1 00:00:03,094 --> 00:00:07,276 Come back in time. Not to a century or a millennium... 2 00:00:07,571 --> 00:00:12,704 ..but to an age outside of history, a time of myth and fantasy... 3 00:00:12,991 --> 00:00:17,210 ..a time of many Gods and one great hero... 4 00:00:17,380 --> 00:00:20,035 ..the time of Hercules. 5 00:00:20,035 --> 00:00:22,272 HERCULES. 6 00:00:25,805 --> 00:00:29,692 Zeus! 7 00:00:45,072 --> 00:00:47,380 [Laughs] It was a time of enchanted forests... 8 00:00:47,491 --> 00:00:51,810 ..and secret ceremonies, a time when Gods walked the Earth... 9 00:00:51,810 --> 00:00:53,305 ..disguised as men. 10 00:00:56,835 --> 00:01:00,131 A time of magical creatures... Centaurs... 11 00:01:00,131 --> 00:01:02,269 ..half man, half horse. 12 00:01:08,354 --> 00:01:11,137 Satyrs... half man, half goat. 13 00:01:29,922 --> 00:01:32,258 It was also a time of war. 14 00:01:32,258 --> 00:01:35,553 Not a war between armies, but a war between Gods... 15 00:01:35,553 --> 00:01:38,177 ..as Zeus and Hera fought for power. 16 00:01:38,177 --> 00:01:40,609 Their war became the war of mankind... 17 00:01:40,609 --> 00:01:42,017 ..as the followers of Hera... 18 00:01:42,017 --> 00:01:45,083 ..battled for supremacy against the worshipers of Zeus. 19 00:02:03,084 --> 00:02:05,328 Drink, poet. 20 00:02:12,705 --> 00:02:16,001 It was a time of Nymphs, bronze-skinned young women... 21 00:02:16,001 --> 00:02:18,684 ..who lived forever and protected the forests. 22 00:02:25,984 --> 00:02:27,904 Hera... 23 00:02:27,904 --> 00:02:29,660 ..sacred Goddess... 24 00:02:30,657 --> 00:02:33,408 ..who oversees the journey of all living things... 25 00:02:33,408 --> 00:02:36,154 ..whose embrace is endless... 26 00:02:36,338 --> 00:02:37,952 ..and deathless... 27 00:02:37,952 --> 00:02:39,545 ..all renewing... 28 00:02:40,544 --> 00:02:43,893 ..your children celebrate your Harvest. 29 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:53,055 [Thunder crashes] The sweet nectar of the Mother Hera. 30 00:02:53,817 --> 00:02:55,883 Oh, Hera. 31 00:02:56,928 --> 00:03:00,800 Yes, fill yourselves with the Goddess, sisters... 32 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,247 ..for the sacred ritual is ahead of us this night. 33 00:03:11,168 --> 00:03:14,745 Zeus? Zeus? 34 00:03:20,543 --> 00:03:23,456 Zeus cannot harm us... 35 00:03:23,456 --> 00:03:25,951 ..only howl like a jealous child... 36 00:03:25,951 --> 00:03:31,007 ..because we worship Hera, Mother of Earth, Mother of life. 37 00:03:31,007 --> 00:03:34,655 Others may abandon her and think her husband, Zeus, is stronger... 38 00:03:34,655 --> 00:03:38,004 ..but we know that she is greater. 39 00:03:39,007 --> 00:03:40,665 Fear not. 40 00:03:42,974 --> 00:03:46,079 I am not afraid of the Gods, Priestess. 41 00:03:46,079 --> 00:03:47,906 I am not. 42 00:03:48,017 --> 00:03:52,005 It is those who claim to speak for them that I fear. 43 00:03:58,207 --> 00:03:59,800 A kiss... 44 00:04:02,303 --> 00:04:05,407 ..to soften your lips, Linus. 45 00:04:05,407 --> 00:04:07,447 Sing for the Goddess. 46 00:04:11,550 --> 00:04:15,711 [Soft music plays] * Oh, shining Mother over all * 47 00:04:15,711 --> 00:04:19,870 * the summer fleeced the blast of fall * 48 00:04:19,870 --> 00:04:23,902 * to hide in snow awaiting you * 49 00:04:23,902 --> 00:04:28,766 * to conquer death with life anew * 50 00:04:28,766 --> 00:04:33,206 Holy Mother Hera, we do your bidding. 51 00:04:34,526 --> 00:04:38,461 Make winter Earth fertile once more. 52 00:04:38,461 --> 00:04:42,236 Bring back life from death. 53 00:04:51,389 --> 00:04:53,981 [Thunder crashes] Deianeira, Nymph... 54 00:04:53,981 --> 00:04:55,508 ..join us. 55 00:04:56,765 --> 00:04:59,102 You are wasting your time, Alcmene. 56 00:04:59,102 --> 00:05:02,429 That Nymph has chosen the path of the Virgin Goddess. 57 00:05:02,429 --> 00:05:04,982 But I make up for her modesty. 58 00:05:06,781 --> 00:05:10,578 Then I give you the honour of the Harvest King. 59 00:05:16,426 --> 00:05:22,758 Row! Row! Faster, faster! 60 00:05:22,832 --> 00:05:25,586 How do I offend you, Zeus? 61 00:05:25,596 --> 00:05:28,093 Why do you keep me from my marriage bed? 62 00:05:28,093 --> 00:05:30,685 I've kept my vow. 63 00:05:30,685 --> 00:05:35,289 I've slaughtered the Cretan pirates who murdered my bride's family. 64 00:05:36,349 --> 00:05:40,211 What's left of them, I've wrapped in chains as a wedding gift. 65 00:05:41,853 --> 00:05:45,618 Why do you keep me from the arms of my beloved bride, Alcmene? 66 00:05:45,716 --> 00:05:52,341 Zeus rages at the night, Amphitryon, not you. It's the night of Hera's Harvest Festival. 67 00:05:52,572 --> 00:05:56,508 Zeus is master here. The Goddess Hera is dead in Thebes. 68 00:05:56,559 --> 00:05:59,508 Not in Thebes nor anywhere! 69 00:06:03,900 --> 00:06:06,460 I am Antaeus, son of Mother Earth! 70 00:06:06,460 --> 00:06:11,004 If my feet were planted on Hera's sacred soil, I tear you apart! 71 00:06:11,004 --> 00:06:14,103 Not even your God Zeus could save you! 72 00:06:18,491 --> 00:06:21,393 The mark of Zeus is on you, Hera worshiper. Aah! 73 00:06:48,475 --> 00:06:50,651 [Thunder crashes] Wake, chosen one... 74 00:06:50,651 --> 00:06:52,723 ..the Harvest King. 75 00:06:53,787 --> 00:06:59,195 Open your eyes and witness the mysteries of Mother Hera. 76 00:06:59,195 --> 00:07:02,747 We honour you, give you greatness, glory. 77 00:07:02,747 --> 00:07:05,365 Hera's Harvest King. 78 00:07:09,626 --> 00:07:12,283 From winter comes spring. 79 00:07:12,283 --> 00:07:15,002 From death comes life. 80 00:07:15,002 --> 00:07:17,306 Together: From winter comes spring. 81 00:07:17,306 --> 00:07:19,610 From death comes life. 82 00:07:19,610 --> 00:07:22,610 Deliver Hera her sacrifice. Aah! 83 00:07:25,754 --> 00:07:29,070 Priestess, he is male and female. He is both. 84 00:07:31,130 --> 00:07:33,018 [Thunder crashes] Hermaphrodite. 85 00:07:34,010 --> 00:07:36,154 You cannot kill him now. 86 00:07:36,154 --> 00:07:40,218 It is sacrilege for a man to see the sacred rites of Hera and live. 87 00:07:40,218 --> 00:07:43,162 He is part woman. Slay the man, you slay the woman. 88 00:07:43,162 --> 00:07:44,853 This, too, is sacrilege. 89 00:07:46,617 --> 00:07:50,809 [Thunder crashes] Zeus marks us. Hera demands his death. 90 00:07:50,809 --> 00:07:53,146 He must die! Give Hera her sacrifice! 91 00:07:53,146 --> 00:07:55,000 From death comes life! 92 00:07:57,146 --> 00:07:59,353 Kill him! No. Kill him. 93 00:07:59,353 --> 00:08:01,622 He must die. 94 00:08:07,289 --> 00:08:10,105 Let the Goddess in you live... 95 00:08:10,105 --> 00:08:15,156 ..but the man within you will see no more of what is forbidden. Aah! Aah! 96 00:08:24,761 --> 00:08:26,873 [All screaming] Alcmene! 97 00:08:26,873 --> 00:08:29,401 Yes, I know you! 98 00:08:29,401 --> 00:08:33,752 Even in my blindness, Zeus has given me a new sight! 99 00:08:33,752 --> 00:08:38,552 I am Tiresias, and I say to you, you have offended the Gods! 100 00:08:38,552 --> 00:08:44,084 Zeus will punish you this very night, and Hera will not answer your prayers! [Panting] Amphitryon. 101 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:02,387 My husband returns from the sea. 102 00:09:19,575 --> 00:09:24,088 Hera, when my husband set sail... 103 00:09:24,088 --> 00:09:27,128 ..to hunt the murderers of my father and brothers... 104 00:09:27,128 --> 00:09:29,656 ..I prayed he would not return. 105 00:09:29,656 --> 00:09:33,004 Now his ship rests in the harbour. 106 00:09:34,424 --> 00:09:37,207 Has the husband my father chose for me... 107 00:09:37,207 --> 00:09:42,575 ..a man who worships Zeus, returned home defeated or victorious? 108 00:09:44,471 --> 00:09:46,927 Have my prayers been answered? 109 00:09:49,975 --> 00:09:51,731 Amphitryon. 110 00:09:53,719 --> 00:09:56,021 You wear your wedding cloak. 111 00:09:57,655 --> 00:10:01,004 Let me see your face. Speak. [Grunts] No! No! No! No! 112 00:10:26,166 --> 00:10:28,948 CITY OF THEBES. 113 00:10:48,822 --> 00:10:51,156 Cold and empty house. 114 00:10:54,038 --> 00:10:56,885 I was expecting a better welcome, wife. 115 00:10:56,885 --> 00:10:59,061 The welcome is not of my choosing. 116 00:10:59,061 --> 00:11:03,702 - My cloak. How did you get this? - You know very well. 117 00:11:03,702 --> 00:11:06,197 You left it last night after you forced yourself on me. 118 00:11:06,197 --> 00:11:10,507 No, I was stranded on my ship all last night. 119 00:11:19,221 --> 00:11:22,357 Tiresias: And I say to you, you have offended the Gods! 120 00:11:22,357 --> 00:11:24,789 Zeus will punish you this very night... 121 00:11:24,789 --> 00:11:27,920 ..and Hera will not answer your prayers! 122 00:11:37,781 --> 00:11:40,236 I love you, Alcmene. 123 00:11:42,004 --> 00:11:43,892 Love me. 124 00:11:52,661 --> 00:11:57,132 Love me. Love me. 125 00:12:02,580 --> 00:12:07,061 It was a Cretan prisoner... Antaeus. 126 00:12:07,061 --> 00:12:11,157 He tore the cloak off me before he leapt overboard. 127 00:12:11,157 --> 00:12:13,196 He even mocked me. 128 00:12:14,260 --> 00:12:16,692 If a child comes, I will kill it. 129 00:12:16,692 --> 00:12:20,587 Tiresias: Which child, lord Amphitryon? There will be two. 130 00:12:24,788 --> 00:12:26,446 Tiresias? 131 00:12:27,731 --> 00:12:30,036 Tell him, Tiresias. 132 00:12:30,036 --> 00:12:33,139 Tell my husband that you know who raped me... 133 00:12:33,139 --> 00:12:36,244 ..that it was Zeus disguised in the flesh of Amphitryon. 134 00:12:36,244 --> 00:12:37,683 Don't blame your lust on Zeus. 135 00:12:37,683 --> 00:12:40,948 If a child is born, I will kill it. 136 00:12:40,948 --> 00:12:43,219 I will help you. 137 00:12:43,219 --> 00:12:46,899 Do you think that I would bear the child of your degenerate God? 138 00:12:46,899 --> 00:12:48,307 Did you not hear me? 139 00:12:48,307 --> 00:12:52,595 What business is this of yours? Who are you, blind beggar? 140 00:12:52,595 --> 00:12:55,283 Blind, yes, lord... 141 00:12:55,283 --> 00:12:57,779 ..but I can see what you cannot. 142 00:12:57,779 --> 00:13:00,467 Alcmene will bear two sons. 143 00:13:00,467 --> 00:13:03,443 Only one will be yours. 144 00:13:03,443 --> 00:13:05,907 And so I ask again... 145 00:13:05,907 --> 00:13:08,329 ..which one will you kill? 146 00:13:53,650 --> 00:13:55,472 [Cheering] King Creon. 147 00:13:58,418 --> 00:14:00,914 - Alcmene! Alcmene! - Megara! 148 00:14:00,914 --> 00:14:03,816 That little minx has no respect for protocol. 149 00:14:04,818 --> 00:14:06,706 Alcmene, Alcmene! 150 00:14:06,706 --> 00:14:08,881 Look at you, my beauty. 151 00:14:08,881 --> 00:14:11,090 What have you brought me this time? 152 00:14:11,090 --> 00:14:13,522 An autumn pomegranate. 153 00:14:13,522 --> 00:14:16,017 The Mother's promise that life will return... 154 00:14:16,017 --> 00:14:17,841 ..strong and sweet in spring. 155 00:14:17,841 --> 00:14:19,857 And Hera is the Mother. 156 00:14:19,857 --> 00:14:21,777 The Mother of us all, sweetie. 157 00:14:21,777 --> 00:14:25,137 Zeus is worshiped here. 158 00:14:25,137 --> 00:14:28,657 King Creon won't appreciate you teaching his daughter the ways of Hera. 159 00:14:28,657 --> 00:14:33,137 Creon tolerates some Hera worshipers well enough. 160 00:14:33,137 --> 00:14:36,817 He has invited my uncle, the usurper, to your triumph. 161 00:14:36,817 --> 00:14:38,344 King Sthenelus. 162 00:14:39,345 --> 00:14:42,411 Sthenelus is no King, only a thief. 163 00:14:47,438 --> 00:14:50,480 A triumphant return, Amphitryon. 164 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:54,793 And to the victor... 165 00:14:55,984 --> 00:14:57,839 ..a laurel wreath. 166 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,247 [Cheers and applause] Citizens of Thebes thank you, Amphitryon. 167 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:21,712 [Applause] Amphitryon has done us a great service, Sthenelus... 168 00:15:21,712 --> 00:15:24,560 ..ridding us of these Cretan pirates at last... 169 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:27,247 ..and avenging the murder of your brother and his sons. 170 00:15:27,247 --> 00:15:29,392 You should make him your heir. 171 00:15:29,392 --> 00:15:32,976 Yes, Creon, the ghost of my brother, the late King... 172 00:15:32,976 --> 00:15:35,312 ..and his sons may rest at last. 173 00:15:35,312 --> 00:15:37,840 Amphitryon's done a mighty deed... 174 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:39,760 ..but that's no reason to make him my heir. 175 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:42,415 He is married to Alcmene, your niece, and you have no sons. 176 00:15:42,415 --> 00:15:45,551 I have daughters. We in the land of Goddess... 177 00:15:45,551 --> 00:15:47,727 ..do not fear a woman's rule. 178 00:15:47,727 --> 00:15:51,536 Then why was I denied my birthright? 179 00:15:51,536 --> 00:15:55,343 The throne of Tiryns fell to me when my father and brothers died. 180 00:15:55,343 --> 00:15:58,245 You banished me from lands that are mine. 181 00:15:59,503 --> 00:16:02,799 Because your father wed you to a Zeus follower. 182 00:16:02,799 --> 00:16:05,967 No one disputes Amphitryon's nobility... 183 00:16:05,967 --> 00:16:12,015 ..but our people in Tiryns worship Hera. No Zeus lover will ever sit on my throne. 184 00:16:12,015 --> 00:16:16,911 My throne. And I would sit it, not my husband. 185 00:16:16,911 --> 00:16:19,727 And I am no lover of Zeus. 186 00:16:19,727 --> 00:16:23,524 Oh? I've heard differently. 187 00:16:26,158 --> 00:16:30,223 [Laughs] Your new seer, oracle reaches even our faraway court in Tiryns. 188 00:16:30,223 --> 00:16:33,327 Amphitryon will be a proud father. 189 00:16:33,327 --> 00:16:38,479 Man: You have not heard, oh, my oracle, King of Tiryns... 190 00:16:38,479 --> 00:16:42,575 ..I have seen more. It is this... 191 00:16:42,575 --> 00:16:46,990 ..the next born son of the house of Perseus... 192 00:16:46,990 --> 00:16:49,551 ..will ascend the throne of Tiryns... 193 00:16:49,551 --> 00:16:52,846 ..and rule all the lands that you rule now. 194 00:16:55,438 --> 00:16:58,638 [Coughing] The wine not to your tasting, uncle? 195 00:16:58,638 --> 00:17:01,358 I am of the house of Perseus. 196 00:17:01,358 --> 00:17:04,557 As am I, niece. As am I. 197 00:17:04,557 --> 00:17:07,341 But you have no sons, my aging uncle. 198 00:17:07,341 --> 00:17:10,094 Sons from the line of Perseus. 199 00:17:10,094 --> 00:17:12,647 And my belly is full of them. 200 00:17:41,101 --> 00:17:42,861 [Crowd murmuring] [babies crying] Shh! Shh! Twins, my lord. 201 00:17:42,861 --> 00:17:47,245 I never saw two twins slip out so swiftly. One after another. 