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Alexander
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Alexander, the army will divide. |
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Satrapies will revolt. |
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We beg you. Tell us who. |
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Our world is gone now. |
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I'm the last left alive. |
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Whether that's a blessing or a curse... |
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...who by Hades would know. |
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But I've paid my price... |
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...in blood. |
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And in broken dreams. |
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They say we were the greatest |
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Greater even than the expedition to Troy. |
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But how can I say it? |
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How can I tell you what it is like |
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...and to dream big dreams? |
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To believe when Alexander looked you |
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Anything. |
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In his presence, by the light of Apollo, |
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Truly, I've known many great men |
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...but only one colossus. |
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And only now, when old... |
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...do I understand |
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Or do I? |
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Did such a man as Alexander exist? |
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We idolize him, |
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Men, all men, reach and fall... |
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...reach and fall. |
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In the East, the vast Persian Empire |
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In the West, |
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...Thebes, Athens, Sparta, |
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For 100 years now, the Persian kings |
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...with their gold |
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It was Philip, the one-eyed, |
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...uniting tribes of illiterate sheepherders |
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With his blood and guts, |
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...that brought the devious Greeks |
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He then turned his eye on Persia... |
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...where it was said the |
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...on his throne in Babylon, |
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Philip was murdered... |
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...much to Persia's delight and |
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And Alexander, at 20 |
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Announcing revenge |
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...Alexander liberated |
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...south to Egypt... |
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...where he was declared |
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...and worshipped as a god. |
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And finally, he provoked |
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...in the heart of the Persian Empire, |
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It was mad. |
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Forty thousand of us against |
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... of barbarian races unknown to us... |
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... gathered under Darius himself. |
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East and west had now come together... |
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... to decide the fate of the known world. |
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It was the day Alexander |
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Son of a god. |
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It was a myth, of course. |
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At least it started as a myth. |
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I know. |
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I was there. |
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In the crack of the Persian line, |
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Kill Darius? |
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The gods have brought him |
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If I die, it's one Macedonian. |
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But the Persians, they cannot move |
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Here. Right here, we cut the throat |
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This is madness. You'll never get |
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Have you seen the sheer size |
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Not if you hold them on the left, |
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... with your son Philotas |
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And you, unbreakable Antigonus, |
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Perdiccas, Leonnatus... |
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... Nearchus, Polyperchon. |
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If you pin them on the walls |
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...their cavalry will follow me |
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And when bold Cassander breaks, |
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...a hole will open. |
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Our revered Cleitus... |
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...Ptolemy and Hephaistion. |
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Will strike through that gap... |
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...and deal the deathblow |
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Since when, by the light of Apollo, has |
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What was it we did to |
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Alexander, even with luck, timing, the gods, |
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...which means in truth we must rout them |
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Or we'll be picked apart by bandit tribes |
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Right. |
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You speak of home and retreat... |
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...but do you understand, Parmenion? |
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Babylon's my new home. |
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Alexander... |
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...if we must fight... |
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...do so with stealth. |
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Use your numbers well. We should attack |
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I didn't cross Asia |
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No, you are too honorable for that. |
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No doubt influenced from sleeping |
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But your father |
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The lands west of the Euphrates, Alexander, |
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Since when has a Greek |
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There are not honors, Parmenion, |
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...which the Greeks |
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Do you forget that |
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...lies across the valley floor? |
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...we're still not really sure if it was |
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But that is no matter! |
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Your father taught you never to surrender |
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Now I urge you... |
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...with all my experience, regroup. |
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Fall back to the coast, |
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I would, if I were Parmenion. |
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But I am Alexander. |
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And no more than Earth has two suns |
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These are my terms. |
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And if Darius isn't a coward |
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...then he'll come to me tomorrow. |
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And when he bows down to Greece... |
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...Alexander will be merciful. |
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By Ares' chains, he has got balls, men. |
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I mean, give the man his due, |
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And, lads, feast tonight, |
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I've seen one before. |
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To whom do you pray? |
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Phobos. |
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Fear? |
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A bad omen. |
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More so for Darius. |
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I've come to believe the fear of death |
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And this we didn't learn as schoolboys. |
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It is the cause of all of our misfortunes. |
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- So, mighty Crateros. |
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- Are you ready for tomorrow? |
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The men are skittish as colts and |
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Good. Fear makes men fight better. |
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Post your sentries alertly |
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Don't you worry, general. I'm known to |
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Only because someone |
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Well, someone owes Crateros |
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He buys neither gloves nor blankets |
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Who needs gloves |
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Who needs clothes |
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He's right. |
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After tomorrow, even the thrifty |
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- The gods are with us, Your Majesty. |
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...in Persian blood, my king. |
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You're on the first row tomorrow, boy. |
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I've always believed, Alexander... |
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...but this seems so much bigger than us. |
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Did Patroclus doubt Achilles when they |
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Patroclus died first. |
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If you do... |
