The Odyssey

One face!

One fleet!

One war!

One man!

One thought!

One trick!

A trick to breach the walls of Troy!

And burn it, level it amidst screams!

What does this mean?

A gift

for Athena.

We share the same gods,

respect their gift.

Pull it out of the water!

Bring it to the temple of Athena.

The war is over.

Face!

Fleet!

War!

Man!

Stop!

Not that song.

Mama's boy!

Run, my boy,

run!

I'm reminding them whose wine this is.

I don't want the song about Odysseus, but Odysseus himself.

And you welcome suitors into his home every night?

In this world,

a man does what he wants, and I do what I can.

Today I am a man, Mother.

Then throw them out,

violate the law of Zeus, give them a reason to attack you.

I've already lost one husband.

I refuse to lose a son, too.

Father will return. - Where is he?

It's been eight years since Troy fell,

and almost twenty years since he left us.

Where is he?

He is our guest, just like you.

Are you calling us beggars?

I'm saying we've been hosting you for three years.

We are abusing your hospitality,

because your mother refuses to choose.

She is already married. - Odysseus is dead.

What do you know about my father?

That his meat is tough, and his wine is bad.

You've been drinking the best for two years straight.

I know he hasn't returned.

Not yet.

You cry for a father

you didn't even know,

like a whining bastard.

No one is sure who their father is.

You can't be sure about mine.

I knew him.

As children, we watched him hunt.

I volunteered for Troy.

He told me to stay,

and watch over you.

But,

Sparta is full of veterans from Troy,

it's a goldmine of information.

Are you the son of Odysseus?

Go to Sparta,

go to Menelaus.

He will receive you.

The queen wants to speak to the stranger.

She hungers for news.

But no false hopes.

She has a way of knowing if anyone has seen Odysseus.

Do you see this man?

He is almost blind,

but he beats travelers to death

when they lie about my father.

Too fast.

How do you know?

You don't need eyes to hear a rushed combination.

Mentor, push him.

Too fast.

He is as polite as you are!

He only listened to your father.

Where did he dig him up from?

They met here.

- I'll take it. - For your boy?

For hunting.

He had a good nose.

Don't move.

Do you want an ugly scar?

Why do you make the bowstring twang? - It's fair.

- To warn the prey? - To fight honorably.

You weren't fighting, you were hunting.

Hunting is a disguised battle.

Clever, but your tricks will bring you trouble.

Try again,

being less rushed and more precise.

You don't win with perfect defense alone.

Invite an attack.

How? Hesitate.

Expose yourself to the opponent's sword. His attack helps you.

Did you teach my father that?

He taught me that.

One.

"You won't always be the strongest or the fastest,

so be the smartest."

What would he do

if he found these suitors in his home?

I can't even imagine what he would do to them.

There are so many of them.

You kill two and the rest back off,

these bullies and cowards.

They were supposed to go to Troy, but as Agamemnon approached,

their fathers hid them.

He knew that Agamemnon's war would take many years and lives.

So he chose his army by lot.

Name? Sinon.

- Draw. - No.

- Name? - Antinous.

Draw.

Yes.

By lot?

Antinous says he was a volunteer.

They are up to something.

Your son wants to replace Sinon.

No way.

He is staying here for his family.

He will look after your son too. Of course.

He goes with me.

He wanted Antinous to watch over me?

Odysseus wanted to avoid the humiliation of those fathers,

he felt compassion.

He loved your mother and you more than glory.

He knew this would take years.

Did he tell my mother?

- Ask her. - Eumaeus...

Will he return one day?

Argos believes so.

I've never seen a dog live for 20 years.

He has survived long after his master.

I'm sorry to interrupt you.

I'm in no hurry.

According to the elders, once I finish your grandfather's shroud,

I will have to remarry.

Why?

Ithaca still has no king.

They want to be protected.

From what?

From the Sea People.

Those are travelers' tales.

Travelers tell us about the world, about the fall of Troy,

and they all speak of attacks by the Sea People.

Who are the Sea People?

No one knows, but the Elders want to prepare us.

To prepare us?

Our civilization is the greatest of all time.

Look at this grand home,

these ancient stones,

left at the mercy of greedy freeloaders.

The building is nothing,

if its meaning is neglected.

The law of Zeus.

To treat others well.

They trample it, destroying everything.

How can you imagine marrying one of them?

Because it was long ago.

Your father asked me.

Agamemnon is our king.

The Trojans abducted his sister-in-law. - Or she ran away with them.

Either way, the walls of Troy are considered impregnable.

We will camp in front of this great city,

to challenge them to come out and fight.

And the years will pass, Telemachus will grow,

and you will learn to live without me.

Menelaus will give up on Helen.

This is Agamemnon's pretext

to break Troy's control over the trade routes.

He will not back down.

Never.

And if you refuse?

He will take our son.

He won't do it.

He sacrificed his own daughter

for a favorable wind.

Did the gods demand his daughter's life?

The power of a sacrifice

depends on what it costs the one who makes it.

That's monstrous.

And merciless.

I won't be back soon,

if I return at all.

What if we run away?

With your fastest ship and your best sailors,

we'll head for the horizon,

hand in hand,

we'll sail west at dusk,

to chase the elusive sun.

There is a world outside these walls.

Agamemnon's vengeance

will descend upon Ithaca.

Promise me this.