202 00:17:47,245 --> 00:17:49,667 Which was first born? 203 00:17:50,701 --> 00:17:52,365 [Talking baby talk] Which was first born? 204 00:17:52,365 --> 00:17:54,536 They come so fast... 205 00:17:55,789 --> 00:17:59,051 My Goddess, I... fool. How will we know? 206 00:18:00,109 --> 00:18:03,338 How will we know who is heir to the throne? 207 00:18:04,429 --> 00:18:06,029 It doesn't matter. 208 00:18:06,029 --> 00:18:08,717 A son has already been born to Sthenelus. 209 00:18:08,717 --> 00:18:10,477 They named his Eurystheus. 210 00:18:10,477 --> 00:18:13,836 He is the next born son of the house of Perseus. 211 00:18:13,836 --> 00:18:15,852 He will rule. 212 00:18:15,852 --> 00:18:20,749 Sthenelus will not cheat me out of my throne again. 213 00:18:20,749 --> 00:18:22,892 I swear to Hera, he will not! 214 00:18:22,892 --> 00:18:26,348 Which of those is my son, and which is... 215 00:18:26,348 --> 00:18:28,290 ..Zeus' bastard? 216 00:18:29,420 --> 00:18:32,006 Someone's bastard. 217 00:18:33,740 --> 00:18:36,128 I will find out, husband. 218 00:18:46,252 --> 00:18:49,195 [Baby crying] Hush, child, hush. 219 00:18:49,195 --> 00:18:53,355 He wails his despair the deeper we seek Mother Hera's magic. 220 00:18:53,355 --> 00:18:55,979 Only Zeus' son would grow so discontented... 221 00:18:55,979 --> 00:18:58,188 ..unlike his fat, happy brother. 222 00:18:58,188 --> 00:19:02,465 If you've decided already, why have we come to this dreary place? 223 00:19:06,027 --> 00:19:07,755 Harpy: Why, indeed? 224 00:19:07,755 --> 00:19:10,795 Tell, or the next will pierce your flesh. 225 00:19:10,795 --> 00:19:14,024 I seek minions of the great Mother Hera. 226 00:19:19,979 --> 00:19:24,107 [Screech] Who makes demands of Hera's servants? 227 00:19:24,107 --> 00:19:26,442 [Coos] Her Priestess Alcmene. [Crying] Shh! Shh! Shh! 228 00:19:27,435 --> 00:19:31,434 Silence that squalling man-thing. 229 00:19:31,434 --> 00:19:33,418 Or I will. 230 00:19:33,418 --> 00:19:35,467 Wait, sister. 231 00:19:35,467 --> 00:19:39,403 You are Alcmene, violated of Zeus? 232 00:19:39,403 --> 00:19:41,098 Then you know my sorrow? 233 00:19:41,098 --> 00:19:45,227 Two sons... one destined for Hera, the other the spawn of Zeus. 234 00:19:45,227 --> 00:19:47,083 But I do not know which. 235 00:19:47,083 --> 00:19:50,214 You've done well to come here. 236 00:19:55,626 --> 00:20:00,612 [Screeches] The one who suckles at my breast is the son of Hera. 237 00:20:05,002 --> 00:20:07,369 [Cooing] Their names? 238 00:20:08,362 --> 00:20:13,225 Mine I will call Iphicles. Zeus' son deserves no name. 239 00:20:13,225 --> 00:20:18,729 This one suckles strongly and greedily. 240 00:20:18,729 --> 00:20:21,769 Consecrate him to Mother Hera. 241 00:20:21,769 --> 00:20:24,737 I knew he was the one. 242 00:20:28,266 --> 00:20:31,946 [Screeches] He won't let go! Get him off! He bites! 243 00:20:31,946 --> 00:20:36,458 Cunning, cruel Zeus. That is his child. 244 00:20:36,458 --> 00:20:39,425 He bites the breast that feeds him. Ugh! 245 00:20:42,409 --> 00:20:45,673 But name him before you slay him. 246 00:20:45,673 --> 00:20:48,640 Call him Hercules. 247 00:20:50,249 --> 00:20:53,097 [Cackling] Hercules... glory to Hera. 248 00:20:53,097 --> 00:20:54,857 Perfect, sister. 249 00:20:54,857 --> 00:20:59,913 No, you must kill him! I fear the wrath of Zeus. 250 00:20:59,913 --> 00:21:02,057 Fear Hera's wrath. 251 00:21:02,057 --> 00:21:04,904 You bore him. Bury him. 252 00:21:19,272 --> 00:21:22,504 Do not ask where I went or how I know. 253 00:21:22,504 --> 00:21:26,432 - I know that this is my son. - So is this one. 254 00:21:27,912 --> 00:21:32,328 He is a sin inflicted by your God. 255 00:21:32,328 --> 00:21:35,368 If you love me, Amphitryon... 256 00:21:35,368 --> 00:21:38,824 ..destroy that which brings us shame. 257 00:21:38,824 --> 00:21:42,024 Let us start again with Iphicles... 258 00:21:42,024 --> 00:21:45,800 ..our son and true heir... 259 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,320 ..to bind our love. 260 00:22:29,191 --> 00:22:30,914 [Crying] I am sorry. 261 00:22:31,910 --> 00:22:33,918 It's your fate. 262 00:22:50,470 --> 00:22:53,286 I won't care for him. Keep him away from my son. 263 00:22:53,286 --> 00:22:56,230 He's your responsibility. Yes. 264 00:22:56,230 --> 00:23:04,195 And if he is a son of Zeus, as you claim, I will not be responsible for his death. 265 00:23:05,894 --> 00:23:07,836 I will find a nurse for him. 266 00:23:55,621 --> 00:23:57,253 [Hissing] [Hercules crying] [crying] Your child is hungry. 267 00:23:57,253 --> 00:23:59,708 It's Hercules. Where's your nurse? No... 268 00:24:03,653 --> 00:24:05,246 ..it's Iphicles. 269 00:24:20,165 --> 00:24:21,888 Oh, Zeus. 270 00:24:25,188 --> 00:24:27,010 Zeus... 271 00:24:28,965 --> 00:24:30,939 ..he must be your son. 272 00:24:34,468 --> 00:24:35,963 Keep your guard up. 273 00:24:39,122 --> 00:24:41,897 Wound. Keep your guard up, Hercules. 274 00:24:46,983 --> 00:24:49,855 Wound. Well done, Iphicles. 275 00:24:54,180 --> 00:24:57,660 Disabling wound, Hercules. Well done, Iphicles. 276 00:25:00,068 --> 00:25:03,780 Disable, oaf. Didn't you hear Chiron? 277 00:25:03,780 --> 00:25:07,577 Fatal wound. Match, Iphicles. 278 00:25:13,220 --> 00:25:15,805 That's enough, clodpoll, you are dead. 279 00:25:19,748 --> 00:25:22,595 [Whinnying] No more lessons for today, boys. We've other matters. 280 00:25:22,595 --> 00:25:24,804 Your uncle Sthenelus has died. 281 00:25:24,804 --> 00:25:27,619 Has the old buzzard? Praise Hera. 282 00:25:27,619 --> 00:25:30,467 King Creon requests we attend the funeral with him at Tiryns. 283 00:25:30,467 --> 00:25:31,779 We must prepare. 284 00:25:31,779 --> 00:25:34,627 Does Creon's daughter, Megara, go, too? 285 00:25:34,627 --> 00:25:37,507 [Laughs] All of royal Thebes, including us. 286 00:25:37,507 --> 00:25:39,874 Come on, Iphicles. I will race you home. 287 00:25:46,051 --> 00:25:47,683 You run like a girl. [Whinnying] 288 00:25:47,683 --> 00:25:49,730 Iphicles shows some skill with the sword. 289 00:25:49,730 --> 00:25:54,147 He has the cunning of a warrior, but an indifferent passion for it. 290 00:25:54,147 --> 00:25:56,483 It is all merely exercise for his vanity. 291 00:25:56,483 --> 00:26:00,034 You are blunt, Chiron. I chose their trainer well. 292 00:26:00,034 --> 00:26:01,571 And Hercules? 293 00:26:01,571 --> 00:26:06,050 Patient with strategy, but a rare flair for fighting. 294 00:26:06,050 --> 00:26:10,818 Give him a club instead of a sword and point him to the crash of battle. 295 00:26:10,818 --> 00:26:13,666 The bravest soldier will quake at the sight of him. Hyah! Hyah! 296 00:26:17,506 --> 00:26:19,262 CITY OF TIRYNS. 297 00:26:23,938 --> 00:26:28,418 I, Eurystheus, send my father, King Sthenelus of Tiryns... 298 00:26:28,418 --> 00:26:30,273 ..to you, Mother Hera. 299 00:26:46,817 --> 00:26:50,753 You should become closer with your cousin Eurystheus. 300 00:26:50,753 --> 00:26:54,746 He sits on your throne only because of the trick of time. 301 00:26:58,882 --> 00:27:02,273 Eurystheus is almost as pretty as your brother, Iphicles... 302 00:27:02,273 --> 00:27:04,417 ..don't you think? 303 00:27:04,417 --> 00:27:06,177 I know nothing of pretty men, Megara. 304 00:27:06,177 --> 00:27:10,657 No [laughs] you wouldn't, but I do. 305 00:27:10,657 --> 00:27:14,081 They're the most beautiful young men here. 306 00:27:14,081 --> 00:27:17,212 You are the most beautiful woman here, Megara. 307 00:27:24,768 --> 00:27:27,932 You are no beauty, but you are bold. 308 00:27:30,688 --> 00:27:36,577 I am Iphicles, son of your mourned father's niece Alcmene. 309 00:27:36,577 --> 00:27:40,635 A part of our family dies with yours. 310 00:27:51,456 --> 00:27:54,009 Oh, my clever son. 311 00:28:03,103 --> 00:28:05,624 That was most moving, Iphicles. 312 00:28:10,687 --> 00:28:14,016 I am Hercules, brother of Iphicles. 313 00:28:14,016 --> 00:28:17,888 Also son of Alcmene and Amphitryon. 314 00:28:17,888 --> 00:28:22,197 As my brother says, we share your grief. 315 00:28:43,103 --> 00:28:46,815 [Laughs] Clod. You diminished my offering. 316 00:28:46,815 --> 00:28:51,037 But his was original. You must admit. 317 00:29:07,199 --> 00:29:10,782 [Lyre plays] Pluck the strings. Don't throttle them, Hercules. Like your brother. 318 00:29:10,782 --> 00:29:12,790 Very good, Iphicles. 319 00:29:17,182 --> 00:29:18,970 [Laughs] Pay attention. 320 00:29:20,094 --> 00:29:22,718 Since you're so interested in Silenus' affairs... 321 00:29:22,718 --> 00:29:25,278 ..we will mix a little biology with music. 322 00:29:25,278 --> 00:29:28,856 What would the offspring of that seduction be if the old goat succeeds? Uh... 323 00:29:30,238 --> 00:29:32,478 ..a Nymph, if it's a girl child. 324 00:29:32,478 --> 00:29:34,430 If it's a boy, it would be a Satyr. 325 00:29:34,430 --> 00:29:37,822 Excellent, Iphicles. And if a prehuman mates with a human? 326 00:29:37,822 --> 00:29:40,734 Species is always determined through the father. 327 00:29:40,734 --> 00:29:43,453 Prehuman men breed prehuman children. 328 00:29:43,453 --> 00:29:46,333 Human men breed human children. 329 00:29:46,333 --> 00:29:49,406 So, if I mated with a Nymph, my child would be... 330 00:29:49,406 --> 00:29:52,854 ..an idiot. Like his father. 331 00:29:54,269 --> 00:29:57,534 Practice! Practice. 332 00:29:57,534 --> 00:29:59,165 Iphicles is right. 333 00:29:59,165 --> 00:30:01,405 Your child by Nymph would be human. 334 00:30:01,405 --> 00:30:03,739 Not that any Nymph would have him. 335 00:30:05,501 --> 00:30:07,127 Practice. 336 00:30:10,301 --> 00:30:12,989 You make catgut sound as though it were still in the cat. 337 00:30:12,989 --> 00:30:15,357 It will not penetrate that thick skull of yours! 338 00:30:15,357 --> 00:30:16,699 Now practice! Ugh! 339 00:30:21,085 --> 00:30:23,772 Linus! Linus! 340 00:30:23,772 --> 00:30:25,780 Oh, Mother Hera. 341 00:30:27,837 --> 00:30:29,821 Mother! 342 00:30:29,821 --> 00:30:31,964 Hercules has murdered Linus! 343 00:30:31,964 --> 00:30:34,205 No, Iphicles, I didn't mean to! 344 00:30:34,205 --> 00:30:36,790 Murderer! Murderer! 345 00:30:37,789 --> 00:30:41,177 Linus? Linus! 346 00:30:59,996 --> 00:31:02,232 Deianeira, daughter. 347 00:31:03,228 --> 00:31:04,788 What is it, my father? 348 00:31:19,228 --> 00:31:22,326 Linus. He needs your healing touch. 349 00:31:23,324 --> 00:31:26,073 They couldn't even find Linus' body. 350 00:31:27,707 --> 00:31:31,384 Some carrion eater must have dragged it off. 351 00:31:47,547 --> 00:31:50,618 Well, what was their verdict? 352 00:31:50,618 --> 00:31:52,309 Leave us, Iphicles. 353 00:31:53,339 --> 00:31:54,965 Leave us. 354 00:32:04,635 --> 00:32:05,882 I didn't mean to kill Linus. 355 00:32:05,882 --> 00:32:11,862 Enough, Hercules. King Creon and his judges accept your defence and pardon with conditions. 356 00:32:14,266 --> 00:32:17,243 Conditions? 357 00:32:17,243 --> 00:32:19,163 You are banished from Thebes. 358 00:32:19,163 --> 00:32:20,602 But this is my home. 359 00:32:20,602 --> 00:32:22,970 You will tend to my herds in the mountain pastures. 360 00:32:22,970 --> 00:32:25,178 I will send Chiron with you. You will continue training. 361 00:32:25,178 --> 00:32:27,633 You will hunt, and you will eat well. 362 00:32:30,683 --> 00:32:34,842 It's because I am a bumbler, isn't it, an embarrassment? 363 00:32:34,842 --> 00:32:37,370 I know I am not as smart or as fine a son as... 364 00:32:37,370 --> 00:32:39,606 ..you are as fine. 365 00:32:42,713 --> 00:32:45,048 No man could ask for a finer son. 366 00:32:47,674 --> 00:32:49,648 I wish you were mine. 367 00:32:51,097 --> 00:32:53,017 What do you mean, father? 368 00:32:53,017 --> 00:32:55,226 I love you, Hercules. 369 00:32:55,226 --> 00:32:57,844 I will always think of you as my son... 370 00:32:59,482 --> 00:33:02,351 ..but you were born of greater blood than mine. 371 00:33:05,690 --> 00:33:08,723 I have a gift I've been keeping for you. 372 00:33:10,105 --> 00:33:11,894 Hold out your arms. 373 00:33:13,337 --> 00:33:17,493 You slew these snakes whilst you were still in your cradle. 374 00:33:18,905 --> 00:33:22,734 My son, but not my son... 375 00:33:23,737 --> 00:33:28,919 ..your father... Is Zeus almighty. 376 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:38,899 You can't escape the son of Zeus! 377 00:33:46,969 --> 00:33:48,529 Come here. 378 00:33:51,673 --> 00:33:54,201 You are supposed to be chasing cattle. 379 00:33:54,201 --> 00:33:56,280 Nymphs are so much easier to catch. 380 00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:59,128 And they smell so much better, Chiron. 381 00:33:59,128 --> 00:34:01,176 That wild boar is on the rampage again. 382 00:34:01,176 --> 00:34:03,384 Old ragged tusk? 383 00:34:03,384 --> 00:34:06,264 Finally, some excitement. 384 00:34:06,264 --> 00:34:09,560 I will find him and throttle him bare-handed, like I did these. 385 00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:12,048 You pile of soft flesh, off with you! Oh. 386 00:34:15,896 --> 00:34:19,311 How dare you. You forget who I am. 387 00:34:21,816 --> 00:34:26,616 How can I? You bore everyone with your interminable boasting about it. 388 00:34:26,616 --> 00:34:28,696 You still have no defence. 389 00:34:28,696 --> 00:34:31,255 Your father, Amphitryon, would be ashamed of you. 390 00:34:31,255 --> 00:34:33,975 My father is Zeus, a God! 391 00:34:33,975 --> 00:34:36,503 Get your head out of the heavens. 392 00:34:36,503 --> 00:34:39,768 Your name doesn't earn you respect. Your life does! 393 00:34:39,768 --> 00:34:41,303 Make it have meaning! 394 00:34:41,303 --> 00:34:45,973 You will never be a hero or a God until you learn to be a man first. 395 00:34:52,887 --> 00:34:55,123 I will show that old nag who's a hero. 396 00:35:24,054 --> 00:35:26,998 Let Thebes think me dead. 397 00:35:26,998 --> 00:35:29,398 Wasted myself there. 398 00:35:29,398 --> 00:35:33,522 Losing my edge, composing dreary ditties for dim-witted patrons. 399 00:35:35,126 --> 00:35:37,166 This is the life. 400 00:35:38,166 --> 00:35:41,142 I am content to lull in your forest, Deianeira. 401 00:35:41,142 --> 00:35:43,702 It's the Goddess' forest. 402 00:35:43,702 --> 00:35:46,358 You are welcome to lull as long as you like. 403 00:35:46,358 --> 00:35:49,750 When my head heals, I will go to Tiryns for a while. 404 00:35:49,750 --> 00:35:52,630 They'd appreciate a poet of my skill. 405 00:35:52,630 --> 00:35:56,310 But for now I will seek inspiration in the serenity of nature... 406 00:35:56,310 --> 00:35:59,382 ..where you can hear the muses whisper. 407 00:35:59,382 --> 00:36:02,070 So young Hercules has done you a favour. 408 00:36:02,070 --> 00:36:04,309 He's reunited you with the purity of your art. 409 00:36:04,309 --> 00:36:08,501 That lout couldn't recognize art if it impaled him on the end of a javelin. 