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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?