1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:02,450 Your story is a strange one. 2 00:00:02,900 --> 00:00:04,700 I should like to hear it from your mouth. 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:06,990 You're not a shepherd any more. 4 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:11,430 Your name is Alexander, Prince of Troy. 5 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:13,230 You're making a great mistake. 6 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:14,630 I see it in his eyes. 7 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:18,750 Troy controls the straits from Asia, so everyone wants a piece. 8 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:21,430 Welcome to the world, Prince. 9 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:24,590 The queen sends her apologies. She won't be down to say goodbye. 10 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:26,830 See that it's carefully loaded onto the ship. 11 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:28,640 The gods do not forget. 12 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,760 - Where is she? - I told you, he's taken her. 13 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:54,640 That's not possible! 14 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:57,790 I will not be humiliated. 15 00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:59,640 Get a message to my brother. 16 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:27,790 Is it true? 17 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,160 He brought her right up the street like his bloody bride. 18 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,310 Where are they? 19 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,680 They're resting from the journey. They're coming to see me later. 20 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:45,720 Is it what I think? 21 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:49,200 Tell them. 22 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,870 He stole her away in a chest. 23 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:56,110 We had no idea she was inside until we set sail. 24 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,470 I tried to persuade him to return her. 25 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:00,310 He threatened to throw me in the sea. 26 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:01,630 He claims to love her. 27 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:03,510 How could you not notice what was going on? 28 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:05,310 I apologise, my lady. 29 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:06,670 I should have foreseen that, 30 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,310 while the King of Sparta was burying his dead father, 31 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,950 your new son would try to sleep with his wife. 32 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:17,320 Don't you use that tone with us! We put him in your charge! 33 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:21,630 By now, Menelaus will know they've eloped. 34 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:23,190 He'll have told his brother. 35 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:27,510 Agamemnon needs no excuse for a fight. 36 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:29,990 She must be sent back, before they do something foolish. 37 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:31,710 Andromache's right. 38 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:33,990 Agamemnon will have rallied all the kings of Greece. 39 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:35,630 We can't waste any time. 40 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,390 We'll send a message that we regret the discourtesy, 41 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:40,750 return Helen, and send gifts of our own. 42 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:42,630 Why should I bow to him? 43 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,190 We made this city prosperous through sweat and blood. 44 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:50,150 - This city bows to no-one. - And will continue to do so. 45 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,270 Your pride can afford to take one hit 46 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,000 if it's to save the city from any future harm. 47 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,320 She must go back, Priam. 48 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:05,720 Leave us. 49 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:19,910 Forgive me, Your Majesty. 50 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,510 The Spartan queen requests an audience. 51 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,240 No, I said later. 52 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:34,600 My lord. My lady. 53 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:41,990 If my fate is to be decided, I would like you to hear me first. 54 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,910 You have a nerve, my lady. 55 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:46,400 I hear... 56 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:49,190 .. my queen, 57 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,390 that you rule Troy alongside your husband, 58 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,110 that, in this city, man and woman are equal in respect and power. 59 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:59,920 I humbly claim that respect now. 60 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,150 I was married at 14 against my will 61 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,990 to a man I had not met and would never love. 62 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:14,030 Not for one moment have I been happy with Menelaus. 63 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,800 I didn't choose him. I never would have. 64 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:20,440 I do choose... 65 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,880 .. to be with your son. 66 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:29,440 I'm not a possession. 67 00:05:30,840 --> 00:05:32,200 I'm a woman. 68 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:37,590 I think, I feel, 69 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,960 and I'm here because I want to be. 70 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:06,190 Agamemnon demands that Odysseus join him in support of his brother. 71 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:10,240 - I've told you, our king is distracted. - Mm. 72 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:17,950 - Let me see him. - He's not fit to see anyone. 