410 00:36:08,501 --> 00:36:11,830 Not surprising, really, considering his violent conception. 411 00:36:11,830 --> 00:36:13,750 I was there that night... 412 00:36:13,750 --> 00:36:15,541 ..you know. So was I, Linus. 413 00:36:15,541 --> 00:36:18,261 I saw Zeus take Alcmene... 414 00:36:18,261 --> 00:36:20,822 ..in the shadow of Hera's altar. 415 00:36:20,822 --> 00:36:22,773 I heard her pleas. 416 00:36:22,773 --> 00:36:26,930 I saw the mark of his divinity upon him... a thunderbolt. 417 00:36:28,437 --> 00:36:33,259 Hercules has inherited all of Zeus' brazen audacity. 418 00:36:36,021 --> 00:36:36,981 [Snorting] What? 419 00:36:36,981 --> 00:36:39,253 Ragged tusk, the boar I've been hunting. 420 00:36:39,253 --> 00:36:41,009 Throw me my bow. 421 00:36:51,477 --> 00:36:52,789 [Snorting] Well, well... 422 00:36:52,789 --> 00:36:57,742 ..the Goddess Artemis, the huntress herself, in all nature's glory. 423 00:37:00,021 --> 00:37:01,589 [Laughs] Put that down. 424 00:37:01,589 --> 00:37:03,509 But I am a nature lover, Goddess. 425 00:37:03,509 --> 00:37:06,645 I am not Artemis the huntress. I am almost as good an archer. 426 00:37:06,645 --> 00:37:08,564 You will be dead if you don't put down my clothes and go. 427 00:37:08,564 --> 00:37:11,696 But what a vision I will die with when you rise up to shoot. 428 00:37:17,300 --> 00:37:19,089 [Whistles] A Ceryneian hind. 429 00:37:23,924 --> 00:37:25,746 [Growls] Wait, Nymph! 430 00:37:27,540 --> 00:37:29,066 Hercules. 431 00:37:30,932 --> 00:37:32,724 The ghost of Linus! 432 00:37:32,724 --> 00:37:34,291 Ghost? 433 00:37:34,291 --> 00:37:36,233 I did not mean to kill you. 434 00:37:38,707 --> 00:37:40,431 Do not look upon me! 435 00:37:42,803 --> 00:37:44,436 [Chuckles] It was an accident. 436 00:37:44,436 --> 00:37:46,035 I didn't know my own strength. 437 00:37:46,035 --> 00:37:48,115 I didn't know I was the son of Zeus. 438 00:37:48,115 --> 00:37:50,387 - Please forgive me. - Forgive you? 439 00:37:50,387 --> 00:37:54,707 I see how you grieve for your sin, molesting innocent maidens. 440 00:37:54,707 --> 00:37:56,787 Well, the living must go on living. 441 00:37:56,787 --> 00:37:59,187 That sweet Nymph, Deianeira... 442 00:37:59,187 --> 00:38:02,099 ..is a Virgin Goddess and sacred. 443 00:38:02,099 --> 00:38:06,131 Go to the Virgin, return her things, beg for forgiveness... 444 00:38:06,131 --> 00:38:09,843 ..and vow never to abuse her with your foul lusts again! 445 00:38:09,843 --> 00:38:12,659 Yes, ghost, my foul lusts. 446 00:38:12,659 --> 00:38:15,659 Away, go! Go now! 447 00:38:18,995 --> 00:38:21,329 Go! Go! 448 00:38:22,867 --> 00:38:24,525 Go! 449 00:38:34,003 --> 00:38:35,497 [Laughs] Deianeira! 450 00:38:38,707 --> 00:38:39,890 Virgin Nymph... 451 00:38:39,890 --> 00:38:43,442 ..Hercules, son of Zeus, abates himself at your door... 452 00:38:43,442 --> 00:38:46,759 ..to crave your pardon and return your... 453 00:38:49,970 --> 00:38:52,242 ..away. You don't want to do this now. 454 00:38:52,242 --> 00:38:54,130 Honour demands it. 455 00:38:54,130 --> 00:38:56,849 If ever again I abuse you with my foul lust... 456 00:38:56,849 --> 00:38:59,250 ..may your arrow pierce my heart. 457 00:38:59,250 --> 00:39:03,026 Though in truth, Lady, your beauty has already pierced it... 458 00:39:03,026 --> 00:39:06,802 ..which is my meagre excuse for my overeager attentions. 459 00:39:06,802 --> 00:39:08,658 Forgive me, Nymph. 460 00:39:08,658 --> 00:39:12,106 Apology accepted given such public contrition. 461 00:39:16,369 --> 00:39:19,218 [Laughter] So, these are the weighty matters with which Demigods fill their days? 462 00:39:19,218 --> 00:39:22,829 Oh, Hercules. I thought you were saving your foul lusts for me. 463 00:39:23,826 --> 00:39:25,937 [Laughter] Megara. Father... 464 00:39:25,937 --> 00:39:27,121 ..what are you all doing here? 465 00:39:27,121 --> 00:39:29,609 We came to hunt boar and instead, we find a bore. 466 00:39:30,641 --> 00:39:32,849 Hercules, your cousin Eurystheus... 467 00:39:32,849 --> 00:39:37,201 ..and prince Theseus of Athens pay a visit to King Creon. 468 00:39:37,201 --> 00:39:41,361 Theseus? The same Theseus who slew the minotaur? 469 00:39:41,361 --> 00:39:43,025 An honour, prince. 470 00:39:43,025 --> 00:39:46,672 We thought we'd seek some sport with this rogue boar we've heard about. 471 00:39:46,672 --> 00:39:49,425 Ragged tusk. I've been stalking him all morning. 472 00:39:49,425 --> 00:39:52,108 That's not the only thing you've been stalking. 473 00:39:53,265 --> 00:39:56,497 [Laughter] Theseus: Join us, Hercules. You must know the boar's haunts and habits. 474 00:39:56,497 --> 00:39:57,904 You will need our help. 475 00:39:57,904 --> 00:40:01,328 This is a hunt for princes, not herdsmen and Nymphs. 476 00:40:01,328 --> 00:40:04,016 So many spears for one little pig would hardly be much sport. 477 00:40:04,016 --> 00:40:06,537 Ragged tusk is... 478 00:40:07,536 --> 00:40:09,201 ..King of Tiryns. 479 00:40:09,201 --> 00:40:11,121 It would make more than a match for you all. 480 00:40:11,121 --> 00:40:13,455 But surely not for the son of Zeus. 481 00:40:14,992 --> 00:40:16,912 [Laughter] Just let them join us, father. 482 00:40:16,912 --> 00:40:20,336 It may be more sport than you know, Eurystheus... 483 00:40:20,336 --> 00:40:23,344 ..to see how a God hunts. 484 00:40:23,344 --> 00:40:25,199 I will bring you back a pelt. Megara. 485 00:40:33,635 --> 00:40:42,442 Whoa. Hercules, ride with me. Ho! Hyah! Hyah! 486 00:40:47,407 --> 00:40:50,157 I will be waiting for my pelt, Hercules! 487 00:40:52,496 --> 00:40:54,089 The leaves are turning. 488 00:40:55,439 --> 00:40:58,479 Hera's Harvest festival is not far off. 489 00:40:58,479 --> 00:41:01,583 And I have a gift for you. 490 00:41:01,583 --> 00:41:05,861 This year, you will be allowed to attend the festival. 491 00:41:08,527 --> 00:41:11,183 My first festival. 492 00:41:11,183 --> 00:41:14,543 You must tell me all that I need to know, Priestess of Hera. 493 00:41:14,543 --> 00:41:16,168 I want to be ready. Whoooooaaa! 494 00:41:36,495 --> 00:41:39,244 Hercules, let the dogs flush him out! 495 00:41:40,239 --> 00:41:42,148 I promised the lady a pelt! 496 00:41:47,854 --> 00:41:49,838 I will show you how a God hunts! 497 00:41:49,838 --> 00:41:52,430 Or how a God dies. 498 00:41:52,430 --> 00:41:54,382 Over there! 499 00:41:54,382 --> 00:41:56,487 I am not giving that lug the glory! 500 00:41:57,646 --> 00:41:59,502 Well, you can die, too. 501 00:41:59,502 --> 00:42:02,371 An empty throne is easier to seat. [Snorting] Ugh! Aaahh! 502 00:43:00,397 --> 00:43:02,797 That pelt should have gone to you. 503 00:43:02,797 --> 00:43:05,357 Your arrow laid ragged tusk alone. 504 00:43:05,357 --> 00:43:07,244 I've never seen a finer shot. 505 00:43:10,092 --> 00:43:13,453 That looks serious. I will send a physician. 506 00:43:13,453 --> 00:43:15,500 Deianeira is a Virgin of the Mother. 507 00:43:15,500 --> 00:43:17,260 The Goddess has taught her well. 508 00:43:17,260 --> 00:43:18,988 Her healing skills are very strong. 509 00:43:18,988 --> 00:43:21,192 He is in more need of her archery skill. 510 00:43:24,492 --> 00:43:26,349 [Laughter] Let them laugh, my son. 511 00:43:26,349 --> 00:43:28,332 You have greatness in you. 512 00:43:28,332 --> 00:43:30,306 Time will reveal it. 513 00:43:38,316 --> 00:43:40,396 Your father is a wise man. 514 00:43:40,396 --> 00:43:42,444 Our paths will cross again. 515 00:43:42,444 --> 00:43:44,484 I look forward to that day. 516 00:43:45,900 --> 00:43:47,308 Farewell, my young friend. 517 00:43:47,308 --> 00:43:49,380 Thank you, Theseus. Farewell. Come now, come. 518 00:44:02,060 --> 00:44:03,816 Megara. 519 00:44:19,691 --> 00:44:23,147 I am sorry. I... did I hurt you? 520 00:44:23,147 --> 00:44:25,034 It's all right. You were dreaming. 521 00:44:27,563 --> 00:44:30,826 Do you always kiss as though you're slurping a leg of mutton? 522 00:44:30,826 --> 00:44:32,555 I am a passionate fellow. 523 00:44:32,555 --> 00:44:36,011 Passion is not all fumbling paws and crushing lips. 524 00:44:36,011 --> 00:44:38,187 No one ever kiss you tenderly? 525 00:44:38,187 --> 00:44:40,267 Your nurse? 526 00:44:40,267 --> 00:44:41,925 Your Mother? 527 00:44:44,107 --> 00:44:46,212 I suppose not. 528 00:44:47,947 --> 00:44:50,151 Don't purse them so tightly. 529 00:44:51,402 --> 00:44:54,948 Make them soft, moist... 530 00:44:56,484 --> 00:45:02,346 ..and pliable. Mmh. 531 00:45:03,178 --> 00:45:06,570 Everything need not be a bruising, charging conquest. 532 00:45:06,570 --> 00:45:10,674 Slow sweetness can stir passion, too. Hmm? 533 00:45:12,457 --> 00:45:15,562 Why did you choose the Virgin path? 534 00:45:15,562 --> 00:45:19,498 Because men and women refuse to learn... 535 00:45:19,498 --> 00:45:21,961 ..what you have just learned. Love is not a power struggle. 536 00:45:21,961 --> 00:45:24,778 Not war but peace. 537 00:45:24,778 --> 00:45:26,409 Well, I've learnt it. 538 00:45:26,409 --> 00:45:28,266 So I will marry you. 539 00:45:28,266 --> 00:45:30,986 It's more than mere kissing. 540 00:45:30,986 --> 00:45:34,826 It's realizing that passion needs patience. 541 00:45:34,826 --> 00:45:37,866 Victory is sometimes found in surrender. 542 00:45:37,866 --> 00:45:40,553 Some strengths are small and soft. 543 00:45:40,553 --> 00:45:43,073 Besides, I am much too old to marry you. 544 00:45:44,169 --> 00:45:46,697 No. You are a Nymph. 545 00:45:46,697 --> 00:45:49,599 You will remain beautiful for hundreds of years. 546 00:45:50,921 --> 00:45:53,065 Hera, though beautiful, is ancient. 547 00:45:53,065 --> 00:45:57,097 Zeus is young. Ever since they mated, they've been at war. 548 00:45:57,097 --> 00:45:59,305 We could be an example for them. 549 00:45:59,305 --> 00:46:02,409 You, servant of Hera, and I, son of Zeus... 550 00:46:02,409 --> 00:46:04,841 ..can show them how to love each other. 551 00:46:04,841 --> 00:46:06,816 Sweet thought, Hercules. 552 00:46:08,648 --> 00:46:10,377 But you don't love me. 553 00:46:10,377 --> 00:46:12,936 Your heart is set on another. 554 00:46:12,936 --> 00:46:15,489 That's as hopeless as Zeus and Hera. 555 00:46:17,321 --> 00:46:19,939 Would you like me to teach you another soft strength? Hmm? 556 00:46:29,193 --> 00:46:31,912 Don't choke it. 557 00:46:31,912 --> 00:46:34,214 It's a bow, not a thunderbolt. 558 00:46:36,808 --> 00:46:39,972 It needs the patience of the Mother, not the force of Zeus. 559 00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:43,007 Caress, not a grope. 560 00:46:44,392 --> 00:46:46,535 Find a balance. 561 00:46:46,535 --> 00:46:48,739 Target's that way. 562 00:46:50,536 --> 00:46:55,056 Remember the balance. Let it fly. 563 00:47:03,240 --> 00:47:06,109 Wait till Chiron sees how I can handle a bow. 564 00:47:07,111 --> 00:47:09,895 You are a much more patient teacher than he is. 565 00:47:09,895 --> 00:47:12,743 [Laughs] Perhaps you've become a more patient student. 566 00:47:22,504 --> 00:47:24,807 [Music plays in distance] I know about the Harvest festival tonight... 567 00:47:24,807 --> 00:47:27,655 ..some dark rite that Goddess Hera demands of her followers. 568 00:47:27,655 --> 00:47:29,892 Not some dark rite they demand of her. 569 00:47:31,431 --> 00:47:34,530 I've upset you, Deianeira. Forgive me. 570 00:47:35,975 --> 00:47:38,311 It's not you. 571 00:47:38,311 --> 00:47:42,151 It's just that as the ancient mysteries of this world... 572 00:47:42,151 --> 00:47:44,327 ..trickle down through the ages... 573 00:47:44,327 --> 00:47:46,535 ..they lose their form and purpose. 574 00:47:46,535 --> 00:47:48,646 And their magic is misused. 575 00:47:48,646 --> 00:47:50,822 And arrogant humans who claim to serve the will of the Gods... 576 00:47:50,822 --> 00:47:52,994 ..serve only their own petty ends. 577 00:47:55,526 --> 00:47:57,414 Learn the difference, Hercules. 578 00:47:58,727 --> 00:48:00,549 I will. 579 00:49:04,005 --> 00:49:05,696 [Music plays] [woman singing operatically] [women laughing] [gasps] Megara. 580 00:49:12,421 --> 00:49:14,526 What happened? Are you hurt? 581 00:49:49,508 --> 00:49:52,292 Megara, it's all right. 582 00:49:52,292 --> 00:49:54,015 Megara! Megara! 583 00:49:59,780 --> 00:50:01,689 Let her go. 584 00:50:02,979 --> 00:50:04,987 Harvest festival is over. 585 00:50:26,212 --> 00:50:28,251 [Grunts] Hercules: Seems reluctant to go with you. 586 00:50:33,123 --> 00:50:34,915 [Grunts] Now it won't be. 587 00:50:34,915 --> 00:50:36,419 Well, I won't let it go. 588 00:50:36,419 --> 00:50:39,235 See, that belongs to my father, lord Amphitryon. 589 00:50:39,235 --> 00:50:40,770 [Laughs] Amphitryon? 590 00:50:40,770 --> 00:50:42,595 Then I will enjoy stealing it all the more. 591 00:50:42,595 --> 00:50:44,961 I said it's not going anywhere. Hyah! 592 00:50:46,755 --> 00:50:49,475 I lied. Amphitryon is only my adopted father. 593 00:50:49,475 --> 00:50:52,158 Zeus is my real one. Ohh! 594 00:50:57,827 --> 00:50:59,517 Now, get up and fight. 595 00:51:08,834 --> 00:51:13,242 [Laughs] [choking] Son of Zeus, I am Antaeus, son of Mother Earth. 596 00:51:16,514 --> 00:51:18,718 Grovel before her. 597 00:51:19,714 --> 00:51:21,470 Chiron: Hercules! Aah! Aah! 598 00:51:33,730 --> 00:51:34,946 Did you see that? 599 00:51:34,946 --> 00:51:37,986 He lifted you up as though you were a child. 600 00:51:37,986 --> 00:51:41,061 I had an unfortunate view of it, yes. 601 00:51:44,897 --> 00:51:46,401 [Grunts] Hercules... 602 00:51:46,401 --> 00:51:48,066 ..you will hurt yourself... 603 00:51:48,066 --> 00:51:51,394 ..or worse, me. 604 00:51:51,394 --> 00:51:53,052 Hercules? 605 00:51:54,209 --> 00:51:57,624 If a common cattle thief can do it, so can the son of a God. 606 00:51:59,330 --> 00:52:02,329 [Horse whinnying] Hercules. Hercules! 607 00:52:05,953 --> 00:52:07,297 King Creon. 608 00:52:07,297 --> 00:52:08,988 Megara. 609 00:52:10,305 --> 00:52:12,449 My daughter is with child. 610 00:52:12,449 --> 00:52:13,632 Wonderful! 611 00:52:13,632 --> 00:52:15,745 She says you are the father. 612 00:52:15,745 --> 00:52:17,089 I am proud to say so. 613 00:52:17,089 --> 00:52:19,969 Proud? Violator. 614 00:52:19,969 --> 00:52:22,080 What? 615 00:52:22,080 --> 00:52:23,905 You confess your ravishment? 616 00:52:23,905 --> 00:52:25,568 Ravish? No. 617 00:52:25,568 --> 00:52:27,673 - Seize him! - Megara! 618 00:52:34,112 --> 00:52:35,836 Chiron: Hercules! 619 00:53:15,583 --> 00:53:19,839 Megara has given birth to triplets... all sons. My sons. 620 00:53:19,839 --> 00:53:23,904 Creon does not harm them? 621 00:53:23,904 --> 00:53:28,479 No. Nor does he acknowledge them as his heirs. 