0:00:02 > 0:00:05Your story is a strange one. I should like to hear it from your mouth.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07You're not a shepherd any more.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11Your name is Alexander, Prince of Troy.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13You're making a great mistake.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14I see it in his eyes.
0:00:14 > 0:00:19Troy controls the straits from Asia, so everyone wants a piece.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Welcome to the world, Prince.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24The queen sends her apologies. She won't be down to say goodbye.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27See that it's carefully loaded onto the ship.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28The gods do not forget.
0:00:30 > 0:00:35This programme contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting
0:00:35 > 0:00:37and graphic violent scenes.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47- Where is she? - I told you, he's taken her.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54That's not possible!
0:00:56 > 0:00:58I will not be humiliated.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59Get a message to my brother.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Is it true?
0:02:28 > 0:02:31He brought her right up the street like his bloody bride.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Where are they?
0:02:36 > 0:02:39They're resting from the journey. They're coming to see me later.
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Is it what I think?
0:02:48 > 0:02:49Tell them.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53He stole her away in a chest.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56We had no idea she was inside until we set sail.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58I tried to persuade him to return her.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00He threatened to throw me in the sea.
0:03:00 > 0:03:01He claims to love her.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03How could you not notice what was going on?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05I apologise, my lady.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06I should have foreseen that,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09while the King of Sparta was burying his dead father,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12your new son would try to sleep with his wife.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17Don't you use that tone with us! We put him in your charge!
0:03:18 > 0:03:21By now, Menelaus will know they've eloped.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23He'll have told his brother.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Agamemnon needs no excuse for a fight.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30She must be sent back, before they do something foolish.
0:03:30 > 0:03:31Andromache's right.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Agamemnon will have rallied all the kings of Greece.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35We can't waste any time.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38We'll send a message that we regret the discourtesy,
0:03:38 > 0:03:41return Helen, and send gifts of our own.
0:03:41 > 0:03:42Why should I bow to him?
0:03:42 > 0:03:46We made this city prosperous through sweat and blood.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50- This city bows to no-one. - And will continue to do so.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Your pride can afford to take one hit
0:03:52 > 0:03:55if it's to save the city from any future harm.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00She must go back, Priam.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05Leave us.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Forgive me, Your Majesty.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22The Spartan queen requests an audience.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24No, I said later.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34My lord. My lady.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42If my fate is to be decided, I would like you to hear me first.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45You have a nerve, my lady.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46I hear...
0:04:47 > 0:04:49..my queen,
0:04:49 > 0:04:52that you rule Troy alongside your husband,
0:04:52 > 0:04:56that, in this city, man and woman are equal in respect and power.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00I humbly claim that respect now.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04I was married at 14 against my will
0:05:04 > 0:05:08to a man I had not met and would never love.
0:05:08 > 0:05:14Not for one moment have I been happy with Menelaus.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18I didn't choose him. I never would have.
0:05:19 > 0:05:20I do choose...
0:05:22 > 0:05:24..to be with your son.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29I'm not a possession.
0:05:31 > 0:05:32I'm a woman.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37I think, I feel,
0:05:37 > 0:05:41and I'm here because I want to be.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06Agamemnon demands that Odysseus join him in support of his brother.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10- I've told you, our king is distracted.- Mm.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18- Let me see him. - He's not fit to see anyone.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21BABY CRIES IN DISTANCE
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Shh, shh, shh. Baby, shh, shh, shh.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36My lady! Good to see you again.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- You're looking for my husband?- Yes.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43He and his army are required to join the war effort against Troy.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45I read your letters.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48The Trojan prince has offended the whole of Greece.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Which is why the whole of Greece must rebuff him.
0:06:52 > 0:06:57A week ago, Odysseus was taken with a fever which went to his brain.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- I'm sorry to hear that. - He won't talk to me.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- To any of us.- Take me to him.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15He ploughs it day and night.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Odysseus! It's Diomedes, your old friend.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30- There's no point taking him to war. What use would he be?- Maybe.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Maybe he's as cunning as he ever was.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Maybe you both are.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43BABY CRIES
0:07:43 > 0:07:47- Odysseus! No! - COW MOOS
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Odysseus! Stop!
0:08:02 > 0:08:05You're not so mad after all. HE CHUCKLES
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Telemachus...
0:08:26 > 0:08:28..you're the man of the house now.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34Look after your mother and sister for me. You must.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35Come here.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03- Let's go!- Move on!
