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Before the movie starts,
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we would like you to follow us...
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and take a look at these settings,
now dark and lonely
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where the whole story began.
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This is the shore of the Dardanels,
today in Turkey...
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This is the Trojan plain...
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where the Trojan war took place,
around 3000 years ago,
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inspiring the work of Homer.
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This rubble on the hill is
all what remains of the city
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When you visit the ruins...
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you can see the trace of nine cities
each build on top of the other.
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In the lowest layer are the remains
of a small village from the neolith.
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In the 8th layer was a fortress with
strong walls, from the Mycenean age.
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The one sung by Homer was the last one
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It was flourishing and peaceful,
before the Greeks demolished it...
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...around the year 1200 BC.
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Why was it destroyed?
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The legend tells it was for a woman,
Helen, spouse of Menelaus...
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...abducted by Trojan prince Paris.
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The real reasons were probably different,
but time has lost their trace.
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Troy would never rise again.
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The wind blew sand over its remnants...
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and it was even doubted that
it ever had existed.
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Until an archeologist, who believed
in Homer, rediscovered it.
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He was a German called Schliemann,
and this occurred over a century ago.
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When digging the soil...
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the holy road to the citadel
was found again
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and the gates where Homer depicted
the farewell of Hector and Andromache.
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Today the visitor can picture
what happened such a long time ago...
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... on the shores of the Scamander river.
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And, on the way back Europe,
stopping at the museum in Athens...
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to see the golden death masks
of the mythology heroes,
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he will meet these
Greek conquerers of Troy...
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those, who after the slaughter...
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... started a long and perilous
journey back to their homeland.
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The Odyssey is the tale of a return.
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If such is the will of the Gods,
that Odysseus returns home,
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I shall go to Ithaca
to encourage his son...
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(So said Athena, daughter of Zeus,
as she descended from Mount Olympus)
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(to the house of Odysseus,
on the island of Ithaca.)
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(She took a human appearance,
as Gods use to appear to mortals.)
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(She had the face of Mentes,
the lord of Taphos.)
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(In the house, a woman was
weaving endlessly.)
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(Her name was Penelope,
Odysseus's faithful wife.)
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(She rarely came out from the room,
her former wedding chamber...)
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(...all her thoughts were for her husband,
gone twenty years before.)
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(fearing what the Gods had planned
for her son....)
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(...and for herself.)
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-Welcome stranger.
-I greet you.
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Come inside, my house is yours
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- So, you are Telemachus,
the son of Odysseus?
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- My mother calls me so...
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But that's a name
I never heard from the lips of Odysseus.
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Euryclea, a guest has arrived.
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Follow me stranger
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(Euryclea, daughter of of Ops,
had come to the court as a child...)
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(She had been the nurse of Odysseus.)
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(Telemachus called her grandmother.)
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- Penelope, a stranger has come...
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...Telemachus has welcomed him.
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Maybe he brought some news
about Odysseus!
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-Don't be so hopeful.
Beware, Penelope
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The world is full of people
who travel under false names...
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... and invent stories
to charm their hosts.
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He will be like the previous ones,
all of those who gave you...
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... the news from Odysseus
you wished to hear.
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- I am Mentes, the lord of Taphians...
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... and my ship is anchored in the bay
across Samos, beneath the mountain.
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- So you know Ithaca?
- I do, I actually know it very well.
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I was here years ago
as a guest of your father
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I was told that your father was back.
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-No, what you heard was wrong.
No one knows about him.
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-Who are all these people?
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They leave their weapons outside
the palace, yet act as masters.
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Also, I see they ignore you
- I try to ignore them myself.
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- Are they your guests?
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-Guests used to be plenty in this house,
when it was honored in my father's days.
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But as you can see,
rules have changed over time.
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And living in this shame
is now my plight.
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Look, they are the pretenders
to the throne.
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They come here everyday and plunder
my house, each day some more
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These pretenders are lords from Ithaca...
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...and from other islands all around :
Samos, Zante, Doulichion
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They want to marry my mother.
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-And must your mother marry again?
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-She does not want to,
but dares not oppose.
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- I understand her weakness.
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-How long has this been lasting?
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- Long enough to devour all my wealth,
for you can see this is what they do.
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- Today once more they'll take
a calf, and slaughter cattle...
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They shall soil the house
and make it a pigsty.
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They will devour all, they will do all
to offend the house of Odysseus.
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Thieves at least run away,
fearing to be caught...