73 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:25,680 Shh, shh, shh. Baby, shh, shh, shh. 74 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,160 My lady! Good to see you again. 75 00:06:38,280 --> 00:06:40,190 - You're looking for my husband? - Yes. 76 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:43,310 He and his army are required to join the war effort against Troy. 77 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,190 I read your letters. 78 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,870 The Trojan prince has offended the whole of Greece. 79 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,400 Which is why the whole of Greece must rebuff him. 80 00:06:52,280 --> 00:06:57,120 A week ago, Odysseus was taken with a fever which went to his brain. 81 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,240 - I'm sorry to hear that. - He won't talk to me. 82 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:05,040 - To any of us. - Take me to him. 83 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,360 He ploughs it day and night. 84 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:23,000 Odysseus! It's Diomedes, your old friend. 85 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:29,960 - There's no point taking him to war. What use would he be? - Maybe. 86 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,760 Maybe he's as cunning as he ever was. 87 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:38,960 Maybe you both are. 88 00:07:43,860 --> 00:07:44,850 Odysseus! 89 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:47,300 No! 90 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,160 Odysseus! Stop! 91 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:03,720 You're not so mad after all. 92 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:17,440 Telemachus... 93 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:28,320 .. you're the man of the house now. 94 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,830 Look after your mother and sister for me. You must. 95 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:35,160 Come here. 96 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,230 - Let's go! - Move on! 97 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:06,160 Walk on! 98 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,840 First, welcome home, my son. 99 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:49,310 - Thank you, Father. - You understand, of course, 100 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:53,190 what has happened between you is not just a matter of the personal. 101 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,710 Your actions are political because of who you are. 102 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,950 - Father, listen to me... - We sent you, Alexander, 103 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,390 on a mission of diplomacy. 104 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:04,950 There are voices in favour of sending the queen back. 105 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,430 You dare... I'll go with her. 106 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,190 - Sit down. - You'll never see me again. 107 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:14,230 Sit down! 108 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,440 Alexander, my love... 109 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:20,600 .. sit down. 110 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:29,270 You are our son, 111 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,470 and whatever we may feel on the matter, 112 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:35,150 we love and defend you. 113 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:39,600 We will therefore seek an agreement with our Greek friends. 114 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:43,510 We will keep the queen, 115 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:46,070 but send ambassadors with gifts of Troy 116 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:50,430 that will more than match those you have brought from Sparta. 117 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:52,550 Hopefully, our embassy will arrive 118 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:56,870 before the Greeks' anger turns into action. 119 00:10:56,920 --> 00:11:00,950 Who knows? This may even strengthen bonds, not break them. 120 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,590 This won't work. You must know that the Greeks -- 121 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:07,870 they won't accept gold as a substitute for a queen. 122 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:10,590 She is flesh and a symbol. 123 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,710 They'll just throw it back in your face. 124 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:16,430 This is the decision of myself and the queen. 125 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:19,950 In the meantime, Helen is to be treated as our guest, 126 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,400 and closest friend. 127 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,240 Agamemnon, he's arrived. 128 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:15,390 You're late. 129 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:17,680 Your letters failed to reach me. 130 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:23,040 Tricks of Hermes. 131 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:46,350 Now we are complete! No more delay! 132 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:55,430 Tricks of Hermes? Tricks of Penelope, more like. 133 00:12:55,480 --> 00:13:01,110 Ajax, what do you know about women? Just stick to fighting and spitting. 134 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:07,070 - Who else is here? - We all are. 135 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:11,830 Lovers and defenders of Greece, as I know you are. 136 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:13,950 And the best strategist we have. 137 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,910 You don't need me to return a whore to her marriage bed. 138 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:20,190 You admire Helen as much as the rest of us. 139 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,830 I seem to remember you fought for her hand. 140 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:24,200 We all did. 141 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:28,400 And look who won her. 142 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:31,550 No war should be fought for such a man. 143 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,670 In stealing Helen, the Trojan prince insulted all of us. 144 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:37,200 Not just about the girl, though, is it, Nestor? 145 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:46,920 Is that Achilles? 