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0:00:02 > 0:00:04This programme contains some violent scenes and strong language.

0:00:04 > 0:00:06- Where is she?! - I told you, he's taken her.

0:00:06 > 0:00:08That's not possible! Get a message to my brother.

0:00:08 > 0:00:10The king sacrificed his own daughter

0:00:10 > 0:00:12to appease the gods in coming here.

0:00:12 > 0:00:14Where is my wife?!

0:00:14 > 0:00:16She doesn't want to go back.

0:00:16 > 0:00:20We will bring the rage of the gods down on your Asiatic heads!

0:00:20 > 0:00:22What is worth fighting for?

0:00:22 > 0:00:25He's agreed. Surround the city.

0:00:40 > 0:00:42HE GRUNTS

0:01:24 > 0:01:27Since the Greeks changed strategy, we have found it impossible

0:01:27 > 0:01:29to keep trade routes open to the city.

0:01:31 > 0:01:34For almost a year, the siege has prevented us

0:01:34 > 0:01:37from farming our lands outside the walls.

0:01:37 > 0:01:39Our crops have been ruined,

0:01:39 > 0:01:43supplies have been seized, fishing vessels plundered.

0:01:43 > 0:01:48They tried to beat us in battle...and they failed.

0:01:48 > 0:01:51Now they hem us in.

0:01:51 > 0:01:53I've therefore no choice

0:01:53 > 0:01:55but to implement rationing on the whole city.

0:01:55 > 0:01:57It will begin tomorrow.

0:01:58 > 0:02:01The granaries will be patrolled by our soldiers

0:02:01 > 0:02:03and grain distributed only by royal decree.

0:02:05 > 0:02:08This is a proud city,

0:02:08 > 0:02:11and we are a people of great courage,

0:02:11 > 0:02:14but the glory of war is over.

0:02:17 > 0:02:19The hard graft starts now.

0:02:29 > 0:02:31Father, can we make an exception

0:02:31 > 0:02:33to the men opening up the underground waterways?

0:02:33 > 0:02:35They're working day and night.

0:02:35 > 0:02:37No exceptions!

0:02:37 > 0:02:39Change the shifts more often if necessary,

0:02:39 > 0:02:41but the same rule applies for all.

0:02:41 > 0:02:43How far have the men dug?

0:02:43 > 0:02:46We've reached halfway to the caves at Charos Bay.

0:02:46 > 0:02:49But it is going to take months more to complete.

0:02:49 > 0:02:50Will the food last that long?

0:02:50 > 0:02:52If we are stringent in our enforcement.

0:02:52 > 0:02:55Anyone caught stealing must suffer the severest punishment

0:02:55 > 0:02:57in order to deter the others.

0:02:57 > 0:02:59What about the palace's own stores?

0:03:01 > 0:03:03Can't we share them?

0:03:03 > 0:03:05I'm happy to have no more than any citizen.

0:03:05 > 0:03:07How very kind of you, madam.

0:03:07 > 0:03:10However, our city needs its leaders to be fit and well.

0:03:10 > 0:03:11What the city needs is grain.

0:03:11 > 0:03:14Trojans are a tough people. They will understand our position.

0:03:14 > 0:03:17We won't be holding any wedding banquets, I can assure you.

0:03:17 > 0:03:19What does that mean?! We didn't ask for any wedding...

0:03:19 > 0:03:21That's enough!

0:03:21 > 0:03:24Why is a slow death any better than a fast one?

0:03:26 > 0:03:29If we are to die, I'd prefer to do so with honour.

0:03:30 > 0:03:32Resisting.

0:03:32 > 0:03:37Odysseus is strangling the life out of us to provoke a reaction.

0:03:37 > 0:03:39I'm not going to fall for it and lose more men.

0:03:40 > 0:03:43If we open up the waterways, we create a supply line.

0:03:43 > 0:03:46By the time those tunnels are ready,

0:03:46 > 0:03:48there'll only be corpses left to use them.

0:03:56 > 0:03:59YELLING

0:03:59 > 0:04:00Alexander?

0:04:07 > 0:04:09What are you doing?

0:04:09 > 0:04:13Maybe you can sit and watch...I can't.

0:04:13 > 0:04:16- Give me that.- Alexander?

0:04:37 > 0:04:41Pandarus creates trouble as a hobby. Just ignore him.

0:04:43 > 0:04:45And Andromache?

0:04:45 > 0:04:48Why does she still treat me like an enemy?

0:04:49 > 0:04:53Andromache's like her father, a bit stubborn.

0:04:53 > 0:04:55She'll come around.

0:04:55 > 0:04:56I wouldn't worry about it.

0:05:00 > 0:05:03You know, you shouldn't blame yourself.

0:05:03 > 0:05:05What do you mean?

0:05:05 > 0:05:07Maybe you think if you'd gone back to the Greeks

0:05:07 > 0:05:10when you had the chance, they'd have all gone home.

0:05:11 > 0:05:13- Wouldn't they?- Oh, no, my dear.