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...punished or even slain.
But not these! They stay whatever.
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- Your father is needed back.
- My father?
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-Yes, if Odysseus suddenly
appeared amidst the party...
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With a helmet, a sword
and a bow in his hand,
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what a bitter wedding
for these suitors!
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- No, stranger,
he will never see his home again.
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- Odysseus's destiny is in
the hands of the Gods...
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... but you, hear my advice,
go get some news!
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If you learn he is dead for certain,
make a tombstone on the shore...
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... and give your mother a spouse.
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But if on the opposite,
you learn that he alive...
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Telemachus, I am no fortune teller....
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...yet I feel in my heart, so it will be.
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Now, I must go. My crew is waiting.
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- Stranger, please stay!
- Do as I told you, and be brave.
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- Wait! Where shall I go?
- Prepare a ship and sail to Pylos...
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... there you will meet Nestor,
a friend of your father.
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(Athena disappeared,
like a seabird...)
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(But the goddess had inspired
Telemachus courage and strength)
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(...and the irresistible will
to meet his father again.)
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- And Troy fell, and
its walls collapsed...
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... and the Greek warriors were cursed
with the revenge of the Gods...
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(Phemius was singing
the epic tales of Achean heroes...)
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(Although he was a famous bard,
he would not have played...)
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(...in Odysseus's house,
if the suitors had not made him.)
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- Why have you stopped Phemius?
Because the queen has arrived?
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-Why must we always hear
this sorry tale?
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-Because we enjoy it.
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But we can change theme if you like.
What about love?
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- Mother, Phemius is not to blame...
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... if the return of the Greek warriors
from Troy has been tragic...
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And as you know, it entertains our guests.
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Why have you come anyway?
-Where is that stranger?
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What did he want?
Did he bring some news?
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- What news did you expect?
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-The stranger has gone...
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Why don't you tell
your mother who he was?
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My mother believes
the tales of all visitors...
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... and is left deceived by their flattery.
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Shall I encourage her?
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-Telemachus, spare your mother.
I have been derided enough for this.
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Don't be cruel yourself.
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Do you want me...
to go back to my father?
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Is this what you heart commands?
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Where are your hopes,
and what about mine?
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How long yet shall I suffer this daily
disgrace? Go back to your room!
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... and keep away from their eyes, mother.
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The Gods let me know
the child is now a man...
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... and I shall act as
the landlord from now on!
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Listen, suitors of my mother!
I summon the people's assembly tomorrow.
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And I expect to see you there.
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What has gone into Telemachus?
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An assembly all of a sudden?
Who gave him the idea?
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-Why worry?
This is just a boy's whim.
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He wants to play assembly?
Let us be his playmates and go.
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- As for me, I do not like surprises...
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-Neither do I.
But there will be none from the people.
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We shall bear our weapons anyway,
so that our words have more weight.
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Phemius, go on...
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- Gold, and slaves, and horses,
and sheep were on the decks...
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... booty for every ship.
But some sailed unaware...
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... of a god's wrath aboard,
too much blood had been spilled.
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Ajax was first to sail,
but soon he hit the reefs...
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... and he and all his crew
plunged into the abyss...
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... Menelaus met the storm,
and many a ship sank under his sorry eyes.
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As for Agamemnon, easy was the journey,
he disembarked unhurt, acclaimed as a hero
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Honor, glory, and praise,
he was alike the Gods...
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...to him all things were due. Many were
wondering how to exploit his deed...
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... Aegisthus sealed his fate,
and he drowned in his own blood...
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... even a king cannot
curb the will of the Gods.
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(At night, the suitors went back home...)
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(...and Telemachus closed the doors)
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I brought you up like your father before,
I know this family very well.
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Although a slave,
I was more like a spouse...
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... if Laertes had not feared
his wife's jealousy...
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- Why tell me this today,
grandmother?
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- Today I saw your father's spirit in you!
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(There had been no assembly
in Ithaca for 20 years)
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(The Ithacans were surprised
by the call of Telemachus.)
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(First spoke Egyptius)
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(He was a prominent citizen)
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(He knew about the stranger
who came and talked to Telemachus)
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(Was this the reason for the assembly?)
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-Maybe he brought some news
about our lost army...
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Whatever it is, we are ready to listen.
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-Telemachus has serious matters
to talk about, which we must not ignore.
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Give him the scepter.
He is now a grown man!