146 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:51,280 Oh, yes. He's here, too. 147 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:02,600 Odysseus, let's walk together. 148 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,430 I know we've shared harsh words in the past. 149 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,840 - I'd just like to say... - All forgotten, my lord. 150 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:16,000 We have one enemy now. 151 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:26,200 This war won't take long. 152 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:29,000 We get the queen back.... 153 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:32,510 .. and we teach them a lesson. 154 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:36,200 - The gods will see to it. - They must. 155 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:39,760 Cruel wind. 156 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:43,590 How long has it been blowing like this? 157 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:45,830 It's been gusting onshore since we came. 158 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:50,680 - It'll change. - If it doesn't, we can't sail in this. 159 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:54,880 Did you make offerings to the goddess? 160 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,350 In the haste of anger, rituals may have been neglected. 161 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:06,310 - She's offended. - The offence is against us. 162 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:08,280 The winds WILL change. 163 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,910 Get the priest and the seers. 164 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:15,240 Make offerings of birds to the goddess. 165 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:17,720 Now. 166 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:23,840 Surely Artemis will understand. 167 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:45,000 Artemis, accept these pledges of regret for our forgetfulness. 168 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,480 Huntress, abate your anger. 169 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:54,080 Please, show mercy. 170 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:57,230 Tell us your will. 171 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:00,360 Whatever you desire, we will perform. 172 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:22,240 What happened? 173 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:28,080 She demands... 174 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,600 Speak, man. What is it? 175 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:35,110 She demands 176 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:39,200 a sacrifice of a dove, purer than pure. 177 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,390 I tried. I took a white dove in my hand, 178 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,120 cut its throat, but she just laughed. 179 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,960 She said, "That is not the dove I mean." 180 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:54,320 The dove she wants is human. 181 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:57,800 Human? 182 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:00,480 Your daughter. 183 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,840 This will be prevented. Try again. 184 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:31,720 - Brother... - Don't say anything. There must be a way. 185 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:36,590 - The goddess was clear. - Why? 186 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:38,750 Why demand that? To kill my own blood -- why? 187 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:41,350 So you can look a Trojan in the eye as you break their city 188 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:43,270 and know that nothing they suffer 189 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:45,280 can compare to what you suffered here. 190 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:51,400 - What kind of justice is that? - The justice of war, my lord. 191 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:56,030 - Then we won't travel to Troy. - You will have us look like cowards. 192 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:59,760 - Then you give up your child! - Hermione wasn't asked for. 193 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:03,670 What if I offer myself? I'll slit my own throat. 194 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,520 Then we lose a leader and gain nothing. 195 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:13,280 There is no negotiation, sir. You know that. 196 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:16,880 Brother... 197 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:20,360 .. we are running out of time. 198 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:25,160 We must find the best way... 199 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:32,430 - .. to expedite... - Expedite? Expedite?! Do you have a heart? 200 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:37,670 Yes, my lord, but we are here now. 201 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:39,880 The winds will not change unless you do. 202 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:46,400 Your men will not follow a king the gods have abandoned. 203 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,240 We have tried all other forms of sacrifice. 204 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,640 Artemis is unmoveable. 205 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,190 Alexander's our son. My instinct is to defend him, 206 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:22,520 - even though he's wrong. - Mine, too. 207 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,630 You remember the first time I saw you? 208 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:32,730 The spring games at Hattusa. 209 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:36,560 I was spellbound by you in seconds. 210 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:40,080 Wouldn't you like to be young again? 211 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:46,360 To have what Alexander's got in his eyes? That self-belief? 212 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,320 Age mellows us. 213 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,600 But it's supposed to make us wise. 214 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:17,560 Your daughter will be here soon. 215 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:26,520 - What have they been told? - That she's coming for her wedding. 