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uh [Music] we need [Music] the baby's coming take me home last night tell him to make ready [Music] just think of us kiss you and i lying on the shore [Music] oh [Music] hold tight give me the pain [Music] master [Music] come this way [Music] [Music] but the baby is coming [Music] [Applause] green penelope's baby is coming the baby is coming [Music] come here [Music] oh hold me in your eyes [Music] oh boy [Music] [Music] i love you [Music] do you see them [Music] your kingdom yes do you see how beautiful do you yes this day was the proudest day of my life my sweet penelope and the gods had given me her son but in the same moment the world we built together was changed forever [Music] dark news was coming to my shores beloved greece was at war with troy a kingdom far across the seas the mightiest of my fellow kings agamemnon and menelaus themselves came for me sworn to a blood oath of allegiance and bound by honor to protect my land i was forced to leave my home not knowing if i would ever see my wife and child again [Music] i am odysseus king of ithaca and this is my story no you must leave it here the bow now belongs to your son my grandson you alone will teach him to string it when he has grown mother i see it is war [Music] get about this some of the captains are some of the crews we sail for troy troy god be with us athena and my goddess you have always protected me yet today you remain silent tell me is there no way to avoid this war athena speak to me [Music] no tears no tears strong like you he doesn't cry promise me you'll return i cannot troy does not fall so gently penelope if i cannot return you will if i fail if i fail and if i die don't even say the words you must allow me to die inside of you you cannot live a life alone you will always be my wife if there is a beard on his face and i still am gone you will choose another and you will marry and you will give our son the kingdom yes and all we have worked for [Music] now promise me [Music] uh [Music] i will wait [Music] join the farewell song [Music] try and try to dust return with the spoils of enemies you've slain and my heart will rejoice [Music] give penelope the same strength you gave to me i will care for your son as i cared for you [Music] [Applause] [Music] the gods of sea and sky carried me towards troy my warriors at my side but i was alone you are real herolicus [Music] sickness i'm telling you it's true the walls of troy reach to the clouds [Music] i see you're no longer with me athena and it's all right i can do everything myself huh is that any way to speak to your protector [Applause] athena i think the wine swells your head my odysseus are you drinking because you fear your future me i'm afraid of nothing i'm teasing you you're angry with me athena you could have had me persuade again on the day of my son's birth no less i'm a goddess after all i have other duties and don't forget i can be seen by whom i choose i did not want you to escape this journey because i want you to go i want you my brave odysseus to defeat the trojans i fought long enough oh no your destiny is to do battle to become immortal to have your name on the lips of endless generations no i have no need to be remembered by endless generations odysseus you cannot lie to me i know your true character i know your pride your vanity you even surround yourself with men will not refuse you look at them i fear for you giant politis is stubborn beyond words that's what makes him relentless urillicus lies even more than you know the best blacksmith in all greece anticlass his curiosity will always bring in trouble i can see that's what makes them fearless you see the good in them because they love you you must use this good to defeat the trojans you must be brave by odysseus i have no fear as long as you're with me [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] year after year we fought beneath troy's walls i stood with the mighty achilles five to thigh against hector the trojan's most ferocious warrior and his troops thousands of men died where they fell while mothers and wives spent endless sleepless nights and no one knew whose side the gods were on [Applause] play [Music] [Applause] achilles hear me greek it is i hector defender of troy who challenge you here before the gods and your own people i will tear open your chest suck out your beating heart and spit your blood in the face of your slaves [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] i killed hector i will barely try [Music] ah [Music] so [Music] uh [Music] [Music] in the seventh year of blood achilles god among men was slain all hope was lost troy had taken the best of us and still remained locked the word on each greek soldier's lips was surrendered but i refused to accept so much death in vain i had a plan and i convinced my comrades there was a way to end detroit built from their forgotten ships a worthy trophy oh let me go let me go mercy good king have mercy in an old man because i who convinced the greeks to retreat i told him to make this offering to you great king my brothers and after 10 years of war you were what and no one will ever enter the walls of troy i convinced him to build this mighty horse as a gift of surrender to you and for my troubles they branded me a coward left me here to beg mighty brian give me life and i will be your slave any fool can see that he's lying the shoe stayer he will ruin us that mouth