The Odyssey

Rendering dialogs: Sparta

As a Greek, I don't agree

with Christopher Nolan and with this monstrosity

created by and has nothing to do with

with Homer and the Odyssey.

A face.

One fleet.

A war.

A man.

An idea.

A trick.

A trick to tear down the walls of Troy.

And burn it to its foundations amidst screams!

What do you mean?

It's a gift.

For Athena.

My people, respect their offering to the gods.

Get it out of the water!

Take it in the temple of Athena.

The war is over.

Stop!

Not this song.

I want to remind them whose wine they drink.

I don't want a song about Odysseus, but Odysseus himself.

And why do you accept suitors at home, every night?

In this world, The man does whatever he chooses.

And I do what I can.

I became a man now, a mother.

Then drive them away.

They violate the law of Zeus, Give them an excuse and they will attack you.

I've already lost a husband.

I don't want to lose my son either.

My father will come back.

Then where is he?

Eight years have passed from the fall of Troy.

And almost twenty since he left.

Where is it?

We must welcome him as we welcomed all of you.

Do you call us beggars?

I'm saying you're here and three years of guests.

We have become to live from your hospitality.

'Cause your mother He doesn't want to choose.

She is already married.

Odysseus died.

And what do you know about my father?

I know he left you only flocks and stale wine.

You've already enjoyed the good from the first two years.

I also know he didn't come back never in his homeland.

Not yet.

You're still holding on to a father that you didn't even meet.

Like a pathetic child.

Well, since none of us He can't know

who are his fathers, Don't pretend you know mine.

But I knew him.

We saw him chasing when we were little.

I volunteered for his campaign in Troy.

He asked me to stay here to take care of you.

Me or my mother?

You can't blame me for my good luck.

My father will come back.

And then his hospitality It won't be like hers.

That is, it does not follow the law of Zeus?

The law of Zeus commands us to treat strangers

as we would like them to treat us, They may be gods in disguise.

I think we agree, Antinous, that you are definitely not a god.

And he certainly It doesn't smell like a god.

If it were, his disguise would not be so convincing.

Be careful, you can to blast you on the spot.

That thunder It was just a coincidence.

I don't know.

You have wise eyes... eyes like Athena's.

Look, you see All these traitors?

From Sparta.

Did Menelaus come back from the war?

For years now.

But Odysseus He never came back.

We don't even know if he is still alive.

Have you heard anything?

His victory song in war.

We've all heard it.

Anything else?

Nope.

But Sparta is full of old warriors of Troy.

Someone must know something.

Are you the son of Odysseus?

Go to Sparta.

Go see Menelaus.

He will welcome you.

The Queen wants to talk to the stranger.

He lives for the news.

Just don't try to give her false hopes.

He has a way of knowing if anyone really saw Odysseus.

Do you see this man?

He can't see well anymore, But that doesn't stop him

to kill travelers For the lies they tell about my father.

Slowly, slowly, it's very quickly.

And how did you know?

You don't need eyes to hear a hasty tune.

Mentor, push him.

Very quickly.

He's just as friendly with you.

Obey only your father.

Where did he bring it from?

He found him here.

I'll take him.

For your son?

For a hound.

Hell, it seems he was right.

Stay still.

How deep do you want the wound to be?

'Cause you're always stretching the string of the bow?

It is a matter of justice.

To warn your prey?

To fight with honor.

You weren't fighting, you were chasing.

Hunting is nothing in the face of fighting with cunning.

Cunning, cunning... but this cunning will get you into trouble.

Try again.

But this time, Don't be too fast or precise.

You won't win with the perfect defense.

He provoked the attack.

How?

He hesitated.

Leave your belly uncovered on your opponent's blade.

So his attack it will be your chance.

Did you teach this to my father?

No, no, He taught me.

He said: "You will not always be the strongest

"Not even the fastest, So be the smartest.

"What would he do, do you think?

If he came back here and found All these suitors in his house?

I can't even imagine what would it do to them.

There are many.

Dust two and the rest will collapse.

Simple bullies and cowards.

Most of them were age to go to the

Troy, but when they saw the sails of Agamemnon,

Their fathers hid them.

And you knew that the war of Agamemnon

would last for years and It would take many lives.

That is why he gathered his army by lot.

Name?

Sinai.

He pulled.

Nope.

Name?

Antinous.

He pulled.

Yes.

By lot?

Antinous told me that he volunteered.

A boy wants to take the place of Sinon.

I will not allow it.

Must stay here and take care of his family.

You can be careful too your boyfriend.

Of course.

He is with me.

This is what Odysseus wanted, Antinous, take care of me?

No, no, no.

But Odysseus He understood the shame of fathers.

He felt sorry for those fathers.

You and your mother were more important for him from the promises of glory.

That is, he knew that it would last for years.

Did he tell my mother?

This is a question for her.

You may be wondering if he will ever come back.

Argos believes it.

I haven't seen a dog to live twenty years.

And so he lived longer by his master.

I didn't want to stop you.

I'm not in a hurry.

The elders decided that when I'm done

weaving your grandfather's shroud, It will be time for me to remarry.

Why?

Ithaca remained A long time without a king.

They want security.

By whom?

From the Sea Peoples.

They're just stories of travelers.

Everything we know about the world We learned it from the stories of the travelers.

That's how we learned that Troy fell.

Now, everybody's telling stories for raids of the Sea Peoples.

Who are the Sea Peoples?

Nobody knows, But the elders wanted us to be ready.

Ready?

We are part of the larger culture that history has ever known.

Look at this grand palace.

Stones as old as knowledge itself, at the mercy of greedy, unwanted guests.

This building is worth nothing

without the respect of the people about its meaning.

The law of Zeus.

Treat others the way you would like them to treat you.

And when they take advantage of it, they destroy everything.

How you got married one of them?

'Cause your father He asked me to do so

a long time ago.

Agamemnon is our king.

The Trojans took his brother's wife.

Or maybe she left with him.

Be that as it may, the walls of Troy are called impregnable.