216 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:32,840 Help me. 217 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:36,320 Get me out of this. 218 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:44,440 I'm sorry, I don't know how. 219 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:04,630 Xanthius, make sure Achilles stays in his tent. 220 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:06,870 He knows nothing about this. 221 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,950 Going behind the great fighter's back, sir? 222 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,150 - He'll love that. - Thersites, 223 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:14,560 if I want your opinion, I will ask for it. 224 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,350 Why am I marrying now, just when they're going to war? 225 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,680 Your wedding will bless the voyage to Troy. 226 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,350 Anyway, I don't know why you're moaning. 227 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:37,600 It's Achilles. Not exactly a monster. 228 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:42,600 - Will I live with him after? - Yes, of course. 229 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:49,110 - What is it? - I don't want to leave you. 230 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:50,910 You're not leaving us. 231 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:54,920 You're joining Achilles. It's a very different thing. 232 00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:59,070 And he is handsome. 233 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:08,640 Try these. 234 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:15,640 - What are they? - Mulberries. They give the cheek life. 235 00:22:23,260 --> 00:22:25,080 Not like that. You'll look drunk. 236 00:22:26,120 --> 00:22:27,360 Here, let me. 237 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:33,560 It should look like it comes out of the face. 238 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:38,840 Now, it's from he East. 239 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,080 Gold. 240 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:49,680 Here. 241 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:06,750 Agamemnon, this is wonderful news, if unexpected. 242 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,190 The gods wish it as a blessing. 243 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:11,800 - And the warrior is willing? - He is. 244 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,160 Iphigenia. 245 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:26,680 Father... 246 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:30,840 .. isn't this a happy day? 247 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:38,550 - Where is he? - Achilles is preparing for the ceremony. 248 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,390 I want to see my future son-in-law. 249 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:43,880 The king will take Iphigenia to the altar. 250 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:46,920 I will escort you to him. 251 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:08,720 What do you think? 252 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:21,790 My husband is not himself. What's going on, Odysseus? 253 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,110 - Has Achilles changed his mind? - No, my lady. 254 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:27,990 He's preparing himself apart from the rest, up on the brow. 255 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:29,830 Then why is everything so rushed? 256 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,590 You know Menelaus has been humiliated. 257 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,120 There's no time for pause. 258 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:37,080 This way. 259 00:24:42,360 --> 00:24:43,680 What is this? 260 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,710 This doesn't look like a marriage altar. 261 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:15,360 Where are the flowers? 262 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,000 What is it, Father? You look afraid. 263 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:32,230 The gods -- they didn't demand Iphigenia's marriage. 264 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,040 What do you mean? 265 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:40,990 No. No! No! 266 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,760 No! No! 267 00:25:59,120 --> 00:26:00,880 The wind blows hard against us. 268 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,320 The goddess gave me no choice. 269 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,200 But I'm your daughter. 270 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,160 No! 271 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:26,750 No! No! 272 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:38,560 No! If it is to happen, let it be without struggle. 273 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:47,310 Do it. 274 00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:49,400 No! 275 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:53,110 Do it! 276 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,480 - No! - Why? Why?! 277 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:07,680 Why?! 278 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:14,800 Why?! Why?! 279 00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:21,360 Why?! Why?! 280 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,280 Why?! 281 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,120 Why?! 282 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:32,720 What is it? 283 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:35,640 I'm happy. 284 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:04,720 I'm so lost. 285 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:21,480 Achilles! Achilles! The wind turns! 286 00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:02,950 - Do you like it? - Very much. 287 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,640 They're from vines just outside the city. 288 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:10,960 The olives are from there, too. The best you'll eat. 289 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,240 Excuse me. 290 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:37,240 - Andromache! - She's tricked him. She knew exactly what she was doing. 