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- HORSE WHINNIES - Walk on!
0:09:42 > 0:09:44First, welcome home, my son.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49- Thank you, Father. - You understand, of course,
0:09:49 > 0:09:53what has happened between you is not just a matter of the personal.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Your actions are political because of who you are.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59- Father, listen to me... - We sent you, Alexander,
0:09:59 > 0:10:01on a mission of diplomacy.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05There are voices in favour of sending the queen back.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07MURMURING
0:10:07 > 0:10:10You dare...I'll go with her.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- Sit down.- You'll never see me again.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Sit down!
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Alexander, my love...
0:10:19 > 0:10:20..sit down.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29You are our son,
0:10:29 > 0:10:32and whatever we may feel on the matter,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35we love and defend you.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39We will therefore seek an agreement with our Greek friends.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43We will keep the queen,
0:10:43 > 0:10:46but send ambassadors with gifts of Troy
0:10:46 > 0:10:50that will more than match those you have brought from Sparta.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Hopefully, our embassy will arrive
0:10:52 > 0:10:57before the Greeks' anger turns into action.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01Who knows? This may even strengthen bonds, not break them.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04This won't work. You must know that the Greeks -
0:11:04 > 0:11:08they won't accept gold as a substitute for a queen.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10She is flesh and a symbol.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12They'll just throw it back in your face.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16This is the decision of myself and the queen.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20In the meantime, Helen is to be treated as our guest,
0:11:20 > 0:11:21and closest friend.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Agamemnon, he's arrived.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15You're late.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Your letters failed to reach me.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Tricks of Hermes.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46Now we are complete! No more delay!
0:12:46 > 0:12:48SOLDIERS CHEER
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Tricks of Hermes? Tricks of Penelope, more like.
0:12:55 > 0:13:01Ajax, what do you know about women? Just stick to fighting and spitting.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04THEY CHUCKLE
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- Who else is here?- We all are.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12Lovers and defenders of Greece, as I know you are.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14And the best strategist we have.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17You don't need me to return a whore to her marriage bed.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20You admire Helen as much as the rest of us.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23I seem to remember you fought for her hand.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24We all did.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28And look who won her.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31No war should be fought for such a man.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34In stealing Helen, the Trojan prince insulted all of us.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Not just about the girl, though, is it, Nestor?
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Is that Achilles?
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Oh, yes. He's here, too.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Odysseus, let's walk together.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10I know we've shared harsh words in the past.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- I'd just like to say... - All forgotten, my lord.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16We have one enemy now.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26This war won't take long.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29We get the queen back....
0:14:30 > 0:14:32..and we teach them a lesson.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36- The gods will see to it.- They must.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39Cruel wind.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43How long has it been blowing like this?
0:14:43 > 0:14:46It's been gusting onshore since we came.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50- It'll change.- If it doesn't, we can't sail in this.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Did you make offerings to the goddess?
0:14:59 > 0:15:02In the haste of anger, rituals may have been neglected.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06- She's offended. - The offence is against us.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08The winds WILL change.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Get the priest and the seers.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Make offerings of birds to the goddess.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Now.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Surely Artemis will understand.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45Artemis, accept these pledges of regret for our forgetfulness.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Huntress, abate your anger.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Please, show mercy.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Tell us your will.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Whatever you desire, we will perform.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22What happened?
0:16:26 > 0:16:28She demands...
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Speak, man. What is it?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35She demands
0:16:35 > 0:16:39a sacrifice of a dove, purer than pure.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43I tried. I took a white dove in my hand,
0:16:43 > 0:16:46cut its throat, but she just laughed.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50She said, "That is not the dove I mean."
0:16:52 > 0:16:54The dove she wants is human.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Human?
0:16:59 > 0:17:00Your daughter.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18This will be prevented. Try again.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31- Brother...- Don't say anything. There must be a way.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- The goddess was clear.- Why?
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Why demand that? To kill my own blood - why?
0:17:39 > 0:17:41So you can look a Trojan in the eye as you break their city
0:17:41 > 0:17:43and know that nothing they suffer
0:17:43 > 0:17:45can compare to what you suffered here.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51- What kind of justice is that? - The justice of war, my lord.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- Then we won't travel to Troy. - You will have us look like cowards.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59- Then you give up your child! - Hermione wasn't asked for.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03What if I offer myself? I'll slit my own throat.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Then we lose a leader and gain nothing.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13There is no negotiation, sir. You know that.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Brother...