0:05:13 > 0:05:16They would have stuck you in Menelaus' tent

0:05:16 > 0:05:17for his pleasure and revenge,

0:05:17 > 0:05:20and carried on doing exactly what they're doing now.

0:05:22 > 0:05:24Trust me, you're not the first foreign bride

0:05:24 > 0:05:25to come into this city.

0:05:27 > 0:05:30Trojans make you earn their respect,

0:05:30 > 0:05:34but once you have it, it's yours for life.

0:05:36 > 0:05:38Then let me earn it.

0:05:38 > 0:05:40THEY CHUCKLE SOFTLY

0:05:43 > 0:05:46You're going to have to scrub harder to get that off.

0:05:46 > 0:05:50You can leave now, all of you.

0:05:50 > 0:05:51I will wash my husband.

0:05:53 > 0:05:55Mm-hm.

0:06:00 > 0:06:02Pretty, that little one, isn't she?

0:06:02 > 0:06:05HE CHUCKLES

0:06:09 > 0:06:11You can drag the boy out of the dirt...

0:06:11 > 0:06:13I had to do something.

0:06:15 > 0:06:17I can't just stand around all day.

0:06:43 > 0:06:46Looks like I've dragged you into the dirt with me.

0:06:46 > 0:06:49Oh, no. I chose to come.

0:06:59 > 0:07:00BARKING

0:07:10 > 0:07:12Telamon? Grandma says we're only allowed

0:07:12 > 0:07:14to give out half a loaf to each family a day.

0:07:14 > 0:07:16- Orders from the palace. - Yes, I heard.

0:07:18 > 0:07:20How can people live on that?

0:07:20 > 0:07:22People are tougher than you think.

0:07:22 > 0:07:25- I hate the Greeks.- Yeah, me too.

0:07:27 > 0:07:30I was only supposed to be here a week. Now look at me.

0:07:30 > 0:07:32You can stay as long as you like.

0:07:32 > 0:07:33Your grandma doesn't mind?

0:07:33 > 0:07:36- She needs a man to help.- Hm!

0:07:38 > 0:07:40Will you share your ration with Keno?

0:07:40 > 0:07:42Better do, hadn't I?

0:07:42 > 0:07:44Dogs don't get anything at all.

0:08:00 > 0:08:03I'm sorry, my lady, but your womb is still empty.

0:08:10 > 0:08:12Are you sure?

0:08:14 > 0:08:15But we did everything you said.

0:08:15 > 0:08:17We just need to be patient.

0:08:18 > 0:08:20It will happen.

0:08:20 > 0:08:22We will make offerings. Perhaps...

0:08:22 > 0:08:25Perhaps I should see someone who knows what they're doing.

0:08:25 > 0:08:27- Andromache? - SHE SIGHS

0:08:32 > 0:08:34LOW CHATTER

0:08:47 > 0:08:48MAN COUGHS

0:08:55 > 0:08:59Excuse me, my lady. I want to talk to you...now.

0:09:06 > 0:09:08- What's going on?- Do you know the hills between here and Cilicia?

0:09:08 > 0:09:11- I-I grew up there. - So you know the smaller paths?

0:09:11 > 0:09:13Um...sure. Why?

0:09:13 > 0:09:15I need you to come with me.

0:09:15 > 0:09:16We're riding out there tonight.

0:09:16 > 0:09:19- How can Cilicia help us? - Get dressed and meet me outside.

0:09:20 > 0:09:23I thought you didn't trust me.

0:09:23 > 0:09:24I don't.

0:09:27 > 0:09:29No! It's too dangerous!

0:09:29 > 0:09:31We'll go under cover of darkness. Four men...

0:09:31 > 0:09:34The Greeks control the plains and the sea.

0:09:34 > 0:09:36They have camps in the forests beyond.

0:09:36 > 0:09:39So we'll take the mountain paths. Alexander can lead us.

0:09:42 > 0:09:44The Greeks don't know the hills like I do.

0:09:44 > 0:09:49If I can reach Cilicia, I can ask Andromache's father to help us.

0:09:49 > 0:09:51He can open up the waterways from the sea caves at Charos

0:09:51 > 0:09:53while we do the same from this end.

0:09:55 > 0:09:56Digging from both sides.

0:09:56 > 0:09:59We can have a supply line up and running in half the time.

0:09:59 > 0:10:02We can get in grain, animals, even weapons.

0:10:02 > 0:10:05And what if you get caught? This is madness!

0:10:06 > 0:10:07What did you always say to me?

0:10:09 > 0:10:11Better to die on one's feet than live on one's knees.

0:10:16 > 0:10:18SHE SIGHS

0:10:26 > 0:10:27Are you sure about this?

0:10:34 > 0:10:35It's a mistake.

0:10:35 > 0:10:37Alexander knows the routes better than anyone.

0:10:37 > 0:10:39- But can you rely on him? - I don't know.

0:10:41 > 0:10:44But I intend to have a child with you one day.