622 00:53:28,479 --> 00:53:30,111 And Megara? 623 00:53:30,111 --> 00:53:32,351 Does her heart soften? 624 00:53:32,351 --> 00:53:37,983 Towards the children. Not towards you, their father. 625 00:53:37,983 --> 00:53:39,871 Nor does Creon's heart. 626 00:53:39,871 --> 00:53:42,911 He's arranged the marriage of Megara and Eurystheus... 627 00:53:42,911 --> 00:53:48,959 ..heir to the throne of Tiryns. He wants to unite the Kingdoms. 628 00:53:48,959 --> 00:53:51,293 Stay out of Thebes, Hercules. 629 00:54:02,399 --> 00:54:04,886 You will see home again someday, Hercules. 630 00:54:05,887 --> 00:54:07,894 Only if I return a hero. 631 00:54:12,894 --> 00:54:15,166 A colt is not a centaur, Hercules. 632 00:54:15,166 --> 00:54:16,638 The colt will get bigger. 633 00:54:16,638 --> 00:54:18,302 How will that make you a hero? 634 00:54:18,302 --> 00:54:20,407 Pound by pound. 635 00:54:38,526 --> 00:54:40,762 [Grunting] [Laughs] He must be divine. 636 00:54:42,142 --> 00:54:43,518 Or merely determined. 637 00:54:43,518 --> 00:54:46,525 He has lifted that horse every day since it was a colt. 638 00:54:46,525 --> 00:54:49,053 They have grown bigger and stronger together... 639 00:54:49,053 --> 00:54:50,908 ..strength that is wasted up here. 640 00:54:51,902 --> 00:54:54,429 Now isn't a good time for Hercules to return. 641 00:54:54,429 --> 00:54:57,693 A monstrous 2-headed creature ravages the hills around Thebes. 642 00:54:57,693 --> 00:54:59,261 We've called it a Hydra. 643 00:54:59,261 --> 00:55:02,078 What better time? I will slay this Hydra. 644 00:55:02,078 --> 00:55:05,469 More seasoned warriors than yourself have tried and failed. 645 00:55:05,469 --> 00:55:09,501 No one man can kill it. We hunt it in packs now. 646 00:55:09,501 --> 00:55:12,477 I came to tell you. You must stay in hiding. 647 00:55:12,477 --> 00:55:14,621 King Creon and his soldiers are very close. 648 00:55:14,621 --> 00:55:17,213 They're in the lowland pastures, stalking the creature. 649 00:55:17,213 --> 00:55:19,035 Then let me stalk it. 650 00:55:20,509 --> 00:55:22,973 You once said I had greatness in me, father. 651 00:55:22,973 --> 00:55:25,501 I am not going to find it hiding in these mountains. 652 00:55:25,501 --> 00:55:27,356 A hero seeks his destiny. 653 00:55:27,356 --> 00:55:29,501 That destiny might be your death. 654 00:55:29,501 --> 00:55:32,348 If not from the Hydra, then from Creon's soldiers. 655 00:55:32,348 --> 00:55:36,252 Have patience, my son. Your time will come. 656 00:55:36,252 --> 00:55:38,674 I must get back to the King and rejoin the hunt. 657 00:55:48,736 --> 00:55:50,841 My time is now, Chiron. 658 00:56:48,820 --> 00:56:56,503 Aah! Ow! [Growls] A frightened ghost? 659 00:56:58,971 --> 00:57:00,635 Hercules, help me. Help you? 660 00:57:00,635 --> 00:57:02,746 I want to kill you, spirit! 661 00:57:02,746 --> 00:57:05,499 Let me go. I am no spirit. 662 00:57:05,499 --> 00:57:08,250 Not yet. I've been exiled because of your tricks! 663 00:57:08,250 --> 00:57:10,039 [Hydra roars] Come along! 664 00:57:24,059 --> 00:57:31,246 [Gasping] King Creon, Hercules... and the creature. Hercules! [Hydra roars] [roars] Aah! Hyah! 665 00:58:22,406 --> 00:58:25,220 [Shrieks] Amphitryon: Hercules! 666 00:58:25,625 --> 00:58:29,557 No one man can slay it, huh? [Roaring] Aah! 667 00:59:02,904 --> 00:59:05,209 Move about. Distract it. 668 00:59:05,209 --> 00:59:06,867 We must save the King. 669 00:59:28,280 --> 00:59:30,200 [Shrieking] Hercules! 670 00:59:30,200 --> 00:59:33,014 The fire sears the necks! New heads can't grow back! Aah! No! Ugh! 671 01:00:17,143 --> 01:00:18,768 Amphitryon, no. 672 01:00:21,335 --> 01:00:23,222 Save the King. 673 01:01:17,653 --> 01:01:21,101 [Shrieking] [coughing] Zeus is your father. He won't forsake you. 674 01:01:22,101 --> 01:01:25,141 Your course is set. 675 01:01:25,141 --> 01:01:27,792 You will be a hero. 676 01:01:28,821 --> 01:01:33,556 You will find the strength within yourself. 677 01:01:39,189 --> 01:01:42,986 A God is in you. 678 01:02:12,596 --> 01:02:14,964 [Lyre plays] * They cowered, all... 679 01:02:14,964 --> 01:02:18,004 ..when fangs were flashed * 680 01:02:18,004 --> 01:02:22,826 * and he alone withstood the foe * 681 01:02:24,116 --> 01:02:26,676 * with flame and club... 682 01:02:26,676 --> 01:02:29,972 ..the hero slashed * 683 01:02:29,972 --> 01:02:34,478 * and lay the Hydra's head all alone * 684 01:02:46,419 --> 01:02:49,267 Forgive me, Hercules. I have wronged you. 685 01:02:49,267 --> 01:02:51,827 Allow me to serve you. 686 01:02:51,827 --> 01:02:53,780 I will sing your glories... 687 01:02:53,780 --> 01:02:56,682 ..across the land and in the courts of Kings. 688 01:03:07,635 --> 01:03:09,522 [Neighs] Son of Zeus. 689 01:03:11,795 --> 01:03:14,899 Here lies the only father I ever knew. 690 01:03:14,899 --> 01:03:17,075 He raised me... 691 01:03:17,075 --> 01:03:19,666 ..believed in me... 692 01:03:19,666 --> 01:03:22,067 ..loved me. 693 01:03:22,067 --> 01:03:25,299 I come to do him honour and you. 694 01:03:25,299 --> 01:03:28,658 I shall not forget what you did for me and for Thebes... 695 01:03:28,658 --> 01:03:30,829 ..and I reward you. 696 01:03:44,402 --> 01:03:47,122 My marriage to Eurystheus was all but ordained... 697 01:03:47,122 --> 01:03:49,426 ..but your brutish son ruins everything. 698 01:03:49,426 --> 01:03:52,338 Creon hails him a hero, and I am his prize. 699 01:03:52,338 --> 01:03:53,938 Pride of the victor. 700 01:03:53,938 --> 01:03:55,474 You should've murdered him in his crib. 701 01:03:55,474 --> 01:03:59,217 I tried. Zeus protects him. 702 01:03:59,217 --> 01:04:01,618 We are helpless to destroy him. 703 01:04:01,618 --> 01:04:04,914 So this is the hope you and Hera offer me? 704 01:04:04,914 --> 01:04:07,570 Have more faith in the Goddess you serve. 705 01:04:07,570 --> 01:04:11,505 One day you will take my place as a High Priestess. 706 01:04:11,505 --> 01:04:14,002 We cannot destroy Hercules... 707 01:04:14,002 --> 01:04:16,977 ..but he can destroy himself. 708 01:04:16,977 --> 01:04:19,377 Hera will show the way. 709 01:04:19,377 --> 01:04:22,865 Why does she wait to bring him down? 710 01:04:22,865 --> 01:04:24,689 It is her way. 711 01:04:24,689 --> 01:04:27,793 All things in their season. 712 01:04:27,793 --> 01:04:30,353 The slower vengeance ripens... 713 01:04:30,353 --> 01:04:32,938 ..the sweeter when plucked. 714 01:04:42,705 --> 01:04:44,465 Over here, boys. 715 01:04:44,465 --> 01:04:46,193 They're for you. 716 01:04:46,193 --> 01:04:48,913 They come from my friend Chiron the centaur. 717 01:04:48,913 --> 01:04:50,833 He knows horseflesh. 718 01:04:50,833 --> 01:04:54,704 Someday he will train you to be great warriors just like your father. 719 01:04:54,704 --> 01:04:58,129 We have no father! We have no father! 720 01:04:58,129 --> 01:05:00,016 Stop that! Stop! 721 01:05:00,034 --> 01:05:03,921 You will hurt them! Come here! 722 01:05:03,921 --> 01:05:06,480 Mother! Mother! Mother! 723 01:05:06,480 --> 01:05:08,304 You leave them alone. 724 01:05:08,304 --> 01:05:10,160 You should teach them gentler ways. 725 01:05:10,160 --> 01:05:12,560 What do you expect, given their ungentle begetting? 726 01:05:12,560 --> 01:05:16,400 Is that the lie you tell to keep the love of Eurystheus? 727 01:05:16,400 --> 01:05:19,400 I am their father and soon your husband. 728 01:05:20,784 --> 01:05:23,600 You think it that simple? 729 01:05:23,600 --> 01:05:26,096 How can you love what you do not know? 730 01:05:26,096 --> 01:05:29,200 To hunger for my beauty is not love. 731 01:05:29,200 --> 01:05:31,472 One lunatic night on a mountain is not love. 732 01:05:31,472 --> 01:05:36,048 Like Zeus and Hera... 733 01:05:36,048 --> 01:05:37,999 ..we must learn to love one another. "must" is a God word. 734 01:05:37,999 --> 01:05:40,175 Hera will never love Zeus... 735 01:05:40,175 --> 01:05:42,248 ..and I will never love you. 736 01:05:44,879 --> 01:05:46,668 You are going to die! 737 01:05:47,888 --> 01:05:50,928 You are dead! 738 01:05:50,928 --> 01:05:52,750 Not my children. 739 01:05:53,935 --> 01:05:56,047 His children. 740 01:05:56,047 --> 01:05:58,704 The blood of Zeus flows in them. 741 01:05:58,704 --> 01:06:03,014 They will be Hera's tools to destroy her enemy. 742 01:06:04,847 --> 01:06:08,111 I will never be as great a Priestess as you. 743 01:06:08,111 --> 01:06:10,031 My heart is too tender. 744 01:06:10,031 --> 01:06:13,935 The tender heart makes the truest sacrifice... 745 01:06:13,935 --> 01:06:17,263 ..but those children will never serve the Mother. 746 01:06:17,263 --> 01:06:19,471 They're like their father, little brutes... 747 01:06:19,471 --> 01:06:22,127 ..like the God they sprout from. 748 01:06:22,127 --> 01:06:25,199 And if you have a child with Eurystheus... 749 01:06:25,199 --> 01:06:31,592 ..do you think that they will stand by while you raise another, one conceived in love, above them? 750 01:06:36,143 --> 01:06:40,037 Rid yourself of all your mistakes at once. 751 01:06:41,582 --> 01:06:44,687 From blood comes new blood. 752 01:06:44,687 --> 01:06:47,469 From death comes life. Fresh fruits and vegetables for your table. Seeds, sackcloth, nutmegs from the finest corners of the Earth. 753 01:07:03,374 --> 01:07:05,326 One well-aimed arrow... 754 01:07:05,326 --> 01:07:07,342 ..will bring war, Eurystheus... 755 01:07:07,342 --> 01:07:10,473 ..and deny you your desire. 756 01:07:11,502 --> 01:07:14,062 Do you think that Creon would surrender his daughter... 757 01:07:14,062 --> 01:07:18,030 ..to the man who killed the hero of Thebes? 758 01:07:18,030 --> 01:07:20,616 Let Hera work her way. 759 01:07:24,142 --> 01:07:28,013 The thought of his hard hands bruising your flesh... 760 01:07:28,013 --> 01:07:29,646 ..his body crushing yours. 761 01:07:29,646 --> 01:07:32,461 He won't lie with me ever again, I swear. 762 01:07:32,461 --> 01:07:34,828 No, never again. 763 01:07:36,974 --> 01:07:39,395 Eurystheus, get the wedding guests. 764 01:08:15,117 --> 01:08:17,670 Go. Prepare yourself. 765 01:08:31,340 --> 01:08:34,508 I understand no more than Eurystheus. 766 01:08:34,508 --> 01:08:37,260 Why not let him kill Hercules? 767 01:08:37,260 --> 01:08:39,404 Because he won't kill Hercules. 768 01:08:39,404 --> 01:08:42,604 No matter how good his bow-arm, Zeus will protect his son. 769 01:08:42,604 --> 01:08:44,556 Well, then why plot with Eurystheus? 770 01:08:44,556 --> 01:08:47,052 He stands in our way as much as my brother. 771 01:08:47,052 --> 01:08:50,572 If he can't kill Hercules, what good is it to pit one against the other? 772 01:08:50,572 --> 01:08:53,068 Because Hercules may kill Eurystheus. 773 01:08:53,068 --> 01:08:54,316 Give me the word. I will kill him. 774 01:08:54,316 --> 01:08:57,548 That won't get you the throne of Tiryns. 775 01:08:57,548 --> 01:08:59,307 Who do you think that they would prefer... 776 01:08:59,307 --> 01:09:03,147 ..you, Iphicles, or Hercules, the hero of Thebes? 777 01:09:03,147 --> 01:09:04,684 Then why have me cosy up... 778 01:09:04,684 --> 01:09:06,953 ..with my cousin all these years? 779 01:09:07,947 --> 01:09:11,083 Let Hera work her will against Hercules. 780 01:09:11,083 --> 01:09:13,701 I will not pit you against your brother. 781 01:09:14,859 --> 01:09:16,171 You are afraid of him! 782 01:09:16,171 --> 01:09:18,603 You are afraid of that muck-brained, bumbling ape! 783 01:09:18,603 --> 01:09:23,654 Who has bumbled his way to greatness above you despite your mocking of him. 784 01:09:27,243 --> 01:09:30,112 Oh, my dear Iphicles. 785 01:09:35,947 --> 01:09:39,591 Let this be a war between Hera and Zeus. 786 01:09:47,627 --> 01:09:51,338 The water cleanses past sorrows... 787 01:09:51,338 --> 01:09:54,058 ..past sins. 788 01:09:54,058 --> 01:09:57,156 Come to your wife fresh and pure. 789 01:10:01,642 --> 01:10:04,138 Come to your husband fresh and pure. 790 01:10:04,138 --> 01:10:07,553 Two unblemished souls bound together... 791 01:10:08,746 --> 01:10:10,950 ..in sacred wedlock. 792 01:10:25,545 --> 01:10:27,040 [Applause] Alcmene: Hercules? 793 01:10:29,354 --> 01:10:33,129 Gifts for you to give your sons. 794 01:10:33,129 --> 01:10:35,049 Amphitryon's idea. 795 01:10:35,049 --> 01:10:36,873 He had them made long ago, hoping for the day... 796 01:10:36,873 --> 01:10:39,688 ..that you could be reconciled with them. 797 01:11:13,257 --> 01:11:16,297 Alcmene: The blood of Zeus flows in them. 798 01:11:16,297 --> 01:11:20,094 Rid yourself of all your mistakes at once. 799 01:11:25,672 --> 01:11:27,304 [Knock on door]Gifts... 800 01:11:27,304 --> 01:11:29,028 ..for my sons. 801 01:11:35,080 --> 01:11:37,120 Send them away now. 802 01:11:39,560 --> 01:11:42,312 The wedding cup first... 803 01:11:42,312 --> 01:11:44,417 ..Lord husband. 804 01:12:04,263 --> 01:12:07,528 You are weary, husband. 805 01:12:07,528 --> 01:12:10,910 I will return later when you're more fit to perform your duties. 806 01:12:14,920 --> 01:12:16,927 I am fit. 807 01:12:25,607 --> 01:12:28,103 Hera and Zeus need not war, Megara. 808 01:12:28,103 --> 01:12:30,311 Let go of me! 809 01:12:30,311 --> 01:12:32,679 Let go! 810 01:12:32,679 --> 01:12:35,526 - Let go of her! - I hate you! 811 01:12:37,703 --> 01:12:39,495 I hate you! Don't hurt my Mother! I wouldn't hurt her! 812 01:12:39,495 --> 01:12:41,958 I wouldn't! 813 01:12:41,958 --> 01:12:44,380 You will not win their affection by abusing their Mother. 814 01:13:14,886 --> 01:13:17,155 [Breathing heavily] It is his head. 815 01:13:29,574 --> 01:13:31,778 [Megara sobbing] Please don't cry, Mother. 816 01:13:36,710 --> 01:13:39,295 She mustn't cry anymore. 817 01:13:40,294 --> 01:13:44,549 He must never make her cry again. 818 01:13:46,693 --> 01:13:48,417 Mother? 819 01:14:04,261 --> 01:14:05,984 Strike it. No. 820 01:14:07,141 --> 01:14:08,667 Strike it. 821 01:14:09,733 --> 01:14:12,644 Strike it! Strike it! 822 01:14:12,644 --> 01:14:14,533 Harder! Harder! 823 01:14:14,533 --> 01:14:17,282 Harder! Harder! 824 01:15:05,155 --> 01:15:06,756 [Fabric tearing] [grunting ] [door opens] Hercules. 825 01:15:06,756 --> 01:15:08,579 Hercules. 826 01:15:08,579 --> 01:15:10,403 Beware. 827 01:15:10,403 --> 01:15:14,115 Demons. Demons! Aah! [Growling] Aah! Aah! [Straining] Hercules. 828 01:16:10,115 --> 01:16:11,618 Murderer! 829 01:16:11,618 --> 01:16:13,244 You murderer! No-o-o-o-o-o-o! Aaahhhh! 830 01:16:23,106 --> 01:16:25,794 He's killed my children! 831 01:16:25,794 --> 01:16:28,827 Demons! I thought they were demons! 832 01:16:29,005 --> 01:16:33,207 Megara: Murderer! I thought they were demons! 833 01:16:42,627 --> 01:16:51,550 [Thunder crashes] [horse neighs] My so-o-o-ns! Aah! Aah! 834 01:16:51,761 --> 01:17:01,706 [Horse neighs] Aah! 835 01:17:02,087 --> 01:17:05,302 Aaaaahhhhh! 