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(Mentor had been the friend of Odysseus...)
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(who entrusted him
the education of Telemachus...)
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(...a task he had taken the best care of.)
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- I now speak to you all,
who knew my father...
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...or who remember him at least...
unless you all forgot him?
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- No, you are wrong.
This was once a peaceful land...
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... until the sorry day we had to wage
war against Troy...
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... we complied for our misfortune...
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... and saw our best sons
sail away on his ships...
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No, we did not forget Odysseus.
He is accountable to us...
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- Stop, my lords,! You may not
bear weapons in the assembly!
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You offend the liberty of the people,
and the house of the king...
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-What king are you talking about?
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We have none, Mentor,
for twenty years now.
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- Sit down, this is an assembly!
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- All of you suitors wish my father dead...
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... you have no respect
for my mother's fidelity...
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... and want to marry her by force.
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... here they are everyday,
feeding on my cattle, drunk on my wine...
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I am not worth my father, but even so
I could not get rid of them alone...
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So please, help me, citizens!
This is the concern of all Ithaca!
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The honor of my home is the honor of all...
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If Odysseus did you wrong, and
you wish to seek revenge upon me...
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...so let me pay my debts before
this wolfpack has devoured it all.
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-Telemachus is right!
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-We have nothing against him,
but against his mother!
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For three years,
she has made promises to each of us
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All our gifts were accepted,
then given back...
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We were not refused, just told to wait.
And we did wait!
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... and every new day came
other lords from other places...
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... still nothing is yet concluded!....
Who is to blame for this?
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-She also made up the trick
of an endless cloth
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She said: wait until I finish the
shroud for my father in law
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This is the last bind I have to Odysseus,
to Laertes and to this home...
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... all women would disapprove me,
returning to my father...
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... without fulfilling this last duty.
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We respected her wish
for one year already...
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...but the weaving never seems to end...
The lady has a treacherous soul!
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- We all demand from Telemachus
to send her back to her father...
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... Icarus will arrange a new wedding, and
let us know which one of us he chooses
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-Why not you ask Icarus yourself?
-This is not the way!
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-You will have to take care of this.
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-Telemachus knows Ithaca needs a king!
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-I cannot not go against my mother's wish.
- So we shall stay in your house...
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...until she makes up her mind!
- I would be dishonored to force her.
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Besides, my father...
- Your father died.
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Think how many years ago he left Troy.
No one ever heard about him anymore.
228
00:21:57,180 --> 00:22:01,180
-And even if was is alive somewhere,
now after ten years...
229
00:22:01,190 --> 00:22:05,190
...we declare him dead, dead for
the queen, for Ithaca and for us...
230
00:22:06,210 --> 00:22:10,210
- You open up our wounds, Eurymachus.
If you speak the truth....
231
00:22:10,220 --> 00:22:13,640
...our sons are also dead.
They left with Odysseus.
232
00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:17,600
This is harsh to believe. But in spite
of the years, we have not lost hope.
233
00:22:19,460 --> 00:22:21,460
-We must keep hope...
234
00:22:21,470 --> 00:22:27,470
...if you try to despair me, I will pray
the Gods for revenge. May you all perish!
235
00:22:33,910 --> 00:22:40,000
-That was a sign.
I have looked in the bull's guts...
236
00:22:40,100 --> 00:22:42,100
... when Odysseus departed...
237
00:22:42,110 --> 00:22:45,110
...after the return
will come a slaughter...
238
00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:49,120
...the 20th year will be a year of joy,
but of darkness as well...
239
00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,970
-Enough nonsense!
Go tell your children!
240
00:22:53,060 --> 00:22:56,260
My own prophecies are well worth yours!
Just go back home!
241
00:22:56,740 --> 00:22:57,910
-Eurymachus!
242
00:22:58,350 --> 00:23:02,750
...and all of you suitors of my mother,
you may leave!
243
00:23:04,700 --> 00:23:08,700
I just request one thing:
give me a ship and a crew...
244
00:23:08,820 --> 00:23:10,820
I will go and search for my father.
245
00:23:10,830 --> 00:23:13,830
If he is alive, I shall wait one more year.
246
00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,840
If I learn he is dead,
I shall build a tombstone here...
247
00:23:16,850 --> 00:23:19,850
... and send my mother
to Icarus who will give her a husband.
248
00:23:19,860 --> 00:23:22,350
-Hear me too, Ithacans.