has never spoken the truth good king i swear it beware the greeks and their gifts oh [Music] serpent offended poseidon with his lies you must accept the greeks gift wheel it to the gates [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hmm drop the rope three hello [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] do you see you gods of sea and sky i can't control me or this use a mortal man of flesh and blood and bone and mind i do not need you now i can do anything [Music] sea you have already forgotten how i helped you have me for ten years you played with us as toys [Music] for ten years you let blood spill to your shores but it was my serpent who silenced one or your horse was stoned yet you refused to give thanks you'll forget a man is nothing without the gods you will suffer for this office for your arrogance you will drift on my you cannot stop me you will suffer [Music] no one no one will stop me from seeing ethical [Music] [Music] i heard poseidon's roar but his words were lost victorious defiant i sailed from troy my mind filled only with the thoughts of the home i had not seen for ten [Music] you see years is easy because where are you you can't catch me i can still catch you yes i will [Music] you won't catch me you don't catch me you catch me [Music] you saved me where are you supposed to be in the field shoeing sheep emmaus take telemachus back come on boy come on he's just a boy he's not ready for man's work because you will not let him grow he's my son not yours my son was ready for all things yes your son had his father you're soon enough it can never be soon enough each day without odysseus lasts forever yes but if he does not return do not say those words to me you cannot hide from them if odysseus is dead you must bear it and go on you must live for your son as i did you must raise a king you have a heart of stone yes if stone can shiver and bleed ah [Music] uh [Music] [Music] me [Music] poseidon began his revenge soon enough for months he blanketed a sea and fog separated from the rest of the fleet i was lost [Music] nothing nothing but fog i find you you and your flute are in the sea it's land nine years it's not ethical bro if men live here they can tell us how far we've wandered let the others go master you can follow if they meet anyone pyramids i hear it sheep or goat and i bet i'm the first to find them albino bring the gifts for our hosts you stay with the ship and let you go alone master i win an empty cave no women but plenty of cheese hmm they keep sheep in this cave with them no tools no weapons oh oh oh that minion number oh no grain no oil the king bring the wine savages the wine we'll trade it for water [Laughter] mix wine with water you pig it's too strong without a little boy no we'll roll you down the who when you drop now let us see these shepherds [Music] [Music] who are you there's your soldiers they're lost and eating my food why not no no it's true we just helped ourselves as your guests we know we bring gifts that is the custom in this part of the world no that is that is the wall here we have no law here we do what we want you you're not alone no my brothers have the big caves who are your parents our mother is a sadist our father is the mighty god poseidon i am the youngest what did you dream bring gifts we thought that if you would share some sheep would you cook you a feast beast cheese [Music] men do not eat one another [Music] calm down who is next [Music] down take me next please of course if you do then you will eat all the magic inside my head do you know how much magic i have in here i will spit your hate out but you have learned nothing poseidon sons are not stupid they're not foolish you eat me then you kill all the secrets of the world what secrets what secrets anticlose the wine try [Music] um [Music] [Music] my name is nobody no in the morning you will tell me more secrets i will kill him now and after he's dead who will move the storm come on there must be another way out there is [Music] [Music] me [Music] me [Music] [Applause] my eyes [Music] [Applause] what have you done to me i cannot see nobody has blinded me where are you i will kill you i need you peace my peace [Music] [Music] you can't escape i will get you where are you [Music] what what happened man yours [Music] you give me no choice blame your father poseidon it is he already blind you you here poseidon i am alive auditious is alive and you cannot stop me [Music] follow avenge me [Music] we sailed for months from cyclops island toward the setting sun our hearts heavy with the loss of intervals our mouths dry with thirst desperate for water to drink we approached another unknown are you surprised admit it i can see you're surprised [Music] i am iowa's god of wind this is my island where soft breezes and raging tempests all begin well i'm honored but why do you not allow me to drink because i know you odysseus lord of ithaca do not be afraid step through the water i have something for you come ahead [Music] do not be afraid [Music] come here you know me everyone knows odysseus the great hero who built the trojan horse but few greeks know that you're the only one who can't go home poseidon still believes he can stop poseidon poseidon beside this beside and dad poseidon's a bully he's my cousin he's arrogant he's selfish he forgets that the sea is nothing without the wind and who is the god of the wind guess who's the god of the winds i am we'll get back at him