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If you were to fall, Hephaistion, |
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...I will avenge you. |
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And follow you down |
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I would do the same. |
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On the eve of battle, |
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Then perhaps... |
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Perhaps this is farewell then... |
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...my Alexander. |
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Fear not, Hephaistion. |
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Blood makes the world rise. |
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Blood makes the rain fall. |
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Blood makes the earth grow. |
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And in blood, all men are born and die. |
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Blood is the food of the gods below. |
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Come, Bucephalus. |
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Company, group! Regroup! |
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Phalanx, turn right! |
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Phalanx, attention! |
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Neoptolemus. |
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I remember you the day |
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You were a giant. |
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Dexippos, by Athena. |
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How far was it you threw your man |
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Will you match it with your spear? |
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And Timander, son of Menander, |
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I still mourn your brother, Addaios, |
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What an honored family |
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You fight for them today. |
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You've all honored |
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And now we come to this |
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...where across from us, Darius |
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But ask yourselves... |
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...who is this great king |
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...to murder my father, our king... |
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...in a most despicable |
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Who is this great king, Darius, |
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Who is this king but a king of air? |
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These men do not fight for their homes. |
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They fight because |
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And when they fight, |
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...because they know no loyalty |
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But we are not here today as slaves. |
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We are here today... |
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...as Macedonian freemen! |
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And though outnumbered... |
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...I say to you who know |
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...who've carried the Persian yoke |
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...you have a strength |
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...and all their arms, |
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...their chariots and |
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...will mean nothing |
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Some of you... |
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...perhaps myself... |
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...will not live to see the sun set |
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For I will be |
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But remember this: |
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The greatest honor |
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...is to live with great courage |
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...in battle for his home. |
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I say to you... |
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...what every warrior has known |
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Conquer your fear... |
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... and I promise you, |
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And someday I vow to you... |
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...your sons and your grandsons |
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And when they ask why you |
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...you will answer... |
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... with all the strength |
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"I was here this day at Gaugamela... |
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...for the freedom... |
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...and glory... |
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...of Greece!" |
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Zeus be with us! |
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Cassander! Four columns, go! |
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Where does he go? |
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I don't know, Majesty. |
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Envelop him, Bessus. |
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Hephaistion, go! |
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Phalanx! |
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He makes a mistake, Pharnakes. |
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Yes, great king. |
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Be brave, men. |
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Steady on the left, lads! |
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Bend if you must, but never break. |
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And keep watching the cavalry on the left. |
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Pick up the pace! |
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Prepare to repel chariots! |
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Forward! |
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Cassander! |
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- Forward, men! |
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- Left turn! |
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Hold your positions! |
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Hold your positions! |
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Father! We must |
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No, hold. |
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Where is he? We're far too thin! |
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- Move! |
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Come, Macedonians! Ride! Ride! |
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Drive for the hole! |
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- Drive for the hole! |
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Prince Merdicus, bring these men up. |
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Back and to the left! |
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- General! |
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I cannot see! |
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- Philotas! Philotas! |
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Go. Tell Alexander yourself. |
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And if he won't listen, then survive me |
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Pay attention, lad! |
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Darius! |
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Find your horses. |
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Darius! |
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Go! Go! |
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We can reach those mountains by sunset, |
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Provision the horses. |
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Alexander! |
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They've overrun the flank. |
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Parmenion's crumbling. |
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Alexander, if you chase him, |
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And if we capture him, |
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You can run to the ends of the earth, |
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...but you'll never run far enough! |
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To Parmenion! |
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You bleed free, my lord. |
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- May I tend to your wound? |
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There's far worse than me. Go to them. |
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Help them. |
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How was this done, soldier? |
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Spear. |
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But I got two of the buggers. |
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Your Majesty. |
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You're very brave. |
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What shall I call you? |
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- Glaukos, my king. |
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- And where's your home? |
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Let your body go loose. |
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Think of home now. |
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Be brave again, Glaukos... |
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...and you will live on in glory. |
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Alexander. |
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The Persian Empire, |
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... was destroyed. |
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And Alexander, at 25, |
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If you hesitate, she will strike. |
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Yes. |
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They are like people. |
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You can love them for years. |
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...but still, they can turn on you. |
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Don't hurt her. |
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Good. |
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Now... |
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He calls me a barbarian. |
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He makes a mockery |
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Some called his mother, |
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... and said that Alexander |
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Others, Dionysus. |
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Women are the only ones |
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But truly, there was not a man |
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... at father and son, side by side, |
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My little Achilles. |
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Stay, Alexander, down. Down. |
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What is it you want? |