0:18:18 > 0:18:20..we are running out of time.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25We must find the best way...
0:18:27 > 0:18:32- ..to expedite...- Expedite? Expedite?! Do you have a heart?
0:18:32 > 0:18:37Yes, my lord, but we are here now.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40The winds will not change unless you do.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46Your men will not follow a king the gods have abandoned.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01We have tried all other forms of sacrifice.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Artemis is unmoveable.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Alexander's our son. My instinct is to defend him,
0:19:19 > 0:19:22- even though he's wrong.- Mine, too.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30You remember the first time I saw you?
0:19:30 > 0:19:34- The spring games at Hattusa. - SHE CHUCKLES
0:19:34 > 0:19:36I was spellbound by you in seconds.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Wouldn't you like to be young again?
0:19:41 > 0:19:46To have what Alexander's got in his eyes? That self-belief?
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Age mellows us.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57But it's supposed to make us wise.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Your daughter will be here soon.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26- What have they been told? - That she's coming for her wedding.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Help me.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Get me out of this.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44I'm sorry, I don't know how.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04Xanthius, make sure Achilles stays in his tent.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07He knows nothing about this.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Going behind the great fighter's back, sir?
0:21:10 > 0:21:12- He'll love that.- Thersites,
0:21:12 > 0:21:14if I want your opinion, I will ask for it.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20HE WHISTLES
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Why am I marrying now, just when they're going to war?
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Your wedding will bless the voyage to Troy.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Anyway, I don't know why you're moaning.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37It's Achilles. Not exactly a monster.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- Will I live with him after? - Yes, of course.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49- What is it? - I don't want to leave you.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51You're not leaving us.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55You're joining Achilles. It's a very different thing.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59And he is handsome.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01THEY CHUCKLE
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Try these.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15- What are they?- Mulberries. They give the cheek life.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25SHE CHUCKLES Not like that. You'll look drunk.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27Here, let me.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33It should look like it comes out of the face.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Now, it's from he East.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Gold.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49SHE CHUCKLES Here.
0:23:00 > 0:23:07Agamemnon, this is wonderful news, if unexpected.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09The gods wish it as a blessing.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- And the warrior is willing?- He is.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Iphigenia.
0:23:25 > 0:23:26Father...
0:23:29 > 0:23:31..isn't this a happy day?
0:23:35 > 0:23:38- Where is he?- Achilles is preparing for the ceremony.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41I want to see my future son-in-law.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44The king will take Iphigenia to the altar.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47I will escort you to him.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08What do you think?
0:24:17 > 0:24:22My husband is not himself. What's going on, Odysseus?
0:24:22 > 0:24:24- Has Achilles changed his mind? - No, my lady.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28He's preparing himself apart from the rest, up on the brow.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Then why is everything so rushed?
0:24:30 > 0:24:32You know Menelaus has been humiliated.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34There's no time for pause.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37This way.
0:24:42 > 0:24:43What is this?
0:24:54 > 0:24:57THEY LAUGH
0:25:11 > 0:25:13This doesn't look like a marriage altar.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Where are the flowers?
0:25:19 > 0:25:22What is it, Father? You look afraid.
0:25:27 > 0:25:32The gods - they didn't demand Iphigenia's marriage.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34What do you mean?
0:25:37 > 0:25:41No. No! No!
0:25:41 > 0:25:43No! No!
0:25:55 > 0:25:58THEY LAUGH
0:25:59 > 0:26:01The wind blows hard against us.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04The goddess gave me no choice.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09But I'm your daughter.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19No!
0:26:24 > 0:26:27No! No!
0:26:27 > 0:26:28SHE SOBS
0:26:32 > 0:26:38No! If it is to happen, let it be without struggle.
0:26:46 > 0:26:47Do it.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49No!
0:26:52 > 0:26:53Do it!
0:26:53 > 0:26:55- No!- Why? Why?!
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Why?!
0:27:10 > 0:27:15Why?! Why?!
0:27:16 > 0:27:21Why?! Why?!
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Why?!
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Why?!
0:27:31 > 0:27:32What is it?
0:27:34 > 0:27:35I'm happy.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04I'm so lost.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18WIND WHISTLES
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Achilles! Achilles! The wind turns!
0:28:47 > 0:28:50THUNDER RUMBLES
0:28:59 > 0:29:03- Do you like it?- Very much.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05They're from vines just outside the city.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11The olives are from there, too. The best you'll eat.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16Excuse me.