836 01:17:42,800 --> 01:17:44,443 [Horse neighs] Hercules, no! 837 01:17:44,583 --> 01:17:54,108 [Thunder crashes] [horse neighs] Aaaaaaaaahhhhh! Zeu-u-u-u-s! Aaahhh! 838 01:18:07,478 --> 01:18:08,799 He lives! 839 01:18:08,799 --> 01:18:10,656 Kill him! 840 01:18:10,656 --> 01:18:12,958 Avenge my children! 841 01:18:14,623 --> 01:18:17,120 It was a madness, lord Creon. A madness seized him. 842 01:18:17,120 --> 01:18:19,296 He slew my children! 843 01:18:19,296 --> 01:18:22,944 All in madness. Zeus, with his own thunderbolt, punishes him... 844 01:18:22,944 --> 01:18:24,735 ..and I am satisfied with his judgment! 845 01:18:24,735 --> 01:18:30,016 Afraid... afraid to demand his death because he is the son of your God. 846 01:18:30,016 --> 01:18:32,023 A wise man fears his God. 847 01:18:33,279 --> 01:18:35,647 And I annul his marriage to Megara... 848 01:18:35,647 --> 01:18:37,599 ..and banish him from Thebes. 849 01:18:37,599 --> 01:18:39,679 But he lives or dies by Zeus' will, not mine. 850 01:18:39,679 --> 01:18:42,175 And if he lives, let him seek the oracle at Delphi... 851 01:18:42,175 --> 01:18:45,885 ..and find a way to atone for this horrible sin. 852 01:20:04,989 --> 01:20:06,812 [Thunder crashes] Deianeira. 853 01:20:56,606 --> 01:20:58,199 Damn it! 854 01:20:59,274 --> 01:21:00,714 Deianeira... 855 01:21:01,180 --> 01:21:02,904 Aah! 856 01:21:04,296 --> 01:21:06,524 How long have I been... 857 01:21:06,524 --> 01:21:08,051 Many days. 858 01:21:09,340 --> 01:21:12,124 You've cared for me all this time? 859 01:21:12,124 --> 01:21:13,912 And Linus. 860 01:21:19,452 --> 01:21:22,140 I don't deserve such loyal friends. 861 01:21:22,140 --> 01:21:26,167 You should have let me die. No. 862 01:21:26,684 --> 01:21:29,171 There's nothing left for me but to die. 863 01:21:32,795 --> 01:21:35,348 You can heal the body but not the soul. 864 01:21:37,275 --> 01:21:40,219 You alone must do that. 865 01:21:40,219 --> 01:21:42,107 How? 866 01:21:47,259 --> 01:21:49,114 Be strong... 867 01:21:50,235 --> 01:21:52,690 ..and endure what must be endured. 868 01:22:01,755 --> 01:22:03,860 Is it the dreams again? 869 01:22:04,987 --> 01:22:06,842 More memories. 870 01:22:08,379 --> 01:22:12,731 Let them be dreams... Just dark dreams. 871 01:22:12,731 --> 01:22:15,578 Not all of these dreams are dark. 872 01:22:15,578 --> 01:22:17,651 Some would make a Virgin blush. 873 01:22:21,050 --> 01:22:23,156 Only dreams. 874 01:22:26,267 --> 01:22:33,978 In my dream tonight, someone told me to seek out the oracle of Delphi... 875 01:22:33,978 --> 01:22:35,930 ..and atone for my crime. That was a memory Creon suggested. 876 01:22:35,930 --> 01:22:40,346 What atonement can there be... For my crime? 877 01:22:40,346 --> 01:22:42,906 I slaughtered my children. 878 01:22:42,906 --> 01:22:45,594 Zeus spared you for a reason. 879 01:22:45,594 --> 01:22:47,699 Seek the oracle. 880 01:23:20,217 --> 01:23:22,169 Priestess of Delphi... 881 01:23:22,169 --> 01:23:26,393 ..I am Hercules, guilty of great horror. 882 01:23:26,393 --> 01:23:28,985 How am I to atone for my sins? 883 01:23:28,985 --> 01:23:33,207 From death and disgrace must Hercules be reborn. 884 01:23:35,065 --> 01:23:39,288 Tiresias? You are the oracle of Delphi? 885 01:23:39,288 --> 01:23:42,361 Like nature, Linus, I am many-sided. 886 01:23:42,361 --> 01:23:47,001 One thing is always many things, but balance is all, Hercules. 887 01:23:47,001 --> 01:23:49,208 No riddles, man-woman. 888 01:23:49,208 --> 01:23:54,137 How am I to, as you say, be reborn? 889 01:23:54,137 --> 01:23:57,240 Megara has married Eurystheus. 890 01:23:57,240 --> 01:24:01,944 You must surrender your power and pride in the service of their glory. 891 01:24:01,944 --> 01:24:04,600 Six times must you serve them... 892 01:24:04,600 --> 01:24:07,320 ..three times for three slain sons... 893 01:24:07,320 --> 01:24:12,927 ..and three times for Hercules... dead as a hero, dead as a God... 894 01:24:13,177 --> 01:24:14,808 ..who must be reborn as a man. 895 01:24:14,808 --> 01:24:17,183 He's not dead as a hero or as a God. 896 01:24:17,274 --> 01:24:19,160 Please, Linus... 897 01:24:19,160 --> 01:24:20,982 ..the oracle is right. 898 01:24:22,776 --> 01:24:26,200 I believe Zeus' thunderbolt was meant to kill me. 899 01:24:26,200 --> 01:24:29,752 Zeus would not abase his true son before his enemies. 900 01:24:29,752 --> 01:24:32,184 I am no immortal. 901 01:24:32,184 --> 01:24:35,352 Perform your labours for Eurystheus, Hercules... 902 01:24:35,352 --> 01:24:38,221 ..and you may still find immortality. 903 01:24:53,175 --> 01:24:55,319 Hercules. 904 01:24:55,319 --> 01:24:59,575 Welcome to Tiryns, my Kingdom. 905 01:25:07,095 --> 01:25:10,359 [Applause] I come to you stripped of glory... 906 01:25:10,359 --> 01:25:16,727 ..naked but for my body... might... and loyalty. 907 01:25:16,727 --> 01:25:20,917 I am your vassal... Here to serve. 908 01:25:26,903 --> 01:25:31,507 If you wish to serve me, murderer... die. 909 01:25:38,070 --> 01:25:39,926 Darling, he will. 910 01:25:39,926 --> 01:25:43,062 You promised. "Trust in the Goddess" he still lives. 911 01:25:43,062 --> 01:25:46,774 My sons have died for nothing. 912 01:25:46,774 --> 01:25:49,910 Your sons died to make way for this child... 913 01:25:49,910 --> 01:25:53,077 ..to give you your prince and your throne and to defeat Hercules. 914 01:25:53,077 --> 01:25:58,229 The Goddess has now put him into your power. 915 01:25:58,229 --> 01:26:00,750 How will she slay him? 916 01:26:13,301 --> 01:26:15,887 I've decided your first labour of atonement. 917 01:26:18,134 --> 01:26:20,309 In the far-off land of Stymphalia... 918 01:26:20,309 --> 01:26:25,394 ..there is a swamp where dwells certain... Birds. 919 01:26:34,197 --> 01:26:36,821 Linus: I've heard of these Stymphalian birds... 920 01:26:36,821 --> 01:26:38,545 ..and this marsh. 921 01:26:40,309 --> 01:26:43,221 It was once a lake with sweet water... 922 01:26:43,221 --> 01:26:46,068 ..teeming with fish before these birds came. 923 01:26:47,956 --> 01:26:50,323 Hercules: No wonder Eurystheus wants them killed. 924 01:27:00,276 --> 01:27:02,131 [Screeching] Oh, my lyre. 925 01:27:03,924 --> 01:27:06,964 Harpy: Who disturbs our peace? 926 01:27:06,964 --> 01:27:08,853 I am Hercules! 927 01:27:08,853 --> 01:27:11,893 Hercules? Hercules? 928 01:27:11,893 --> 01:27:13,461 You know me? 929 01:27:13,461 --> 01:27:18,068 We named you, son of Zeus. 930 01:27:18,068 --> 01:27:21,897 [Cackling] Harpies. They're not birds at all. They're Harpies! 931 01:27:23,924 --> 01:27:26,738 I seek the Stymphalian birds. 932 01:27:30,068 --> 01:27:32,337 You found them. 933 01:27:39,828 --> 01:27:41,257 [Screeching] Hercules! [Screeching] [screeches] Hercules! 934 01:28:13,107 --> 01:28:14,634 Hercules, the trees! 935 01:28:54,962 --> 01:28:57,035 You are still the best shot in Greece, sire. 936 01:28:58,194 --> 01:29:00,146 I see no place for me in Hera's plan. 937 01:29:00,146 --> 01:29:02,354 Megara gets fatter with child every day. 938 01:29:02,354 --> 01:29:04,110 Iphicles. 939 01:29:06,578 --> 01:29:09,611 Throw it! High! 940 01:29:18,065 --> 01:29:21,297 Forgive me, cousin... brother... 941 01:29:21,297 --> 01:29:23,250 ..as I rush to tell you of my success. 942 01:29:23,250 --> 01:29:25,322 You killed the Harpies? 943 01:29:26,386 --> 01:29:29,233 You knew the Stymphalian birds were Harpies, Mother. 944 01:29:29,233 --> 01:29:31,313 I had heard rumours only. 945 01:29:31,313 --> 01:29:33,768 One feather hardly proves you slew them. 946 01:29:48,081 --> 01:29:49,584 A son? 947 01:29:49,584 --> 01:29:52,901 A daughter... a beautiful daughter. 948 01:29:58,544 --> 01:30:02,505 I will name her Iole, after the moon of the Goddess. 949 01:30:04,785 --> 01:30:06,694 Well, you will need your rest. 950 01:30:38,160 --> 01:30:41,389 Oh, my poor, poor sister. 951 01:30:44,272 --> 01:30:46,096 Alcmene... 952 01:30:46,096 --> 01:30:48,111 ..cursed of Zeus... 953 01:30:48,111 --> 01:30:51,152 ..disrespectful of Hera. 954 01:30:51,152 --> 01:30:54,544 Why didn't you kill Hercules when commanded? 955 01:30:54,544 --> 01:30:57,519 You and your sister should have killed him. 956 01:30:57,519 --> 01:31:01,967 - So, you tear me from my death rest to chide me? - No... 957 01:31:01,967 --> 01:31:04,879 ..for an answer? 958 01:31:04,879 --> 01:31:11,076 If you were not strong enough to kill Hercules, what servant of the Mother is? 959 01:31:15,215 --> 01:31:17,801 The Nemean lion. 960 01:31:21,071 --> 01:31:23,599 [Bleating] These unattended flocks are an open invitation for a lion. 961 01:31:23,599 --> 01:31:26,665 What kind of fools let the livestock stray like this? 962 01:31:28,783 --> 01:31:30,725 Frightened fools, stranger... 963 01:31:31,791 --> 01:31:35,950 ..too full of misery and too few of us to care anymore. 964 01:31:35,950 --> 01:31:40,238 My village burns empty pyres for bodies that were never found. 965 01:31:40,238 --> 01:31:42,830 - None returned. - This lion? 966 01:31:42,830 --> 01:31:47,310 A lion that doesn't feed on our flocks, only our young men. 967 01:31:47,310 --> 01:31:49,519 First, the unsuspecting were slaughtered. 968 01:31:49,519 --> 01:31:52,942 Then those that went to avenge them were killed. 969 01:31:52,942 --> 01:31:56,430 When no one went to hunt it, it hunted them. 970 01:31:56,430 --> 01:31:57,870 And the lion? 971 01:31:57,870 --> 01:32:00,110 It waits for fools like you. 972 01:32:00,110 --> 01:32:02,318 High on the bluff is its den. 973 01:32:02,318 --> 01:32:05,422 It dares you to come. It knows none return. 974 01:32:05,422 --> 01:32:09,006 - None? - One... Ballioclaude. 975 01:32:09,006 --> 01:32:11,661 With his dying breath, he told of a beautiful woman... 976 01:32:11,661 --> 01:32:13,902 ..a captive in the beast's lair. 977 01:32:13,902 --> 01:32:15,149 A woman? 978 01:32:15,149 --> 01:32:17,229 And then he died. 979 01:32:17,229 --> 01:32:20,012 No one knows her name or how he keeps her there. 980 01:32:21,294 --> 01:32:23,022 S-some tried to rescue her but... 981 01:32:23,022 --> 01:32:25,575 ..let me guess... none returned. 982 01:32:33,517 --> 01:32:35,661 [Both breathing heavily] Hercules: There's still time for you to turn back, you know. 983 01:32:35,661 --> 01:32:40,365 Nonsense. I am bound by my word to be your servant and bard. 984 01:32:40,365 --> 01:32:42,605 I release you from your bond. 985 01:32:42,605 --> 01:32:44,685 I am also bound to you by my art. 986 01:32:44,685 --> 01:32:46,797 A poet needs inspiration. 987 01:32:46,797 --> 01:32:48,237 Try love. 988 01:32:48,237 --> 01:32:50,445 My deeds can't inspire when... 989 01:32:50,445 --> 01:32:52,940 ..they're merely penitence for shameful acts. 990 01:32:52,940 --> 01:32:54,445 That's why they inspire. 991 01:32:54,445 --> 01:32:56,333 An imperfect man can do great deeds... 992 01:32:56,333 --> 01:32:57,991 ..and a great man imperfect ones. 993 01:32:59,757 --> 01:33:04,237 And it's not oaths or a poet's need to prattle that binds us... 994 01:33:04,237 --> 01:33:06,028 ..but friendship. 995 01:33:06,028 --> 01:33:09,453 Because you are my friend, I will not risk your life in this. 996 01:33:09,453 --> 01:33:11,948 Well, I don't want to miss the beautiful woman. 997 01:33:11,948 --> 01:33:14,093 Damsel in distress... 998 01:33:14,093 --> 01:33:16,875 ..talk about inspiration for poetry. 999 01:33:18,156 --> 01:33:21,740 I think this song will require a darker tone than your last. 1000 01:33:21,740 --> 01:33:25,766 I've already got the refrain... and none returned. Aah! 1001 01:34:07,531 --> 01:34:10,378 * And none returned * 1002 01:34:11,371 --> 01:34:13,444 * and none returned * * and none... * 1003 01:34:14,731 --> 01:34:19,587 * returned * 1004 01:34:37,578 --> 01:34:39,467 - Move. - What? 1005 01:34:39,467 --> 01:34:41,321 Move. 1006 01:34:44,331 --> 01:34:46,273 Linus, the woman. 1007 01:35:01,514 --> 01:35:04,810 Lady... your rescue is at hand. 1008 01:35:05,802 --> 01:35:07,434 Kiss me, hero. 1009 01:35:07,434 --> 01:35:09,507 Let me know you are real. 1010 01:35:10,602 --> 01:35:12,773 You are truly beautiful. 1011 01:35:23,018 --> 01:35:24,777 Where is the lion? 1012 01:35:24,777 --> 01:35:26,239 Here. 1013 01:35:42,665 --> 01:35:44,225 [Roars] Linus, my bow! 1014 01:35:49,033 --> 01:35:51,817 [Roaring] You can't kill it, Hercules! It's a sphinx! 1015 01:35:51,817 --> 01:35:53,475 Come on! [Roars] 1016 01:36:27,880 --> 01:36:29,735 Welcome, Tiresias. 1017 01:36:31,688 --> 01:36:35,816 So, you left Delphi and you want to set up a shrine in Tiryns. 1018 01:36:35,816 --> 01:36:37,321 Why? 1019 01:36:37,321 --> 01:36:41,864 My visions tell me great events unfold in Tiryns under your rule. 1020 01:36:41,864 --> 01:36:45,480 Really? Well, I do owe you a debt. 1021 01:36:45,480 --> 01:36:47,496 If your prophecy had not warned my father... 1022 01:36:47,496 --> 01:36:50,728 ..Hercules might be wearing the crown instead of me. 1023 01:36:50,728 --> 01:36:52,451 Or even you, Iphicles. 1024 01:36:58,376 --> 01:37:00,580 What do you see for my daughter? 1025 01:37:01,895 --> 01:37:04,936 - Megara... she should not marry. - What? 1026 01:37:04,936 --> 01:37:07,688 You doom my daughter to a childless existence. 1027 01:37:07,688 --> 01:37:10,470 If she were to marry, her husband will kill you. Yes. 1028 01:37:16,007 --> 01:37:18,983 She will remain a Virgin of the Goddess the rest of her days. 1029 01:37:18,983 --> 01:37:21,634 Megara, we will have other children. 1030 01:37:24,968 --> 01:37:27,553 Set up your shrine, Tiresias. 1031 01:37:31,399 --> 01:37:33,319 And many thanks. 1032 01:37:33,319 --> 01:37:35,261 I want a son anyway. 1033 01:38:06,278 --> 01:38:08,417 [Indistinct shouting] Easy, fellow. I am not one of them. 1034 01:38:09,414 --> 01:38:11,462 Who did this? 1035 01:38:11,462 --> 01:38:12,923 The Cretan bull. 1036 01:38:14,534 --> 01:38:17,087 The man they call the Cretan bull! 1037 01:38:28,581 --> 01:38:30,374 Cretan bull, Cretan bull. 1038 01:38:30,374 --> 01:38:33,702 Our crops, our livestock, our gold, too. 1039 01:38:33,702 --> 01:38:36,320 Our people slain, left homeless. 1040 01:38:37,766 --> 01:38:39,942 You must do something. Must I? 1041 01:38:39,942 --> 01:38:43,557 You expect me to send valuable troops... 1042 01:38:43,557 --> 01:38:46,885 ..chasing after a common bandit? 1043 01:38:46,885 --> 01:38:48,517 From what I've seen, this Cretan bull is no common bandit. 1044 01:38:48,517 --> 01:38:50,309 You need no army. You have the perfect man to stop him... 1045 01:38:50,309 --> 01:38:52,097 ..Hercules. 