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Six months. Did you miss me? |
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- No. Not here! |
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King of what? Sheepherders? |
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- I am of Achilles' royal blood. |
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- You are nothing but a drunken whore. |
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You 10-titted bitch from Hades! |
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Which god could I curse to |
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Do you think people respect you? |
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You think they don't know your bastards? |
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Damn your sorceress soul! You keep him |
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I told you not! I told you not. |
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- You'll obey me. |
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You'll obey me, or I'll kill you |
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Let her go! No! Stop! Papa! |
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- Obey me! |
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In the name of the gods. |
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He will never be yours! Never! |
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In my womb, I carried my avenger! |
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In the world he grew up to... |
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... i've come to believe it was in |
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You don't need much to fight. |
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When you're in the front ranks of a battle, |
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...courage won't be in |
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Or in the thickness |
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Or in the lining |
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It's in the heart of a man. |
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You don't need to eat every day |
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You don't need to lie in bed |
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... when you can have some good bean soup, |
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Come on, Alexander. |
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Where's your hunger |
| 00:43:13 |
Is he stronger than you? |
| 00:43:18 |
Who will respect you as a king? |
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The first rule of war is to do what you |
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Good, Hephaistion. That's it. |
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Well done. Good wrestling, Hephaistion. |
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Come, come, come. |
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You did well, but you lost. |
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Now, both of you, congratulate |
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Would you want me to let you win, |
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You're right. |
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But I promise you, I will beat |
| 00:44:05 |
It was said later that Alexander |
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... except by Hephaistion's thighs. |
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Although an inferior race... |
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...the Persians control at least |
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From Ethiopia and Egypt in the south... |
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... to Caucasus and the two inland seas |
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Philip brought such as Aristotle from |
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They rule, and we sit around like frogs. |
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- Master? |
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- Master! |
| 00:44:37 |
- Why are the Persians so cruel? |
| 00:44:40 |
That is not the subject for today, |
| 00:44:42 |
But it is true that the Oriental races |
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...and their slavish devotion |
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Which are so dull, |
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...such as yourselves, |
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Yes. Excess in all things |
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That is why we Greeks are superior. |
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We practice control of our senses. |
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Moderation, we hope. |
| 00:45:11 |
Then what of Achilles at Troy, master? |
| 00:45:15 |
- Was he not excessive? |
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He dominates others so completely that |
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...crazed with grief over |
| 00:45:27 |
...he seriously endangers his own army. |
| 00:45:32 |
Would you say the love between Achilles |
| 00:45:37 |
When men lie together in lust, |
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...and does nothing |
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Nor does any other excess, Cassander, |
| 00:45:50 |
But when men lie together, and knowledge |
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...that is pure and excellent. |
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When they compete to bring out the good, |
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...this is the love between men that |
| 00:46:07 |
...and lift us from our frog pond. |
| 00:46:13 |
But can a man |
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A woman? Of course not. |
| 00:46:17 |
A woman is a slave |
| 00:46:20 |
Oh, naturally there are exceptions, |
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Such as Pallas Athena, |
| 00:46:27 |
But never forget, she is sprung not from |
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Now, you think on all this, |
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...for in you resides |
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To strive for honor |
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To rule over our baser emotions. |
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To follow reason, |
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Yes... |
| 00:46:53 |
...to love excellence |
| 00:47:00 |
Now, will you stop distracting me? |
| 00:47:02 |
Back to geography |
| 00:47:05 |
Is it possible that the source |
| 00:47:10 |
...could rise in these distant |
| 00:47:14 |
If so, an experienced navigator |
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...by this river east, down |
| 00:47:25 |
...out into the eastern ocean |
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... and by this route up the Nile... |
| 00:47:34 |
...back to Egypt, into the Middle Sea |
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Now, if only these frogs |
| 00:47:44 |
...and act on their favored position |
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...Greece could rule the world. |
| 00:47:51 |
Why is it, master, in myth, |
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India, where Herakles |
| 00:48:03 |
All these men who went east, |
| 00:48:09 |
From generation to generation, |
| 00:48:13 |
Why? Unless there was truth to them? |
| 00:48:15 |
Tales of Amazons? Minotaurs, Gorgons, |
| 00:48:21 |
Only common people believe these tales, |
| 00:48:25 |
We are here precisely to educate |
| 00:48:30 |
But if we are superior to the Persians, |
| 00:48:35 |
It is- It has always been |
| 00:48:41 |
My father long wants it. |
| 00:48:44 |
The East has a way of swallowing |
| 00:48:49 |
But still, to think it's these myths |
| 00:48:55 |
...why is it wrong to act on them? |
| 00:48:59 |
I can only warn you, not teach you. |
| 00:49:03 |
Beware of what you dream for. |
| 00:49:07 |
The gods have a way |
| 00:49:20 |
And growing more ambitious, he now |
| 00:49:31 |
The best you can do, Cleitus? Back |
| 00:49:36 |
No one will ride that beast, Your Majesty. |
| 00:49:39 |
Not with your leg. |
| 00:49:42 |
He's been beaten far too often. |
| 00:49:45 |
My noble king, |
| 00:49:47 |
High-spirited and worthy |
| 00:49:51 |
For three and a half talents... |
| 00:49:54 |
...I couldn't make a profit |
| 00:49:56 |
Why would I want such a beast? |
| 00:50:01 |
Do I seem so old? |
| 00:50:09 |
- Stay down, stay down. |
| 00:50:27 |
A broken neck comes free. He's |
| 00:50:31 |
Buy him for me, Father. I'll ride him. |
| 00:50:39 |
And if you don't? |
| 00:50:41 |
- I'll pay for him myself. |
| 00:50:45 |
I'll pay you! |
| 00:50:46 |
I tell you, that horse can't be ridden, |
| 00:50:53 |
He can be ridden. By me. |
| 00:50:56 |
If you can rule that horse, |
| 00:50:59 |
...at half the price. |
| 00:51:01 |
That horse will kill him, Philip. |
| 00:51:03 |
- He'll break the boy in two. |
| 00:51:06 |
Perhaps she'll make |
| 00:51:24 |
You don't like your shadow, do you? |
| 00:51:27 |
It's like a dark spirit |
| 00:51:31 |
Do you see? That's us. |
| 00:51:36 |
It's just a trick of Apollo's. |
| 00:51:39 |
He's the god of the sun. |
| 00:51:47 |
But I'll show you how to outwit him, |
| 00:52:02 |
The boy doesn't have the craft, Philip. |
| 00:52:05 |
He'll have to figure that out |
| 00:52:09 |
Good idea. |
| 00:52:12 |
Indeed there are times, Philip, |
| 00:52:15 |
- I only worry that- |
| 00:52:18 |
Nothing. |
| 00:52:19 |
I was just noticing how the people |
| 00:52:28 |
You go, boy! |
| 00:52:30 |
You ride that horse and by Zeus I say, |
| 00:52:59 |
Bucephalus. |
| 00:53:01 |
That's what I'll call you. |
| 00:53:08 |
Bucephalus and Alexander. |
| 00:53:12 |
Come now, let's ride together. |
| 00:53:49 |
He's got some Titan in him yet. |
| 00:53:51 |
Attalus! Cleitus! For Zeus' sake, |
| 00:54:00 |
Now, Bucephalus, show them. |
| 00:54:37 |
My son. |
| 00:54:38 |
My son! |
| 00:54:51 |
You remember Prometheus... |
| 00:54:54 |
...who stole the secret of fire |
| 00:54:58 |
It made Zeus so angry... |
| 00:55:01 |
... he chained Prometheus |
| 00:55:04 |
...and each day, his eagle pecked out |
| 00:55:08 |
Each night, it grew back again so that |
| 00:55:13 |
Miserable fate. |
| 00:55:17 |
Oedipus tore out his eyes |
| 00:55:22 |
...he'd murdered his father... |
| 00:55:24 |
...and married his mother. |
| 00:55:30 |
Jason... |
| 00:55:33 |
...he went east and brought back |
| 00:55:36 |
...and married a barbarian wife, Medea. |
| 00:55:39 |
Later, when he left her |
| 00:55:44 |
...Medea slaughtered |
| 00:56:00 |
My mother would never hurt me. |
| 00:56:10 |
It's never easy to escape our mothers, |
| 00:56:13 |
All your life, beware of women. |
| 00:56:28 |
I'm sure you remember Achilles |
| 00:56:31 |
- He's my favorite. |
| 00:56:34 |
Because he loved Patroclus |
| 00:56:38 |
Because he lived without fear, |
| 00:56:42 |
Some say he was a hotheaded fool... |
| 00:56:44 |
...who fought for himself |
| 00:56:46 |
But he was a hero, the greatest at Troy. |
| 00:56:50 |
And his fate? |
| 00:56:51 |
That he must die young |
| 00:56:55 |
Did he have a choice? |
| 00:56:58 |
Oh, yes. He could have a long life, |
| 00:57:07 |
You dream of glory, Alexander. |
| 00:57:11 |
There's no glory without suffering, |
| 00:57:15 |
She makes you weak. |
| 00:57:18 |
The gods have never |
| 00:57:21 |
Look, Herakles. |
| 00:57:26 |
Even after he accomplished |
| 00:57:31 |
...he was punished with madness, |
| 00:57:38 |
Poor Herakles. |
| 00:57:42 |
Great Herakles. |
| 00:57:44 |
All greatness comes from loss. |
| 00:57:47 |
Even you, the gods will |
| 00:57:53 |
When I'm king like you, Father? |
| 00:57:55 |
Don't rush the day, boy. You risk all. |
| 00:58:00 |
My father threw me into battle |
| 00:58:04 |
When I killed my first man, he said: |
| 00:58:07 |
"Now you know." |
| 00:58:10 |
I hated him then, |
| 00:58:14 |
A king isn't born, Alexander. |
| 00:58:16 |
He's made by steel and by suffering. |
| 00:58:22 |
A king must know |
| 00:58:30 |
It's lonely. Ask Herakles. |
| 00:58:33 |
Ask any of them. Fate is cruel. |
| 00:58:38 |
No man or woman can be too powerful |
| 00:58:44 |
They laugh when you rise too high and |