249
00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:30,800
I will not speak against the suitors,
who use of their rights with arrogance.
250
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,380
If Odysseus returns,
they will pay with their own heads.
251
00:23:34,270 --> 00:23:38,750
But I speak against all of you
other citizens who remain silent...
252
00:23:39,860 --> 00:23:43,620
...without a word of blame,
although you are many...
253
00:23:43,630 --> 00:23:49,910
- Many or not, our weapons are enough
to repel any attack, from whoever...
254
00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,800
... yes, even from your father,
even from Odysseus...!
255
00:23:53,420 --> 00:23:56,540
And be assured that Penelope
would not rejoice upon his return...
256
00:23:56,550 --> 00:24:00,550
... if he was to stand up against us.
we would slay him like a dog!
257
00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:04,000
Citizens, let us disband
this pointless assembly!
258
00:24:05,460 --> 00:24:09,950
All of you, quick! Get out.
Let everyone go back home.
259
00:24:12,020 --> 00:24:14,400
Everyone out!
260
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:30,800
(Athena saw the debate had failed.
She took the shape of Mentor.)
261
00:24:31,500 --> 00:24:35,500
(There are many ships
on Ithaca, she said. )
262
00:24:35,510 --> 00:24:38,510
(I will choose the best one
for Telemachus.)
263
00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:54,060
- Telemachus, what a speech!
264
00:24:55,330 --> 00:24:57,730
Come on and drink with us!
265
00:24:58,130 --> 00:25:02,130
You'll have your ship
to search for your father.
266
00:25:03,820 --> 00:25:08,130
- I will go on this journey,
even without your help.
267
00:25:08,660 --> 00:25:11,460
-Telemachus, you really want us dead?
268
00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:14,260
-Will you throw us to the dogs
when you come back?
269
00:25:14,310 --> 00:25:17,730
-No, he will go to Epirus to buy venom,
and poison our wine.
270
00:25:17,790 --> 00:25:22,750
-Save us the effort to divide
your wealth if you did not return!
271
00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,530
-Except for your house which
would belong to the one...
272
00:25:26,530 --> 00:25:29,550
...your mother chooses among us!
273
00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,310
You who came
to honor my house yesterday...
274
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:48,640
You who gave me hope
and courage to sail away...
275
00:25:49,500 --> 00:25:53,650
... make sure I come back to Ithaca,
I beg of you
276
00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:56,840
...please help me.
277
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:11,330
- What are you doing here?
-I'm expecting a ship.
278
00:26:11,420 --> 00:26:14,300
- A ship? Why?
279
00:26:16,900 --> 00:26:20,900
- Of course, you think I'm still a child.
I am going on a journey...
280
00:26:21,550 --> 00:26:25,240
I must visit Nestor in Pylos,
he was in Troy too.
281
00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:28,320
If someone knows something,
that is certainly him.
282
00:26:28,700 --> 00:26:32,700
- Odysseus died. What are you after?
Be assured that if you go...
283
00:26:32,710 --> 00:26:36,080
...some deadly trap would
await you on the way back.
284
00:26:36,260 --> 00:26:39,590
Stay here and defend your home,
it would be a great misery...
285
00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,000
...if you too disappeared like Odysseus
286
00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:46,000
-Swear you will not tell anyone!
-Not even your mother?
287
00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:50,440
Not even her,
unless she worries too much.
288
00:26:51,110 --> 00:26:53,510
Don't let her face be withered by tears.
289
00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:02,660
(The ship chosen by Athena
was afloat already.)
290
00:27:03,700 --> 00:27:08,700
(The sun was slowly going down,
it would soon be dark.)
291
00:27:09,420 --> 00:27:14,420
(Athena, with the face of Mentor,
brought the ship to Telemachus)
292
00:27:15,700 --> 00:27:19,910
(She provided a sturdy crew,
and loaded it with food.)
293
00:27:27,340 --> 00:27:30,340
(The wind filled the sail...)
294
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:38,970
(The sailors took out took a jar of wine,
and toasted to the Gods)
295
00:28:17,500 --> 00:28:20,500
(At the court, meanwhile,
as every night...)
296
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:24,500
(Penelope was unweaving
the cloth she had woven at daylight.)
297
00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:29,360
Help me!
298
00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:45,640
- Telemachus is not back yet!
299
00:29:02,100 --> 00:29:06,100
(Penelope had raised Melantho
as her daughter...)
