Troy

Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity.

And so we ask ourselves...

...will our actions echo across the centuries?

Will strangers hear our names long after we're gone...

...and wonder who we were...

...how bravely we fought...

...how fiercely we loved?

Good day for the crows.

I told you yesterday and l!ll tell you again today.

Remove your army from my land.

I like your land.

I think we!ll stay. I like your soldiers too.

They fought bravely yesterday.

Not welli but bravely.

They won't fight for you.

That's what the Messenians said.

And the Arcadians and the Epeians.

Now they all fight for me.

You can't have the whole world, Agamemnon.

It's too big, even for you.

I don!t want to watch another massacre.

Let's settle this war in the old manner. Your best fighter against my best.

And if my man wins?

We!ll leave Thessaly for good.

I'm a generous man.

If mine wins, you can keep your throne...

...but Thessaly falls under my command...

...to fight with me whenever l call.

Boagrius!

This is my man.

Achilles!

Boagrius has this effect on many heroes.

Careful who you insulti old king.

My king, Achilles is not with the army.

-Where is he? -l sent a boy to look for him.

I was having a good dream.

Very good dream.

King Agamemnon sent me. He needs to--

I'll speak to your king in the morning.

But my lord, it is morning.

They!re waiting for you.

Are the stories about you true?

They say your mother is an immortal goddess.

They say you can't be killed.

I wouldn't be bothering with the shield theni would I?

The Thessalonian you're fighting...

...he's the biggest man I've ever seen. I wouldn't want to fight him.

That's why no one will remember your name.

Achilles! Achilles! Achilles!

Perhaps we should have our war tomorrow, when you!re better rested.

I should have you whipped for your impudence!

Perhaps you should fight him.

Achilles.

Look at the men's faces. You can save hundreds of them.

You can end this war with a swing of your sword.

Think how many songs they'll sing in your honor.

Let them go home to their wives.

Imagine a king who fights his own battles. Wouldn't that be a sight.

Of all the warlords loved by the gods, I hate him the most.

We need himi my king.

For now.

Is there no one else?

Who are you, soldier?

Achilles. Son of Peleus.

Achilles?

I'll remember the name.

The ruler of Thessaly carries this scepter.

Give it to your king.

He's not my king.

-Brothers in arms! -Brothers in arms!

-Friendship! -Friendship!

Princes of Troy, on our last night together...

...Queen Helen and l salute you.

We!ve had our conflicts before, it's true.

We fought many battles, Sparta and Troy. And fought well!

But l have always respected your father.

Priam is a good kingi a good man.

I respected him as an adversary. I respect him now as my ally.

Hectori Paris, young princes, come. Stand.

Drink with me.

Let us drink to peace.

To peace between Troy and Sparta.

May the gods keep the wolves in the hills and the women in our beds.

-For the gods. -For the gods.

Strong arm. Thank the gods we made peace.

I've seen too many of my men struck down with this arm.

Never againi l hope.

Only one man wields a sword better than you.

Achilles.

That madman.

He would hurl a spear at Zeus himself. If the god insulted him.

See that one over there? I picked her special for you.

She!s a little lioness.

Thank you. My wife waits for me in Troy.

My wife waits for me right there.

Wives are for breeding.

You understand, for making little princes. Come enjoy yourself tonight.

You make excellent wine in Sparta.

You shouldn't be here.

That's what you said last night.

Last night was a mistake.

And the night before?

I've made many mistakes this week.

Do you want me to go?

Yes.

Where should l go?

Away .

Far away.

I have something for you.

Pearls from the Sea of Propontis.

They!re beautiful.

But l can't wear them.

Menelaus would kill us both.

Don't be afraid of him.

I'm not afraid of dying.

I'm afraid of tomorrow.

I'm afraid of watching you sail away and knowing you!ll never come back.

Before you came to Sparta, I was a ghost.

I walked, and l ate, and l swam in the sea...

...but l was just a ghost.

You don't have to fear tomorrow.

Come with me.

Don't play with me. Don't play.

If you come, we!ll never be safe.

Men will hunt us, the gods will curse us.

But l!ll love you.

Till the day they burn my body...

...l will love you.

Tecton.

Make the proper offerings to Poseidon before we sail.

We don't need any more widows in Troy.

Goat or pig?

Which does the sea god prefer?

I'll wake the priest and ask him.

Paris.

We should get to bed. We won't sleep on land again for weeks.

I have no trouble sleeping on the seas, brother.

Athena sings lullabies to me.

And who sang lullabies to you tonight?

Tonight?

Tonight was the fisherman's wife.

A lovely creature.

I hope you didn't let the fisherman catch you.

He was more concerned with the fish.

You do understand why we're in Sparta.

For peace.

And you understand that Menelaus, the king of Sparta, is a very powerful man.

And that his brother Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae...

...commands all the Greek forces.

What does this have to do with the fisherman's wife?

Paris...

...you're my brother and I love you.

But if you do anything to endanger Troy...

...l will rip your pretty face from your pretty skull.

Now get some sleep.

We sail in the morning.

A beautiful morning. Poseidon has blessed our voyage.

Sometimes the gods bless you in the morning and curse you in the afternoon.

Drop sail!

Do you love mei brother?

Would you protect me against any enemy?

The last time you spoke to me like this...

...you were 1 0 years old, and you'd just stolen Father!s horse.

What have you done now?

I must show you something.

-Where is she? -Who, my king?

I swear by the father of the gods, I will gut you here if you don!t tell me!

My king!

She left.

With the Trojans.

The fisherman here saw her board their ship.

The Trojans?

With the young princei Paris. She....

Get my ship ready.

Turn us round. Back to Sparta.

High on the sail!

-Waiti wait. -You fool!

-Listen to me. -Do you know what you've done?

Do you know how many years our father worked for peace?

I love her.

It's all a game to you, isn!t it?

You roam from town to town, bedding merchants' wives and temple mates.

You think you know something about love.

What about your father!s love? You spat on him when you brought her on this ship!

What about the love for your country? You!d let Troy burn for this woman?

I won!t let you start a war for her.

May I speak?

What you're saying is true. I've wronged you. l've wronged our father.

If you want to take Helen back to Spartai so be it.

But l go with her.

To Sparta? They!ll kill you.

Then l!ll die fighting.

Oh, and that sounds heroic to youi doesn!t it? To die fighting.

-Little brother, have you ever killed a man? -No.

-Ever seen a man die in combat? -No.

I've killed men, and I've heard them dying. And l've watched them dying.

And there's nothing glorious about it. Nothing poetic.

You say you want to die for love. You know nothing about dying.

And you know nothing about love!

All the same, I go with her.