| 00:58:51 |
What glory they give, |
| 00:58:56 |
They make of us slaves. |
| 00:59:15 |
Truth is in our hearts, |
| 00:59:20 |
Men hate the gods. |
| 00:59:24 |
The only reason we worship any of them |
| 00:59:29 |
What's worse? |
| 00:59:31 |
The Titans. |
| 00:59:33 |
If they were ever to be set free... |
| 00:59:36 |
...it would be a darkness |
| 00:59:39 |
Could they ever come back? |
| 00:59:43 |
Can Zeus imprison the Titans forever |
| 00:59:46 |
It's said that when Zeus burned them |
| 00:59:52 |
...they took the Titans' ashes |
| 00:59:54 |
...mixed it with those of mortal men. |
| 00:59:57 |
Why? |
| 01:00:03 |
Who knows these things? |
| 01:00:06 |
One day, things will change. |
| 01:00:10 |
Men will change. |
| 01:00:12 |
But first, the gods must change. |
| 01:00:21 |
But all this you'll forget, Alexander. |
| 01:00:25 |
That's why we call them myths. |
| 01:00:28 |
We can't bear to remember them. |
| 01:00:31 |
I'll remember. |
| 01:00:33 |
And one day, I'll be on walls like these. |
| 01:00:44 |
Alexander once said to me: |
| 01:00:47 |
"We are most alone |
| 01:00:52 |
Phalanx! |
| 01:00:55 |
And thus, it came to pass in a dream... |
| 01:00:57 |
... as mythical to all Greeks |
| 01:01:02 |
At this one glorious moment in time... |
| 01:01:06 |
... Alexander was loved by all. |
| 01:01:12 |
But in the end, i believe Babylon |
| 01:01:17 |
... than she was to leave. |
| 01:02:10 |
Sikander! Sikander! |
| 01:02:38 |
Aristotle may have called them barbarians, |
| 01:02:44 |
We have enough gold here to support |
| 01:02:49 |
And Macedonia would soon corrupt, |
| 01:02:52 |
- Wealth in great quantities brings the crows. |
| 01:02:57 |
We'll pay them well, Antigonus, |
| 01:03:01 |
Now you sound like Philip. |
| 01:03:04 |
Philip never saw Babylon. |
| 01:03:07 |
No, he didn't, Hephaistion. |
| 01:03:10 |
- Hello! |
| 01:03:13 |
Alexander, I know you think me |
| 01:03:16 |
...but whatever our differences, |
| 01:03:19 |
...your father would be very proud of you. |
| 01:03:25 |
Thank you, Parmenion. |
| 01:03:27 |
I ask you to forgive me |
| 01:03:32 |
They, too, blind me. |
| 01:03:37 |
A magnicifent mainland work |
| 01:03:41 |
The golden age, Alexander. Worth much |
| 01:03:47 |
Take back what is ours... |
| 01:03:49 |
...but spare what belongs to the Persians. |
| 01:03:55 |
Yes. We're the richest men |
| 01:04:01 |
- Not if you keep giving it all away. |
| 01:04:06 |
... we now rule 2 million square miles. |
| 01:04:11 |
But... |
| 01:04:14 |
None of you fear that this great fortune |
| 01:04:20 |
You overvalue us. |
| 01:04:22 |
For as long as Darius breathes, |
| 01:04:25 |
...and I but the king of air. |
| 01:04:28 |
But he has no power, Alexander. |
| 01:04:33 |
As long as he's lost, Philotas, |
| 01:04:37 |
Only when he's found will it be decided. |
| 01:04:42 |
It seems you've already |
| 01:04:44 |
We must finish what we failed |
| 01:04:47 |
We must hunt Darius down. |
| 01:04:49 |
- That was not your father's mission. |
| 01:04:55 |
Come on. Have you so quickly forgotten? |
| 01:04:58 |
Fortune favors the bold. |
| 01:05:04 |
No wonder Darius fled |
| 01:05:07 |
One for every night of the year. |
| 01:05:36 |
How will I go back to Lysimache |
| 01:05:39 |
I advise you not to touch, Leonnatus. |
| 01:06:02 |
Aristotle was perhaps prescient. |
| 01:06:08 |
Do these images fool us with their beauty |
| 01:06:42 |
Bagoas, great king. Darius' boy. |
| 01:06:46 |
- Bagoas. |
| 01:06:51 |
Most successful. He was certainly |
| 01:06:58 |
How old? Is great well with the years. |
| 01:07:04 |
What are you now, Bagoas? |
| 01:07:08 |
- Where does he come from? |
| 01:07:13 |
From the hills near Susa. |
| 01:07:16 |
You speak our language. |
| 01:07:18 |
- Good. I'd like to learn yours. |
| 01:07:35 |
So tell me, Bagoas... |
| 01:07:37 |
...do my eyes betray me |
| 01:07:41 |
...to go back to your homeland? |
| 01:07:47 |
All my family's long dead, great king. |
| 01:07:50 |
With your permission, I will stay on. |
| 01:07:56 |
Very well then, Bagoas. |
| 01:07:59 |
Ptolemy, administer this. |
| 01:08:05 |
And that's the same of every person |
| 01:08:09 |
Whoever wishes to be sent home |
| 01:08:12 |
What? |
| 01:08:14 |
- Hear that, boys? |
| 01:08:51 |
Great King Alexander. |
| 01:08:57 |
The princess of the thousand roses... |
| 01:09:00 |
...and eldest daughter of the formerly |
| 01:09:04 |
...Stateira. |
| 01:09:07 |
Noble Alexander... |
| 01:09:15 |
...I come to beg for the lives... |
| 01:09:19 |
...of my sisters... |
| 01:09:21 |
...my mother, my grandmother. |
| 01:09:29 |
You are not wrong, Princess Stateira. |
| 01:09:33 |
He, too, is Alexander. |
| 01:09:39 |
Please. |
| 01:09:41 |
I plead for my family's lives. |
| 01:09:46 |
- Sell me as a slave, great king, but- |
| 01:09:50 |
...in my eyes... |
| 01:09:53 |
...princess... |
| 01:09:56 |
...and tell me... |
| 01:09:58 |
...how would you like to be treated? |
| 01:10:03 |
As I am... |
| 01:10:05 |
...a princess. |
| 01:10:10 |
Then so be it. |
| 01:10:14 |
You and your family shall |
| 01:10:20 |
You shall live in this palace |
| 01:10:23 |
Have you any other requests for me, |
| 01:10:29 |
No. |
| 01:10:32 |
Everything I wish... |
| 01:10:35 |
... I have requested. |
| 01:10:39 |
You truly are... |
| 01:10:41 |
... a queen. |
| 01:10:49 |
Yes, she would be |
| 01:10:53 |
... but you do nothing. |
| 01:10:55 |
Three months you've been in Babylon |
| 01:10:59 |
...at the mercy of your enemies, |
| 01:11:03 |
Antipater, accustomed now to the power |
| 01:11:07 |
I must watch him grow stronger. |
| 01:11:16 |
I'm certain that he communicates secretly |
| 01:11:21 |
But beware, most of all, |
| 01:11:25 |
They are like snakes... |
| 01:11:27 |
... and can be turned. |
| 01:11:29 |
General Crateros. |
| 01:11:33 |
Cassander is Antipater's son. |
| 01:11:38 |
Even Cleitus, your father's favorite... |
| 01:11:42 |
... and Ptolemy, your friend, yes. |
| 01:11:45 |
But beware of men who think too much. |
| 01:11:47 |
They blind themselves. |
| 01:11:53 |
Only Hephaistion do i leave out. |
| 01:11:56 |
But all of them you make rich... |
| 01:11:59 |
... while your mother and yourself, |
| 01:12:06 |
Why won't you ever believe me? |
| 01:12:09 |
It is only a dark mind like mine |
| 01:12:15 |
For they are dark, Alexander. |
| 01:12:18 |
So dark. |
| 01:12:20 |
But in you, the son of Zeus... |
| 01:12:24 |
...lies the light of the world. |
| 01:12:27 |
Your companions will be shadows |
| 01:12:31 |
...when you are a name living forever |
| 01:12:36 |
...shining light of youth, forever young, |
| 01:12:41 |
Never will there be an Alexander like you. |
| 01:12:44 |
Alexander the Great. |
| 01:12:48 |
Remember, bring me to Babylon |
| 01:12:52 |
I can only help you, for they know |
| 01:12:55 |
...they will face my wrath, |
| 01:13:01 |
It's a high ransom she charges |
| 01:13:05 |
Bring her, Alexander. |
| 01:13:07 |
- It'll give her such joy. |
| 01:13:11 |
When I'm the cracked mirror |
| 01:13:16 |
Stay with me tonight, Hephaistion. |
| 01:13:26 |
I'll take my own bath. |
| 01:13:29 |
Thank you, Bagoas. |
| 01:13:38 |
What bothers you? |
| 01:13:42 |
I see in her everything I fear. |
| 01:13:46 |
Yet I have no idea what it is, this fear. |
| 01:13:56 |
She was always so sure |
| 01:14:00 |
Why, Hephaistion? |
| 01:14:04 |
I think there are things |
| 01:14:10 |
...like the lightning, |
| 01:14:16 |
I don't doubt it. |
| 01:14:18 |
What is being told me? |
| 01:14:21 |
What destiny do we-? Do I have? |
| 01:14:27 |
Well, if I'm Patroclus, I die first. |
| 01:14:32 |
Then you, Achilles. |
| 01:14:41 |
The generals are upset. |
| 01:14:45 |
They question your obsession |
| 01:14:48 |
They say it was never meant |
| 01:14:52 |
Naturally. |
| 01:14:53 |
They want only to return to their homes, |
| 01:14:58 |
I've seen it now 1000 times, |
| 01:15:01 |
These people want... |
| 01:15:04 |
Need change. |
| 01:15:07 |
- Aristotle was wrong about them. |
| 01:15:12 |
Look at those we've conquered. |
| 01:15:14 |
They leave their dead unburied. |
| 01:15:17 |
They smash their enemies' skulls |
| 01:15:19 |
They mate in public. |
| 01:15:22 |
What can they think or sing or write |
| 01:15:27 |
But as Alexander's army, they can go |
| 01:15:32 |
They can soldier or work in the cities. |
| 01:15:35 |
The Alexandrias, |
| 01:15:40 |
We could connect these lands, |
| 01:15:43 |
...and the people. |
| 01:15:44 |
Some say these Alexandrias have become |
| 01:15:51 |
They draw people into the cities |
| 01:15:54 |
But we freed them, Hephaistion, from |
| 01:16:00 |
To free the people of the world... |
| 01:16:04 |
...such would be beyond the glory |
| 01:16:08 |
...a feat to rival Prometheus... |
| 01:16:12 |
...who was always a friend to man. |
| 01:16:15 |
Remember the fates of these heroes. |
| 01:16:17 |
- They suffered greatly. |
| 01:16:22 |
Your father, mine. |
| 01:16:26 |
They all came to the end of their time. |
| 01:16:28 |
And in the end, when it's over, |
| 01:16:34 |
You once said, |
| 01:16:39 |
Are there no other forces? |
| 01:16:42 |
Is there not love in your life... |
| 01:16:46 |
...Alexander? |
| 01:16:52 |
What would you do if you |
| 01:16:58 |
I'd turn back and conquer its opposite. |
| 01:17:07 |
I wonder sometimes if it's not |
| 01:17:13 |
So many years, |
| 01:17:19 |
What is it you fear? |
| 01:17:22 |
Who knows these things? |
| 01:17:26 |
When I was a child, my mother thought |
| 01:17:34 |
Which am I, Hephaistion? |
| 01:17:36 |
Weak or divine? |
| 01:17:42 |
All I know is... |
| 01:17:44 |
...I trust only you in this world. |
| 01:17:47 |
I've missed you. |
| 01:17:50 |
I need you. |
| 01:17:53 |
It is you I love, Hephaistion. |
| 01:17:57 |
No other. |
| 01:18:03 |
You're everything I care for... |
| 01:18:06 |
...and by the sweet breath of Aphrodite... |
| 01:18:11 |
... l'm so jealous of losing you |
| 01:18:14 |
You'll never lose me, Hephaistion. |
| 01:18:17 |
I'll be with you always. |
| 01:18:21 |
Till the end. |
| 01:18:37 |
The campaign in the northeast of Persia... |
| 01:18:39 |
... turned into a hard guerrilla war |
| 01:18:47 |
We chased Darius towards Bactria... |
| 01:18:50 |
... but missed taking him by hours. |
| 01:18:56 |
He was dying when we found him, sire. |
| 01:18:58 |
He asked for water. |
| 01:19:00 |
He drank and died. |
| 01:19:10 |
The Great King Darius had been betrayed |
| 01:19:42 |
Fully honoring his corpse... |
| 01:19:44 |
... Alexander hunted down |
| 01:19:50 |
... crossing even beyond |
| 01:19:59 |
We fought them as far as |
| 01:20:05 |
... where only legendary heroes |
| 01:20:08 |
The surveyors told us we were now on |
| 01:20:13 |
In fact, we were totally lost. |
| 01:20:18 |
Here, Alexander founded |
| 01:20:21 |
... and settled it with veterans, their women |
| 01:20:28 |
Unable to accept defeat in any form... |
| 01:20:31 |
... Alexander persisted in breaking |
| 01:20:36 |
... until the day he received the head |
| 01:20:44 |
For Alexander, there could be |
| 01:20:50 |
... which now included all |
| 01:20:57 |
It was here that he made |
| 01:21:05 |
Ten years after his mother's insistence |
| 01:21:09 |
Through our union... |
| 01:21:11 |
...Greek and barbarian... |
| 01:21:14 |
...may be reconciled in peace. |
| 01:21:17 |
... the most powerful man in the world |
| 01:21:27 |
Why? |
| 01:21:30 |
Some say it was for |
| 01:21:35 |
Others, the desire for a successor. |
| 01:21:40 |
And yet others said |
| 01:21:46 |
Who Roxane really was... |
| 01:21:48 |
... i doubt that any of us ever saw further |
| 01:21:56 |
On this glorious occasion... |
| 01:22:00 |
...I toast this great army |
| 01:22:03 |
And in honor of them, those of you |
| 01:22:07 |
...I pronounce all your debts paid forthwith |
| 01:22:14 |
Praise Alexander! |
| 01:22:19 |
And in honor of my bride... |
| 01:22:25 |
...my beautiful bride... |
| 01:22:28 |
...we recognize the many women |
| 01:22:32 |
...and grant them dowries |
| 01:22:44 |
And what about our boys? |
| 01:22:47 |
And lastly... |
| 01:22:49 |
...lastly, the gods demand no less of us... |
| 01:22:53 |
...that your children be given |
| 01:22:56 |
...and military training |
| 01:23:01 |
...so as to be the new soldiers |
| 01:23:05 |
...in Asia. |
| 01:23:24 |
Your father must be turning in his grave. |
| 01:23:29 |
You call this |
| 01:23:31 |
Do you forget my father |
| 01:23:34 |
Yes, but few would call it |
| 01:23:38 |
But what's the point, Alexander? |
| 01:23:42 |
Just take her as your concubine. |
| 01:23:44 |
Because I want a son. |
| 01:23:47 |
Then half your nobles have sisters |
| 01:23:53 |
To take an Asian as my queen, |
| 01:23:56 |