291 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:40,310 - She's playing with us all. - We don't know that. 292 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:43,560 She left her own daughter, Hector. What kind of a woman does that? 293 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:47,760 I don't know. 294 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:54,520 What if they come for her? 295 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:58,440 What will we do? 296 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:26,200 - What is it? - You should come. 297 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:32,590 As far as the horizon, scores and scores of them. 298 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:33,880 Tell me. 299 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:37,350 We were restocking at Thrace. 300 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:39,590 We saw a fleet of Greek ships. 301 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,670 Thousands of men, weapons, chariots, horses. 302 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:45,350 - Who leads them? - All the Greek kings. 303 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:50,350 Agamemnon. Odysseus. Diomedes. Nestor of Pylos. 304 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,030 Achilles? 305 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:55,590 Achilles was there and all his Myrmidon warriors. 306 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,150 When I asked a soldier why they were at sea, 307 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,560 he said they were after stolen treasure. 308 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,270 I asked where they were going. 309 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:05,560 They said here. 310 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:12,080 Thank you. 311 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,470 Set up beacons on the cliffs and on the outlying islands. 312 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,430 I'll send word to Andromache's father in Cilicia 313 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:25,630 and all our allies in the neighbouring cities. 314 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:27,400 Get messengers ready to ride out. 315 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:32,630 I'll raise the army, put the city on war footing. 316 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:34,200 You were right. 317 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:40,760 The last time there was a war here, I was your age. 318 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:06,760 Hey! Go on! Get out! 319 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,670 Hesion! Hesion! 320 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:15,830 Is it true? Are we going to fight? 321 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:17,630 Looks like it. 322 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,750 Hey, it'll be all right. 323 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:23,560 Come on. Armies need bread. 324 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:41,950 I want a show of strength to force them into negotiations. 325 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,920 - Father! - They have to know we're ready for them. - Yes, my Lord. 326 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,080 They won't let me in the chamber. 327 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:10,230 I'm a brother in name, but when it comes down to it... 328 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:14,350 You have no experience in battle. That's all. 329 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:17,280 No. They don't trust me. 330 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:20,720 And they won't trust you, either. 331 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:24,240 Listen. 332 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:27,760 Let them confront the Greeks. 333 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,910 - This will be over without war. - You really think so? 334 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:34,720 I have to believe it. 335 00:33:57,720 --> 00:33:59,080 They're coming. 336 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:48,720 We're ready for you, Menelaus! 337 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:53,880 We should talk, before we all regret our actions. 338 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:32,790 I am honoured to have you as my guest, Menelaus, 339 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,390 and my condolences on the death of your father. 340 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:36,790 He was a good man. 341 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:39,150 I hope the welcome on the beach showed you that 342 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:41,830 we're not some village to be bullied into submission. 343 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,070 - Where is my wife? - Perhaps we could begin... 344 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:48,280 - Where is my wife?! - Safe. 345 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:55,510 I want to see her. Alone. 346 00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:58,230 You can see her, but not alone. 347 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:02,350 - How dare you prescribe to me the terms of... - Here, 348 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,510 - or not at all. - Bring her in. 349 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,910 Address me. 350 00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:31,990 What as? 351 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:33,560 Your husband. 352 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:36,120 The king. 353 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:42,870 My lady, you've been treated well? 354 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:45,560 I have been afforded every hospitality. 355 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:48,440 Is that all? 356 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:08,680 Did that boy plan this before he arrived? 357 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:12,760 Did he force you? 358 00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:16,360 - No. - No? 359 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:21,990 What did I do to deserve such treatment? 360 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:23,320 Nothing. 361 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:27,880 We found love. That's all. 362 00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:32,360 One day, perhaps... 363 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:35,200 .. you'll understand. 364 00:37:36,240 --> 00:37:39,000 I will never understand. 365 00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:45,040 Is that all? 366 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:12,350 King Agamemnon wishes you to understand 367 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:16,190 he has a large military force in support of his claim. 