give me this give me this odysseus thank you we will get back at him [Music] up here [Music] [Music] these winds very stubborn i have left only the west wind free in nine days it'll blow you and your ship to instagram now here catch why are you helping me because you're the first mortal ever to use his mind and you understand there's always something to learn now go and you better not open that sack [ __ ] [Music] [Music] we find water he finds gold maybe something better no [Music] leave it alone i'll tell you when we reach you to god not before [Music] soon iola said promised me soon i would see my penelope my family my home [Music] [Music] fly tell penelope i will not sleep to re-embrace in our bed go [Music] bring the grain [Music] [Music] [Music] my heart flatters is it i'm afraid to say it [Music] [Music] hmm [Music] finally he sleeps now let's open the sack it must be full of treasure we will bat politely what do you say it is don't care but i want my share parameters you cannot open it it is the masters what is the masters is ours indigenous can keep it i just want to see it well i'll have your shirt too now i set goal izika [Music] he'll never show us what's in the sack [Music] a strange feeling yes he's coming [Music] hmm [Music] come on slice it open [Music] [Music] done [Music] me [Music] [Music] me [Music] where'd he i have held ithaca in my eyes only to have my hopes of reaching penelope crushed by the fury of the unlocked winds tossed in the storm all food and mortal lost we were sat down now on the far side of the world food stay away hey master all i could find you'll not get one kernel from me you act alone the new starvalon if there is game here i will kill it but i i will share it with my brothers politics go with them eyes open pyramids gold and silver it's you who open the sack and now we'll all starve i can cut you open too we'll cook you right here quiet [Music] food oh get him get it [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] no i'll stop you squealing please stop please master stop it where are the others captured by who warriors savages who no it's politely our politics turned into a pig [Laughter] you really get none of your games it is the truth i swear it this is the island of a witch a sorceress she turned all our brothers into animals i saw it with my own eyes he's lying to protect himself what did he do coward run from the fight master let him speak half the day we climbed up a path into these mountains from the woods suddenly we heard a sweet woman's voice singing calling us in the witch we came to a stone palace surrounded by animals lions wolves we saw from a distance walking from window to window singing her son she offered food and wine in her honeyed voice and in they went but you did not go i stayed back yes i never have i felt worse for being right go on i crept closer and so there was music the witch waved her hands each one of our brothers was turned into an animal before my eyes impossible only polite is escaped it does look like polities must you cannot believe are we discard because of his lies if you touch that pig i'll kill you with my bare hands [Music] leave this place master master master you cannot go she'll cast a spell over you i sent them i bring them um stay away don't come any closer angels where are the others [Music] [Music] hmm careful you're about to lose your sword and you need it oh miss the god's messenger none other finally i've seen the center please secure my sword sorry i'm not allowed to touch [Music] only offer you words heed my advice and reach that stone which this one [Music] here eat [Music] is poison i'm giving it to you a god to a mortal refuse fine but it is the only way to stop the witch cersei's spell don't you trust me [Music] she knows you are coming but now when you drink her honey potion you will remain a man this will catch the witch off guard draw your sword as if to kill her frighten her a little then she will make you an offer to take her to bed you cannot refuse a goddess only then will she surrender your men farewell [Music] hmm [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] come on come you're almost there come on come on come on don't be afraid you must be hungry and thirsty wine with honey [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] ah [Music] very sweet i had hope for a lion from such a man will you not change me no no hmm what will you do with this knife angelia do and you will never see your men again oh this is the only way i will turn your soldiers back to marriage is if you take me to bed [Music] brave odysseus are you still a man [Music] ugh [Music] [Music] i'm going to have your shed look at me you idiot come closer you don't recognize me polities i told you it was politely [Music] um [Music] bring your men here tweet and rest [Music] cersei filled our ears with music and our minds with the magical lotus blossom her potions weakening our bodies and clouding our thoughts [Music] i'm going hunting not with that not yet but it's mine yes if i'm old enough to keep my father's flocks and kill his game then i'm old enough to use his bow if you can string it it's yours to hunt with if you cannot you will place it in your father's treasury until i give it to you mr santiglia is going to the shore come quickly i can wait no longer if a distance is dead i will meet him in the scene alive we will wait for him together together believe me antiglia i'm ashamed but my stone