0:10:44 > 0:10:46And it is going to need feeding.

0:10:53 > 0:10:55Tell my father I love him.

0:10:59 > 0:11:01It's only three days.

0:11:06 > 0:11:07If you don't come back...

0:11:10 > 0:11:12I didn't come all this way to lose you now.

0:11:28 > 0:11:30Hector.

0:11:33 > 0:11:36Take these men with you. They're two of my best.

0:12:31 > 0:12:34- Alexander! - ALEXANDER SHOUTS

0:12:34 > 0:12:36Alexander! Keep calm.

0:12:50 > 0:12:52Alexander! Wait!

0:13:11 > 0:13:12Alexander!

0:13:25 > 0:13:28Come on... Come on, come on.

0:13:51 > 0:13:54Go on. Go on.

0:14:25 > 0:14:31They're play fighting. When it's for real, let me know.

0:15:26 > 0:15:27My lord.

0:15:30 > 0:15:31My lord!

0:15:34 > 0:15:37Another Trojan escape attempt.

0:15:37 > 0:15:41Two got away. But this young man...

0:15:41 > 0:15:43..is ours.

0:16:19 > 0:16:20So let's talk.

0:16:24 > 0:16:25Where were you trying to get to?

0:16:44 > 0:16:47You know what happens if you don't do as I ask.

0:16:49 > 0:16:50Don't be stupid.

0:16:51 > 0:16:55You move that tongue of yours. Or I'll cut it out.

0:16:56 > 0:16:57Who's he?

0:16:57 > 0:17:01He's my brother. The rightful owner.

0:17:01 > 0:17:03King Menelaus.

0:17:09 > 0:17:11Get that smile off your face.

0:17:16 > 0:17:17What?

0:17:20 > 0:17:21Your wife...

0:17:23 > 0:17:24..is no longer your wife.

0:17:26 > 0:17:29Whoever she's fucking,

0:17:29 > 0:17:31she's still mine.

0:17:33 > 0:17:34He's not just fucking her.

0:17:36 > 0:17:38He's married her.

0:17:53 > 0:17:55Was that necessary? He could have been helpful.

0:18:00 > 0:18:02You get my fucking wife back.

0:18:39 > 0:18:42Hector. My horse panicked.

0:18:44 > 0:18:47A horse panics when it doesn't trust its rider.

0:18:47 > 0:18:52We lost two good men today. We can rest here.

0:18:52 > 0:18:53We'll travel again when it's dark.

0:19:06 > 0:19:07What's he doing?

0:19:07 > 0:19:11It's called thinking, Thersites. You might try it.

0:19:14 > 0:19:16Thersites, wait!

0:19:19 > 0:19:21It knows you.

0:19:21 > 0:19:23Should do.

0:19:23 > 0:19:25He's been living in my house for the last ten years.

0:19:29 > 0:19:31Madam.

0:19:31 > 0:19:32Not now.

0:19:33 > 0:19:35Madam...

0:19:35 > 0:19:37I said not now.

0:19:41 > 0:19:43There's another midwife in the lower city.

0:19:45 > 0:19:46She used to work here at the palace.

0:20:03 > 0:20:04How did you meet Andromache?

0:20:08 > 0:20:10It was arranged by our fathers.

0:20:11 > 0:20:13Cilicia is an important ally, so...

0:20:14 > 0:20:17- ..my father wanted that connection. - A political marriage.

0:20:19 > 0:20:23A political alliance. But a marriage of love.

0:20:25 > 0:20:29Love doesn't need to involve stealing someone away in a chest.

0:20:29 > 0:20:33It can be a formal exchange of vows.

0:20:33 > 0:20:36Two cities and two families joined together.

0:20:36 > 0:20:37Sure.

0:20:37 > 0:20:41Alexander, your love got us into this trouble.

0:20:41 > 0:20:43Mine might just get us out of it.

0:20:45 > 0:20:47The sun's dropping. We need to go.

0:21:17 > 0:21:20It's important that we continue to monitor supplies.

0:21:20 > 0:21:21But the tunnel workers are suffering.

0:21:21 > 0:21:23I'm not sure how long we can continue digging...

0:21:23 > 0:21:26We're hoping that the stringent rationing will only be

0:21:26 > 0:21:28- required for a matter of weeks... - Please, may I speak?

0:21:29 > 0:21:31What is it?

0:21:31 > 0:21:33It's about the palace grain stores.

0:21:34 > 0:21:36I want to give the city my share.

0:21:36 > 0:21:39Madam. It has already been discussed.

0:21:39 > 0:21:40Not to my satisfaction.

0:21:42 > 0:21:44My lord.

0:21:44 > 0:21:47There was a crop failure one year in Sparta when I was a child.

0:21:48 > 0:21:50I asked my father what he was going to do.

0:21:51 > 0:21:55He told me there are two types of royal family.

0:21:56 > 0:22:00The ones that in time of famine put an extra lock on the palace doors...

0:22:01 > 0:22:02..and the ones who open them up.