0:29:31 > 0:29:37- Andromache!- She's tricked him. She knew exactly what she was doing.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40- She's playing with us all. - We don't know that.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43She left her own daughter, Hector. What kind of a woman does that?
0:29:46 > 0:29:47I don't know.
0:29:53 > 0:29:54What if they come for her?
0:29:57 > 0:29:58What will we do?
0:30:22 > 0:30:26- What is it?- You should come.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32As far as the horizon, scores and scores of them.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Tell me.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37We were restocking at Thrace.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39We saw a fleet of Greek ships.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Thousands of men, weapons, chariots, horses.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45- Who leads them?- All the Greek kings.
0:30:45 > 0:30:50Agamemnon. Odysseus. Diomedes. Nestor of Pylos.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52Achilles?
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Achilles was there and all his Myrmidon warriors.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58When I asked a soldier why they were at sea,
0:30:58 > 0:31:00he said they were after stolen treasure.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04I asked where they were going.
0:31:04 > 0:31:05They said here.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Thank you.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20Set up beacons on the cliffs and on the outlying islands.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23I'll send word to Andromache's father in Cilicia
0:31:23 > 0:31:25and all our allies in the neighbouring cities.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Get messengers ready to ride out.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32I'll raise the army, put the city on war footing.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34You were right.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40The last time there was a war here, I was your age.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06Hey! Go on! Get out!
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Hesion! Hesion!
0:32:11 > 0:32:16Is it true? Are we going to fight?
0:32:16 > 0:32:17Looks like it.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21Hey, it'll be all right.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Come on. Armies need bread.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42I want a show of strength to force them into negotiations.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45- Father!- They have to know we're ready for them.- Yes, my Lord.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02They won't let me in the chamber.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10I'm a brother in name, but when it comes down to it...
0:33:10 > 0:33:14You have no experience in battle. That's all.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17No. They don't trust me.
0:33:19 > 0:33:20And they won't trust you, either.
0:33:23 > 0:33:24Listen.
0:33:26 > 0:33:27Let them confront the Greeks.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33- This will be over without war. - You really think so?
0:33:33 > 0:33:34I have to believe it.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57WHISPERING
0:33:57 > 0:33:59They're coming.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48We're ready for you, Menelaus!
0:34:50 > 0:34:54We should talk, before we all regret our actions.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33I am honoured to have you as my guest, Menelaus,
0:35:33 > 0:35:35and my condolences on the death of your father.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37He was a good man.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39I hope the welcome on the beach showed you that
0:35:39 > 0:35:42we're not some village to be bullied into submission.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44- Where is my wife? - Perhaps we could begin...
0:35:44 > 0:35:48- Where is my wife?!- Safe.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55I want to see her. Alone.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58You can see her, but not alone.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02- How dare you prescribe to me the terms of...- Here,
0:36:02 > 0:36:05- or not at all.- Bring her in.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09MURMURING
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Address me.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32What as?
0:36:32 > 0:36:33Your husband.
0:36:35 > 0:36:36The king.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43My lady, you've been treated well?
0:36:43 > 0:36:45I have been afforded every hospitality.
0:36:47 > 0:36:48Is that all?
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Did that boy plan this before he arrived?
0:37:11 > 0:37:12Did he force you?
0:37:14 > 0:37:16- No.- No?
0:37:18 > 0:37:22What did I do to deserve such treatment?
0:37:22 > 0:37:23Nothing.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28We found love. That's all.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32One day, perhaps...
0:37:33 > 0:37:35..you'll understand.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39I will never understand.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Is that all?
0:38:09 > 0:38:12King Agamemnon wishes you to understand
0:38:12 > 0:38:16he has a large military force in support of his claim.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19It is clear that Queen Helen desires to stay here as our guest.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22I'm sure Agamemnon does not desire the shedding of blood.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25My lady, blood has already been shed.
0:38:27 > 0:38:33The king sacrificed his own daughter to appease the gods in coming here.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36MURMURING
0:38:38 > 0:38:39His own child?
0:38:42 > 0:38:44- Killed?- By his own hand.
0:38:45 > 0:38:50So, I hope you will understand how our conditions for peace
0:38:50 > 0:38:51are non-negotiable.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58- Name them.- The immediate return of the Queen of Sparta to her husband.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00She doesn't want to go back.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02With all due respect, King Priam,
0:39:02 > 0:39:05what she wants is of little interest to us.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18She is yours.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27DOOR OPENS
0:39:30 > 0:39:33- They're sending me back. - What about the negotiations?