1046 01:38:54,950 --> 01:38:59,589 [Indistinct talking] Chiron is right. Hercules will slay the Cretan bull. 1047 01:38:59,589 --> 01:39:01,531 Give us him. 1048 01:39:04,581 --> 01:39:06,304 He's yours. 1049 01:39:10,021 --> 01:39:12,442 But bring back the Cretan bull alive. 1050 01:39:14,725 --> 01:39:16,579 Chiron's tracked them. 1051 01:39:18,725 --> 01:39:20,579 They're coming. 1052 01:39:22,533 --> 01:39:25,220 Nestor, your men know what to do. 1053 01:39:25,220 --> 01:39:28,002 Pay back the debt we owe these pigs. [Horse neighs] Aah! Aah! [Horse neighs] Aah! [Horse neighs] [neck cracks] Aaahhh! Hyah! Hyah! Hyah! 1054 01:41:35,586 --> 01:41:37,342 Antaeus. Aaaahhhh! 1055 01:41:45,858 --> 01:41:47,649 You've gotten bigger, boy. 1056 01:41:47,649 --> 01:41:48,994 And stronger. 1057 01:41:48,994 --> 01:41:53,025 Son of Mother Earth, I return you to her embrace. 1058 01:41:53,025 --> 01:41:54,625 Oh, your mistake. 1059 01:41:54,625 --> 01:41:57,409 The Earth is Mother Hera's life-force... 1060 01:41:57,409 --> 01:42:00,097 ..and source of my strength. 1061 01:42:00,097 --> 01:42:02,081 No, Hercules! Don't kill him. 1062 01:42:02,081 --> 01:42:04,121 Chiron must be avenged! 1063 01:42:06,401 --> 01:42:08,961 Eurystheus said bring him back alive. 1064 01:42:08,961 --> 01:42:10,689 [Chuckles] You won't take me alive. 1065 01:42:10,689 --> 01:42:13,787 Hera's Earth sends her strength into me. 1066 01:42:18,209 --> 01:42:20,926 Your Goddess washes off of you, Antaeus. 1067 01:42:27,393 --> 01:42:30,262 [Grunts] Where's your precious Mother now? Huh? [Crowd chanting] Aaahhh! 1068 01:42:32,033 --> 01:42:39,583 Hercules! Hercules! Hercules! Hercules! 1069 01:42:52,800 --> 01:42:54,775 [Chanting continues] The Cretan bull! 1070 01:42:55,936 --> 01:42:59,136 He believes his strength comes from the Earth... 1071 01:42:59,136 --> 01:43:01,088 ..so don't lock him in a dungeon... 1072 01:43:01,088 --> 01:43:04,601 ..but in a tower high above the ground! 1073 01:43:06,080 --> 01:43:08,640 [Crowd cheering] Free Hercules! Free Hercules! 1074 01:43:08,640 --> 01:43:12,915 Free Hercules! Free Hercules! 1075 01:43:13,184 --> 01:43:15,126 [Crowd chanting] They cheer him. 1076 01:43:16,479 --> 01:43:18,624 See how Hera plots. 1077 01:43:18,624 --> 01:43:21,312 Eurystheus begins to lose control of his Kingdom. 1078 01:43:21,312 --> 01:43:23,551 To Hercules. Wait. 1079 01:43:23,551 --> 01:43:26,687 The Mother reveals all in time. 1080 01:43:26,687 --> 01:43:27,903 Free Hercules! 1081 01:43:27,903 --> 01:43:31,219 Does the King reward Hercules with his freedom? 1082 01:43:33,055 --> 01:43:36,127 [Cheering] I remain bound to Eurystheus. 1083 01:43:36,127 --> 01:43:38,527 What does he ask of me now? 1084 01:43:38,527 --> 01:43:40,185 Nothing. 1085 01:43:41,663 --> 01:43:44,063 I ask nothing. 1086 01:43:44,063 --> 01:43:45,917 You've earned a hero's rest. 1087 01:43:46,911 --> 01:43:49,431 I honour you, as does all Tiryns. 1088 01:43:52,767 --> 01:43:54,495 [Cheering] But rest, Hercules. 1089 01:43:54,495 --> 01:43:56,735 Rest so you are strong and... 1090 01:43:56,735 --> 01:43:58,972 ..fit to answer Tiryns' call when she has need of you again. 1091 01:43:59,270 --> 01:44:06,230 Hercules! Hercules! Hercules! 1092 01:44:30,270 --> 01:44:31,966 [Crowd chanting] [horse neighs ] They told us to go home. 1093 01:44:31,966 --> 01:44:33,940 This was the only home I could think of. 1094 01:44:35,294 --> 01:44:39,678 There. Flower nectar should remove the lion scent. 1095 01:44:39,678 --> 01:44:42,198 Your horses won't go crazy with fear. 1096 01:44:43,581 --> 01:44:45,534 It was a sight, Deianeira. 1097 01:44:45,534 --> 01:44:47,933 Even as the sphinx's lips puckered for his... 1098 01:44:47,933 --> 01:44:51,446 ..her claws gleamed from the gloom to plunder his heart. 1099 01:44:52,893 --> 01:44:54,966 Go test that on the horses. 1100 01:44:55,965 --> 01:44:57,209 Right. 1101 01:44:59,134 --> 01:45:03,541 Linus is sometimes a touch lurid in his turn of phrase. 1102 01:45:06,365 --> 01:45:08,413 You've done well, Hercules. 1103 01:45:08,413 --> 01:45:10,205 Three labours in barely... 1104 01:45:10,205 --> 01:45:11,699 ..four years... mighty deeds. 1105 01:45:13,182 --> 01:45:19,293 While Eurystheus calls you a slave... People cheer you as a hero. 1106 01:45:19,293 --> 01:45:21,944 And pull their children away if I get too close. 1107 01:45:23,997 --> 01:45:27,453 I can't find the meaning that Chiron told me life must have. 1108 01:45:27,453 --> 01:45:29,213 You are just tired. You need rest. 1109 01:45:29,213 --> 01:45:31,285 I need to know where I belong, Deianeira. 1110 01:45:32,540 --> 01:45:34,450 I hunger for a home. 1111 01:45:35,453 --> 01:45:37,981 I think it's all I've ever hungered for... 1112 01:45:37,981 --> 01:45:40,028 ..to know who I am... 1113 01:45:40,028 --> 01:45:42,140 ..where I am wanted. 1114 01:45:42,140 --> 01:45:44,147 You are wanted here. 1115 01:45:45,757 --> 01:45:49,401 I am welcomed here, but it's not my home. 1116 01:45:51,421 --> 01:45:53,809 I have no wife waiting, no children. 1117 01:45:56,540 --> 01:46:00,850 I saw Megara's daughter watching me from the palace steps before I left. 1118 01:46:02,108 --> 01:46:06,712 She's beautiful, like her Mother. 1119 01:46:14,940 --> 01:46:16,988 Hyllus. Mother? 1120 01:46:16,988 --> 01:46:19,420 Someone you've often heard me speak of. 1121 01:46:19,420 --> 01:46:21,330 Hercules! 1122 01:46:25,628 --> 01:46:27,351 Your club. 1123 01:46:30,299 --> 01:46:34,780 [Grunting] Mother? Have you broken your vows? 1124 01:46:34,780 --> 01:46:37,083 He's a foundling I've adopted. 1125 01:46:37,083 --> 01:46:38,939 I've taught him many things. 1126 01:46:38,939 --> 01:46:40,731 Like all things in nature... 1127 01:46:40,731 --> 01:46:42,390 ..he needs the male as well as the female. 1128 01:46:43,803 --> 01:46:45,625 The balance is all. 1129 01:46:48,795 --> 01:46:50,453 There you are. Rrraarr. 1130 01:46:54,747 --> 01:46:56,603 [Giggling] Now, it will be yours in time, my lovely... 1131 01:46:56,603 --> 01:46:58,907 ..I promise. 1132 01:46:58,907 --> 01:47:02,299 But you must be subtle like Hera. 1133 01:47:02,299 --> 01:47:06,075 Don't force what can't be forced. 1134 01:47:06,075 --> 01:47:08,049 Go put it back... for now. 1135 01:47:27,130 --> 01:47:28,886 [Laughter in distance] Ooh, more for me,too. [Giggles] [chuckles] Aah! 1136 01:47:45,369 --> 01:47:47,641 He is the brother of your enemy! 1137 01:47:47,641 --> 01:47:49,050 Who is also his enemy. 1138 01:47:49,050 --> 01:47:51,098 Who could also claim a right to the throne. 1139 01:47:51,098 --> 01:47:53,722 I've already given him that right. 1140 01:47:53,722 --> 01:47:55,098 What? 1141 01:47:55,098 --> 01:47:57,882 I've made Iphicles my heir. Why not? 1142 01:47:57,882 --> 01:48:00,922 He's next in blood to me. 1143 01:48:00,922 --> 01:48:03,706 Your daughter is next in blood. 1144 01:48:03,706 --> 01:48:06,201 Are you mad? If she marries, I die. 1145 01:48:06,201 --> 01:48:08,665 If she can't marry, she can't provide heirs. 1146 01:48:08,665 --> 01:48:10,640 Can Iphicles can you?! 1147 01:48:13,465 --> 01:48:17,207 It seems all the sons you had in you, you gave to Hercules. 1148 01:48:27,449 --> 01:48:30,457 When are you going to tell him? 1149 01:48:30,457 --> 01:48:32,344 Tell who what? 1150 01:48:33,529 --> 01:48:35,929 Deianeira... 1151 01:48:35,929 --> 01:48:39,890 ..Hercules may be a bit thick when it comes to biology, but I am not. 1152 01:48:45,209 --> 01:48:47,630 I could tell Hercules about Hyllus... 1153 01:48:49,240 --> 01:48:51,607 ..and I could tell Hercules how much I love him. 1154 01:48:53,240 --> 01:48:55,129 And Eurystheus might call... 1155 01:48:55,129 --> 01:48:57,234 ..on the two of you to traipse off for another year or two. 1156 01:49:02,904 --> 01:49:05,938 Really go for it. Hard. All the more reason to make the most of your time now. 1157 01:49:07,288 --> 01:49:09,263 And if you don't come back? 1158 01:49:11,000 --> 01:49:14,392 I don't want to Hyllus a father only to deprive him of one. 1159 01:49:14,392 --> 01:49:17,368 Why do you deny him his Mother? 1160 01:49:17,368 --> 01:49:20,055 Stop mourning your broken vow. 1161 01:49:20,055 --> 01:49:22,744 Tell Hercules you love him. 1162 01:49:22,744 --> 01:49:25,394 Tell him Hyllus is his son. 1163 01:49:28,824 --> 01:49:31,125 [Plays lyre] Light and loose. Feel the balance. 1164 01:49:37,591 --> 01:49:39,958 Excellent! Now, home to your Mother. 1165 01:49:40,952 --> 01:49:42,807 Aw, so soon? 1166 01:49:42,807 --> 01:49:44,248 I am hungry. 1167 01:49:44,248 --> 01:49:46,255 Come on. I will race you. 1168 01:50:00,407 --> 01:50:04,311 Be happy, my son. Hera has spun her web. 1169 01:50:04,311 --> 01:50:07,094 Eurystheus trusts and loves you. 1170 01:50:07,094 --> 01:50:09,751 Why must my rise come only in his fall? 1171 01:50:09,751 --> 01:50:15,927 Forget his embraces. Now you are embraced in the glory of Hera. 1172 01:50:15,927 --> 01:50:18,163 Glory's embrace is cold. 1173 01:50:19,351 --> 01:50:23,126 Megara... what does Hera spin for her? 1174 01:50:23,126 --> 01:50:25,428 Leave Megara to me. 1175 01:50:55,701 --> 01:50:58,294 I am Megara... 1176 01:50:58,294 --> 01:51:00,438 ..Queen to Eurystheus. 1177 01:51:00,438 --> 01:51:03,254 The rumours are that you are a Priestess of Hera. 1178 01:51:03,254 --> 01:51:06,806 I waste away in this tower so far from the Mother's touch. 1179 01:51:06,806 --> 01:51:08,982 Why does her Priestess punish her child? 1180 01:51:08,982 --> 01:51:12,277 My husband punishes, not I... 1181 01:51:12,277 --> 01:51:14,382 ..because you failed to defeat Hercules. 1182 01:51:16,758 --> 01:51:18,293 [Gasps] And you, Priestess... 1183 01:51:18,293 --> 01:51:21,429 ..do you come to mock my failure? 1184 01:51:21,429 --> 01:51:26,350 [Breathless] No. I come for your help. 1185 01:51:28,565 --> 01:51:30,867 The Mother is all I have left. 1186 01:51:49,237 --> 01:51:51,957 Thank you, Priestess. 1187 01:51:51,957 --> 01:51:55,253 Your majesty, I remain in your service. 1188 01:51:55,253 --> 01:51:57,748 What is my labour to be this time? 1189 01:51:57,748 --> 01:52:00,372 You will tame the man-eating mares. 1190 01:52:00,372 --> 01:52:01,877 That's not what we agreed. 1191 01:52:01,877 --> 01:52:05,973 No, it's better. Let her go on. 1192 01:52:05,973 --> 01:52:08,628 Seek the mares on the isle of Lemnos... 1193 01:52:08,628 --> 01:52:10,421 ..tame them. 1194 01:52:10,421 --> 01:52:15,092 And what proof do I bring back that these mares have been tamed? 1195 01:52:15,092 --> 01:52:17,556 The golden cingle... 1196 01:52:17,556 --> 01:52:19,923 ..worn by the leader of this herd. 1197 01:52:26,228 --> 01:52:28,683 Megara: Hercules and Linus leave already? 1198 01:52:30,387 --> 01:52:34,132 Back to Thebes to find a ship to sail to Lemnos. 1199 01:52:34,132 --> 01:52:38,996 Few know about the man-eating mares. How did you? 1200 01:52:38,996 --> 01:52:42,515 The Cretan bull knows many of the Mother's secrets. 1201 01:52:42,515 --> 01:52:46,740 That was clever of you to suggest it, but you might have told us. 1202 01:52:46,740 --> 01:52:50,291 My husband no longer shares his counsel with me. 1203 01:52:50,291 --> 01:52:52,462 You might have told me. 1204 01:52:53,651 --> 01:52:59,380 You do know that Iphicles is only named heir as a precaution against Hercules? 1205 01:52:59,380 --> 01:53:02,579 You may yet have more children with Eurystheus. 1206 01:53:02,579 --> 01:53:06,605 How? He is not in my bed at night. 1207 01:53:10,003 --> 01:53:13,427 Help me, Alcmene. 1208 01:53:13,427 --> 01:53:16,435 Somehow I've offended Mother Hera... 1209 01:53:16,435 --> 01:53:19,794 ..perhaps because of my foolish mistake with Hercules... 1210 01:53:19,794 --> 01:53:24,242 ..or because I bore his children and to my shame, I mourn them still. 1211 01:53:24,242 --> 01:53:28,275 Perhaps I've resisted her plan somehow. 1212 01:53:28,275 --> 01:53:30,707 Help me to do penance to the Goddess... 1213 01:53:30,707 --> 01:53:34,995 ..prove to her my loyalty and devotion. 1214 01:53:34,995 --> 01:53:37,482 Child, if I can, I will. 1215 01:53:40,530 --> 01:53:42,514 Surrender to me... 1216 01:53:42,514 --> 01:53:44,370 ..the duties of High Priestess... 1217 01:53:44,370 --> 01:53:46,159 ..on Hera's Harvest festival. 1218 01:53:47,987 --> 01:53:51,858 You have trained me since childhood to serve her. 1219 01:53:51,858 --> 01:53:54,514 Give me this. 1220 01:53:54,514 --> 01:53:56,783 Let me prove myself. 1221 01:53:58,066 --> 01:54:01,165 On the same night, the mares of Lemnos will run. 1222 01:54:24,113 --> 01:54:27,473 Swiftness and agility over strength, Hercules. Ha ha! 1223 01:54:27,473 --> 01:54:29,895 I could get in 10 punches to your one. Ooh. 1224 01:54:35,505 --> 01:54:36,912 I only need one. 1225 01:54:39,153 --> 01:54:41,128 Hyllus, what are you doing here? 1226 01:54:47,857 --> 01:54:50,193 Jason, you have to take him back to Thebes. 1227 01:54:50,193 --> 01:54:52,364 No, we go on. When is the next round? Who will fight me? 1228 01:54:55,505 --> 01:54:57,610 I suppose he's your problem now. 1229 01:55:00,081 --> 01:55:03,217 Deianeira is going to kill you. 1230 01:55:03,217 --> 01:55:05,039 Deianeira's going to kill me. 1231 01:55:29,328 --> 01:55:31,536 [Giggling] Now, wait here. 1232 01:55:31,536 --> 01:55:33,776 I want to see you tame the mares. 1233 01:55:33,776 --> 01:55:37,453 This is my labour, Hyllus, and I have to do it by myself. 1234 01:55:41,167 --> 01:55:43,240 Make sure he behaves himself. We will manage. 1235 01:57:01,422 --> 01:57:04,014 [Laughing] Take your pick, Hercules! 1236 01:57:04,014 --> 01:57:08,619 Theseus! What are you doing here? And who are all these women? 1237 01:57:10,318 --> 01:57:12,270 I was shipwrecked here months ago. 1238 01:57:12,270 --> 01:57:15,245 And rescued by my beautifull saviour... 1239 01:57:15,245 --> 01:57:18,594 ..Hippolyta, queen of amazons. 1240 01:57:23,885 --> 01:57:28,206 Hippolyta found me under the shattered hull of my ship... 1241 01:57:28,206 --> 01:57:30,094 ..and nursed me back to health. 1242 01:57:30,094 --> 01:57:32,173 Greece thanks you, queen Hippolyta. 1243 01:57:32,173 --> 01:57:34,669 We can't afford to lose such a great hero. 1244 01:57:34,669 --> 01:57:36,621 Also good a friend. 1245 01:57:36,621 --> 01:57:39,053 When do we tame the mares, Hercules? 1246 01:57:39,053 --> 01:57:41,325 Woman: The mares come only once a year. 1247 01:57:41,325 --> 01:57:45,869 But if there are men on the island, the mares will have their flesh. 1248 01:57:45,869 --> 01:57:50,724 The year has come 'round. The mares will run soon. 1249 01:57:52,141 --> 01:57:55,405 Sail away from here with Hercules, my love. 1250 01:57:55,405 --> 01:57:57,228 You must leave here. 1251 01:57:57,228 --> 01:58:00,301 I will not sail without you, Hippolyta. 