0:22:05 > 0:22:06I'll be giving out my share.

0:22:08 > 0:22:11What you do is your choice.

0:22:47 > 0:22:51- Samira, this is...- I know who it is.

0:22:53 > 0:22:56I told him to get himself inside the city.

0:22:56 > 0:22:58In case negotiations failed.

0:22:58 > 0:23:00And to send me the dog when time is right.

0:23:01 > 0:23:03I wasn't sure he'd made it. Until now.

0:23:05 > 0:23:09Typical Odysseus. Always a contingency plan.

0:23:09 > 0:23:11Can you trust him?

0:23:11 > 0:23:15Xanthius has served me since he was a child. A loner.

0:23:15 > 0:23:19Prefers the company of dogs to men. Says they're more loyal.

0:23:19 > 0:23:21He has a point.

0:23:21 > 0:23:23Yes, Patroklus, I trust him.

0:23:23 > 0:23:25So what now?

0:23:25 > 0:23:30You're the one who gets things done. Menelaus wants his wife back.

0:23:30 > 0:23:33I'll get you into the city. The rest is up to you.

0:23:38 > 0:23:41Minoa says you helped Queen Hecuba give birth.

0:23:41 > 0:23:44I brought your husband, Princess Cassandra,

0:23:44 > 0:23:47and the Prince Alexander into the world.

0:23:48 > 0:23:50Did Hector come easily?

0:23:50 > 0:23:52Couldn't wait to make his mark.

0:23:53 > 0:23:56Alexander's was a much more difficult birth...

0:23:56 > 0:23:58What do you mean?

0:24:00 > 0:24:03Is it true what they say? He has returned?

0:24:04 > 0:24:06Yes.

0:24:06 > 0:24:08He was the last baby I ever delivered.

0:24:10 > 0:24:12Why?

0:24:13 > 0:24:15Ask the Queen.

0:24:40 > 0:24:42We'll have to take the higher pass.

0:24:42 > 0:24:44It's longer.

0:24:44 > 0:24:45But you avoid being seen from the North.

0:25:11 > 0:25:14Apollo, giver of truth and light, hear our prayers.

0:25:18 > 0:25:23Apollo, giver of truth and light, hear our prayers.

0:25:23 > 0:25:25Great Apollo, hear our prayers.

0:25:25 > 0:25:30Apollo, giver of truth and light, hear our prayers.

0:25:30 > 0:25:34Apollo, giver of truth and light, hear our prayers.

0:25:34 > 0:25:36Hector!

0:25:38 > 0:25:40Eetion.

0:25:51 > 0:25:53I'm sorry we couldn't send word.

0:25:53 > 0:25:54How is my daughter?

0:25:54 > 0:25:55She misses you.

0:25:55 > 0:25:58I've been terribly worried. I think of her every day.

0:25:59 > 0:26:02This is?

0:26:02 > 0:26:03Alexander. My brother.

0:26:03 > 0:26:05My daughter's told me all about you.

0:26:05 > 0:26:08Brought up in these hills, weren't you?

0:26:08 > 0:26:09Yes.

0:26:09 > 0:26:11You must wish you'd never left.

0:26:14 > 0:26:16How is the city?

0:26:16 > 0:26:18We're running short on grain and oil.

0:26:18 > 0:26:20People are starting to slaughter their work animals.

0:26:20 > 0:26:24All our efforts to send in food have failed, every one.

0:26:26 > 0:26:29We're opening up the underground waterways.

0:26:29 > 0:26:32If we can dig from both sides,

0:26:32 > 0:26:35in two months, we'll have a supply line from the sea.

0:26:35 > 0:26:38We can stay in Troy until the Greeks finally lose patience and leave.

0:26:38 > 0:26:40What do you need?

0:26:40 > 0:26:46Men. Digging from the caves at Charos. But...the work is dangerous.

0:26:46 > 0:26:48My daughter's trapped in Troy.

0:26:48 > 0:26:50You'll find no shortage of volunteers here.

0:26:52 > 0:26:55Come to town. Eat. Rest.

0:26:55 > 0:26:59High Priest Chriseis. Bless these men.

0:27:00 > 0:27:02Both of them.

0:27:10 > 0:27:15May Apollo bless you and reward your courage,

0:27:15 > 0:27:18that we may come together in these times of trouble.

0:27:23 > 0:27:25Wait. Just wait.

0:27:27 > 0:27:29Stand back!

0:27:33 > 0:27:35The palace share their own grain with you all today.

0:27:36 > 0:27:40When we suffer, we suffer together.

0:27:40 > 0:27:42- Thank you!- For the children...

0:28:00 > 0:28:01It's all right.

0:28:07 > 0:28:08I know what you're thinking.

0:28:10 > 0:28:16Helen of Sparta is the reason Troy is in the trouble it's in.

0:28:18 > 0:28:21I think it too.

0:28:21 > 0:28:23Every day.

0:28:29 > 0:28:33What you did was brave. You are not Helen of Sparta.