heart has broken i have nothing left to bleed what of your family of me you're not only the mother of my husband you are my mother you're my father [Music] you're strong enough alone you will feel me with you [Music] even from the land of the dead no please you cannot stop me [Music] no tears [Music] so [Music] huh [Music] [Music] [Music] um [Music] you lie with me yet you think of your wife yes why while we've shared this bed you've forgotten her no you've given me these five days five days poor simple odysseus he thinks he has been here five days when it's been five years what are you playing you mortals understand so little here in my palace time has no meaning it passes slips by fades however i choose what seemed like a day to you even an hour was a year outside these walls i saw the sun rise and so that's impossible if you needed proof to your eyes go see your ship buried in five years up tide and on the way wonder if your wife's memory is as strong as yours or if she has found another partner [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] hey [Music] wake up [Applause] with poseidon against me don't blame the gods for your deeds you were giving your men back and yet you lingered in my bed 15 years i've not seen my son am i home my mother your touch your lonely wife you'll lose much more than five years if you don't open your eyes and see what you are no you open your eyes and you see who i am you'll help me find my way home i know one man that knows the way to ithaca you tell me tyrese is the prophet teresius is dead if you still wish to go home you must first enter the underworld only there will you find the answers you seek ladies the kingdom of the dead you were right to be afraid not worth than jesus you must cross the river of fire and sacrifice a ram then you must enter the fire [Music] to find teresias go [Music] five years gone with the tide five years of pain for penelope and one of my son he would be 15 by now and still without his father [Music] [Music] good boy [Music] lord anthonys lord jeremicus nobles of ithaca you have brought news from my father news no the father is long dead you cannot say that there is no proof everyone who fought at troy has long returned home either lord odysseus is dead lost in poseidon's graveyard or he has chosen not to return to abandon your mother his kingdom and you now your mother will choose one of us and marry again mother men are in the hall they say they're here for you men who say my father is dead they have brought gifts i must receive them and you must the custom is clear welcome guests feed them openly i will respect this as your father did and so will you i will not finish milanthy mistress you are still beautiful the noble sophithica will beg at your feet i will receive these men and that is all they will have nothing which belongs to odysseus not his fortunes and not his wife [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] the river of fire let me come with you now i must cross it myself your soul will burn away i know you would follow me now you have always followed me you are my warriors the time has not come to enter this house this house of death we've suffered the loss of many men together we survived together and now we may never be in each other's eyes now ever again you will be back and if i'm not we will not reach hither without you yes you will you will it is i am lost and if i did not return you roll grow without end you will reach ithaca hmm [Music] stay stay stay back this ram is not for you stay stay please bring me to him [Music] you have risked much to seek a blind profit bring the ram forward offer it up first show me the way you're a clever man a disuse of ithaca but not a very wise one you keep your eyes only on your home blinded you do not see that it is the journey itself which makes up your life only when you understand this will you understand the meaning of wisdom no wisdom i will find alone help me find my way the answer has been before your eyes every night and see on this side of poseidon's realm there is a constellation which never sinks beneath the horizon shaped like a hunter yes sail towards its brightest star and there you will reach the straits of selah is a creature vile ferocious that is silla insatiable for blood she lurks in the shadow hoping to fill her belly and the other a tidal pool charybdis her waters appear calm she invites you in but she is a thing of terror or disuse when she opens her gaping mouth you and all with you will be swallowed by a force [Music] this way my son yes i'm here brother i took my own life out of grief i could wait no longer for you forgive me you must leave this place where is penelope she's waiting for you you must hurry men are trying to steal your world [Music] [Music] penelope was alive and waiting for me but my mother's words burned my soul men would stop at nothing to steal my kingdom [Music] you are queen penelope i am the wife of king odysseus i humbly i am the humble owner of sheep and pigs i have come i am here to join these noble men i've been gifts of gold and wool and music and jugglers for your palace [Applause] is [Music] woman bring us for wine [Music] [Laughter] i hope my father died a hero if he is alive he has forgotten me come come with me [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] the day the gods gave you to us they took your father from me but he promised me with you lying here in my arms that he would return alive