368 00:38:16,240 --> 00:38:19,710 It is clear that Queen Helen desires to stay here as our guest. 369 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:22,590 I'm sure Agamemnon does not desire the shedding of blood. 370 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:25,200 My lady, blood has already been shed. 371 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:32,790 The king sacrificed his own daughter to appease the gods in coming here. 372 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:39,520 His own child? 373 00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:44,000 - Killed? - By his own hand. 374 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:49,870 So, I hope you will understand how our conditions for peace 375 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:51,440 are non-negotiable. 376 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,990 - Name them. - The immediate return of the Queen of Sparta to her husband. 377 00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:00,070 She doesn't want to go back. 378 00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,110 With all due respect, King Priam, 379 00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:05,360 what she wants is of little interest to us. 380 00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:18,240 She is yours. 381 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:33,200 - They're sending me back. - What about the negotiations? 382 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:40,080 Agamemnon killed his own daughter to guarantee success. 383 00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:47,480 Help me. 384 00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:51,310 Get me out. 385 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:53,080 I can't go back. 386 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:57,840 Hey. 387 00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:03,870 Come on. 388 00:40:06,720 --> 00:40:09,030 We have another condition. 389 00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:15,000 Such an insult as King Menelaus has suffered demands retribution. 390 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:19,480 We will return all gifts and make reparations. 391 00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:23,840 These are King Agamemnon's demands. 392 00:40:28,240 --> 00:40:31,310 The straits of the Dardanelles -- you control them. 393 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:33,280 You tax every cargo, every ship. 394 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:43,790 - Is this a joke? - I assure you not. 395 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:46,160 - This'll break us. - A few years' hardship. 396 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,360 Nothing more. 397 00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:56,720 - A lesson learned. - Oh, I see. This is why you're here? 398 00:40:57,760 --> 00:40:59,550 To destroy our economy? 399 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:02,590 We are here because you insulted my honour! 400 00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:03,840 Don't be hasty. 401 00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:10,350 King Priam, consider the best option for your city. 402 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:14,070 I was the loudest voice in advocating Helen's return. 403 00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:15,520 Hector is wise. 404 00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:21,680 Get out, and take your conditions with you. 405 00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:29,440 No-one's taking her. 406 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:34,390 - No-one! - This is a disgrace. A breach of the protocol. 407 00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:38,760 Alexander, put down your weapon. Your queen isn't going anywhere. 408 00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:42,830 Troilus, Deiphobus, see them out. 409 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,390 We will bring the rage of the gods down 410 00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:47,560 on your Asiatic heads! 411 00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:56,200 Think again. No-one wants this war. 412 00:41:57,320 --> 00:42:00,270 - Make a counter-offer. - Leave, 413 00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:02,680 and take your smooth tongue with you. 414 00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:28,440 We will be back. 415 00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:45,960 Father, I, erm... 416 00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:53,360 Forgive me. 417 00:43:36,720 --> 00:43:40,430 Tomorrow at dawn, outright assault. 418 00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:42,830 We start at the ridge, charge the plain, 419 00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:44,430 meet them face-to-face. 420 00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:47,070 Infantry and horsemen. 421 00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:49,120 We force them back to their own walls. 422 00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:54,310 We climb the citadel, we take the city, we get her back. 423 00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:58,350 We take their gold, we destroy the city, we go home. 424 00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:00,710 We should build ditches. 425 00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:03,110 Dig ourselves in between the plain and the ships 426 00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:05,070 in case of counter-attack. 427 00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:07,230 No need. 428 00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:10,070 The assault will take one day, and no more. 429 00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:11,870 How can you be sure? 430 00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:13,600 The gods have guaranteed it... 431 00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:16,720 .. with my daughter's blood. 432 00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:39,360 Remember, remember, remember. 433 00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:48,200 You come back to me. 434 00:45:08,720 --> 00:45:10,160 Go on. 435 00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:17,800 He's friendly. You can stroke him. 436 00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:27,360 - Doesn't your dad help you with that? - Haven't got a dad. 437 00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:32,120 I'll help you home. 438 00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:39,430 My name's Telamon. I'm a trader from Thrace. 439 00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:42,180 I got here three weeks ago and now look what's happened. 