0:28:33 > 0:28:35You are Helen of Troy.

0:28:48 > 0:28:50Thank you, thank you, thank you.

0:29:03 > 0:29:05Thank you.

0:29:07 > 0:29:09- I hope this helps.- Thank you.

0:29:11 > 0:29:13There's more?

0:29:15 > 0:29:17I hope this helps.

0:29:24 > 0:29:27The people like her, don't they?

0:29:27 > 0:29:29She's got a popular touch.

0:29:33 > 0:29:35We're all fighting together.

0:29:36 > 0:29:38Maybe I can't convince you to like her.

0:29:38 > 0:29:40But I want you on her side.

0:29:42 > 0:29:44We are at war.

0:29:44 > 0:29:47The Greeks are strangling this city.

0:29:47 > 0:29:50Two of my sons could be dead for all I know.

0:29:50 > 0:29:53We can't afford to have another war inside this family.

0:29:54 > 0:29:56Do you understand?

0:29:58 > 0:30:00I will be kinder to her.

0:30:00 > 0:30:02Thank you.

0:30:06 > 0:30:08Helen's not the only one struggling.

0:30:09 > 0:30:11I know.

0:30:14 > 0:30:16I wanted a second opinion.

0:30:18 > 0:30:21Minoa took me to see a woman in the lower city.

0:30:21 > 0:30:24Her name is Samira.

0:30:25 > 0:30:27And I wanted to ask you - is she any good?

0:30:27 > 0:30:32It's just that you dismissed her, I think, after Alexander was born.

0:30:34 > 0:30:35Yes, we did.

0:30:37 > 0:30:39She was completely incompetent.

0:30:39 > 0:30:43I nearly died, and so did Alexander.

0:30:44 > 0:30:46You shouldn't use her.

0:30:47 > 0:30:49I'm sorry.

0:31:09 > 0:31:10Agamemnon.

0:31:16 > 0:31:19When they get her back, what do you plan to do with her?

0:31:25 > 0:31:29Whatever you decide to do, I lost my daughter because of her.

0:31:33 > 0:31:35She needs to answer to me too.

0:31:40 > 0:31:42Hector.

0:31:42 > 0:31:44Can I tell you something?

0:31:48 > 0:31:51When I was a shepherd,

0:31:51 > 0:31:52Aphrodite came to me.

0:31:55 > 0:31:56In a vision.

0:32:02 > 0:32:04She said I'd have the most beautiful woman in the world.

0:32:05 > 0:32:08- We've all had that dream. - But mine came true.

0:32:10 > 0:32:12Helen is that woman.

0:32:13 > 0:32:16That's why I did what I did.

0:32:16 > 0:32:19I'm blessed by the gods.

0:32:19 > 0:32:21- Do you really believe that?- Yes.

0:32:23 > 0:32:24I do.

0:33:11 > 0:33:12Litos?

0:33:20 > 0:33:23No need for formalities. I'm not your high priest any more.

0:33:26 > 0:33:28I hear Troy suffers.

0:33:30 > 0:33:31That's why we came.

0:33:31 > 0:33:34I pray in this temple every day.

0:33:35 > 0:33:38Make offerings to your city,

0:33:38 > 0:33:40that it may be protected.

0:33:49 > 0:33:52- You were lucky to leave when you did.- Lucky?

0:33:55 > 0:33:58Did they tell you why I left?

0:33:58 > 0:34:00My father said you'd gone to seek closeness to Apollo

0:34:00 > 0:34:02in your later years.

0:34:02 > 0:34:03That's good.

0:34:07 > 0:34:09Why didn't you acknowledge me when we arrived?

0:34:11 > 0:34:15Your brother. Why is he with you?

0:34:15 > 0:34:18He knows the land, the smaller paths.

0:34:18 > 0:34:19So he's going back with you?

0:34:19 > 0:34:21- Yes, of course.- He mustn't.

0:34:22 > 0:34:26Your brother must not return to Troy, Hector.

0:34:27 > 0:34:30I speak with the authority of the gods.

0:34:30 > 0:34:32Don't make the mistake your father made.

0:34:32 > 0:34:34He must not go back.

0:34:34 > 0:34:36I don't understand what you're saying.

0:34:43 > 0:34:45Choose one.

0:34:45 > 0:34:47Choose.

0:35:13 > 0:35:16This is what happened at his birth.

0:35:16 > 0:35:20And every day since he returned,

0:35:20 > 0:35:22the blood runs black.

0:35:22 > 0:35:25And you know what that means.

0:35:25 > 0:35:27Your father defied the gods.

0:35:27 > 0:35:30You must obey them.

0:35:30 > 0:35:34Make sure he never gets back to the city.

0:35:34 > 0:35:35What do you mean?

0:35:35 > 0:35:38I mean you stop him!

0:35:38 > 0:35:40Any way you can.

0:35:51 > 0:35:54Aphrodite.

0:35:54 > 0:35:55If you did choose me...

0:35:57 > 0:35:59..protect Paris now.