as this tree around which we built our world is alive he's alive why hasn't he come i know your father he is alive [Music] there is something you must know the day your father sailed i sought to him a promise that if he had not returned by the time you were a man beard on your chin that i must remarry i will keep my promise we have time to wait you do not have your beard yet and these men i will hold them off [Music] queen penelope [Music] here believe odysseus king of ithaca is dead yes i do not today i will begin to weave a shroud for my lost husband if he has not seen in ithaca before i finish i will choose one of you to take his place beside me i will send for maidens to help you i alone must do this work weave alone we'll be old men by the time you finish [Applause] you have brought gifts to my door i have given you a proper feast in return now i depend on your honor return to your homes when my work is done you will hear my decision we will stay where we we will not leave here until you choose weave slowly your husband's wine is very good [Laughter] [Music] winter turned to summer as we neared the straits of sila and after a 16-year ordeal nothing could frighten me [Music] but we have never seen what waited between those rocks by the torch there's nothing there [Applause] [Music] push [Applause] come on try me give it a go protect us [Music] push push push push push [Music] come on [Music] come on come on [Music] stay to the side oh [Music] [Applause] click [Music] [Music] oh [Music] hold on hold on universes [Applause] can't you see the men are thirsty [Applause] this tapestry will never be finished i will take the work if you wish no [Applause] lock the door mistress the door [Applause] i will serve these filthy strangers no longer drinking sleeping where they drop i have to crawl over that big elephant each time i would open treasury and to watch men from our own island eat you and telemachus out of house and home it's more than i can bear at least there's life here now milan say quiet yes take care of you i've seen the way you run after that snake you remember this he asked me to serve him i cannot refuse my mistress guests guests guests leave when asked how much longer can we stand this how much longer do we have you right now stop it thanks much will have no feet hear so [Applause] they will they will go i can't drive them away but they are men they will follow their empty bellies [Applause] [Music] alone my men lost before my eyes i floated endlessly on poseidon sea wondering when he would take my life [Music] [Music] ah people where am i you are safe i need water bring him water i need a ship there are none here no one comes or goes for my island oh i must i must find the way home you are home please do not mind my maids you are the first man they have seen in their lives i myself have not laid eyes on one for over 100 years i am calypso come rest [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] it is only a dream it's real my man my brothers they're lost you must forget [Music] forget [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] what are you doing here in the dark i'm going to kill antennas all of them if i have to harm himself telemachus anthony is a warrior he's been to battle he's coming in two with his sword you've not done that yet now is the time no it is not if you kill him the others will not leave you'll give them an excuse to turn against you [Music] and tell me what can i do do as your father would do call on those who are still loyal to him help me call the assembly who am i you know who you are you are odysseus son call them here they will listen [Music] [Music] keeper of the staff have long [Music] good men it is i prince telemachus son of odysseus king of ithaca who summoned you to this place an army of suitors has invaded my palace they slaughtered my oxen my pigs my sheep to feast strong soon i will have nothing to eat myself they offer no proof of my father's death yet seek to take his place and before my mother's eyes they beat my servants and break my names i ask you men of infico in my father's name let me read my house of these shameless thieves good men hear me the boy lies these suitors have broken no law taken nothing which was not rightfully ours shame lies with his mother we'd like her precious gifts and she took them with open arms now she must choose between us which is right this is your right she must choose good men not one of us should spill blood over pigs and sheep ah yes yes you can do no more let us go but my father is dead you want to kill me tell me i can see it wait please wait if you will not help me then give me a ship i will sail from ithaca and find my father it is no use to lemakers wait wait the boy should not be punished if he wishes a ship we will give him a ship elders you will have your ship telemachus you will have your ship telemachus go and find your father you have the reason for this he will end like his father but if he returns we will greet him with the spear in his back [Music] when i touch your skin i wonder how you got this scar troy but the achilles was taken from us [Music] from a battle a wild war i was 15. and my mother cried tears of happiness [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] bring him back [Music] [Music] you were going to leave without even thanking me for my kindness don't you see no one leaves my island and all that live here exists to serve me there'll be another ship