... is a sign of respect |
| 01:23:58 |
It will bring us together, unify us. |
| 01:24:00 |
Which is not to say I won't take |
| 01:24:03 |
As a second wife? You insult Macedonia. |
| 01:24:07 |
Never will our people |
| 01:24:11 |
They'll be angry enough to find out their |
| 01:24:15 |
Then they'll learn! |
| 01:24:17 |
By Athena's justice, this girl has spirit. |
| 01:24:20 |
She'll breed a brave son. |
| 01:24:23 |
Alexander! |
| 01:24:25 |
This is about the honor of our kingdom. |
| 01:24:28 |
Exactly. What can be won, Alexander? |
| 01:24:30 |
We're in Asia to punish them |
| 01:24:34 |
Seven years from home, now we drift |
| 01:24:38 |
...chasing nomads and bandits |
| 01:24:42 |
For what? To build roads in Asia? |
| 01:24:45 |
- To give these people cities? |
| 01:24:48 |
To found cities and expand |
| 01:24:52 |
- What benefit to Macedon? |
| 01:24:54 |
- Look what you give them. |
| 01:24:57 |
...had you fought better at Gaugamela |
| 01:25:01 |
- How dare you, Nearchus?! |
| 01:25:04 |
Alexander spread our flank too thin! |
| 01:25:08 |
...or any of you could've done! |
| 01:25:16 |
Alexander, I've known you |
| 01:25:19 |
I supported you at your father's death. |
| 01:25:23 |
At the very least, for Zeus' sake... |
| 01:25:26 |
...and in respect to the council |
| 01:25:29 |
...give us a Macedonian heir. |
| 01:25:31 |
A Macedonian heir. |
| 01:25:39 |
- You've been heard clearly. |
| 01:25:41 |
Parmenion! After the wedding, take two |
| 01:25:47 |
...and Antipater in Greece, to maintain |
| 01:25:53 |
I'll winter with my army at Marakand. |
| 01:25:55 |
I pray to Apollo you realize how far |
| 01:25:59 |
Damn you, Parmenion, |
| 01:26:02 |
What was in my father's guts |
| 01:26:05 |
He never lusted for war, Alexander, |
| 01:26:10 |
He consulted his peers in council, |
| 01:26:15 |
He didn't decide based |
| 01:26:18 |
I've taken us further |
| 01:26:21 |
Old man... |
| 01:26:23 |
...we're in new worlds. |
| 01:26:26 |
Alexander, be reasonable! |
| 01:26:30 |
Were they ever meant to be our equals? |
| 01:26:33 |
Share our rewards? |
| 01:26:35 |
You remember what Aristotle said. |
| 01:26:37 |
An Asian? |
| 01:26:38 |
What would a vow mean to a race |
| 01:26:42 |
- Aristotle be damned! |
| 01:26:45 |
By Zeus and all the gods... |
| 01:26:46 |
... what makes you so much better |
| 01:26:51 |
Better than you really are. |
| 01:26:56 |
Alexander. |
| 01:27:01 |
What disturbs me most is not your lack |
| 01:27:09 |
It's your contempt for a world |
| 01:27:45 |
Five to any man |
| 01:27:48 |
Have another drink, Cleitus. |
| 01:27:51 |
- Shouldn't you be bound to a king? |
| 01:27:55 |
Alexander, you look weak |
| 01:27:59 |
I understand, my dear father... |
| 01:28:01 |
...but it's against Greek ways. |
| 01:28:05 |
I still think she got the better of him |
| 01:28:08 |
My daughter, Roxane... |
| 01:28:11 |
...she shall make you good wife. |
| 01:28:14 |
She shall kill for you. |
| 01:28:20 |
Raw skunk, ruler of heaven... |
| 01:28:27 |
...and earth. |
| 01:28:35 |
In honor of this great alliance... |
| 01:28:38 |
...l, Oxyartes, offer you these great gifts. |
| 01:28:44 |
I would like to honor a toast |
| 01:28:53 |
Good morning, sire. |
| 01:29:15 |
We shall fight for you, Alexander. |
| 01:29:18 |
It shall be bloody. |
| 01:29:22 |
Who's the bear? |
| 01:29:25 |
Parmenion. |
| 01:29:28 |
You've been in complete control |
| 01:29:31 |
His pessimism is infectious. |
| 01:29:33 |
But he'll stay loyal... |
| 01:29:37 |
...as long as his son remains with us. |
| 01:31:56 |
Hey! |
| 01:32:05 |
Her eyes tell me |
| 01:32:12 |
Perhaps too much. |
| 01:32:18 |
In the ways of my country... |
| 01:32:20 |
...those who love too much |
| 01:32:25 |
...and those who love with irony... |
| 01:32:29 |
...last. |
| 01:33:22 |
I found it in Egypt. |
| 01:33:26 |
The man who sold it said it came |
| 01:33:29 |
...when man worshipped sun and stars. |
| 01:33:38 |
I'll always think of you... |
| 01:33:41 |
...as the sun, Alexander. |
| 01:33:44 |
And I pray your dream |
| 01:33:57 |
I wish you a son. |
| 01:34:01 |
You're a great man. |
| 01:34:07 |
Many will love you, Alexander, |
| 01:34:28 |
You... |
| 01:34:29 |
...love him? |
| 01:34:40 |
He is Hephaistion. |
| 01:35:02 |
Thank you, Bagoas. |
| 01:35:10 |
Your boy? |
| 01:35:12 |
There are many different ways |
| 01:35:16 |
Come. |
| 01:35:33 |
No. |
| 01:35:34 |
No, no. |
| 01:35:51 |
No. No. |
| 01:36:26 |
You have no fear. |
| 01:36:29 |
It's fitting. |
| 01:36:32 |
A man searches for a woman |
| 01:36:36 |
...and finds her. |
| 01:36:55 |
The myth becomes real. |
| 01:37:08 |
Great man, Sikander... |
| 01:37:13 |
...you I kill now. |
| 01:37:20 |
Do it. |
| 01:37:22 |
End it. I would do the- |
| 01:37:25 |
I would do the same. |
| 01:37:29 |
...for this love. |
| 01:38:20 |
My life is now yours. |
| 01:38:47 |
You will have my son. |
| 01:39:45 |
Who is this woman you call your queen, |
| 01:39:52 |
You with your breeding. |
| 01:39:55 |
Already she makes enemies |
| 01:40:03 |
Do not confuse us. |
| 01:40:06 |
I was never a barbarian as Philip said. |
| 01:40:10 |
We are of Achilles' royal blood. |
| 01:40:13 |
Zeus is your father. |
| 01:40:18 |
Oh, I understand she brings |
| 01:40:23 |
...but how can she help you? |
| 01:40:26 |
You must know that |
| 01:40:29 |
...which is yours and yours alone. |
| 01:40:33 |
Preserve it, secret it... |
| 01:40:36 |
...and hear me when I tell you, |
| 01:40:40 |
...and act soon. |
| 01:40:42 |
After seven years, people wonder: |
| 01:40:44 |
"Who is this King Alexander?" |
| 01:40:46 |
I have given you ample proof. |
| 01:40:52 |
Return to Babylon |
| 01:40:56 |
Or come home to Macedonia |
| 01:40:58 |
But do not chase your dream... |
| 01:41:01 |
... further east. |
| 01:41:03 |
Your life and mine depend on it. |
| 01:41:08 |
Remember... |
| 01:41:10 |
...my only thoughts are of you. |
| 01:41:14 |
As you, too, must face |
| 01:41:18 |
Think kindly of your mother. |
| 01:41:21 |
Provide for me. |
| 01:41:22 |
Protect me from your enemies |
| 01:41:27 |
And remember always... |
| 01:41:30 |
...it is I who love you more than any. |
| 01:41:40 |
If only you were not a pale reflection... |
| 01:41:43 |
...of my mother's heart. |
| 01:42:05 |
Pregnant so soon. The little whore. |
| 01:42:09 |
He will marry her in the spring, |
| 01:42:13 |
...and when her first son is born... |
| 01:42:16 |
...her sweet uncle Attalus will convince |
| 01:42:21 |
...with himself as regent. |
| 01:42:24 |
And you... |
| 01:42:26 |
...you will be sent on |
| 01:42:30 |
... against some monstrous Northern tribe... |
| 01:42:33 |
...to be mutilated in one more |
| 01:42:39 |
And I, no longer queen, |
| 01:42:43 |
...with your sister and the remaining |
| 01:42:47 |
I wish sometimes you could see |
| 01:42:52 |
The truth is, he's taken nothing from you |
| 01:42:58 |
The only way is to strike. |
| 01:43:01 |
Announce your marriage |
| 01:43:04 |
Beget a child of pure blood. He would |
| 01:43:09 |
...and he would have no choice |
| 01:43:12 |
There is still Kynnane. |
| 01:43:16 |
Eurydice was perfect. If your father, |
| 01:43:20 |
Say nothing more of my father. |
| 01:43:23 |
Do you hear me? Say nothing. |
| 01:43:27 |
You're right. |
| 01:43:30 |
Forgive me. |
| 01:43:32 |
A mother loves too much. |
| 01:43:41 |
Who shall I sing to sleep |
| 01:43:49 |
I wish- I wish we could spend |
| 01:43:54 |
Like we used to, when you were |
| 01:44:04 |
There's never been time, Mother. |
| 01:44:07 |
Since I was a child, I've been groomed |
| 01:44:13 |
My poor child, you're like Achilles... |
| 01:44:18 |
...cursed by your greatness. |
| 01:44:25 |
Yes. Take my strength. |
| 01:44:32 |
You must never confuse your feelings... |
| 01:44:37 |
...with your duties, Alexander. |
| 01:44:40 |
A king must make public gestures |
| 01:44:45 |
I know, but you will be 19 this summer... |
| 01:44:49 |
... and the girls already say you don't |
| 01:44:54 |
I understand. |
| 01:44:57 |
But if you go to Asia without leaving |
| 01:45:02 |
Hephaistion loves me, |
| 01:45:08 |
...not who. |
| 01:45:11 |
Loves? Loves? |
| 01:45:16 |
In the name of Dionysus... |
| 01:45:20 |
...understand how Philip thinks, |
| 01:45:27 |
Your life hangs in the balance. |
| 01:45:31 |
I know these things, Alexander. |
| 01:45:38 |
His spies are inside your closest circle... |
| 01:45:42 |
...to ensure that |
| 01:45:46 |
And still you sleep. |
| 01:45:50 |
You will not live out this year |
| 01:45:54 |
Stop! |
| 01:45:58 |
I'm his only worthy son. |
| 01:46:01 |
You crazed woman. |
| 01:46:04 |
He'd never hurt me. |
| 01:46:07 |
Even if Eurydice had a boy, |
| 01:46:12 |
Yes, and you would be 40. |
| 01:46:16 |
Old and wise like Parmenion. |
| 01:46:22 |
Like you now, |
| 01:46:29 |
He will never give you |
| 01:46:33 |
Never. |
| 01:46:36 |
What would you have me do? |
| 01:46:39 |
Whatever is necessary. |
| 01:46:45 |
Where have you lost your mind? |
| 01:46:49 |
It would be civil war, |
| 01:46:51 |
Yes. And you would win. |
| 01:46:54 |
Because the young ones |
| 01:46:57 |
I forbid you to ever talk to me like that! |
| 01:47:00 |
Such a man would be forever chased |
| 01:47:03 |
What have you to fear from the Furies... |
| 01:47:07 |
...for killing an impostor to the throne... |
| 01:47:10 |
...before he murders you |
| 01:47:14 |
Why won't you ever believe me? |
| 01:47:17 |
Philip did not want you. |
| 01:47:21 |
You had a condition of the breathing... |
| 01:47:23 |
...and he wanted to leave you |
| 01:47:26 |
...for the birds to peck at your eyes. |
| 01:47:30 |
What you don't know, my poor child. |
| 01:47:32 |
Lanice knows nothing of this. |
| 01:47:35 |
Lanice. |
| 01:47:37 |
I was there. |
| 01:47:40 |
Lanice was not. |
| 01:47:43 |
No, Alexander... |
| 01:47:46 |
...Zeus is your father. |
| 01:47:50 |
I laid with him that night in the wind, |
| 01:47:55 |
Never have I been made love to |
| 01:47:59 |
Enough. |
| 01:48:01 |
Half the mothers in Greece |
| 01:48:05 |
I warn you, Mother. |
| 01:48:07 |
Make no mistake. |
| 01:48:10 |
You will treat this girl as nothing |
| 01:48:15 |
You will behave as we always have. |
| 01:48:19 |
As the first. |
| 01:48:31 |
I wonder... |
| 01:48:34 |
...did you ever love him? |
| 01:48:39 |
What? |
| 01:48:43 |
I never stopped. |
| 01:49:20 |
What is it, Orestes? |
| 01:49:26 |
I beg your forgiveness, my king. |
| 01:49:29 |
I cannot be part of this. |
| 01:49:33 |
Who did this? |
| 01:49:38 |
Tell me. |
| 01:49:40 |
- Say it! |
| 01:49:54 |
Death to all tyrants. |
| 01:50:00 |
I didn't do this! |
| 01:50:02 |
I've known you and loved you |
| 01:50:07 |
Never will you find a man |
| 01:50:10 |
The conspiracy, such as it was... |
| 01:50:13 |
... deeply upset Alexander. |
| 01:50:16 |
Not only because it involved |
| 01:50:20 |
... but more intimately, it implicated |
| 01:50:26 |
... when a page confessed that a few days |
| 01:50:31 |
- Alexander. |
| 01:50:35 |
Remember me for who I am. |
| 01:50:38 |
I do remember you, Philotas, |
| 01:50:44 |
And it appears to me and others here |
| 01:50:49 |
...that the true weather of your soul |
| 01:50:54 |
No. |
| 01:50:55 |
We all felt there was more here |
| 01:50:59 |
Alexander wanted the truth and |
| 01:51:04 |
Please take him away. |
| 01:51:05 |
Alexander put him silently and quickly |
| 01:51:09 |
... and whether plotter or opportunist, |
| 01:51:13 |
- No, Alexander, no! |
| 01:51:15 |
The suspects were all executed. |
| 01:51:19 |
None of us defended Philotas... |
| 01:51:21 |
... but then again, |
| 01:51:30 |
And of course his power |
| 01:51:36 |
Before he died, we tortured him... |
| 01:51:39 |
... to find out what |
| 01:51:42 |
But this we never learned. |
| 01:51:44 |
What to do with Parmenion and his |
| 01:51:49 |
... was a far more delicate matter. |
| 01:51:52 |
Or had he decided to act before |
| 01:51:58 |
- The men will follow their king. |
| 01:52:02 |
Necessity required Alexander to act... |
| 01:52:06 |
... and he sealed the camp within the hour |
| 01:52:12 |
Then go, Antigonus, and Cleitus. |
| 01:52:16 |
And go quickly. |
| 01:52:21 |
Three days' hard riding |
| 01:52:26 |
... to Parmenion, the general |
| 01:52:37 |
His soldiers accepted the finding of guilt |
| 01:52:41 |
... as they understood well |
| 01:52:43 |
... that made the head of family |
| 01:52:51 |
Many of us felt we were better off |
| 01:52:55 |
... as Alexander promoted all of us |
| 01:53:15 |
If we issue the gold bullion in the name |
| 01:53:20 |
Cleitus. Antigonus. |
| 01:53:22 |
Parmenion. |
| 01:55:37 |
Come, Alexander, |
| 01:55:41 |
If only thirst could quench sorrow, |
| 01:55:46 |