440 00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:44,370 What's your dog called? 441 00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:46,410 His name's Keno. 442 00:45:46,960 --> 00:45:51,790 - But why not? - Because every Greek -- every damn one -- will seek you out. 443 00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:54,790 Menelaus knows what you look like. We can't disguise you. 444 00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:56,950 We need to keep you safe, away from the field. 445 00:45:57,000 --> 00:46:00,710 - I'll look like a coward. - Rather that than a corpse. 446 00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:03,390 - Go back to Helen. - My lord. - Stay safe. 447 00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:07,470 - Aeneas and the Dardanian forces have arrived from the south. - Ah. 448 00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:10,110 Aeneas, your speed is welcome. 449 00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:12,190 We heard of the Spartan queen's arrival, 450 00:46:12,240 --> 00:46:13,840 so we were already standing by. 451 00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:17,040 Come. 452 00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:39,200 Let's go get them, my lord. 453 00:47:31,240 --> 00:47:33,470 - Are you with me? - Yes! 454 00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:37,390 - Are you with me? - Yes! - Are you with me? - Yes! 455 00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:41,990 - Are you with me? - Yes! - Are you with me? - Yes! 456 00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:45,430 Are you with me? 457 00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:49,760 Are you with me? Are you with me? 458 00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:58,230 I want your loyalty, Zeus, to Greece and to me. 459 00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:00,790 Athena has already demanded it, 460 00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:03,350 and what I said to her, I say to you. 461 00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:05,480 I will not take sides. 462 00:48:17,240 --> 00:48:21,190 Aphrodite must be punished. She bribed him with flesh. 463 00:48:21,240 --> 00:48:25,720 And such underhand methods, you'd never contemplate. 464 00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:34,720 Be a coward, then. We won't need you. 465 00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:37,400 Good. 466 00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:58,440 Victory will be fast. 467 00:48:59,680 --> 00:49:01,040 That, I doubt. 468 00:49:21,840 --> 00:49:26,920 Ajax of Telamon, unbeatable in brawl, I bless you. 469 00:49:28,320 --> 00:49:33,310 Deiphobus and Troilus, sons of Priam, I bless you. 470 00:49:33,360 --> 00:49:36,030 Odysseus, leader of the high-hearted men 471 00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:39,630 of Cephalonia and Ithaca, I bless you. 472 00:49:39,680 --> 00:49:41,430 Sarpedon and Glaucus, 473 00:49:41,480 --> 00:49:44,430 of the swirling waters of Xanthos, I bless you. 474 00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:46,990 Nestor and his son Antilochus, 475 00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:50,840 Agapenor of Arcadia, I bless you. 476 00:49:54,560 --> 00:49:59,510 Aeneas, leader of the Dardanians of the south, I bless you. 477 00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:04,680 Diomedes, the spear, son of Tydeus, I bless you. 478 00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:20,120 Hector. 479 00:50:25,320 --> 00:50:26,830 Achilles. 480 00:51:24,120 --> 00:51:28,640 Retreat! Retreat! Come back! 481 00:52:12,440 --> 00:52:14,480 We didn't make one inch of ground. 482 00:52:16,480 --> 00:52:18,400 We should be surrounding the city... 483 00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:22,160 .. digging ourselves in, cutting their supplies. 484 00:52:23,360 --> 00:52:26,240 This isn't warfare. This is a madness. 485 00:52:28,280 --> 00:52:30,240 Maybe tomorrow will be different. 486 00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:33,200 Nestor... 487 00:52:34,760 --> 00:52:40,040 .. when Hector refused our demands, I saw the years open up before me. 488 00:52:44,720 --> 00:52:47,470 I'll be an old man before I see home again. 489 00:52:47,520 --> 00:52:49,160 What will I be? 490 00:52:54,320 --> 00:52:59,600 Can I help? Can I help? I can help! I can help. 491 00:53:50,120 --> 00:53:51,920 I want to see her. 492 00:53:55,480 --> 00:54:00,040 What are you doing in here? You need to leave now. 493 00:54:04,560 --> 00:54:06,520 You should never have come. 494 00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:09,520 You should never have come! 495 00:54:10,720 --> 00:54:13,080 You should never have come! 496 00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:44,080 I know she's dead, so why do I keep seeing her? 497 00:54:47,120 --> 00:54:49,120 Why did I do it? What was the point? 498 00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:52,600 It was demanded. 499 00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:56,640 And what's my reward? 500 00:54:59,040 --> 00:55:02,630 More death. More blood. Is that justice? 501 00:55:02,680 --> 00:55:06,920 War is like a grief, sir. 502 00:55:08,960 --> 00:55:11,440 You can't force it to be over in one day. 503 00:55:13,760 --> 00:55:15,320 We will prevail... 504 00:55:17,200 --> 00:55:18,720 .. but not like this. 505 00:55:22,120 --> 00:55:23,880 Tell me what to do. 506 00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:39,270 He's agreed. Surround the city. 507 00:55:39,320 --> 00:55:44,000 One sentry post every half-mile. Let no-one in, no-one out. 508 00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:50,720 Tell the men to dig deep. It needs to last. 509 00:55:55,720 --> 00:55:57,600 Wait. Wait! 510 00:55:59,040 --> 00:56:01,520 Have you seen Queen Helen? I can't find her. 511 00:56:06,680 --> 00:56:07,880 What? 512 00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:13,840 Tell me, where has she gone? 513 00:56:33,360 --> 00:56:35,520 - Go back. - Wait. 514 00:56:37,600 --> 00:56:39,160 Wait! 515 00:56:47,840 --> 00:56:51,480 All this, because of what? 516 00:56:53,480 --> 00:56:55,720 The goddess wanted to win a competition. 517 00:56:57,200 --> 00:57:00,790 This isn't going to be over in a week, or a month. 518 00:57:00,840 --> 00:57:04,670 There'll be more battles, more deaths. 519 00:57:04,720 --> 00:57:06,920 I can't be the one responsible for that. 520 00:57:09,560 --> 00:57:13,280 - Don't say it. - I'm going home. 521 00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:15,960 That's not your home. 522 00:57:20,520 --> 00:57:22,720 - Then where is? - With me. 523 00:57:30,880 --> 00:57:34,240 - Love isn't always enough. - Then what is? 524 00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:40,480 What is worth fighting for?