perhaps in another 10 years perhaps never forget ithaca you are home now you did not say goodbye to your mother the sorrow is on your face she would try to stop me you are right to fear the seed i'm not afraid i've never set foot from ithaca do not worry the gods are watching you with either them the gods have cursed me oh since the day i was born [Laughter] leave me alone [Laughter] your head is as hard as your father's athena uh-huh you are mental when i wish to be yes you spoke very well at your assembly you kept your wits and use them wisely to get the ship but you did not help me you are your father's son remember the gods will not do for men what men must do for himself you must make this journey this wind will take you go go before the ship sails without you i never crossed the sea where should i go sparta sparta i will guide you [Music] [Music] i'm alone now for two more years calypso's island was my prison forgotten by the outside world abandoned by athena my hopes of ever reaching penelope began to fade [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] hermes none other oh calypso the concealer is not overjoyed to see me get away from here calypso i'm only a messenger who loves to bring painful news you're keeping this man prisoner i have given him a home it is not odysseus's fate to end his days on your island you are to set him free without delay these are the words from the lips of zeus himself neither zeus nor any god pities odysseus it is envy which sends you here they are all outraged by me openly making love to her mortal man choosing him as my husband calypso it is i who pulled him from the sea who tended to his wounds you're all jealous of my happiness do not incur zeus's wrath offer this man his freedom or your island will be driven to the bottom of poseidon c farewell [Music] [Music] it go home to your penelope why is it a ship no now go swim i do not care they will not try to stop you just leave my eyes a moment ago you left this cave with so much love in your eyes now you want me to leave you are no longer worthy of me why weave that did someone come to you was it a mess you must help me build a ship please please on the far side of the island in a cave there's dry wood washed onto the shore she were hello good [Music] take this take this tenderloin tender meat i will find my own um [Music] you are not afraid of me because you're a woman i only wanted to offer you some wine just a taste [Music] tell me what keeps your mistress from finishing a tapestry oh it is a secret it is a secret [Applause] where are you where are you [Music] so what is true ow i do not mean to frighten you ten to your room but i had to see oh my leave me it is a mistake now your deceit can only bring trouble i will not speak a word but your maid she may tell another i have no choice it will not trick them much longer it has been too long since you felt a man's touch 16 years take mine in the siege tonight these other men they come for your fortune i come for you i cannot i love my husband your husband is not alive i will wait for his return or till my son brings proof i am sorry it is i who have no choice [Applause] [Music] i'm sorry [Applause] [Applause] you may stay if you choose to your wife is aged during these years odysseus she will not match my beauty no mortal i'm choose aids as i have and when i reach ithaca we'll go all together with me you will never grow old never die i can make you immortal [Music] i would rather lie in my wife's arms for one moment as a man than to live forever without her [Music] um [Music] wow [Music] hmm [Music] [Music] who is this boy my son brings telemachus of ithaca highness [Music] now go good king menelaus i have traveled long and far to meet you oh you have your father's searching eyes the same thoughtful forehead yes oh yes you are odysseus's son you are his son i sailed from ithaca to find him can you help me you know i saw you on the day you were born it was the proudest and most painful day of your father's life we fought together at troy side by side watching our brothers fall your father stopped the slaughter he freed us to return to greece [Music] but he will never see his home again he is dead how can you know not one day not one hour passed for adhesis of troy without you and your mother in his heart only death could stop him returning to ithaca but you you telemachus you must return and you must fight for what is his and yours [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] on [Music] a shining what do you want [Music] i want you to suffer much i have nothing left i have nothing all that is left is my life my goal is not to kill you you must understand what what what what what do you want from me what do you want me to understand speak to me speak to me that without gods man is nothing [Music] hey [Music] i was alive broken by poseidon's waves and still far from ithaca but i was alive i had reached faisha a land of mariners and fishermen unsure whether i would be welcomed i was led to the palace of the aurora the powerful kings [Music] [Applause] i've shared with you my food now will you share with me your name i cannot my name is london cursed to let it leave my lips would only cause you pain i know only one long-lost hero who being cursed by the gods could survive it's cunning odysseus i am me i never dreamed i'd see odysseus himself it's an honor to all felicia that such a hero as odysseus of ithaca sits among us i will give my finest