There's only one thing better |
| 01:55:52 |
...and that's the taste of a new woman. |
| 01:55:55 |
You'll find it far sweeter than self-pity. |
| 01:56:00 |
- Pausanias, you bore me. |
| 01:56:02 |
- Be gone with you. |
| 01:56:05 |
- What's your name, darling? |
| 01:56:08 |
- What's your name? |
| 01:56:11 |
- I love you. |
| 01:56:15 |
- Please, no! |
| 01:56:22 |
I'll sleep in my grave, Hephaistion. |
| 01:56:24 |
While alive, I prefer dancing. |
| 01:56:27 |
Pausanias. |
| 01:56:30 |
Who's your new friend? |
| 01:56:32 |
- There's your new friend. |
| 01:56:34 |
Don't! Please, no! No. |
| 01:56:47 |
A toast. |
| 01:56:49 |
A toast! |
| 01:56:50 |
I drink to our Greek friends |
| 01:56:56 |
... Macedonia and Greece, |
| 01:57:05 |
And to Philip, our king, without whom |
| 01:57:11 |
Come, Attalus, leave some |
| 01:57:16 |
And last, I drink to the king's marriage |
| 01:57:22 |
... a Macedonian queen |
| 01:57:28 |
To Philip and Eurydice... |
| 01:57:31 |
...and to their legitimate sons! |
| 01:57:37 |
Don't! |
| 01:57:38 |
What am I, you son of a dog? |
| 01:57:52 |
What a disgrace. |
| 01:57:54 |
Shut up! |
| 01:57:56 |
- Shut up, all of you! |
| 01:57:59 |
This is my wedding, |
| 01:58:01 |
Insolent pup. |
| 01:58:03 |
Apologize, by Zeus, |
| 01:58:07 |
You defend the man who called |
| 01:58:10 |
- And I dishonor you? |
| 01:58:14 |
Attalus is my family now, |
| 01:58:16 |
Then choose your relatives |
| 01:58:19 |
Don't expect me to sit here |
| 01:58:22 |
- You insult me! |
| 01:58:26 |
A man not fit to lick the ground |
| 01:58:29 |
- You dog, questioning your queen. |
| 00:00:07 |
There's nothing you |
| 00:00:10 |
Why, drunken man, must you think... |
| 00:00:12 |
...everything I do and say |
| 00:00:14 |
Because I know her heart, by Hera... |
| 00:00:17 |
...and I see her in your eyes. |
| 00:00:20 |
You covet this throne too much. |
| 00:00:24 |
We all know that she-wolf |
| 00:00:29 |
Well, you can both dream, boy. |
| 00:00:32 |
Philip, this is the wine talking. |
| 00:00:35 |
Now! |
| 00:00:38 |
I command you. |
| 00:00:41 |
Apologize to your kinsman. |
| 00:00:52 |
Apologize. |
| 00:00:53 |
No kinsman to me. |
| 00:01:00 |
Good night, old man. |
| 00:01:03 |
And when my mother remarries, |
| 00:01:08 |
You bastard! |
| 00:01:16 |
You'll obey me. Come here. |
| 00:01:36 |
This is the man who is going to |
| 00:01:40 |
He can't even make it |
| 00:01:43 |
Get out of my palace! |
| 00:01:48 |
Banished from the land. |
| 00:01:52 |
You're no son of mine! |
| 00:02:38 |
In the spring, Alexander marched |
| 00:02:42 |
... across the passes of the Hindu Kush... |
| 00:02:46 |
... into the unknown. |
| 00:02:49 |
In his dream, it was the promised route |
| 00:02:54 |
We were now a mobile empire... |
| 00:02:56 |
... stretching back thousands of miles |
| 00:03:00 |
Cooks and architects, |
| 00:03:03 |
... moneylenders and wives... |
| 00:03:05 |
... children, lovers, whores. |
| 00:03:08 |
And slaves... |
| 00:03:10 |
... that anonymous, bent, working spine |
| 00:03:15 |
Ravaged or expanded, for better or worse... |
| 00:03:19 |
... no occupied territory |
| 00:03:27 |
Although devoted to Roxane... |
| 00:03:30 |
... Alexander's visits |
| 00:03:33 |
... as a year, then two, went by |
| 00:03:39 |
... wounding Alexander's great pride. |
| 00:03:42 |
The surveyors are saying that Zeus |
| 00:03:46 |
In one of those caves. |
| 00:03:49 |
They say there's a giant eagle's nest |
| 00:03:52 |
I suppose he drops down each night |
| 00:04:00 |
You remember what Aristotle told us |
| 00:04:04 |
Yes, I do. |
| 00:04:06 |
That when we reach these heights... |
| 00:04:09 |
...we'd look back and see Macedonia |
| 00:04:12 |
...and the outer ocean to the east. |
| 00:04:19 |
But I fear this world is far larger |
| 00:04:24 |
A world of Titans. |
| 00:04:26 |
The scouts have been up |
| 00:04:31 |
There is no way across. |
| 00:04:33 |
Except to the south, into India. |
| 00:04:38 |
Were we gods, we'd breach |
| 00:04:42 |
We will, Alexander. |
| 00:04:44 |
In a few years' time, we will return. |
| 00:04:47 |
But first, the men must see their homes. |
| 00:04:52 |
Have you found your home... |
| 00:04:54 |
...Ptolemy? |
| 00:05:00 |
More and more, I think |
| 00:05:06 |
Well, at least it's hot. |
| 00:05:09 |
And Thais... |
| 00:05:11 |
...she loved it there. |
| 00:05:15 |
Women bring men home. |
| 00:05:19 |
- I have no such feeling. |
| 00:05:24 |
Where your mother awaits your invitation. |
| 00:05:26 |
Yes, I have Babylon. |
| 00:05:29 |
But each land, each boundary I cross... |
| 00:05:34 |
...I strip away another illusion. |
| 00:05:37 |
I sense death will be the last. |
| 00:05:42 |
Yet still I push harder and harder... |
| 00:05:46 |
...to reach this home. |
| 00:05:55 |
Where has our eagle gone? |
| 00:06:01 |
We must go on, Ptolemy. |
| 00:06:05 |
Until we find an end. |
| 00:07:54 |
India, the land where the sun was born... |
| 00:07:58 |
... fabled to be even richer than Persia... |
| 00:08:00 |
... had never been explored or conquered. |
| 00:08:05 |
From the beginning, we struggled |
| 00:08:10 |
Kings who conspired against one another. |
| 00:08:13 |
A labyrinth of tribes urged on |
| 00:08:17 |
... to die by the thousands |
| 00:08:26 |
We saw things we'd never dreamed |
| 00:08:30 |
We saw birds that could talk |
| 00:08:35 |
Craterus, in the advance party, |
| 00:08:39 |
... who were tiny and |
| 00:08:47 |
- Over there! |
| 00:08:50 |
Until Hephaistion convinced us |
| 00:08:54 |
... but wore their own skin. |
| 00:08:57 |
They called this tribe "monkey." |
| 00:09:01 |
Monkey. Monkey. |
| 00:09:05 |
But we saw little difference with |
| 00:09:11 |
- Look at his hand. |
| 00:09:18 |
Hello, little man. |
| 00:09:20 |
- Do they speak? |
| 00:09:25 |
...from the roofs of the forest. |
| 00:09:31 |
We saw men |
| 00:09:33 |
... and spent hours at a time |
| 00:09:37 |
Some who lived 200 years. |
| 00:09:42 |
And then, there was the rain. |
| 00:09:51 |
Never before had we seen water |
| 00:09:55 |
... for 60 days and nights. |
| 00:09:57 |
Well done today. |
| 00:10:02 |
Make sure the women and children |
| 00:10:10 |
You know better, Machatas. |
| 00:10:15 |
What's your son going to say? |
| 00:10:17 |
Come on, man. |
| 00:10:20 |
Right, my king. |
| 00:10:23 |
I'll be with you at your side. |
| 00:10:28 |
Everything rotted in this rain... |
| 00:10:30 |
... and scores of men died miserably |
| 00:10:34 |
... that were everywhere in this evil land. |
| 00:10:40 |
- What happened? |
| 00:10:42 |
Oh, no. Zeus, no. |
| 00:10:44 |
Hold on. Hold on. |
| 00:10:49 |
Be brave. |
| 00:10:50 |
Be brave. |
| 00:10:52 |
Oh, Zeus. |
| 00:10:56 |
Our quest for gold and glory evaporated |
| 00:11:00 |
... there was none to be had. |
| 00:11:03 |
Tempers worsened. |
| 00:11:05 |
We massacred all indians who resisted. |
| 00:11:08 |
And with the local water putrid... |
| 00:11:10 |
... we drank the strong wine. |
| 00:12:07 |
And as we moved south and east... |
| 00:12:10 |
... Alexander often returned the lands |
| 00:12:15 |
... so as to make them allies. |
| 00:12:17 |
But this did not sit well with the army... |
| 00:12:20 |
... who began to wonder: |
| 00:12:22 |
Were we here for riches? |
| 00:12:25 |
... in some remorseless and crazed quest |
| 00:12:30 |
... forgotten them? |
| 00:12:32 |
One thing an army |
| 00:12:36 |
... is which way the gods are blowing. |
| 00:14:06 |
Kiss him! |
| 00:14:33 |
- To Bagoas. |
| 00:14:41 |
- And to my mother's god, Dionysus... |
| 00:14:45 |
...who, we're told by our Indian allies, |
| 00:14:49 |
...some 6000 years ago. |
| 00:14:52 |
To a hero. |
| 00:14:54 |
To a hero! |
| 00:15:16 |
Roxane. |
| 00:15:24 |
You lose face. |
| 00:15:27 |
These Indians... |
| 00:15:28 |
...they are a low, evil people. |
| 00:15:30 |
You don't try to understand them. |
| 00:15:33 |
I try. |
| 00:15:35 |
But this I know, Alexander. |
| 00:15:39 |
In Persia, you are a great king. |
| 00:15:42 |
Here... |
| 00:15:44 |
...they hate you. |
| 00:15:48 |
Let us go back to Babylon. |
| 00:15:53 |
There, you are strong. |
| 00:15:57 |
We'll talk about this later. |
| 00:15:59 |
Yes. |
| 00:16:01 |
Later. |
| 00:16:02 |
Talk. |
| 00:16:07 |
I shall come. |
| 00:16:09 |
Tonight. |
| 00:16:11 |
And I shall wait. |
| 00:16:15 |
Good night, my king. |
| 00:16:18 |
Your Majesty. |
| 00:16:22 |
Come, Alexander, drink with us. |
| 00:16:28 |
- Alexander. |
| 00:16:33 |
I remember a time |
| 00:16:38 |
Now I know why. |
| 00:16:41 |
Dionysus is hero. |
| 00:16:47 |
But he is also mind breaker. |
| 00:16:50 |
He destroys our self-control. |
| 00:16:54 |
Self-control is a lover |
| 00:17:01 |
The struggle worries me to the bone. |
| 00:17:05 |
And success I find to be |
| 00:17:10 |
But Dionysus, |
| 00:17:14 |
...frees me from myself. |
| 00:17:17 |
And then, I move up. |
| 00:17:24 |
I'm simply, Alexander. |
| 00:17:31 |
A toast to Bagoas. |
| 00:17:34 |
And the 30,000 beautiful Persian boys... |
| 00:17:39 |
...we're training to fight |
| 00:17:44 |
And to the memory of Philip. |
| 00:17:47 |
Had he lived to see his Macedonians... |
| 00:17:50 |
...transformed into such... |
| 00:17:53 |
...a pretty army. |
| 00:17:57 |
To Philip. |
| 00:17:58 |
To a real hero. |
| 00:18:00 |
Philip! |
| 00:18:06 |
To Cleitus and his new appointment |
| 00:18:11 |
Cleitus. |
| 00:18:14 |
That's a fancy way of putting it, Ptolemy. |
| 00:18:16 |
But we all know what a pension |
| 00:18:20 |
...after 30 years' service. |
| 00:18:22 |
Exile? |
| 00:18:24 |
From where, Cleitus? |
| 00:18:26 |
From my home, Alexander, Macedonia. |
| 00:18:29 |
You could've asked me where I |
| 00:18:33 |
You call governing |
| 00:18:37 |
Has Your Majesty given any |
| 00:18:41 |
...a province so far from home? |
| 00:18:43 |
Then you won't make a very |
| 00:18:50 |
So be it. |
| 00:18:52 |
Let me rot in Macedonian rags... |
| 00:18:55 |
...rather than shine... |
| 00:18:58 |
...in Eastern pomp. |
| 00:19:00 |
I won't quake and bow down |
| 00:19:04 |
Hephaistion, Nearchus, Perdiccas. |
| 00:19:09 |
As governor of one |
| 00:19:13 |
... Cleitus, does it not occur to you |
| 00:19:19 |
...bow down before me, |
| 00:19:22 |
Do I insist on Greeks doing the same? |
| 00:19:25 |
You accept Greek offerings |
| 00:19:32 |
Only when offered. |
| 00:19:33 |
Why don't you refuse |
| 00:19:36 |
What freedom is this, to bow before you? |
| 00:19:39 |
You bow before Herakles, |
| 00:19:42 |
...but a son of Zeus. |
| 00:19:44 |
How can you, so young, |
| 00:19:49 |
Why not? |
| 00:19:53 |
I've achieved more in my years. |
| 00:19:56 |
Traveled as far. |
| 00:19:57 |
Probably farther. |
| 00:19:59 |
Herakles did it by himself. |
| 00:20:01 |
Did you conquer Asia |
| 00:20:04 |
Who planned the Asian invasion... |
| 00:20:06 |
... when you were still being spanked |
| 00:20:10 |
Was it not your father? |
| 00:20:12 |
Or is his blood no longer good enough? |
| 00:20:15 |
- Zeus-Amon, is it? |
| 00:20:19 |
You mock my family. Be careful. |
| 00:20:22 |
Never would your father have taken |
| 00:20:25 |
... asked us to fight with them |
| 00:20:28 |
Are we not good enough any longer? |
| 00:20:30 |
I remember a time... |
| 00:20:33 |
...when we could talk as men, |
| 00:20:35 |
None of this scraping, groveling. |
| 00:20:39 |
I remember a time when we hunted... |
| 00:20:41 |
...when we wrestled |
| 00:20:44 |
Now you kiss them? |
| 00:20:48 |
Take a barbarian, childless wife |
| 00:20:55 |
Go quickly, Cleitus, |
| 00:21:03 |
Doesn't your great pride |
| 00:21:08 |
This army... |
| 00:21:11 |
Without it, you're nothing! |
| 00:21:19 |
You no longer serve the purpose |
| 00:21:22 |
- Get him from my sight! |
| 00:21:25 |
What was I serving when I saved |
| 00:21:29 |
Were you Zeus' boy? |
| 00:21:33 |
Do you think we'd be forced now |
| 00:21:37 |
Alexander! |
| 00:21:38 |
Turn out the guards! |
| 00:21:46 |
- I'll go with him. |
| 00:21:48 |
- Who's with him? |
| 00:21:50 |
Who's with him? |
| 00:21:52 |
I call Father Zeus to witness. |
| 00:21:54 |
I call you to trial before him! |
| 00:21:57 |
And we'll see how deep |
| 00:21:59 |
- Take him! |
| 00:22:02 |
Now look at you! |
| 00:22:06 |
Hiding behind his fairy god! |
| 00:22:08 |
Or are you too great to remember |
| 00:22:15 |
- I am more a man than you'll ever be! Ever! |
| 00:22:21 |
- He's gone. He's gone. |
| 00:22:25 |
Come on! |
| 00:22:27 |
What a tyrant you are! |
| 00:22:32 |
You speak of plots against you? |
| 00:22:35 |
Get out! |
| 00:22:37 |
He served you well. |
| 00:22:40 |
You made me do your foul deed. |
| 00:22:42 |
You ungrateful wretch! No one, not my |
| 00:22:47 |
Getting what I say?! |