300
00:29:06,110 --> 00:29:09,110
(...but the girl was ungrateful...)
301
00:29:09,110 --> 00:29:13,110
(...actually, Melantho was
the lover of Antinous...)
302
00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:45,120
So here is the trick.
A cloth increasing by day...
303
00:29:45,130 --> 00:29:48,130
... and shrinking by night.
This is how you keep your promises.
304
00:29:48,630 --> 00:29:52,630
- This shroud is more than enough
for the body of old Laertes.
305
00:29:55,920 --> 00:30:00,010
- Now I am caught,
and forced to end this shroud.
306
00:30:00,540 --> 00:30:02,540
How shall I delay the wedding now?
307
00:30:03,500 --> 00:30:05,500
What new trick shall I find?
308
00:30:05,610 --> 00:30:08,520
So you are the one
who gave a boat to Telemachus?
309
00:30:09,180 --> 00:30:14,240
Willingly or not?
- Why should I refuse him?
310
00:30:14,700 --> 00:30:16,700
- Who asked you?
- I don't remember.
311
00:30:16,700 --> 00:30:18,320
-Try harder!
312
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,740
- Am I not free to give my
ship to any whom I like?
313
00:30:23,300 --> 00:30:28,240
(When Noemon said that he saw
a god aboard the ship, they all laughed...)
314
00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:32,360
(...but soon rage came over their souls,
Antinous worst of all.)
315
00:30:34,740 --> 00:30:36,760
- Do not bring revenge upon yourselves!
316
00:30:43,610 --> 00:30:45,780
I was glad to give him my ship...
317
00:30:46,300 --> 00:30:48,500
... and many wanted to go with him.
318
00:30:49,210 --> 00:30:53,780
May the Gods bring Odysseus back,
and free us from this arrogant bunch!
319
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:16,800
- Better drink Telemachus's wine
than to worry about his departure...
320
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,800
... I toast to the wreck of his ship!
321
00:31:21,100 --> 00:31:23,120
- This little scoundrel has defied us.
322
00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:26,360
As for me, I would have sent him
long ago to the realm of shadows.
323
00:31:26,810 --> 00:31:31,760
- How many went with him?
Who else helped him?
324
00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:34,200
We should have taken action
before the assembly!
325
00:31:34,670 --> 00:31:36,300
- How could we imagine that Telemachus...
326
00:31:36,300 --> 00:31:40,160
- Why do you all think Telemachus
could become dangerous?
327
00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:42,960
- Don't underestimate him.
328
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:48,960
- He went to the mainland but
no one there will stand up against us.
329
00:31:50,300 --> 00:31:53,870
We will await his return
between Ithaca and Samos...
330
00:31:54,010 --> 00:31:56,520
... then I don't believe
he sees his home again.
331
00:31:59,430 --> 00:32:02,280
(Medontes the messenger
goes to Penelope.)
332
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:08,100
What did you come for?
Some new request?
333
00:32:09,100 --> 00:32:11,960
Do your new masters complain
about accommodation?
334
00:32:12,450 --> 00:32:17,180
- No, my queen, I only came
to prove my loyalty...
335
00:32:17,180 --> 00:32:21,300
- Loyalty! What do you mean?
Is there still such a thing?
336
00:32:21,300 --> 00:32:27,240
Like all others you forgot
about Odysseus's kindness.
337
00:32:27,300 --> 00:32:31,200
- I came to tell you
that your son has gone.
338
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:37,460
Telemachus left on a ship last night,
but I don't know where to.
339
00:32:37,460 --> 00:32:39,000
- What?
340
00:32:39,300 --> 00:32:43,600
None of you has told me!
May you all be cursed!
341
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,320
- Punish me. Only I knew.
342
00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:51,440
He made me swear not to tell.
Not to wither your face with tears.
343
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:58,800
- Gone? For what reason?
On a ship?
344
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:02,300
Where did he go?
He is too young to navigate...
345
00:33:02,300 --> 00:33:06,300
My queen! An even greater
danger is now upon him...
346
00:33:06,300 --> 00:33:09,360
...the suitors are plotting his death,
they planned a trap...
347
00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:14,040
... on his way back
between Ithaca and Samos.
348
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:47,120
Why did he go away?
349
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,050
First the father, then the son...
350
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:03,120
Why not tell me anything?
351
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:11,520
Why did he go away? Why?
352
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:56,180
-Don't despair, my queen.
353
00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:02,870
He did what every son would do.