1252 01:58:00,301 --> 01:58:02,445 I've told you before. 1253 01:58:02,445 --> 01:58:05,581 And I will not leave until I've tamed these mares. 1254 01:58:05,581 --> 01:58:07,661 Why don't you just kill them? 1255 01:58:07,661 --> 01:58:09,325 We serve Hera... 1256 01:58:09,325 --> 01:58:11,244 ..and they are the Mother's creatures. 1257 01:58:11,244 --> 01:58:15,467 Some divine necessity of the Mother drives them to do this. 1258 01:58:16,684 --> 01:58:18,956 But the season is here. 1259 01:58:18,956 --> 01:58:20,679 They will come soon. 1260 01:58:21,708 --> 01:58:24,043 You must not be here when they do. 1261 01:58:31,596 --> 01:58:32,972 Hercules! Hercules! 1262 01:58:32,972 --> 01:58:35,241 I can't find Hippolyta! The women are gone! 1263 01:58:58,348 --> 01:59:01,707 [Soft music plays] Thank you, Alcmene, for giving me this chance... 1264 01:59:01,707 --> 01:59:03,435 ..to appease the Mother. 1265 01:59:03,435 --> 01:59:06,347 Have you chosen your Harvest King? 1266 01:59:06,347 --> 01:59:08,103 I have. 1267 01:59:12,812 --> 01:59:15,681 Pass the laurel leaves among our sisters. 1268 01:59:30,763 --> 01:59:32,486 [Horses neighing loudly] The mares. 1269 01:59:58,731 --> 02:00:00,159 Come, Priestess. 1270 02:00:01,163 --> 02:00:03,683 The Harvest King is bound and waiting. Ohh! 1271 02:00:30,762 --> 02:00:32,223 Jason, no! 1272 02:01:16,777 --> 02:01:19,166 [Neighing] Show him Hera's power. 1273 02:01:20,233 --> 02:01:21,768 Say the words, Priestess. 1274 02:01:21,768 --> 02:01:24,103 Do what must be done. 1275 02:01:25,833 --> 02:01:28,552 From winter comes spring. 1276 02:01:28,552 --> 02:01:31,401 From death comes life. 1277 02:01:31,401 --> 02:01:33,736 All: From winter comes spring. 1278 02:01:33,736 --> 02:01:36,680 From death comes life. 1279 02:01:36,680 --> 02:01:39,656 Deliver Hera her sacrifice. 1280 02:01:39,656 --> 02:01:42,307 No, mom! No! No-o-o-o-o! Iphicles! No! No! No! 1281 02:01:52,584 --> 02:01:55,016 Slower vengeance ripens... 1282 02:01:55,016 --> 02:01:57,350 ..the sweeter when plucked. 1283 02:02:05,384 --> 02:02:07,112 [Sighs] I love her, Hercules. 1284 02:02:07,112 --> 02:02:08,999 You know what it's like to go mad. 1285 02:02:08,999 --> 02:02:11,271 I will take her away. Don't kill her. 1286 02:02:11,271 --> 02:02:14,370 I came here to tame the mares, not kill them. 1287 02:02:15,527 --> 02:02:18,119 I bid you to leave. 1288 02:02:18,119 --> 02:02:19,911 I could not stop it. 1289 02:02:19,911 --> 02:02:21,767 It has always been done. 1290 02:02:21,767 --> 02:02:24,967 Some dark thing of the Goddess demands it. 1291 02:02:24,967 --> 02:02:28,103 The dark thing is you not Hera. 1292 02:02:28,103 --> 02:02:31,655 These are the work of mortals not Gods. 1293 02:02:31,655 --> 02:02:36,259 You choose to let superstition and empty ritual steal your will. 1294 02:02:43,687 --> 02:02:47,367 Do you really think this is what the Goddess wants? 1295 02:02:47,367 --> 02:02:48,960 Blood and grief? 1296 02:02:50,342 --> 02:02:51,935 If so... 1297 02:02:53,703 --> 02:02:55,230 ..take my blood. 1298 02:02:57,318 --> 02:03:02,726 Don't hide behind magic that turns you into mindless, unfeeling things. 1299 02:03:02,726 --> 02:03:05,955 And don't blame Hera for what has always been your choice. 1300 02:03:16,582 --> 02:03:19,452 It is not the will of the Goddess. 1301 02:03:38,885 --> 02:03:40,609 [Sobbing] Help me. 1302 02:03:43,526 --> 02:03:46,908 [Sobbing] Please don't let his body be left here. 1303 02:03:50,469 --> 02:03:53,535 It was not the Goddess who was against me. 1304 02:03:55,781 --> 02:03:57,407 It was you. 1305 02:03:59,269 --> 02:04:01,124 You... 1306 02:04:03,013 --> 02:04:05,020 ..who, after Hera... 1307 02:04:06,277 --> 02:04:08,927 ..I loved most of all. 1308 02:04:11,365 --> 02:04:13,089 You... 1309 02:04:14,148 --> 02:04:16,963 ..who, since my earliest childhood... 1310 02:04:20,197 --> 02:04:23,197 ..taught me the magic of my sex... 1311 02:04:24,420 --> 02:04:26,755 ..the secret ways of the Mother. 1312 02:04:28,773 --> 02:04:31,228 But they were just your ways. 1313 02:04:34,916 --> 02:04:41,444 They were the ways of a bitter... 1314 02:04:41,444 --> 02:04:44,226 ..denied woman stripped of power. 1315 02:04:46,564 --> 02:04:48,986 And I learned my lesson well. 1316 02:04:54,020 --> 02:04:56,889 Look on your creature. 1317 02:05:01,316 --> 02:05:03,836 I am just like you. [Cheering and applause] Oh! Oh! 1318 02:05:33,027 --> 02:05:35,331 How dare you run away. I should be... 1319 02:05:35,331 --> 02:05:38,365 ..I already have. Scolded him regularly for it. Oh. 1320 02:05:43,139 --> 02:05:47,587 You brought him back... and yourself. 1321 02:05:47,587 --> 02:05:49,698 Brought me back, too. 1322 02:05:49,698 --> 02:05:51,324 Oh. Linus. Ah! 1323 02:06:48,097 --> 02:06:51,446 [Whispering indistinctly] Hyllus? My son? 1324 02:06:52,994 --> 02:06:55,714 Forgive me. Forgive you... 1325 02:06:55,714 --> 02:06:58,273 ..when you've given me such joy? 1326 02:06:58,273 --> 02:07:01,153 For not telling you sooner. 1327 02:07:01,153 --> 02:07:10,849 It happened one... I remember. The dream. You gave up your vows... for me. 1328 02:07:10,849 --> 02:07:12,791 You have a home now... 1329 02:07:14,017 --> 02:07:17,016 - ..if you want it. - Oh, I want it. 1330 02:07:47,616 --> 02:07:50,241 Hercules has shown the women of Lemnos... 1331 02:07:50,241 --> 02:07:53,696 ..that Mother Hera is not found in blood rites... 1332 02:07:53,696 --> 02:07:55,904 ..and magic icons of power. 1333 02:07:55,904 --> 02:07:58,656 We surrender this to Hercules... 1334 02:07:58,656 --> 02:08:01,376 ..tamer of the mares of Lemnos. 1335 02:08:01,376 --> 02:08:05,653 And in surrender, find strength and victory. No! 1336 02:08:14,303 --> 02:08:16,704 Your Mother is right, Iole. 1337 02:08:16,704 --> 02:08:20,096 There is a darkness within its beauty. 1338 02:08:20,096 --> 02:08:22,847 Your proof of my completed labour, queen. 1339 02:08:22,847 --> 02:08:25,564 And to make sure the mares... Ohh! 1340 02:08:36,768 --> 02:08:39,296 [Crowd cheering] Hercules, you have done what no King could... 1341 02:08:39,296 --> 02:08:43,295 ..do in ridding us of these blood rites. Zeus would be pleased. 1342 02:08:43,295 --> 02:08:46,294 It was Mother Hera who showed me the way. 1343 02:08:48,479 --> 02:08:53,400 I am sorry to say your own brother was a victim of these last Harvest festival rites. 1344 02:08:56,095 --> 02:08:58,879 My Mother must be much grieved. 1345 02:08:58,879 --> 02:09:01,151 You have triumphed in your labours... 1346 02:09:01,151 --> 02:09:03,420 ..and brought honour to Thebes! 1347 02:09:08,318 --> 02:09:10,430 [Cheering] Thank you, lord Creon. 1348 02:09:10,430 --> 02:09:13,662 But I have not yet triumphed in all of my labours. 1349 02:09:13,662 --> 02:09:15,806 I have two left. 1350 02:09:15,806 --> 02:09:18,195 What is my next one to be, Eurystheus? 1351 02:09:24,286 --> 02:09:27,614 A contest between you and me. 1352 02:09:27,614 --> 02:09:29,598 Bows and arrows. 1353 02:09:29,598 --> 02:09:31,605 And the target? 1354 02:09:35,518 --> 02:09:37,525 The Ceryneian hind. No! 1355 02:09:41,853 --> 02:09:44,094 [Crowd murmuring] You are not afraid, are you? 1356 02:09:44,094 --> 02:09:46,461 If it is my labour, then I must perform it. 1357 02:09:46,461 --> 02:09:48,573 First shaft to bring the deer down wins. 1358 02:09:48,573 --> 02:09:50,942 And to make it interesting, a side wager. 1359 02:09:50,942 --> 02:09:53,246 If you lose, I add another labour. 1360 02:09:53,246 --> 02:09:56,606 And if I win, do I get to take one away? 1361 02:09:56,606 --> 02:09:59,997 No. You ask any other boon, and I will grant it. 1362 02:09:59,997 --> 02:10:04,093 Then I ask it now, in front of all of these good people... 1363 02:10:04,093 --> 02:10:06,046 ..so you can't refuse it. 1364 02:10:06,046 --> 02:10:09,853 If I win this wager, reunite the house of Perseus... 1365 02:10:09,853 --> 02:10:15,229 ..under one rule by betrothing my son, Hyllus, to your daughter, Iole. 1366 02:10:15,229 --> 02:10:16,893 Never. 1367 02:10:16,893 --> 02:10:22,429 Megara... No labour I can ever perform will erase my crime... 1368 02:10:22,429 --> 02:10:24,701 ..or ease your pain. 1369 02:10:24,701 --> 02:10:28,445 Let's not bury our children's future in our past grievances. 1370 02:10:28,445 --> 02:10:33,149 The union of Iole and Hyllus can heal the bad blood between our warring families... 1371 02:10:33,149 --> 02:10:35,997 ..perhaps even between Zeus and Hera. 1372 02:10:35,997 --> 02:10:38,685 Let's put an end to it. 1373 02:10:38,685 --> 02:10:41,554 That is the boon I ask. 1374 02:10:46,717 --> 02:10:48,691 Done. 1375 02:10:58,141 --> 02:11:00,348 [Cheers and applause] If you kill the hind, Hyllus will never forgive you. 1376 02:11:00,348 --> 02:11:04,252 It's a sacred animal. To spill one drop of its blood is sacrilege. 1377 02:11:04,252 --> 02:11:08,114 Believe in your teacher, Deianeira. Believe in me. 1378 02:11:17,403 --> 02:11:21,147 [Growling barking] So, you forgot the prophecy of Tiresias. 1379 02:11:21,147 --> 02:11:23,962 If Iole marries, her husband will slay you. 1380 02:11:27,036 --> 02:11:29,425 You forget I am the greatest archer in Greece. 1381 02:11:30,428 --> 02:11:35,068 I will win, and I will once more assert my power over Hercules. 1382 02:11:35,068 --> 02:11:37,723 [Laughs] He's never been in your power. 1383 02:11:37,723 --> 02:11:41,236 He does these labours for his own honour, not your whim. 1384 02:11:47,419 --> 02:11:52,507 For the sake of your vanity, you waste an opportunity to destroy him. 1385 02:11:52,507 --> 02:11:55,131 Except he isn't destroyed, is he? 1386 02:11:55,131 --> 02:11:57,787 Against plot of your Goddess... 1387 02:11:57,787 --> 02:11:59,259 ..he triumphs, and everyone heaps scorn on me. 1388 02:11:59,259 --> 02:12:01,947 I am shamed before my subjects and my fellow Kings... 1389 02:12:01,947 --> 02:12:03,736 ..and Hercules... he's worshipped as a hero. 1390 02:12:06,491 --> 02:12:09,051 From now on, I will trust in my own skill rather... 1391 02:12:09,051 --> 02:12:11,123 ..than in Hera's fumbling help. 1392 02:12:14,171 --> 02:12:16,243 She's useless against my enemy. 1393 02:12:18,042 --> 02:12:20,660 Nor do I forget she killed something I prized. 1394 02:12:23,258 --> 02:12:25,978 [Exhales sharply] So, this is all about Iphicles. 1395 02:12:25,978 --> 02:12:31,322 You not only want revenge on Hercules, but on me and Hera also. 1396 02:12:31,322 --> 02:12:34,043 Well, you may still need us yet, Eurystheus. 1397 02:12:34,043 --> 02:12:35,770 Whoever kills the sacred hind... 1398 02:12:35,770 --> 02:12:37,018 ..there's still one labour left. 1399 02:12:37,018 --> 02:12:40,280 Two. After I kill it. 1400 02:12:42,394 --> 02:12:46,074 It's agreed then. Creon will judge any dispute. 1401 02:12:46,074 --> 02:12:47,732 Loose the dogs. 1402 02:13:10,841 --> 02:13:12,368 [Barking] [dogs barking] They've cornered it. 1403 02:13:19,002 --> 02:13:20,627 Hyllus! Aah! 1404 02:13:25,721 --> 02:13:27,216 Hercules, no! Hyllus. 1405 02:13:37,625 --> 02:13:39,353 What a shot... 1406 02:13:39,353 --> 02:13:42,297 ..between the bones and sinews of both forelegs. 1407 02:13:42,297 --> 02:13:44,436 I had never hurt the hind. 1408 02:13:46,808 --> 02:13:48,409 It isn't dead. 1409 02:13:48,409 --> 02:13:51,225 I appeal to the judge. 1410 02:13:51,225 --> 02:13:54,936 The first shaft to bring it down... that was the wager. 1411 02:13:54,936 --> 02:13:57,686 Hercules brought it down without shedding its blood. 1412 02:14:08,536 --> 02:14:10,292 [Bleats] See you at home. 1413 02:14:13,816 --> 02:14:16,984 I cry foul. It was a trick. His son tried to ride me down. 1414 02:14:16,984 --> 02:14:19,128 The boy was more of a disadvantage to me. 1415 02:14:19,128 --> 02:14:20,504 You wouldn't have cared if you'd shot him or not. 1416 02:14:20,504 --> 02:14:22,423 I wish I had. 1417 02:14:22,423 --> 02:14:25,303 Your whelp will never marry my daughter. 1418 02:14:25,303 --> 02:14:29,495 I will not put another child of mine into his murdering hands. 1419 02:14:29,495 --> 02:14:32,088 If you can break your bargains, then so can I. 1420 02:14:32,088 --> 02:14:36,056 Until you honour your word and wager, your last labour remains undone. 1421 02:14:36,056 --> 02:14:38,232 Then let it be on your head. 1422 02:14:38,232 --> 02:14:41,112 We did not demand that you do these labours. 1423 02:14:41,112 --> 02:14:43,894 The Gods did for murdering my children. 1424 02:14:53,751 --> 02:14:58,606 If you honour your vow, all will see he's broken his vow. 1425 02:15:00,855 --> 02:15:05,719 No one would be happier for you to abandon these labours than me. 1426 02:15:05,719 --> 02:15:10,551 No one. But if you do, you've much to lose. 1427 02:15:10,551 --> 02:15:13,486 More to lose if you finish them. 1428 02:15:19,639 --> 02:15:23,468 Megara will yet find a labour which will kill you. 1429 02:15:24,790 --> 02:15:27,212 Even before the labours, we... 1430 02:15:28,726 --> 02:15:31,443 ..we have plotted your destruction. 1431 02:15:32,918 --> 02:15:34,412 Why, Mother? 1432 02:15:36,310 --> 02:15:38,711 Because you are the son of Zeus. 1433 02:15:38,711 --> 02:15:41,974 You are the enemy of Mother Hera. 1434 02:15:41,974 --> 02:15:46,999 And because I wanted the throne which was rightfully mine for Iphicles. 1435 02:15:46,999 --> 02:15:49,813 I never sought your throne, Mother. 1436 02:15:52,118 --> 02:15:56,534 All I saw were those who barred our way... 1437 02:15:56,534 --> 02:15:59,829 ..Eurystheus... you... 1438 02:16:01,878 --> 02:16:03,820 ..your sons. 1439 02:16:07,125 --> 02:16:09,198 My sons? 1440 02:16:10,326 --> 02:16:14,963 Do not complete these labours, for you have no cause. 1441 02:16:17,845 --> 02:16:19,787 No cause? 1442 02:16:21,269 --> 02:16:22,796 No cause? 1443 02:16:24,501 --> 02:16:27,541 Hercules! These labours have meaning. 1444 02:16:27,541 --> 02:16:33,397 I enslave myself to my enemies... 1445 02:16:33,397 --> 02:16:35,765 ..over a crime that I did not commit. 1446 02:16:35,765 --> 02:16:37,205 Show me the meaning in that. 1447 02:16:37,205 --> 02:16:39,605 These labours have become the struggle for the soul of Tiryns... 1448 02:16:39,605 --> 02:16:41,045 ..and the heart of its people. 1449 02:16:41,045 --> 02:16:44,085 Your labours have become the battlefield in the war between Zeus and Hera. 1450 02:16:44,085 --> 02:16:47,189 I do not choose sides in Zeus and Hera's war! 1451 02:16:47,189 --> 02:16:50,101 The only soul I struggle for is my own. 1452 02:16:50,101 --> 02:16:53,013 I am no one's symbol or saviour, Deianeira. 1453 02:16:53,013 --> 02:16:55,349 You are whether you wish it or not. 1454 02:16:55,349 --> 02:16:57,520 That is what a hero is. 1455 02:17:07,348 --> 02:17:10,005 Finish the task you agreed to, Hercules. 