The Odyssey

THE ODYSSEY

Penelope.

We need to get her to the palace.

Oh. Odysseus.

Hurry!

- Odysseus. - Master, the baby is coming!

Take me home.

Master!

Tell them to make ready.

Just think of us. just you and I.

Lying on the shore.

Hold tight. Give me the pain.

Master!

Master.

It is coming. It is coming. Odysseus.

- You must get her to the palace. - It is coming.

Come this way.

Come.

Come this way.

Here.

There.

The baby is coming!

Mistress Anticlea! Mistress Anticlea!

Mistress Anticlea! Mistress Anti...oh!

Queen Penelope's baby is coming!

The baby is coming.

Oh, the queen. Queen Penelope's baby...

Calm yourself, boy.

Hold me. Hold me. Hold me in your eyes.

A boy.

I love you.

Show him his new home.

Do you see, Telemachus?

Ithaca.

Your kingdom.

Yes.

Do you see how beautiful?

Do you?

Yes.

Look Look.

This day was the proudest day of my life.

My sweet Penelope and the gods had given me a son.

But at the same moment, the world we built together

was changed forever.

Dark news was coming to my shores.

My beloved Greece was at war with Troy.

A kingdom, far across the seas.

The mightiest of my fellow kings,

Agamemnon and Menelaus themselves, came for me.

Sworn to a blood oath of allegiance.

and bound by honor to protect my land,

I was forced to leave my home,

not knowing if I would ever see my wife

and child again.

I am Odysseus, king of Ithica.

And this... is my story.

No.

You must it leave here.

The bow. Now, belongs to your son.

My grandson.

You alone, will teach him to string it

when he is grown.

- Mother. - No.

I see, it is war.

Eurybates.

Summon the captains. Assemble the crews.

We sail for Troy.

Troy. Gods be with us.

Athena, my goddess, you have always protected me.

Yet today you remain silent.

Tell me. Is there no way to avoid this war?

Athena.

Speak to me.

No tears.

No tears.

He is strong like you.

He doesn't cry.

- Promise me you will return. - I cannot.

Troy does not fall so gently.

I love you.

- Penelope, If I cannot return ... - You will!

No, no. If I fail...

If I fail and if I die.

Don't even say the words, don't.

You must allow me to die inside of your.

You cannot live a life alone.

You'll always be my wife.

If there is a beard on his face and I still hadn't come,

you will choose another.

And you will marry.

And you will give our son a kingdom.

Yes.

And all we have worked for.

Now promise me.

I love you.

Odysseus.

I will be alive.

Alive like this tree

around which we built this world.

I will wait.

Antiphus.

Joint a farewell song.

Set the sails.

Turn Troy to dust.

Return with the spoils of enemies you slain.

And my heart will rejoice.

Give Penelope the same strength you gave to me.

I will care for your son as I cared for you.

The gods of sea and sky carried me towards Troy.

My warriors at my side.

But I was alone.

You're really, Eurylochus! He is infected with a lying sickness.

I am telling you, it's true.

The walls of Troy reach to the clouds.

I see you are no longer with me, Athena.

And it's alright.

I can do everything myself.

Ha. Is that any way to speak to your protector?

Athena!

I think the wine swells your head, my Odysseus.

Are you drinking because you fear your future?

Me? I am afraid of nothing.

I am teasing you. You are anger with me.

Athena. You could have only persuaded Agamemnon,

on the day of my son's birth, no less.

I am a goddess after all. I have other duties.

And don't forget. I can be seen by whom I choose.

I did not want you to escape this journey,

because I want you to go.

I want you, my brave Odysseus, to defeat the Trojans.

I have fought long enough.

No, your destiny is to do battle to become immortal.

To have your name on the lips of endless generations.

No. I have no need to be remembered by endless generations.

Odysseus. You cannot lie to me. I know your true character.

I know your pride.

Your vanity.

You even surround yourself with men who would not refuse you.

Look at them. I fear for you.

Giant Polites, he is stubborn beyond words.

That's what makes him relentless.

Eurylochus, lies even more than you.

Eurylochus is the best blacksmith in all Greece.

Anticlus. His curiosity will always bring him trouble.

I can see TROY!

That's what makes him fearless.

You see the good in them because they love you.

You must use this scope to defeat the Trojans.

You must be brave, my Odysseus.

I have no fear

as long as you are with me.

Year after year, we fought beneath Troy's walls.

I stood with the mighty Achilles,

fight to fight against Hector.

The Trojan's most ferocious warrior, and his troops.

Thousands of men died where they fell.

While mothers and wives spent endless sleepless nights.

And no one knew whose side the gods were on.

Stop!

Play, play, play!

Fight. Fight. Fight! Fight!

Achilles! Hear me, Greek!

It is I, Hector, defender of Troy, who challenge you.

Here, before the gods and your own people,

I will tear open your chest

suck out your beating heart...

and spit your blood in the faces of your slaves.

Hector!

Yah!

Hector is mine!

Mine!

Mine.

He's mine!

He's mine!

I killed Hector!

I will bury Troy!

In the 7th year of blood.

Achilles, god among man, was slain.

Our hope was lost.

Troy, had taken the best of us

and still remain locked.

The word on each Greek soldiers' lips was : Surrender.

But I refused to accept so much death in vain.

I had a plan.

And I convinced my comrades.

There was a way to enter Troy.

King Priam.

Built from their forgotten ships.

A worthy trophy.

Let me go! Let me go!

Mercy, good king. Have mercy on an old man.

It was I who convinced the Greeks to retreat.

I told them to make this offering to you, great king.

To my brothers, after 10 years of war, you have won.

and no one will ever enter the walls of Troy.

I convinced them to build this mighty horse, as a gift of surrender to you.

And for my troubles, they branded me a coward.

- And left me here to beg. - Good.

Mighty Priam, give me life. And I'll be your slave.

Any fool can see that he is lying!