He went to search for his father.
354
00:35:02,870 --> 00:35:05,400
You'll see he comes back.
He'll come back soon.
355
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:13,400
He left and told me nothing...
356
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:26,240
He must not leave me alone.
Better he was never born.
357
00:35:26,240 --> 00:35:29,070
Now death is upon him.
358
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:12,700
Daughter of Zeus...
Athena... hear me!
359
00:36:12,710 --> 00:36:21,940
Save my son...
save my child...
360
00:36:21,940 --> 00:36:23,940
Save her child...
361
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:51,800
(The sun was rising over a quiet sea
to shine upon the immortal Gods...)
362
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:53,960
(...and all human offspring on earth.)
363
00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:02,360
(The ship arrived in Pylos, home of Nestor,
the eldest of those conquered Troy)
364
00:37:03,030 --> 00:37:08,300
(Nestor had come back to
his homeland a long time ago.)
365
00:37:38,500 --> 00:37:44,500
(On that morning, Nestor and his kin
were making offerings...)
366
00:37:44,500 --> 00:37:47,030
(...to Poseidon,
who ruled over the seas.)
367
00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:58,980
(Nestor began with the ritual cleaning.)
368
00:38:20,740 --> 00:38:24,740
(His sons brought the black bull.)
369
00:38:39,580 --> 00:38:43,040
(Thrasymedes carried a sharpened axe.)
370
00:39:46,900 --> 00:39:50,900
You awake dark memories of
our days under the walls of Troy.
371
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:56,010
There we left our best:
Achilles, Ajax, Patroclus...
372
00:39:56,240 --> 00:39:59,240
... and my son Antilochus,
companion of Odysseus.
373
00:40:00,540 --> 00:40:02,540
It was a long war.
374
00:40:02,540 --> 00:40:06,540
For nine years we fought
the Trojans and their allies.
375
00:40:07,740 --> 00:40:11,740
We used all our abilities to win,
but above all Zeus...
376
00:40:12,990 --> 00:40:14,990
...allowed us to
finish this endeavour...
377
00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:19,040
...and inspired our final strategy.
378
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:24,240
For all those years, no
one surpassed your father...
379
00:40:24,330 --> 00:40:28,730
... in wisdom, courage and cunningness.
380
00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:33,580
You have not know him,
thus I want you to know...
381
00:40:33,580 --> 00:40:37,580
...how exceptional his spirit was
at all times...
382
00:40:38,300 --> 00:40:43,300
...but what I admired most in him
was the nobility of his heart.
383
00:40:43,300 --> 00:40:45,300
Never there was a quarrel between us...
384
00:40:45,310 --> 00:40:48,910
... and our unity had a
good influence on the warriors.
385
00:40:49,570 --> 00:40:53,620
But once the city destroyed
and the booty shared...
386
00:40:53,660 --> 00:40:58,400
...the Gods divided us.
Zeus gave us a sad return...
387
00:40:58,950 --> 00:41:03,750
...because in victory we had been
neither wise nor just.
388
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:06,860
Everyone started to disagree...
389
00:41:06,860 --> 00:41:09,400
Some with Menelaus
wished an immediate return...
390
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:15,420
while Agamemnon would stay
and make offerings to to Athena...
391
00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:18,400
...as if this would make
a difference to the Gods!
392
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:23,400
Most followed Menelaus, while
Agamemnon's fleet stayed behind.
393
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:28,510
Then in Tenedos, we made a
new sacrifice for our return.
394
00:41:29,140 --> 00:41:31,340
But Zeus was angry at all of us.
395
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:36,920
Later, we arrived at Lesbos
without too many losses...
396
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:40,480
... but quarrels
broke out among everyone.
397
00:41:41,900 --> 00:41:43,900
That is all I can remember.
398
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:50,550
I know we were all
overwhelmed by fear....
399
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:56,020
... we now longer knew
what would appease the Gods.
400
00:41:56,550 --> 00:42:03,060
Diomedes and I sailed towards Euboea,
and the winds brought us home...
401
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:09,620
Your father however
decided to return to Troy...
402
00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:12,550
... to bring Agamemnon back...
403
00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:19,040
Since then, no one
ever heard of him again.
404
00:42:22,140 --> 00:42:25,260
This is a son of mine
you haven't met yet.
405
00:42:25,260 --> 00:42:27,760
This is Odysseus's son, Telemachus
406
00:42:33,750 --> 00:42:38,460
Now listen, your
search is well inspired...