| 00:22:51 |
You and your barbarian mother |
| 00:23:19 |
Cleitus. |
| 00:23:21 |
Oh, my Cleitus. Cleitus. |
| 00:23:30 |
- Let me pass. |
| 00:23:32 |
I am the queen. |
| 00:23:42 |
I want to see him. |
| 00:23:44 |
He says none, not even you. |
| 00:23:48 |
- He needs me. |
| 00:23:52 |
And he needs you? |
| 00:23:55 |
Hephaistion, you make a mistake. |
| 00:24:01 |
The army grows restless, questioning. |
| 00:24:06 |
Alexander. |
| 00:24:10 |
They need your reassurance. |
| 00:24:13 |
Heinous. |
| 00:24:15 |
Like an old lover they forgive, |
| 00:24:19 |
- He was an aging drunk. |
| 00:24:26 |
His sister Lanice nursed me. |
| 00:24:30 |
And how did I repay her? |
| 00:24:33 |
Two brothers dead, |
| 00:24:37 |
Her last remaining blood. |
| 00:24:43 |
What will she do but weep |
| 00:24:49 |
Come. You know more than any... |
| 00:24:51 |
...great deeds are done by men |
| 00:24:56 |
You're Alexander. |
| 00:24:58 |
Pity and grief will only destroy you. |
| 00:25:01 |
Have I become so arrogant |
| 00:25:07 |
Sometimes, to expect |
| 00:25:13 |
: : : Arrogance: |
| 00:25:16 |
Then Cleitus spoke true. |
| 00:25:22 |
No. |
| 00:25:26 |
But perhaps a stranger. |
| 00:25:30 |
You've gone too far. |
| 00:25:34 |
They don't understand you anymore. |
| 00:25:38 |
They speak of Philip now... |
| 00:25:42 |
...as if I were a passing cloud... |
| 00:25:46 |
...soon to be forgotten. |
| 00:25:51 |
I've failed... |
| 00:25:53 |
...utterly. |
| 00:25:56 |
You're mortal. |
| 00:25:59 |
And they know it. |
| 00:26:01 |
And they forgive you because |
| 00:26:06 |
Philip once said... |
| 00:26:11 |
...that there's a Titan in all of us. |
| 00:26:14 |
That they wait, mixed in our ashes. |
| 00:26:23 |
It wasn't because of the wine, I killed. |
| 00:26:26 |
It was because I wanted to. |
| 00:26:56 |
Philip, King of Macedonia... |
| 00:27:00 |
...and leader of the Greeks. |
| 00:27:02 |
All my life, I've waited to see Greeks |
| 00:27:09 |
Today is that day. |
| 00:27:15 |
They say already, |
| 00:27:18 |
...but Alexander is simply great." |
| 00:27:24 |
But if you ever insult me again... |
| 00:27:26 |
...l'll kill you. |
| 00:27:34 |
I've missed you. |
| 00:27:36 |
In the spring, Persia. |
| 00:27:38 |
You'll command my horse from the right. |
| 00:27:41 |
I'm honored, Father. I wouldn't miss it... |
| 00:27:43 |
...for all the gold in the world. |
| 00:27:45 |
Which, one day, you'll have. |
| 00:28:04 |
Making himself a 13th god. |
| 00:28:07 |
He's drunk so much wine, |
| 00:28:14 |
- Your Majesty. |
| 00:28:22 |
I hope the prince |
| 00:28:25 |
...as much as our regent. |
| 00:28:28 |
He's very tired. |
| 00:28:34 |
Hey. |
| 00:28:38 |
- Pausanias, bring the rest of the guard. |
| 00:28:42 |
To the arena! March! |
| 00:28:44 |
No guard, Your Majesty? |
| 00:28:48 |
- Greeks all over the place. |
| 00:28:52 |
My Cleitus. |
| 00:28:54 |
This man you can |
| 00:28:57 |
Treat him as you would me. |
| 00:28:58 |
He'll guard your back for you. |
| 00:29:01 |
Yes, Father. |
| 00:29:03 |
My people are guard enough today. |
| 00:29:06 |
Let these Greeks see for themselves |
| 00:29:10 |
Then let them call me tyrant. |
| 00:29:12 |
Bring the main guard in |
| 00:29:15 |
Cleitus, make sure the wine |
| 00:29:19 |
I want them to like me. |
| 00:29:28 |
Weren't you told? I go in alone. |
| 00:29:31 |
Follow with the main guard. |
| 00:29:33 |
Go on. |
| 00:29:38 |
- Go on. |
| 00:29:43 |
You want the world to see |
| 00:29:47 |
Is that what she wants? |
| 00:29:49 |
Don't look so hurt all the time, |
| 00:29:52 |
You count yourself lucky you were here |
| 00:30:00 |
By Herakles, by Zeus, by all the gods... |
| 00:30:02 |
...obey me this once! |
| 00:30:06 |
Have courage, Father. |
| 00:30:09 |
And go on your way |
| 00:30:12 |
...you may recall your valor. |
| 00:30:50 |
And now, our beloved King Philip... |
| 00:30:54 |
...in whose honor |
| 00:31:15 |
Pausanias, I told you- |
| 00:31:26 |
Who's your new friend? |
| 00:31:28 |
There's your new friend. |
| 00:31:30 |
No! Please, don't! No! |
| 00:33:12 |
The king lives! |
| 00:33:15 |
Alexander, son of Philip! |
| 00:33:19 |
May the gods bless the king! |
| 00:33:25 |
Alexander is king! |
| 00:33:30 |
You're king now. You're king. |
| 00:33:34 |
Long live Alexander! |
| 00:33:38 |
- Alexander! |
| 00:33:43 |
Alexander! |
| 00:33:47 |
Alexander is king! |
| 00:33:54 |
May the gods bless Alexander! |
| 00:33:59 |
May the gods bless the king! |
| 00:34:02 |
Alexander! |
| 00:34:21 |
You break my heart, you men. |
| 00:34:24 |
Afraid. |
| 00:34:27 |
Of course you have fears. |
| 00:34:29 |
We all have fears... |
| 00:34:31 |
...because no one has ever |
| 00:34:34 |
And now we are weeks from |
| 00:34:39 |
We'll build a fleet of ships... |
| 00:34:41 |
... and sail all the way |
| 00:34:44 |
And from Alexandria, |
| 00:34:48 |
There to be reunited with our loved ones. |
| 00:34:50 |
To share our great treasures |
| 00:34:54 |
And to enjoy our imperishable glory |
| 00:35:00 |
- Follow Alexander. |
| 00:35:08 |
What? |
| 00:35:10 |
- Silence? |
| 00:35:13 |
Crateros. |
| 00:35:17 |
Crateros. |
| 00:35:19 |
And another one. |
| 00:35:32 |
My king. |
| 00:35:33 |
I'm a fighting man. |
| 00:35:35 |
I don't like no bellyaching. |
| 00:35:41 |
I lost many a man. |
| 00:35:44 |
Young ones, never been with a woman. |
| 00:35:48 |
Some died of disease. |
| 00:35:51 |
Some were butchered in Scythia |
| 00:35:55 |
Some died good. |
| 00:35:57 |
Some just didn't get no luck. |
| 00:36:01 |
But they died. |
| 00:36:05 |
Forty thousand I come over with |
| 00:36:08 |
And we march after you |
| 00:36:13 |
In the rain and the sun, |
| 00:36:17 |
Some of us, 50 battles we've been in. |
| 00:36:21 |
We killed many a barbarian. |
| 00:36:25 |
And now when I look around, |
| 00:36:30 |
Now you want us to fight more |
| 00:36:34 |
We hear talk of thousands |
| 00:36:38 |
...cross a hundred more rivers. |
| 00:36:42 |
Crateros. Good Crateros. |
| 00:36:46 |
Who better than you to speak, |
| 00:36:53 |
But you know there's no part of me |
| 00:36:57 |
By sword, knife, stone, catapult and club. |
| 00:37:03 |
Aye, you have, my king, |
| 00:37:07 |
But, by Zeus, too many have died. |
| 00:37:11 |
You have no children, Alexander, |
| 00:37:15 |
...humble men, we seek no disturbance |
| 00:37:20 |
...is to see our children and our wives |
| 00:37:27 |
...before we join our brothers |
| 00:37:35 |
Yes. You're right, Crateros. |
| 00:37:38 |
I have been negligent. |
| 00:37:42 |
I should've sent you |
| 00:37:45 |
The first of you |
| 00:37:48 |
Then every man who's served seven years. |
| 00:37:54 |
And respected, rich, loved. |
| 00:37:58 |
You'll be treated by your wives and children |
| 00:38:03 |
...and enjoy a peaceful death. |
| 00:38:09 |
But you dream, Crateros. |
| 00:38:11 |
Your simplicity long ended when |
| 00:38:16 |
...and you thickened your holdings |
| 00:38:21 |
Because you've fallen in love |
| 00:38:27 |
Do you not see? |
| 00:38:31 |
And you, as well as I, know... |
| 00:38:34 |
...that as the years decline |
| 00:38:39 |
...and all your great victories fade... |
| 00:38:42 |
...it will always be remembered, |
| 00:38:47 |
For I will go on, with my Asians. |
| 00:38:54 |
- To the jackals with you, then, Alexander. |
| 00:38:58 |
- Shame! |
| 00:39:01 |
We're tired of glory. |
| 00:39:03 |
We want to see our wives |
| 00:39:07 |
I've got children I haven't even seen. |
| 00:39:13 |
I want to see my children. |
| 00:39:17 |
I paid for your bastard children. |
| 00:39:20 |
And all I've asked of you |
| 00:39:23 |
- Shame. |
| 00:39:26 |
What would your father say? |
| 00:39:27 |
I've taken you further |
| 00:39:31 |
So go home. I look to the |
| 00:39:36 |
I go east. |
| 00:39:38 |
He wants us dead |
| 00:39:40 |
- Who said that? |
| 00:39:42 |
You despicable coward. Come forth. |
| 00:39:44 |
- Make your accusations public. |
| 00:39:47 |
- Son of Zeus. |
| 00:39:50 |
- Or did you murder him like you did Cleitus? |
| 00:40:07 |
You men insult my honor, my paternity. |
| 00:40:12 |
And him. Yes. |
| 00:40:16 |
You call me murderer? |
| 00:40:20 |
And him. |
| 00:40:24 |
You mock my shame for Cleitus and say |
| 00:40:29 |
Arrest him. |
| 00:40:33 |
You cowards. Traitors. |
| 00:40:37 |
Come on, then. |
| 00:40:42 |
In smashing the mutiny |
| 00:40:46 |
... he did nothing, to my mind, that any |
| 00:40:51 |
But clearly, the army was divided. |
| 00:40:56 |
And Alexander was no longer |
| 00:41:03 |
He drove on, south to the outer ocean. |
| 00:41:09 |
I confess a disappointment. |
| 00:41:12 |
Especially on these reports of your |
| 00:41:16 |
Beware how these manners inflame |
| 00:41:22 |
However, I have lived long enough now... |
| 00:41:26 |
...to question... |
| 00:41:28 |
...when so many others invest |
| 00:41:35 |
I can only hope that you continue |
| 00:41:41 |
Be that man always, Alexander, |
| 00:41:46 |
And perhaps you will prove |
| 00:41:52 |
... as you always thought me: |
| 00:41:54 |
A dreamer after all. |
| 00:42:17 |
Stay calm. |
| 00:42:19 |
Together we are strong as gods. |
| 00:42:22 |
Cover with your left, |
| 00:42:31 |
Fear is rot. A waste of time. |
| 00:42:39 |
Lock shields. |
| 00:42:44 |
Battle positions. |
| 00:42:48 |
Move. |
| 00:42:58 |
Choppers, prepare your knives. |
| 00:43:02 |
Follow me. |
| 00:43:16 |
Strike hard, boys. Strike hard. |
| 00:43:38 |
Come, Macedonians. |
| 00:43:42 |
Cavalry! |
| 00:43:53 |
Split to thirds. Regroup and encircle. |
| 00:44:16 |
Hold the line. |
| 00:44:20 |
We must hide! |
| 00:45:01 |
- Oh, no. Cavalry on me. |
| 00:45:10 |
Charge. Charge. Charge. |
| 00:45:17 |
The phalanx is in jeopardy. |
| 00:45:19 |
Meleager, ride to Pharnakes |
| 00:45:22 |
Find Hephaistion at the riverbank |
| 00:45:26 |
We must reach Crateros |
| 00:45:53 |
Hephaistion. To the center. |
| 00:45:59 |
Come, Macedonians. Ride. |
| 00:46:01 |
Ride! |
| 00:47:00 |
Coenus! Get out of there. |
| 00:47:05 |
No. |
| 00:47:36 |
- The horses won't go. |
| 00:47:45 |
Fall back, men! Fall back! |
| 00:47:51 |
Come, Bucephalus. |
| 00:47:57 |
Fear not, my friend. |
| 00:48:02 |
Bucephalus. |
| 00:48:03 |
'Tis only sun and shadow. |
| 00:48:08 |
Bucephalus and Alexander. |
| 00:48:10 |
One last time, it's you and me. |
| 00:48:14 |
Isn't it a lovely thing |
| 00:48:18 |
...and to die leaving an everlasting fame? |
| 00:48:21 |
Come, Macedonians. |
| 00:48:24 |
Do you want to live forever? |
| 00:48:47 |
Attack. |
| 00:48:50 |
Alexander! |
| 00:49:03 |
Alexander. |
| 00:50:38 |
- The king is down! |
| 00:52:04 |
It was the bloodiest of his battles. |
| 00:52:11 |
Pure butchery. |
| 00:52:19 |
We'd never be men again. |
| 00:53:40 |
Get out. |
| 00:53:42 |
Go. |
| 00:53:49 |
How can you behave |
| 00:53:51 |
Because it was meant to be. |
| 00:53:54 |
This isn't how I wanted to become king. |
| 00:53:56 |
- No one blames you. |
| 00:54:00 |
- Slander is not power. |
| 00:54:05 |
Who killed my father? |
| 00:54:07 |
Tell me. |
| 00:54:09 |
Tell me, or shall I put you on trial |
| 00:54:12 |
- Pausanias. |
| 00:54:15 |
Did you help him? |
| 00:54:24 |
No, never. |
| 00:54:27 |
Why? Why would I? |
| 00:54:31 |
So many wanted it. |
| 00:54:33 |
Greeks, Persians, men, women. |
| 00:54:36 |
I'd be shocked if there were not |
| 00:54:38 |
How ironic though, in the end... |
| 00:54:40 |
...a boy he rutted with once too often |
| 00:54:44 |
You're mad. You're cursed. |
| 00:54:46 |
You've unleashed Furies, |
| 00:54:49 |
Now who is exaggerating? |
| 00:54:53 |
Even if it was the wish of your heart... |
| 00:54:56 |
That's a lie! He was my father! |
| 00:54:58 |
He was not your father! |
| 00:55:00 |
You owe no blood debt to that man. |
| 00:55:02 |
You lie and lie and lie. |
| 00:55:05 |
So many lies you've spun |
| 00:55:09 |
Look at you. Look at you. |
| 00:55:12 |
You are everything that he was not. |
| 00:55:16 |
He was coarse, you are refined. |
| 00:55:19 |
He was a general, and you are a king. |
| 00:55:23 |
He could not rule himself... |
| 00:55:26 |
...and you shall rule the world. |
| 00:55:29 |
You're so cursed by all the gods |
| 00:55:33 |
Such thick pride... |
| 00:55:35 |
...and no mourning for your husband. |
| 00:55:37 |
Mourn... |
| 00:55:39 |
...him? |
| 00:55:41 |
What do you know of Philip? |
| 00:55:45 |
No, Alexander. Zeus is your father. |
| 00:55:50 |
- Act like it. |
| 00:55:55 |
You murdered me in my cradle. |
| 00:55:58 |
You birthed me in a sack of hate. |
| 00:56:00 |
Hate you have for those |
| 00:56:02 |
- Hate you have for men. |
| 00:56:06 |
And by Zeus and Dionysus, |
| 00:56:10 |
Damn your sorceress soul. |
| 00:56:12 |
Your soul is mine, Alexander. |