0:36:00 > 0:36:03Give him the caution he lacks.

0:36:03 > 0:36:05Bring him home.

0:36:17 > 0:36:19KNOCK ON DOOR

0:36:26 > 0:36:27Come in.

0:36:32 > 0:36:33Andromache.

0:36:35 > 0:36:37We're both waiting for our men to return.

0:36:39 > 0:36:41I thought it might help if we waited together.

0:36:50 > 0:36:51Time to go.

0:36:54 > 0:36:58Eetion, when they get to the cave, the channel they make in the rock

0:36:58 > 0:37:01needs to be wide enough to take mules and carts.

0:37:01 > 0:37:04Plus, they'll be digging against the stream, so it won't be easy.

0:37:04 > 0:37:05We'll manage.

0:37:05 > 0:37:09- Who's this?- Shepherd's daughter.

0:37:09 > 0:37:11Trust me. She won't let you down.

0:37:11 > 0:37:14Then we'll see you soon. Under the earth.

0:37:16 > 0:37:21Take this back with you. It's a gift from our people.

0:37:21 > 0:37:22The first of many.

0:37:25 > 0:37:27Kiss my daughter.

0:37:27 > 0:37:28Tell her I'll see her soon.

0:37:32 > 0:37:35Goodbye, Alexander. May the gods be with you.

0:37:36 > 0:37:40He's a good horse. Look after him better than the last one, hm?

0:37:54 > 0:37:56What is it?

0:37:56 > 0:38:00Fortified wine. One of my women used to make it for me.

0:38:01 > 0:38:03It worked when I was trying to conceive.

0:38:04 > 0:38:07At least it may have helped.

0:38:07 > 0:38:08I don't know.

0:38:11 > 0:38:13I promise it won't do any harm.

0:38:15 > 0:38:17When I was in Sparta,

0:38:17 > 0:38:18all my company was female.

0:38:21 > 0:38:23I miss women's friendship.

0:38:25 > 0:38:26What about you?

0:38:28 > 0:38:29Me?

0:38:31 > 0:38:34My husband is the only friend I need.

0:38:34 > 0:38:37You're lucky. Not many wives can say that.

0:38:43 > 0:38:44Tell me about your daughter.

0:38:45 > 0:38:47What about her?

0:38:47 > 0:38:48What's she like?

0:38:53 > 0:38:58She was always more like her father than me.

0:39:00 > 0:39:02Intelligent. Sharp.

0:39:04 > 0:39:07I could never find my way through to her.

0:39:07 > 0:39:09You speak of her in the past tense.

0:39:09 > 0:39:11It's how I feel, I suppose.

0:39:13 > 0:39:16I had Hermione very young.

0:39:18 > 0:39:1914 years old.

0:39:21 > 0:39:22I wasn't really ready...

0:39:24 > 0:39:28The truth is Hermione would be happier without me.

0:39:30 > 0:39:31I don't believe that.

0:39:31 > 0:39:34Not all women are designed for motherhood.

0:39:36 > 0:39:37How can you say that?

0:39:37 > 0:39:40I know it must seem ungrateful.

0:39:40 > 0:39:45But I never found it easy to be a mother.

0:39:45 > 0:39:49Maybe with another man, it would have been different.

0:39:50 > 0:39:52Maybe one day it will be.

0:39:53 > 0:39:57I truly hope...you get what you desire.

0:40:06 > 0:40:09Now I know why Alexander fell in love so quickly.

0:40:10 > 0:40:13- What do you mean?- I don't know. You have a...

0:40:13 > 0:40:17- Please don't say beauty.- No. You have a charm.

0:40:20 > 0:40:22- I pity Menelaus.- Why?

0:40:22 > 0:40:24How unhappy he must have been trying to hold on to you.

0:40:24 > 0:40:25I didn't want to hurt him.

0:40:25 > 0:40:27I'm sure you never do.

0:40:27 > 0:40:28What do you mean?

0:40:29 > 0:40:31You can try all you like.

0:40:31 > 0:40:33Smile, give out grain,

0:40:33 > 0:40:35win their hearts,

0:40:35 > 0:40:37but deep down you know you don't belong here.

0:40:38 > 0:40:40Thank you for the wine.

0:41:10 > 0:41:12Odysseus says it's time.

0:41:14 > 0:41:15He wants to know if you're ready.

0:41:19 > 0:41:20Achilles?

0:41:22 > 0:41:24What do you think the sea makes of it all, Patroklus?

0:41:28 > 0:41:31We come here, we fight, we bleed,

0:41:31 > 0:41:32patch up...

0:41:34 > 0:41:35..fight again.

0:41:35 > 0:41:37To us, it's everything.

0:41:38 > 0:41:40But to the sea?

0:41:52 > 0:41:54Yes, I'm ready.

0:42:04 > 0:42:05When do we move?

0:42:05 > 0:42:07When I'm sure it's safe.

0:42:09 > 0:42:11We'll need to ride fast.

0:42:11 > 0:42:13Don't you worry about that.