1456 02:17:10,005 --> 02:17:12,820 Then the Gods punish me for a crime of which I am innocent. 1457 02:17:12,820 --> 02:17:14,548 You slew the children. 1458 02:17:14,548 --> 02:17:18,549 Defending myself whilst bewitched by others. 1459 02:17:18,549 --> 02:17:20,980 I have told you the Gods' will. 1460 02:17:20,980 --> 02:17:23,252 Defy them if you wish. 1461 02:17:23,252 --> 02:17:26,740 I am tired of others telling me what the Gods want. 1462 02:17:26,740 --> 02:17:30,482 I will be my own oracle, speak to them myself. 1463 02:17:34,900 --> 02:17:38,644 Hercules: Gods and men, hear the oracle of Hercules. 1464 02:17:38,644 --> 02:17:41,460 I pray to Zeus and Hera... 1465 02:17:41,460 --> 02:17:43,860 ..Apollo and Artemis... 1466 02:17:43,860 --> 02:17:46,132 ..Ares and Athena... 1467 02:17:46,132 --> 02:17:48,563 ..to Poseidon, Aphrodite... 1468 02:17:48,563 --> 02:17:50,387 ..Pluto, Demeter... 1469 02:17:50,387 --> 02:17:53,523 ..and all the other Gods and Goddesses! 1470 02:17:53,523 --> 02:17:57,748 I pray to them one and all and all as one... 1471 02:17:57,748 --> 02:18:00,532 ..and to all Gods, I make sacrifice... 1472 02:18:00,532 --> 02:18:02,835 ..not a sacrifice of blood... 1473 02:18:02,835 --> 02:18:06,995 ..but of reverence to their nobility... 1474 02:18:06,995 --> 02:18:12,083 ..their love, their honour, their courage... 1475 02:18:12,083 --> 02:18:15,251 ..their kindness, their justice. 1476 02:18:15,251 --> 02:18:20,307 But to their pettiness, their wantonness... 1477 02:18:20,307 --> 02:18:24,371 ..their cruelty, their savagery... 1478 02:18:24,371 --> 02:18:28,371 ..their vanity, their injustice... 1479 02:18:28,371 --> 02:18:30,579 ..I make no sacrifice. 1480 02:18:30,579 --> 02:18:32,595 I pay no reverence. 1481 02:18:32,595 --> 02:18:35,666 I deny all that is ungodly in them! 1482 02:18:35,666 --> 02:18:38,867 I will worship the beauty they have bestowed... 1483 02:18:38,867 --> 02:18:42,067 ..my fellow beings, the animals... 1484 02:18:42,067 --> 02:18:44,914 ..the mountains and seas and green Earth... 1485 02:18:44,914 --> 02:18:48,914 ..the sky, and the light of the sun... 1486 02:18:48,914 --> 02:18:51,922 ..and the moon and the stars that keep us from the darkness. 1487 02:18:51,922 --> 02:18:55,026 I will worship and try to emulate... 1488 02:18:55,026 --> 02:18:58,642 ..all that is great in the Gods... nothing more. 1489 02:18:58,642 --> 02:19:03,378 If that is not good enough for them... So be it. 1490 02:19:03,378 --> 02:19:07,250 When my time comes, they can judge me worthy or not. 1491 02:19:07,250 --> 02:19:12,210 But if they are truly great and truly just... 1492 02:19:12,210 --> 02:19:16,617 ..then they can ask no more of any man than what I offer them. 1493 02:19:32,401 --> 02:19:34,801 He will be back now. 1494 02:19:34,801 --> 02:19:36,081 I know him. 1495 02:19:36,081 --> 02:19:37,553 Then let him come... 1496 02:19:37,553 --> 02:19:39,854 ..and let his doom be my way. 1497 02:19:41,041 --> 02:19:45,645 Will it be his doom? You failed before. 1498 02:19:48,593 --> 02:19:51,985 This time, I will destroy him. 1499 02:19:51,985 --> 02:19:57,521 Even so, the triumph of his death will go to Eurystheus... 1500 02:19:57,521 --> 02:19:59,632 ..and he will still rule. 1501 02:19:59,632 --> 02:20:02,385 Not for long. 1502 02:20:02,385 --> 02:20:06,545 To the one who slays Hercules, all Kingdoms will kneel. 1503 02:20:06,545 --> 02:20:09,328 And to you, my queen. 1504 02:20:09,328 --> 02:20:11,537 Then Zeus will tumble... 1505 02:20:11,537 --> 02:20:15,311 ..and Hera will reign supreme once more. 1506 02:20:16,304 --> 02:20:18,027 Yes. 1507 02:20:21,168 --> 02:20:23,273 Let it be your way. 1508 02:20:24,272 --> 02:20:26,444 This is my last chance. 1509 02:20:29,552 --> 02:20:31,886 You are my last hope. 1510 02:20:36,304 --> 02:20:39,343 Wear this into battle. 1511 02:20:39,343 --> 02:20:42,988 I want it to be the last thing he sees when you kill him. 1512 02:20:46,159 --> 02:20:49,640 I want him to know who brings about his downfall. 1513 02:21:26,159 --> 02:21:29,231 So our servant returns. 1514 02:21:29,231 --> 02:21:32,750 Did the Gods not answer your prayers yesterday? 1515 02:21:32,750 --> 02:21:35,022 I've come to finish my labours... 1516 02:21:35,022 --> 02:21:37,038 ..not for you... 1517 02:21:37,038 --> 02:21:38,991 ..not for the Gods... 1518 02:21:38,991 --> 02:21:40,751 ..but for my own honour. 1519 02:21:40,751 --> 02:21:42,862 Since you return chastened... 1520 02:21:42,862 --> 02:21:44,463 ..I will allow you to serve me in this last labour... 1521 02:21:44,463 --> 02:21:46,510 ..and forgive you your demand of my daughter. 1522 02:21:46,510 --> 02:21:49,742 Don't take pride in your broken vow, King. 1523 02:21:49,742 --> 02:21:52,462 When I return, I will no longer be your slave... 1524 02:21:52,462 --> 02:21:55,631 ..and I will demand again what you refuse on fair request. 1525 02:21:55,631 --> 02:21:58,511 If you return, Hercules. 1526 02:21:58,511 --> 02:22:01,743 In the far corners of our Kingdom is a lake. 1527 02:22:01,743 --> 02:22:06,382 Its waters flow into the bowels of a great mountain that belches smoke. 1528 02:22:06,382 --> 02:22:12,940 Inside this mountain, the water turns into a river of fire called the Styx. 1529 02:22:14,638 --> 02:22:19,246 - The river of Hades. - Yes. The river of Hades. 1530 02:22:19,246 --> 02:22:21,326 The realm of the dead. 1531 02:22:21,326 --> 02:22:24,749 The flaming waves of the Styx lead to the gates of Hades. 1532 02:22:24,749 --> 02:22:30,894 Guarding these gates is Cerberus, the 3-headed dog. 1533 02:22:30,894 --> 02:22:33,479 Hercules must bring him back to us. 1534 02:23:34,700 --> 02:23:36,642 [Crowd murmuring] [distant screaming] If this isn't hell, it's close enough. 1535 02:23:41,835 --> 02:23:44,072 Maybe there is a 3-headed dog. 1536 02:23:47,020 --> 02:23:49,804 [Screaming continues] Is that the gate to Hades? 1537 02:23:49,804 --> 02:23:51,820 Pretty doghouse. 1538 02:23:51,820 --> 02:23:53,543 Now where's the dog? 1539 02:23:54,636 --> 02:23:56,326 Hercules, look! 1540 02:24:00,683 --> 02:24:04,512 You can look for him if you get past me. 1541 02:24:08,779 --> 02:24:12,652 So the dog is really a bull. Well, why not? 1542 02:24:12,652 --> 02:24:15,083 Birds become Harpies, a lion a sphinx. 1543 02:24:15,083 --> 02:24:18,859 Why shouldn't a dog be a bull that is really just a man? 1544 02:24:18,859 --> 02:24:21,900 But I've beaten the man before. 1545 02:24:21,900 --> 02:24:24,331 Not in my domain you haven't. 1546 02:24:24,331 --> 02:24:31,187 Here, I am invincible! Aah! 1547 02:25:00,586 --> 02:25:03,850 No, Hercules, don't kill him! He was the one with Alcmene. 1548 02:25:03,850 --> 02:25:06,346 I saw the thunderbolt on his arm, and I thought he was Zeus... 1549 02:25:06,346 --> 02:25:07,840 ..but he may be your father. 1550 02:25:18,730 --> 02:25:20,426 Amphitryon gave me this. 1551 02:25:20,426 --> 02:25:23,655 Maybe I paid him back by usurping his bride night. 1552 02:25:39,881 --> 02:25:41,674 Now Hera will be served. 1553 02:25:41,674 --> 02:25:43,714 I know who you serve! 1554 02:25:46,601 --> 02:25:49,056 And it doesn't matter who my father is... 1555 02:25:50,121 --> 02:25:53,225 ..Zeus, Amphitryon, or Cretan. 1556 02:25:53,225 --> 02:25:54,883 It doesn't matter! 1557 02:25:58,185 --> 02:26:00,073 I am not my father! 1558 02:26:06,665 --> 02:26:08,169 Yes, Antaeus... 1559 02:26:08,169 --> 02:26:10,536 ..seek the Mother's strength. 1560 02:26:10,536 --> 02:26:12,233 I will earn my own. 1561 02:26:12,233 --> 02:26:15,785 My birth doesn't matter, only my life. 1562 02:26:15,785 --> 02:26:19,101 I make it have meaning, no one else. 1563 02:26:29,480 --> 02:26:33,096 We are not Gods, Antaeus, only men. 1564 02:26:33,096 --> 02:26:35,006 Only very strong men! Aah! Hyah! 1565 02:27:13,959 --> 02:27:16,676 [Horse whinnies] Hyllus: Father! Father! Whoa. 1566 02:27:20,679 --> 02:27:22,206 Hercules. 1567 02:27:28,263 --> 02:27:30,914 Mother, I relieve you of a long burden. 1568 02:27:33,191 --> 02:27:37,314 My life is chained to burdens. Which one, my son? 1569 02:27:38,343 --> 02:27:42,621 I killed the man you thought my father, and he was not Zeus. 1570 02:27:45,255 --> 02:27:49,052 I will do no penance for his death, Tiresias, whether my father or not. 1571 02:27:50,407 --> 02:27:53,158 Your labours are done, Hercules. 1572 02:27:53,158 --> 02:27:55,719 Even though I don't bring back Cerberus? 1573 02:27:55,719 --> 02:27:57,958 What do you bring back? 1574 02:27:57,958 --> 02:27:59,485 Myself. 1575 02:28:01,030 --> 02:28:02,758 It is enough. 1576 02:28:02,758 --> 02:28:04,646 Will Eurystheus think so? 1577 02:28:04,646 --> 02:28:06,183 Will he honour his bargain... 1578 02:28:06,183 --> 02:28:08,199 ..and betroth Iole to Hyllus? 1579 02:28:08,199 --> 02:28:12,039 Your labours are done, Hercules, not your war with Eurystheus. 1580 02:28:12,039 --> 02:28:16,614 You will find no victory there until the highborn woman of Tiryns dies. 1581 02:28:16,614 --> 02:28:18,598 No more prophecies, Tiresias. 1582 02:28:18,598 --> 02:28:21,894 I will not kill Megara to get Iole for my son. 1583 02:28:21,894 --> 02:28:24,550 Megara is not of Tiryns. She is its queen. 1584 02:28:24,550 --> 02:28:27,909 She is not its queen. 1585 02:28:27,909 --> 02:28:31,494 The throne is mine and through me, yours. 1586 02:28:31,494 --> 02:28:33,638 I don't want your throne, Mother. 1587 02:28:33,638 --> 02:28:36,197 I will exact no revenge for you. 1588 02:28:36,197 --> 02:28:38,822 I do not ask you to. 1589 02:28:38,822 --> 02:28:42,981 I ask nothing from you. 1590 02:28:42,981 --> 02:28:46,145 But it is time that I do something for you. 1591 02:28:49,093 --> 02:28:52,127 I have never kissed my son. 1592 02:29:09,221 --> 02:29:13,018 I do not know how to live in your new world, Hercules. 1593 02:29:15,269 --> 02:29:19,493 And I have wronged you for so long. 1594 02:29:19,493 --> 02:29:22,013 Let me give you victory now. 1595 02:29:27,365 --> 02:29:29,056 Yes. 1596 02:29:35,301 --> 02:29:36,613 Mother! 1597 02:29:36,613 --> 02:29:42,144 I am the highborn woman of Tiryns, and I gladly die. 1598 02:30:01,508 --> 02:30:03,679 Where's the 3-headed dog? 1599 02:30:05,540 --> 02:30:07,906 Where is the dog? 1600 02:30:10,020 --> 02:30:11,743 You are a coward! 1601 02:30:17,411 --> 02:30:19,812 This is our triumph. 1602 02:30:19,812 --> 02:30:21,241 Guards! 1603 02:30:29,967 --> 02:30:31,518 Bow to your master. 1604 02:30:31,573 --> 02:30:34,823 No longer my master. My labours are done. 1605 02:30:34,961 --> 02:30:37,219 Are they? You hear the crowd. They ask the question... 1606 02:30:37,219 --> 02:30:39,555 ..I ask... where's Cerberus, the hound of Hades? 1607 02:30:39,555 --> 02:30:41,660 I don't have him. 1608 02:30:43,363 --> 02:30:45,731 [Crowd murmuring] Coward. 1609 02:30:45,731 --> 02:30:47,843 Where is the 3-headed dog? 1610 02:30:47,843 --> 02:30:51,999 The only dog I found had one head, and I killed it! 1611 02:31:01,091 --> 02:31:03,033 [Crowd murmuring] Here's his collar. 1612 02:31:14,891 --> 02:31:18,362 Sad, savage pair. 1613 02:31:19,266 --> 02:31:22,561 To have no greater ambition than to thwart me. 1614 02:31:24,291 --> 02:31:26,338 You serve neither men nor Gods. 1615 02:31:26,338 --> 02:31:30,786 What do you know of Gods? When have they ever smiled on you? 1616 02:31:30,786 --> 02:31:34,370 It doesn't matter if the Gods smile on me or curse me. 1617 02:31:34,370 --> 02:31:37,474 I make my own destiny. 1618 02:31:37,474 --> 02:31:41,598 Give Hyllus and Iole the chance to make theirs. 1619 02:31:42,849 --> 02:31:44,194 No! 1620 02:31:44,194 --> 02:31:46,402 He tries to steal my child. Seize the traitor. 1621 02:31:46,402 --> 02:31:49,730 Seize him! 1622 02:31:49,730 --> 02:31:52,991 See, Tiryns? The great hero turns on his masters. 1623 02:31:56,674 --> 02:31:58,168 Hercules! 1624 02:32:07,361 --> 02:32:09,947 Remember who captured the Cretan bull! 1625 02:32:10,945 --> 02:32:14,207 Nemea remember its debt to Hercules! 1626 02:32:27,873 --> 02:32:29,945 Flank left! Flank right! 1627 02:32:41,121 --> 02:32:43,809 He failed. He failed! 1628 02:32:43,809 --> 02:32:45,856 He has disgraced himself! 1629 02:32:45,856 --> 02:32:47,929 He's no hero! Aah! Aah! 1630 02:33:11,776 --> 02:33:13,728 Go hide yourself. 1631 02:33:13,728 --> 02:33:18,518 He slew children. He defies me, his lord! 1632 02:33:19,551 --> 02:33:22,868 He defies the Gods with blasphemous prayers. Aah! 1633 02:33:37,376 --> 02:33:39,136 Eurystheus... 1634 02:33:39,136 --> 02:33:40,927 ..I don't want your throne. 1635 02:33:40,927 --> 02:33:42,650 Stay your weapons! 1636 02:33:48,383 --> 02:33:51,455 Unite the house of Perseus through our children. 1637 02:33:51,455 --> 02:33:53,791 Just keep your word... 1638 02:33:53,791 --> 02:33:56,180 ..and there will be a better future for all. 1639 02:33:59,006 --> 02:34:00,697 Hyllus! 1640 02:34:02,527 --> 02:34:05,663 Drop your bow, Hercules, and the boy lives. 1641 02:34:05,663 --> 02:34:08,510 Shoot me and he dies. 1642 02:34:08,510 --> 02:34:11,194 If I drop my bow, you will kill us both. 1643 02:34:14,495 --> 02:34:16,671 Hyllus, do you trust me? 1644 02:34:16,671 --> 02:34:18,143 With my life, father. 1645 02:34:18,143 --> 02:34:21,342 It will be your life or your father's. 1646 02:34:21,342 --> 02:34:25,237 My arrow's pointed at his head. Now lower your bow, Hercules! No! 1647 02:34:45,758 --> 02:34:47,612 Hyllus will never marry Iole. 1648 02:35:09,213 --> 02:35:10,846 It seems... 1649 02:35:10,846 --> 02:35:14,045 ..Tiresias' prophecy comes true. 1650 02:35:14,045 --> 02:35:18,749 The union of our two children will heal all ills. 1651 02:35:18,749 --> 02:35:20,821 Not my ills. 1652 02:35:42,748 --> 02:35:44,829 Hercules! 1653 02:35:44,829 --> 02:35:56,942 Together: Hercules! Hercules! Hercules! Hercules! Hercules! Hercules! Hercules! Hercules! 1654 02:36:31,516 --> 02:36:35,258 A poet is no priest, but he knows love when he sees it. 1655 02:36:38,875 --> 02:36:41,144 Drink from the wedding cup. 1656 02:36:42,652 --> 02:36:47,191 May your life together forever be as sweet as the wine you share. 1657 02:36:48,860 --> 02:36:53,147 The labours are over, woes all depart. 1658 02:36:53,147 --> 02:36:57,042 Home comes the hero, home to his heart. 1659 02:37:02,907 --> 02:37:06,395 We, the children of nature, have no words or rituals... 1660 02:37:06,395 --> 02:37:09,946 ..to bless the blending of two hearts, my love. 1661 02:37:09,946 --> 02:37:12,314 Our hearts need none. 1662 02:37:12,314 --> 02:37:14,427 I offer only a prayer. 1663 02:37:14,427 --> 02:37:18,650 May Hera and Zeus find the love that we know.