the fields with Telemachus and two servants... 805 01:34:52,620 --> 01:34:54,800 ... to the old farm where his father dwells... 806 01:34:55,680 --> 01:34:59,910 - If this is true, let's not waste time talking. We must attack him now! 807 01:35:00,130 --> 01:35:01,950 - This is a sign from the Gods! 808 01:35:40,130 --> 01:35:42,400 (Athena said to Zeus :...) 809 01:35:44,310 --> 01:35:47,640 (Oh, son of Cronos, you supreme ruler...) 810 01:35:48,310 --> 01:35:52,530 (... do you wish to push war further or settle peace between adversaries?) 811 01:35:54,750 --> 01:35:58,040 (Why such a question, my daughter? Zeus answered...) 812 01:35:58,400 --> 01:36:01,060 (Haven't you ordered yourself that Odysseus would return?) 813 01:36:04,750 --> 01:36:07,060 (Let's give them oblivion, said Athena.) 814 01:36:08,260 --> 01:36:10,840 (Let's give them peace and oblivion, said Zeus.) 815 01:36:45,020 --> 01:36:47,020 - Stop Laertes! 816 01:36:52,530 --> 01:36:54,930 Bloodshed would be no use. 817 01:37:01,060 --> 01:37:05,680 I say this to you too, bloodshed would be no use. 818 01:37:09,330 --> 01:37:11,820 Lets peace be among you. 819 01:37:12,620 --> 01:37:14,750 Peace on Ithaca, our island! 820 01:37:15,550 --> 01:37:17,640 Offer a fee to the offended... 821 01:37:19,200 --> 01:37:21,110 ...and live together in peace. 822 01:37:22,040 --> 01:37:24,970 Let peace be our common wealth, forever! 823 01:37:35,510 --> 01:37:38,130 Live in peace now... 824 01:38:16,970 --> 01:38:19,370 Let peace be upon you! 825 01:38:44,400 --> 01:38:46,620 (Athena was watching over Penelope...) 826 01:38:48,530 --> 01:38:54,080 (She gave her a sweet slumber, washing her face with ambrosia.) 827 01:38:56,000 --> 01:39:02,220 (... she shed grace and beauty over her, mader more noble, more majestic...) 828 01:39:02,930 --> 01:39:05,330 (...whiter than sawn ivory...) 829 01:40:14,444 --> 01:40:17,422 - Oh, Odysseus... 830 01:40:41,600 --> 01:40:43,600 Strange... 831 01:40:44,840 --> 01:40:47,600 I feel we won't have nights like this any more. 832 01:40:49,280 --> 01:40:51,770 But I'm not sad though... 833 01:40:56,880 --> 01:40:59,150 - How often have I imagined this moment... 834 01:41:01,460 --> 01:41:03,640 ...when I would speak to you at last... 835 01:41:03,640 --> 01:41:07,150 I only spoke with the Gods, and failed to understand them... 836 01:41:08,740 --> 01:41:11,510 ... whereas your love would have made everything clear. 837 01:41:26,040 --> 01:41:30,350 - Every time you wish, your will find your bed ready. 838 01:41:31,550 --> 01:41:35,550 Never be afraid to tell me what you think... 839 01:41:36,840 --> 01:41:41,420 ... or what a god has inspired you. I am here now. 840 01:41:59,600 --> 01:42:02,930 - Soon I think, I'll go at sea again. 841 01:42:07,110 --> 01:42:09,060 Tiresias foretold me... 842 01:42:10,620 --> 01:42:15,910 ...until I meet a people who never saw the sea, I will not find peace... 843 01:42:18,220 --> 01:42:20,620 ... a people eating no salt... 844 01:42:20,710 --> 01:42:23,860 ... knowing nothing about ships and oars... 845 01:42:25,330 --> 01:42:29,910 ...then, knowledge will come to me without effort... 846 01:42:30,480 --> 01:42:32,930 ...there, I shall stick my oar into the ground... 847 01:42:32,930 --> 01:42:36,420 ...offer sacrifices to Poseidon, and then return... 848 01:42:36,420 --> 01:42:39,730 ... my life shall ebb away gently, once I am full of years... 849 01:42:39,820 --> 01:42:42,860 ...and peace of mind, blessed by my own people... 850 01:42:42,860 --> 01:42:45,200 ... thus spoke Tiresias. 851 01:42:46,220 --> 01:42:48,660 One day, his prophecy shall come to pass. 852 01:42:53,860 --> 01:42:57,150 - Our fate is in the hands of the Gods... 853 01:42:58,530 --> 01:43:00,480 ...they have power on our lives... 854 01:43:01,370 --> 01:43:03,770 ... and nothing can else be done... 855 01:43:04,350 --> 01:43:07,060 ...but to watch and to listen... 856 01:43:11,640 --> 01:43:13,860 ... our joys and pains come from them... 857 01:43:16,130 --> 01:43:17,770 ... as our life and our death. 858 01:43:27,730 --> 01:43:30,710 (After listening to the wise words of Penelope...) 859 01:43:32,040 --> 01:43:38,400 (...Athena went back to the Olympus, where Gods are said to live eternally...) 860 01:43:39,420 --> 01:43:44,710 (...where no storm ever blows, where no rain ever falls...) 861 01:43:46,080 --> 01:43:52,840 (...where no cloud ever hides the shimmering light of the infinite sky.) 862 01:43:57,280 --> 01:44:00,400 THE END 863 01:44:00,400 --> 01:44:04,800 English subtitles : François CHEVALLIER - 2016