0:42:15 > 0:42:19Hector. In case we don't make it...

0:42:21 > 0:42:23..I never meant to bring dishonour to our city...

0:42:24 > 0:42:27I fell in love. That's all.

0:42:28 > 0:42:30Troy is my home now.

0:42:31 > 0:42:33I'd do anything for it to be free.

0:42:34 > 0:42:37What if you can never see Helen again?

0:42:38 > 0:42:40Anything except that.

0:42:44 > 0:42:47I've made a mess of everything, haven't I?

0:42:48 > 0:42:54If the goddess really did come to you, then...she'll protect you.

0:42:55 > 0:42:57You think so?

0:43:02 > 0:43:03They're still not back?

0:43:03 > 0:43:05Not yet.

0:43:05 > 0:43:07Can't you send someone out?

0:43:07 > 0:43:08I wish we could.

0:43:10 > 0:43:12Congratulations.

0:43:13 > 0:43:16Your gesture to the city was clearly appreciated.

0:43:18 > 0:43:19I just did what I felt was right.

0:43:19 > 0:43:21Oh, you underestimate yourself.

0:43:23 > 0:43:26You have become the city's cause and totem.

0:43:26 > 0:43:27In one day.

0:43:28 > 0:43:31It takes more than a pretty face to win a war.

0:43:31 > 0:43:32But not to start it, apparently.

0:43:49 > 0:43:50Sh, sh.

0:44:07 > 0:44:09RUSTLING

0:44:15 > 0:44:18DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS

0:44:20 > 0:44:21Let's go.

0:44:24 > 0:44:26We'll skirt the plain. Go in through the lower city.

0:44:56 > 0:44:57Look.

0:45:01 > 0:45:03What's down there could feed us for months.

0:45:54 > 0:45:56HE WHISTLES

0:46:00 > 0:46:02You're the dog lover?

0:46:02 > 0:46:04Yeah.

0:46:04 > 0:46:06Show us the way.

0:46:06 > 0:46:08There's something else you should know.

0:46:08 > 0:46:10Alexander left the city two days ago.

0:46:12 > 0:46:13Andromache?

0:47:14 > 0:47:18OMINOUS MUSIC

0:47:21 > 0:47:25RUSTLING

0:47:30 > 0:47:32What's wrong?

0:47:32 > 0:47:34WHISPERS: There's someone in the grass.

0:47:37 > 0:47:38It's just the wind.

0:47:40 > 0:47:42Wind doesn't move like that.

0:47:43 > 0:47:45RUSTLING

0:47:45 > 0:47:49DOG GROWLS, BARKS

0:47:59 > 0:48:01SCREAMING

0:48:01 > 0:48:03DOG BARKS AGGRESSIVELY

0:48:05 > 0:48:07DOG WHIMPERS

0:48:07 > 0:48:09TROOPS SHOUT

0:48:09 > 0:48:12Go, brother. Go!

0:48:13 > 0:48:15ARROWS WHIRR

0:48:37 > 0:48:40THEY CHUCKLE

0:48:42 > 0:48:44You're even dressing like them now.

0:48:44 > 0:48:48You too. My lord.

0:48:48 > 0:48:50So I hear one husband isn't enough for you.

0:48:53 > 0:48:56You should have told me Menelaus wasn't satisfying you.

0:48:56 > 0:48:59I would have willingly obliged.

0:48:59 > 0:49:02I mean, if you're going to sleep around, at least choose a real man.

0:49:02 > 0:49:04- Like you?- No-one wields a better sword.

0:49:04 > 0:49:06Is that so?

0:49:06 > 0:49:10You had your chance to win my hand. You lost.

0:49:11 > 0:49:13- Menelaus won the day.- Agamemnon won.

0:49:15 > 0:49:17And then he gave you to his little brother.

0:49:17 > 0:49:19How flattering it is to be passed among men.

0:49:19 > 0:49:20Yeah.

0:49:22 > 0:49:25And now here I am,

0:49:25 > 0:49:28to pass you back to your king.

0:49:30 > 0:49:34Where's your Trojan Prince now? Hm?

0:49:34 > 0:49:35Hm?

0:49:35 > 0:49:38He's here, in the palace.

0:49:38 > 0:49:41And when he finds you're here, he will kill you.

0:49:44 > 0:49:46I think we both doubt that.

0:49:48 > 0:49:50That's if he's here at all.

0:49:53 > 0:49:55How could he have left?

0:49:55 > 0:49:57You've surrounded the city.

0:49:58 > 0:50:01Rats always find a way of getting out.

0:50:06 > 0:50:08Where might he have gone?

0:50:08 > 0:50:09Hm?

0:50:10 > 0:50:12Thrace?

0:50:13 > 0:50:14Lycia?

0:50:16 > 0:50:17Cilicia?

0:50:17 > 0:50:18SHE HOLDS HER BREATH

0:50:22 > 0:50:24I told you.

0:50:24 > 0:50:26Yeah.