0:39:36 > 0:39:40Agamemnon killed his own daughter to guarantee success.
0:39:46 > 0:39:47Help me.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Get me out.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53I can't go back.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Hey.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01HE WHISTLES
0:40:03 > 0:40:06- Come on. - DOG BARKS
0:40:06 > 0:40:09We have another condition.
0:40:09 > 0:40:15Such an insult as King Menelaus has suffered demands retribution.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19We will return all gifts and make reparations.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24These are King Agamemnon's demands.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31The straits of the Dardanelles - you control them.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33You tax every cargo, every ship.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44- Is this a joke?- I assure you not.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46- This'll break us. - A few years' hardship.
0:40:48 > 0:40:49Nothing more.
0:40:51 > 0:40:56- A lesson learned.- Oh, I see. This is why you're here?
0:40:57 > 0:40:59To destroy our economy?
0:40:59 > 0:41:02We are here because you insulted my honour!
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Don't be hasty.
0:41:05 > 0:41:10King Priam, consider the best option for your city.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14I was the loudest voice in advocating Helen's return.
0:41:14 > 0:41:15Hector is wise.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21Get out, and take your conditions with you.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29No-one's taking her.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34- No-one!- This is a disgrace. A breach of the protocol.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38Alexander, put down your weapon. Your queen isn't going anywhere.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Troilus, Deiphobus, see them out.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45We will bring the rage of the gods down
0:41:45 > 0:41:47on your Asiatic heads!
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Think again. No-one wants this war.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00- Make a counter-offer.- Leave,
0:42:00 > 0:42:02and take your smooth tongue with you.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23HE CHUCKLES
0:42:27 > 0:42:28We will be back.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Father, I, erm...
0:42:52 > 0:42:53Forgive me.
0:43:36 > 0:43:40Tomorrow at dawn, outright assault.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43We start at the ridge, charge the plain,
0:43:43 > 0:43:44meet them face-to-face.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47Infantry and horsemen.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49We force them back to their own walls.
0:43:50 > 0:43:54We climb the citadel, we take the city, we get her back.
0:43:54 > 0:43:58We take their gold, we destroy the city, we go home.
0:43:58 > 0:44:00We should build ditches.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03Dig ourselves in between the plain and the ships
0:44:03 > 0:44:05in case of counter-attack.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07No need.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10The assault will take one day, and no more.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12How can you be sure?
0:44:12 > 0:44:13The gods have guaranteed it...
0:44:15 > 0:44:16..with my daughter's blood.
0:44:34 > 0:44:39Remember, remember, remember.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48You come back to me.
0:45:08 > 0:45:10Go on.
0:45:14 > 0:45:18He's friendly. You can stroke him.
0:45:24 > 0:45:27- Doesn't your dad help you with that? - Haven't got a dad.
0:45:31 > 0:45:32I'll help you home.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39My name's Telamon. I'm a trader from Thrace.
0:45:39 > 0:45:42I got here three weeks ago and now look what's happened.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45HE WHISTLES What's your dog called?
0:45:45 > 0:45:47His name's Keno.
0:45:47 > 0:45:52- But why not?- Because every Greek - every damn one - will seek you out.
0:45:52 > 0:45:55Menelaus knows what you look like. We can't disguise you.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57We need to keep you safe, away from the field.
0:45:57 > 0:46:00- I'll look like a coward. - Rather that than a corpse.
0:46:00 > 0:46:03- Go back to Helen. - My lord.- Stay safe.
0:46:03 > 0:46:07- Aeneas and the Dardanian forces have arrived from the south.- Ah.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10Aeneas, your speed is welcome.
0:46:10 > 0:46:12We heard of the Spartan queen's arrival,
0:46:12 > 0:46:14so we were already standing by.
0:46:16 > 0:46:17Come.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39Let's go get them, my lord.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33- Are you with me? - ARMY:- Yes!
0:47:33 > 0:47:37- Are you with me?- Yes! - Are you with me?- Yes!
0:47:37 > 0:47:42- Are you with me?- Yes! - Are you with me?- Yes!
0:47:42 > 0:47:45Are you with me?
0:47:45 > 0:47:49Are you with me? Are you with me?
