La odisea

You see me dressed as a Greek,

because The Jugglers are going to tell the adventures of Ulysses.

A legend of ancient Greece.

The poet Homer told it in a poem called the Odyssey.

In it he narrates the adventures of Ulysses, king of Ithaca.

After winning the Trojan War,

he spent long years lost on the Mediterranean Sea,

...from island to island, from storm to storm.

Until at the end, he could return to his beloved homeland of Ithaca.

The Jugglers are going to tell you all,

with sticks that can be lances or swords.

Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta.

Well, as I was saying, we're going to tell you all,

with wardrobes, tables, chairs, which can be islands, horses or boats.

And with this stuff, we will relive the adventures of the great man

of old, called Ulysses. Homer's poem...

Hey, what you doing?

Homer, the author, the blind poet.

Tell me, muse, the adventures of the man, Ulysses of great wit.

After destroying sacred Troy,

he wandering lost for many years.

He saw the cities, he knew the customs of many men.

And at sea, he suffered endless and great calamities.

The fertile island of Ithaca, with its splendid palace

in the middle of the Mediterranean.

I am Ulysses, known among all men for my tricks and ruses.

The most glorious of the Greeks!

I never managed to find anything to me so pleasant and sweet as my homeland.

He is the king and I, Penelope, the queen.

The gentle and faithful Penelope.

I am Telemachus.

Our son!

Now, I'm just a newborn, but later I will be much higher.

The Trojan War! The Trojan War!

Breaking news! Read all about it!

Extraordinary! Urgent meeting in Athens of the Greek confederation.

An offense!

An insult to any of the Greek kings, is an insult to all Greeks.

- The Trojans have abducted Helen. - Oh, this cannot be.

They took her to Troy.

I ask permission to speak.

All against Troy!

Let's go rescue the beautiful Helen!

I'm going! I'm going!

Greeks, let's fight. Greeks, let's die.

Greeks, let's fight. Greeks, let's die.

Greeks, let's fight. Greeks, let's die.

First, we send an ambassador to Ithaca,

...that Ulysses helps us.

Let's go! Yes, go!

Lord, the ambassador of the Greek confederation has arrived.

My Ulysses has gone mad.

Mrs. Ulysses, I'm sorry.

- Poor baby. What is your name, dear? - Telemachus.

Poor boy. And his father is crazy.

He is not crazy, he said to mama,

...that he doesn’t want to go to the Trojan war.

Sir! I declare you completely sane.

And I remind you of the commitment you have to the Greek confederation,

...to fight together with the other Greek kings and princes,

...until the city of Troy is captured.

To Troy!

So long! So long!

He is coming! He is coming! Hector! Hector!

He is coming! He is coming! Hector! Hector!

My husband! My husband!

We have been fighting for ten years.

And I'm...

fed up with this war!