0:50:26 > 0:50:29He's here. In Troy.

0:50:31 > 0:50:36Then why isn't he stopping me from stealing his bride?

0:50:47 > 0:50:51Danger. Here. I feel it!

0:50:52 > 0:50:53I see it.

0:50:53 > 0:50:56Sh... Calm yourself.

0:50:57 > 0:51:01He's returning. Mustn't!

0:51:06 > 0:51:07It's them. Open the gates!

0:51:20 > 0:51:22No sound.

0:51:23 > 0:51:25We are going to walk together

0:51:25 > 0:51:29down those steps and right out of the front door.

0:51:32 > 0:51:33Let's go.

0:51:36 > 0:51:37I love him.

0:51:38 > 0:51:40I love him, Achilles.

0:51:43 > 0:51:45And?

0:51:45 > 0:51:49You more than anyone know I do not love Menelaus.

0:51:51 > 0:51:53Never did.

0:51:53 > 0:51:54That's not my concern.

0:51:54 > 0:51:55It should be.

0:51:57 > 0:52:03You're taking a woman you admire by force back to a man she abhors.

0:52:05 > 0:52:07I'm following orders.

0:52:13 > 0:52:16The Achilles I knew obeyed no-one.

0:52:18 > 0:52:20He answered only to himself.

0:52:21 > 0:52:24The Achilles I knew was a match for me.

0:52:26 > 0:52:30This is war.

0:52:30 > 0:52:31Not some stupid game.

0:52:31 > 0:52:33This isn't war.

0:52:34 > 0:52:38This is you breaking into a defenceless woman's bedroom

0:52:38 > 0:52:42to appease a man I know you don't respect.

0:52:51 > 0:52:55It's beneath you, my warrior.

0:53:00 > 0:53:01And you know it.

0:53:02 > 0:53:04Come with me now...

0:53:06 > 0:53:08..and this war ends immediately.

0:53:10 > 0:53:13The army packs up, the men go home.

0:53:13 > 0:53:16There's no more pointless suffering.

0:53:16 > 0:53:17I can't.

0:53:19 > 0:53:21Do what you will,

0:53:21 > 0:53:23but I won't go willingly.

0:53:26 > 0:53:29- Is it true? Are they returning? - Yes, my lady, they're coming.

0:53:31 > 0:53:35- You. Fetch Princess Helen, now! - Sir.

0:53:35 > 0:53:41If you stay here, there will be bloodshed and destruction.

0:53:42 > 0:53:46Neither you nor I will be exempt. Trust me.

0:53:46 > 0:53:48War scars all.

0:53:49 > 0:53:51But as a warrior...

0:53:53 > 0:53:54..you must also understand...

0:53:56 > 0:53:59..it is better to die with honour

0:53:59 > 0:54:01than to surrender in shame.

0:54:35 > 0:54:37Ho!

0:54:37 > 0:54:40Hector! Alexander!

0:54:41 > 0:54:44With the compliments of King Eetion. The first of many.

0:54:45 > 0:54:48- He agreed?- They've already started digging from the sea.

0:54:53 > 0:54:55- Where is she?- Go to her. Go.

0:54:56 > 0:54:58You're safe.

0:55:00 > 0:55:01I'd be dead if it wasn't for him.

0:55:08 > 0:55:11HE WHISTLES

0:55:14 > 0:55:16What happened?

0:55:16 > 0:55:17The Queen stays.

0:55:26 > 0:55:28You do whatever you need to protect her.

0:55:29 > 0:55:31She's going to need it.

0:55:37 > 0:55:38Helen!

0:55:40 > 0:55:42It's you...

0:55:42 > 0:55:44Didn't you hear us ride in?

0:55:44 > 0:55:46No, I...

0:55:47 > 0:55:49What's wrong?

0:55:51 > 0:55:52Nothing.

0:55:53 > 0:55:57I was just frightened you wouldn't make it back. That's all.

0:55:57 > 0:55:59Well, I'm here.

0:56:01 > 0:56:03I was expecting a warmer welcome.

0:56:03 > 0:56:05Sorry.

0:56:06 > 0:56:08My love.

0:56:09 > 0:56:12Listen... Listen, we did it.

0:56:12 > 0:56:14In two months, Cilicia will be able to send food and supplies,

0:56:14 > 0:56:16enough to feed the whole city.

0:56:17 > 0:56:19We're going to be all right. Do you hear?

0:56:20 > 0:56:21We belong here now.

0:56:33 > 0:56:36Hold me. Hold me tight.

0:56:41 > 0:56:44What will you tell Odysseus?

0:56:44 > 0:56:46I'll tell him we could have delivered him a corpse.

0:56:46 > 0:56:49Is that what Menelaus would like to screw at night?

0:56:50 > 0:56:52Besides...

0:56:52 > 0:56:56I have something Odysseus will love even more.

0:56:56 > 0:56:57Information.

0:57:00 > 0:57:01Cilicia.

0:57:02 > 0:57:04Does that name mean anything to you?