0:47:54 > 0:47:58I want your loyalty, Zeus, to Greece and to me.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01Athena has already demanded it,
0:48:01 > 0:48:03and what I said to her, I say to you.
0:48:03 > 0:48:05I will not take sides.
0:48:17 > 0:48:21Aphrodite must be punished. She bribed him with flesh.
0:48:21 > 0:48:25And such underhand methods, you'd never contemplate.
0:48:31 > 0:48:34Be a coward, then. We won't need you.
0:48:36 > 0:48:37Good.
0:48:56 > 0:48:58Victory will be fast.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01That, I doubt.
0:49:22 > 0:49:27Ajax of Telamon, unbeatable in brawl, I bless you.
0:49:28 > 0:49:33Deiphobus and Troilus, sons of Priam, I bless you.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36Odysseus, leader of the high-hearted men
0:49:36 > 0:49:39of Cephalonia and Ithaca, I bless you.
0:49:39 > 0:49:41Sarpedon and Glaucus,
0:49:41 > 0:49:44of the swirling waters of Xanthos, I bless you.
0:49:44 > 0:49:47Nestor and his son Antilochus,
0:49:47 > 0:49:51Agapenor of Arcadia, I bless you.
0:49:54 > 0:49:59Aeneas, leader of the Dardanians of the south, I bless you.
0:49:59 > 0:50:04Diomedes, the spear, son of Tydeus, I bless you.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20Hector.
0:50:23 > 0:50:25HE CRIES OUT
0:50:25 > 0:50:27Achilles.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29HORSES WHINNY
0:50:29 > 0:50:33ALL CRY OUT
0:51:17 > 0:51:20ARROWS WHISTLE
0:51:24 > 0:51:28Retreat! Retreat! Come back!
0:51:54 > 0:51:56HE GASPS FOR AIR
0:52:12 > 0:52:14We didn't make one inch of ground.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18We should be surrounding the city...
0:52:19 > 0:52:22..digging ourselves in, cutting their supplies.
0:52:23 > 0:52:26This isn't warfare. This is a madness.
0:52:28 > 0:52:30Maybe tomorrow will be different.
0:52:32 > 0:52:33Nestor...
0:52:34 > 0:52:40..when Hector refused our demands, I saw the years open up before me.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47I'll be an old man before I see home again.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49What will I be?
0:52:54 > 0:52:59Can I help? Can I help? I can help! I can help.
0:53:41 > 0:53:43KNOCK ON DOOR
0:53:50 > 0:53:52I want to see her.
0:53:55 > 0:54:00What are you doing in here? You need to leave now.
0:54:04 > 0:54:06You should never have come.
0:54:07 > 0:54:09You should never have come!
0:54:10 > 0:54:13You should never have come!
0:54:41 > 0:54:44I know she's dead, so why do I keep seeing her?
0:54:47 > 0:54:49Why did I do it? What was the point?
0:54:51 > 0:54:52It was demanded.
0:54:55 > 0:54:56And what's my reward?
0:54:59 > 0:55:02More death. More blood. Is that justice?
0:55:02 > 0:55:07War is like a grief, sir.
0:55:09 > 0:55:11You can't force it to be over in one day.
0:55:13 > 0:55:15We will prevail...
0:55:17 > 0:55:18..but not like this.
0:55:22 > 0:55:24Tell me what to do.
0:55:34 > 0:55:39He's agreed. Surround the city.
0:55:39 > 0:55:44One sentry post every half-mile. Let no-one in, no-one out.
0:55:47 > 0:55:50Tell the men to dig deep. It needs to last.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57Wait. Wait!
0:55:59 > 0:56:01Have you seen Queen Helen? I can't find her.
0:56:06 > 0:56:08What?
0:56:12 > 0:56:14Tell me, where has she gone?
0:56:33 > 0:56:35- Go back.- Wait.
0:56:37 > 0:56:39Wait!
0:56:48 > 0:56:51All this, because of what?
0:56:53 > 0:56:55The goddess wanted to win a competition.
0:56:57 > 0:57:01This isn't going to be over in a week, or a month.
0:57:01 > 0:57:04There'll be more battles, more deaths.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07I can't be the one responsible for that.
0:57:09 > 0:57:13- Don't say it.- I'm going home.
0:57:14 > 0:57:16That's not your home.
0:57:20 > 0:57:22- Then where is?- With me.
0:57:31 > 0:57:34- Love isn't always enough. - Then what is?
0:57:38 > 0:57:40What is worth fighting for?