407
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:42,740
... unfortunately,
I cannot tell you more .
408
00:42:42,740 --> 00:42:47,040
... but there is a man who may
know about your father's fate...
409
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:49,700
...Menelaus,
the last of all to return.
410
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:54,500
He travelled to foreign and distant shores,
where your father might have passed
411
00:42:54,500 --> 00:42:57,530
Go ask this wise man,
my son will take you there.
412
00:42:58,020 --> 00:43:01,000
If you wish, you may
leave tomorrow at dawn.
413
00:43:42,340 --> 00:43:48,340
(Away from the feast,
Penelope worried about Telemachus.)
414
00:43:48,660 --> 00:43:51,700
(even if the Gods had
protected him on his journey...)
415
00:43:51,700 --> 00:43:56,170
(...how could he resist the suitors
when he returns?)
416
00:44:08,340 --> 00:44:11,260
(Her heart became full of anguish.)
417
00:44:40,500 --> 00:44:43,620
( But sleep finally overcame her,
and tired body relaxed...)
418
00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:53,280
(...then Athena appeared to her
with the face of Iphtime)
419
00:44:54,180 --> 00:44:56,260
(...Penelope's sister...)
420
00:45:02,580 --> 00:45:08,700
- Penelope, do not cry.
The Gods only wish you well.
421
00:45:08,700 --> 00:45:12,940
-Iphtime, is it you?
422
00:45:12,940 --> 00:45:16,400
-Yes, it is me, your sister.
423
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:21,260
-I haven't seen you for long.
You live so far away.
424
00:45:23,260 --> 00:45:26,860
Why have you come to Ithaca? Why?
425
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:30,260
-To assist you.
426
00:45:31,240 --> 00:45:35,740
-Then you know I lost my husband,
and my son abandoned me...
427
00:45:35,740 --> 00:45:38,130
-Yes, I know...
428
00:45:38,260 --> 00:45:40,980
... but don't you suffer,
Penelope, you must have hope.
429
00:45:41,780 --> 00:45:45,600
-I'm scared. The princes want to
kill Telemachus on his way back...
430
00:45:46,310 --> 00:45:49,300
... they will trap him
between Ithaca and Samos.
431
00:45:49,300 --> 00:45:54,300
...if ever the Gods
protected him on his journey.
432
00:45:54,300 --> 00:45:57,200
He has no experience of the sea....
433
00:45:57,370 --> 00:46:00,400
...he is a child, he
was never away from me!
434
00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:03,500
-Don't be afraid Penelope,
Athena has mercy...
435
00:46:03,500 --> 00:46:05,260
... and will bring Telemachus back.
436
00:46:05,260 --> 00:46:11,150
-Athena?
Can you hear her voice?
437
00:46:16,260 --> 00:46:21,980
Then tell me:
Odysseus, where is he?
438
00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:49,740
(Odysseus had been caught
many times in the storm...)
439
00:46:50,170 --> 00:46:51,740
(...pushed by adverse winds...)
440
00:46:54,080 --> 00:46:59,580
(...tossed by the moods
of Aeolus and Poseidon..)
441
00:47:00,170 --> 00:47:03,500
(...and his raft had so
far resisted every assault.)
442
00:47:05,500 --> 00:47:09,860
(Odysseus kept hope inside his heart...)
443
00:47:35,700 --> 00:47:38,460
(But the sea kept
pushing between the logs...)
444
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:41,460
(...discarding them
and untying the cords...)
445
00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:44,130
(Odysseus tied them
tighter all the time...)
446
00:47:45,140 --> 00:47:47,020
(...sometimes the sail hung down...)
447
00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:52,000
(..sometimes it filled, and
the mast was close to breaking.)
448
00:47:55,860 --> 00:47:59,620
(...the wind went against every move...)
449
00:47:59,620 --> 00:48:02,740
(...in an endless
strife, night and day...)
450
00:48:03,550 --> 00:48:09,320
(...each time the memories came back,
and Odysseus struggled for Penelope ...)
451
00:48:09,420 --> 00:48:11,910
(...and for the son he never knew.)
452
00:48:21,370 --> 00:48:23,510
(He waged one battle after the other...)
453
00:48:24,820 --> 00:48:30,170
(...wondering each time how
long he would still resist...)
454
00:48:31,020 --> 00:48:34,540
(...how long he would
endure this slow agony.)
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