| 00:56:16 |
No! No! |
| 00:56:18 |
You've taken from me everything |
| 00:56:23 |
Stop it. Stop acting like a boy. |
| 00:56:25 |
You're a king. Act like one. |
| 00:56:28 |
Parmenion is with us, for once. |
| 00:56:30 |
Execute Attalus without delay. |
| 00:56:32 |
Confiscate their lands and root out |
| 00:56:35 |
Eurydice? Never. |
| 00:56:36 |
Laugh, you monster. |
| 00:56:38 |
You heartbreaker. |
| 00:56:39 |
How will you live out the year like this? |
| 00:56:42 |
- Have you learned nothing from Philip? |
| 00:56:50 |
The best. |
| 00:57:02 |
What have I done |
| 00:57:09 |
One day, you will understand this. |
| 00:57:14 |
But I have only you in my heart. |
| 00:57:20 |
I know what you need. |
| 00:57:24 |
Now is the time. |
| 00:57:27 |
The gods favor you. |
| 00:57:29 |
Great wealth, power, conquest. |
| 00:57:33 |
All you desire. |
| 00:57:35 |
The world is yours! |
| 00:57:38 |
Take it. |
| 00:57:44 |
Take it. |
| 00:58:08 |
He never saw his mother again. |
| 00:58:15 |
And while he was away, |
| 00:58:19 |
... Olympias had Philip's new wife, |
| 00:58:25 |
By necessity, Alexander |
| 00:59:11 |
He lives! Alexander! |
| 00:59:37 |
Men of Macedon... |
| 00:59:40 |
...we're going home. |
| 00:59:43 |
- What? |
| 00:59:46 |
- Home? |
| 00:59:54 |
We're going home. |
| 01:01:03 |
His life should have ended in india... |
| 01:01:07 |
... but that's myth. |
| 01:01:10 |
In life, Herakles died of a poisoned shirt, |
| 01:01:15 |
Great Zeus... |
| 01:01:17 |
...we have worshipped you in blood. |
| 01:01:20 |
Look kindly on our homeward steps... |
| 01:01:23 |
...and smile upon our backs. |
| 01:01:30 |
May all those who come here after us |
| 01:01:36 |
...that Titans were once here. |
| 01:01:54 |
Making his devotions to the gods |
| 01:01:58 |
... Alexander bade the East farewell |
| 01:02:03 |
... across the great Gedrosian desert... |
| 01:02:05 |
... seeking the shortest route home |
| 01:02:11 |
Here, he watched helplessly |
| 01:02:16 |
Not by any human foe... |
| 01:02:19 |
... but by nature. |
| 01:02:23 |
To this day, there is no accounting |
| 01:02:28 |
It was the worst blunder of his life. |
| 01:02:32 |
And when he finally reentered Babylon, |
| 01:02:37 |
... Alexander again seized the imagination |
| 01:02:44 |
Now Alexander had three wives, |
| 01:02:48 |
... a contentious mother |
| 01:02:51 |
... satraps of dutious loyalty |
| 01:02:54 |
... generals questioning his every decision. |
| 01:02:58 |
And beneath it all, a restive new army |
| 01:03:04 |
... all held together by one slender thread. |
| 01:03:07 |
They took another reading. |
| 01:03:11 |
Then get a second opinion from |
| 01:03:14 |
Alexander. We'll well over 12,000 talents |
| 01:03:19 |
And their armor costs are staggering. |
| 01:03:23 |
- Cast another dye, we shall back them. |
| 01:03:26 |
Our armor... Our Treasury... |
| 01:03:27 |
With our future, Cassander, |
| 01:03:30 |
Even so, I seriously doubt the Phoenicians |
| 01:03:35 |
Perhaps we could sail with fewer ships |
| 01:03:39 |
There'll be no delays, Nearchus. |
| 01:03:41 |
- Ptolemy, how goes our library? |
| 01:03:45 |
Good. We must not forget our libraries. |
| 01:03:48 |
All the Alexandrias we have, |
| 01:04:00 |
- Just last night he was... |
| 01:04:03 |
He mixed it with the wine. |
| 01:04:06 |
But how can this be? |
| 01:04:08 |
- Typhus of India? |
| 01:04:12 |
A few good nights' rest will do it. |
| 01:04:18 |
With the regimen of cares |
| 01:04:21 |
Come, doctor. |
| 01:04:35 |
I feel better. |
| 01:04:38 |
Soon, I'll be up. |
| 01:04:43 |
We leave for Arabia in the spring, |
| 01:04:48 |
Arabia. |
| 01:04:53 |
You used to dress me up like a sheik... |
| 01:04:59 |
...wave your wooden scimitar. |
| 01:05:01 |
You were the only one |
| 01:05:06 |
The only one who's ever been |
| 01:05:09 |
You saved me from myself. |
| 01:05:15 |
Please don't leave me, Hephaistion. |
| 01:05:27 |
I remember the young man who wanted |
| 01:05:31 |
...and then outdid him. |
| 01:05:34 |
And then what happened? |
| 01:05:36 |
Ours is a myth only young men believe. |
| 01:05:40 |
- But how beautiful a myth it was. |
| 01:05:48 |
Oh, Hephaistion. |
| 01:05:57 |
- I worry for you without me. |
| 01:06:03 |
Come, fight, Hephaistion. |
| 01:06:07 |
We will die together. |
| 01:06:13 |
We'll have children with our wives, and |
| 01:06:19 |
A thousand ships |
| 01:06:23 |
We'll round Arabia |
| 01:06:29 |
From there, we'll build a channel through |
| 01:06:34 |
And then we'll move on Carthage. And that |
| 01:06:40 |
After that, the Roman tribe, |
| 01:06:45 |
And then explore the northern forests... |
| 01:06:47 |
...and out the Pillars of Herakles |
| 01:06:51 |
And then one day, |
| 01:06:55 |
Asia and Europe will come together. |
| 01:07:00 |
And we'll grow old, Hephaistion... |
| 01:07:05 |
...looking out our balcony |
| 01:07:17 |
Hephaistion? |
| 01:07:20 |
Hephaistion? |
| 01:07:24 |
No! |
| 01:07:30 |
- Where is this doctor? |
| 01:07:35 |
- It's not possible. I swear by Apollo. |
| 01:07:40 |
Take him out now and execute him. |
| 01:07:43 |
- Come away, come away. |
| 01:07:48 |
Get out. Get out now! |
| 01:08:00 |
Be gone. |
| 01:08:03 |
Be gone with you! |
| 01:08:08 |
Are you drunk again? |
| 01:08:10 |
- Get out. |
| 01:08:12 |
- Who? |
| 01:08:15 |
...but I don't think any other |
| 01:08:19 |
Hephaistion is dead? |
| 01:08:25 |
Are you mad? |
| 01:08:29 |
You monster. |
| 01:08:32 |
- Are you mad? |
| 01:08:35 |
May all the Furies through time |
| 01:08:40 |
Alexander. |
| 01:08:46 |
- Alexander, we have a son. |
| 01:08:51 |
- The child. |
| 01:08:53 |
Alexander, I have your child. |
| 01:09:00 |
We have a son. |
| 01:09:03 |
My poor, poor, ill-fated son. |
| 01:09:08 |
Never touch me again. |
| 01:09:13 |
No! |
| 01:09:21 |
One last toast! |
| 01:09:27 |
Before the dawn. |
| 01:09:36 |
To my old friends. |
| 01:09:56 |
- And to the myths. |
| 01:10:29 |
Yes, come on. Finish it. |
| 01:10:53 |
To the next dawn. |
| 01:11:32 |
My little Achilles. |
| 01:11:55 |
- Bless you, Alexander. |
| 01:12:00 |
Bless you, Alexander. |
| 01:12:10 |
My lord, these herbs are from Delphi. |
| 01:12:13 |
They saved my brother. |
| 01:12:16 |
- Rest yourself. |
| 01:12:19 |
We love you, Alexander. |
| 01:12:26 |
Alexander. |
| 01:12:30 |
Alexander. |
| 01:12:36 |
We love you, Alexander... |
| 01:12:39 |
...and your seed. |
| 01:12:44 |
Keep moving, men, please. |
| 01:12:52 |
Yes, come. |
| 01:12:54 |
Come to Babylon. I await you. |
| 01:13:07 |
For the men. |
| 01:13:09 |
Bagoas. |
| 01:13:17 |
Can you prop me up a little? |
| 01:13:30 |
I've never been so idle. |
| 01:13:32 |
The fleet will never get out by spring. |
| 01:13:53 |
You have given me all. |
| 01:13:56 |
- Bagoas. |
| 01:14:00 |
...the happiest times of my life, |
| 01:14:05 |
Happy? What is happy? |
| 01:14:11 |
While in your mind and body |
| 01:14:15 |
...you have no thought beyond the next. |
| 01:14:20 |
And you look back then... |
| 01:14:23 |
...and there it was, happiness. |
| 01:14:26 |
In the doing, never the thinking. |
| 01:14:31 |
Still, you have made me so happy. |
| 01:14:44 |
It is done, Bagoas. |
| 01:14:49 |
It is done. |
| 01:15:15 |
Wait. We have his son. |
| 01:15:17 |
Alexander. Wait. |
| 01:15:21 |
Wait. |
| 01:15:24 |
Vultures. Wait. |
| 01:15:26 |
We have his son. |
| 01:15:28 |
Just three more months. |
| 01:15:31 |
Please live. |
| 01:15:36 |
Alexander, the army will divide. |
| 01:15:39 |
Satrapies will revolt. |
| 01:15:42 |
We beg you. Tell us who. |
| 01:15:47 |
Who will rule this great empire? |
| 01:15:49 |
- Who do you want to, Alexander? |
| 01:15:55 |
The myth becomes real. |
| 01:16:13 |
Zeus is your father. |
| 01:16:22 |
Who will it be? |
| 01:16:24 |
Pray tell us, who? |
| 01:16:29 |
- What did he say? |
| 01:16:34 |
- He said, "To the best." |
| 01:16:36 |
- No, he said, "To Crateros." |
| 01:16:39 |
Why would he say Crateros? |
| 01:17:43 |
On the 10th of June, |
| 01:17:47 |
... Alexander's great heart |
| 01:17:52 |
And as he vowed, |
| 01:17:59 |
But in his short life, |
| 01:18:02 |
... the mythic glory |
| 01:18:13 |
Olympias' transgression |
| 01:18:16 |
... is, to my mind, a probability. |
| 01:18:19 |
His, a burden. |
| 01:18:23 |
Alexander was too in love with glory |
| 01:18:32 |
But by blood, and blood alone, |
| 01:18:36 |
No! |
| 01:18:49 |
- Bolt the doors. |
| 01:18:52 |
- The body belongs to Macedon. |
| 01:18:56 |
... we were fighting like jackals |
| 01:18:59 |
The wars of the world had begun. |
| 01:19:04 |
Cassander in Greece. |
| 01:19:09 |
Solucas and Perdiccas in the East. |
| 01:19:13 |
Until we divided his empire in four parts. |
| 01:19:17 |
Gentlemen, we are not savages. |
| 01:19:19 |
- We are the future... |
| 01:19:21 |
I think Alexander would have been |
| 01:19:27 |
Naturally, rumors grew he'd been poisoned |
| 01:19:33 |
... but the truth in these matters |
| 01:19:40 |
Cassander saw to that |
| 01:19:45 |
... painting Alexander |
| 01:19:50 |
Many believed, |
| 01:19:58 |
He certainly proved he had the temperament |
| 01:20:03 |
...when seven years later, |
| 01:20:09 |
Met her death with great courage. |
| 01:20:14 |
Five years... |
| 01:20:19 |
...Cassander finally achieved the complete |
| 01:20:25 |
...when he poisoned Roxane... |
| 01:20:28 |
...and Alexander's 13-year-old son... |
| 01:20:33 |
...the true heir to the empire. |
| 01:20:40 |
But Roxane too, like Olympias... |
| 01:20:44 |
...played by stern rules, |
| 01:20:50 |
Days after Alexander's death, |
| 01:20:56 |
It was reason enough |
| 01:20:58 |
...she was the one behind |
| 01:21:02 |
But this is unproven in my mind. |
| 01:21:05 |
Bagoas disappeared |
| 01:21:09 |
...a wise move, perhaps. |
| 01:21:12 |
But I will say his love and devotion |
| 01:21:18 |
...were unquestionable and extraordinary. |
| 01:21:28 |
Now I am the keeper of his body... |
| 01:21:32 |
...embalmed here in the Egyptian ways. |
| 01:21:36 |
I followed him as Pharaoh, |
| 01:21:45 |
I have two sons, |
| 01:21:52 |
But they will grow to make |
| 01:21:57 |
And I trust they'll be |
| 01:22:02 |
But they have never seen... |
| 01:22:05 |
...the great cavalry charge of Gaugamela... |
| 01:22:08 |
...or the mountains of the Hindu Kush... |
| 01:22:12 |
...when we crossed the 100,000 men army |
| 01:22:25 |
He was a god, Cadmos... |
| 01:22:28 |
...or as close as anything |
| 01:22:31 |
"Tyrant!" they yell so easily. I laugh. |
| 01:22:35 |
No tyrant ever gave back so much. |
| 01:22:38 |
What do they know of the world, |
| 01:22:41 |
It takes strong men to rule. |
| 01:22:44 |
Alexander was more, he was a Prometheus, |
| 01:22:51 |
Before him, there were tribes... |
| 01:22:54 |
...and after him, all was possible. |
| 01:22:59 |
There was suddenly a sense the world |
| 01:23:04 |
...and be better for all. |
| 01:23:08 |
Eighteen great Alexandrias he built |
| 01:23:12 |
It was an empire, not of land |
| 01:23:19 |
It was a Hellenic civilization... |
| 01:23:22 |
...open to all. |
| 01:23:30 |
But the truth is never simple... |
| 01:23:35 |
...and yet it is. |
| 01:23:37 |
The truth is, we did kill him. |
| 01:23:44 |
By silence, we consented. |
| 01:23:48 |
Because... |
| 01:23:50 |
Because we couldn't go on. |
| 01:23:53 |
What, by Ares, did we look forward to |
| 01:23:58 |
After all this time, to give away our wealth |
| 01:24:04 |
Mixing the races, harmony? |
| 01:24:08 |
Oh, he talked of these things... |
| 01:24:11 |
...but wasn't it really about Alexander |
| 01:24:17 |
I never believed in his dream. |
| 01:24:21 |
None of us did. |
| 01:24:24 |
That's the truth of his life. |
| 01:24:27 |
The dreamers exhaust us. |
| 01:24:30 |
They must die before they kill us |
| 01:24:36 |
Oh, just throw all that away, Cadmos. |
| 01:24:39 |
It's an old fool's rubbish. |
| 01:24:43 |
You shall write, "He died of fever |
| 01:24:49 |
Yes, great Pharaoh. |
| 01:24:51 |
Oh, he could have stayed home in |
| 01:24:56 |
He'd have died a celebrated man. |
| 01:25:02 |
But this was not Alexander. |
| 01:25:05 |
All his life, |
| 01:25:11 |
And by this, and this alone, |
| 01:25:19 |
The freest man I've ever known. |
| 01:25:24 |
His tragedy was one |
| 01:25:29 |
...and impatience with those |
| 01:25:34 |
And if his desire... |
| 01:25:36 |
...to reconcile Greek and barbarian |
| 01:25:44 |
What failure! |
| 01:25:47 |
His failure towered |
| 01:25:58 |
I've lived... |
| 01:26:00 |
I've lived long life, Cadmos... |
| 01:26:02 |
...but the glory |
| 01:26:05 |
...will always belong to the ones |
| 01:26:10 |
And the greatest of these |
| 01:26:17 |
...Megas Alexandros. |
| 01:26:22 |
The greatest of them all. |