ship heavy with gifts and food and the finest mariners in all this year to sell you safely home the vaisians carried me towards ithaca but it was poseidon who allowed me to continue my journey to consider his words i understood that i was only one man in the world nothing more and nothing less fortnight without sleep his body will fail him in ithaca come here blend a sleeping potion [Music] yeah drink this [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Applause] who's there hmm you [Laughter] yes [Music] [Music] the highest [Music] [Music] your son he left a year ago to look for go go bring in here you're safe look at you tell me how is my mother she'll be overjoyed to see you but come tell me of your journey later i must go to her celebrities who is it who is there it is your father do not dare say those words come out of there what trick is this it's not a trick you cannot be my father odysseus is dead oh this is a life and he's standing before you stay back please [Music] look at me you see yourself in my face i see only a man with no respect for her son's feelings and these are the hands here which brought you into this world here in this field no i held you for all the world is he i showed you ithaca i showed you your home for the first time and when i was taken from you and your mother i placed you in her arms in our bed which i built with these hands [Music] she must have told you this [Music] oh [Music] and it makes my soul sick these men have got black hearts they fear nothing we'll all run like dogs now yes they deserve to die yes anthonist most of all you mayos bring them food for the feast never feed them i can never you will do as you have always done you trust your crew no they were given to me out of the suitors men tell them you'll join them later because i've come especially your mother have patience use your mind that's why i love you my odysseus any other man after so many years would have rushed home to embrace his wife and and blinded by his impatience would have been hacked in two by the intruders only you know better then tell me how do i still keep my life and free my arse of these men are these suitors what you're truly afraid of there is nothing left for me to fear you see me trembling i tremble with rage oh you still lie well my odysseus but i know what your head asks your heart you are afraid your penelope has been untrue to you i need to know if your heart is still with me that i cannot help you with but [Music] only your son will recognize you this way go to your palace find the answers you seek [Music] he will not know your house when you see what they have done you want to kill as much as i do [Music] [Music] [Applause] the angry is easy to be angry with the right man at the right time and for the right reason this is difficult do you understand yes repeat [Music] [Applause] [Applause] quiet our prince has shown his face with an old beggar at his side he's mine i'll cut out his heart and feed it to the dog ah calm yourself think he must attack first so all ithaca will rise against us he'll never do it my voice makes him tremble prince telemachus welcome home ah the gods have delivered you safely he went for his father and found a filthy beggar tell us why have you given up your search i sailed to sparta and heard the words from king menelaus's lips i believe my father lies at the bottom of the sea ah finally understands then you see we have certain rights [Applause] in your home yes the boy prince has returned home as a man of honor and look he even has his beard his first beard weak but it is a beard it is time for you to enter the ring enter into manhood i will accept any challenge you offer but now i must be with my mother his mother until then this beggar is a guest in my house feed him generously bring a bowl they will serve you [Music] you see i've lived the boy to you you don't kill him in the ring you can as long as he tries to kill you first [Applause] [Music] i did not find him but i know my father is alive mother you must hear me i brought a wise old man a beggar he may help us find father when the palace sleeps i will let you see him but now i must go antonus has challenged me and as a man i must accept yes you are a man [Applause] [Music] know your place beggar [Applause] your first [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] do not take this humiliation take this today is the day [Music] [Applause] you are dead come on kill me kill me you've wanted to for three years are you man enough to be angry is easy [Applause] come on kill me it's not the right time go on coward attack me [Music] [Laughter] [Laughter] [Music] i'm sorry there's no shame tell your mother you conquered your anger my mistress sent me to tend to you her son told her thank you for saving his life you love this boy his father left him in my care the day he was born that scar i know that scar master do not speak one word eureka [Music] i wanted to thank you and to tell you that i'm sorry you were treated poorly in my house there is no need i'm here for a night are you trapped in this palace it must must be an eternity yes i must end this misery while my son is still alive tomorrow he'll set a contest for my hand are you right to wish for a new husband i do not wish it but the day i had this year's left here he took me by my hand yeah right here so gently and ask me to promise that i would do this this is the last sacrifice i can make then [Music] is it alive it's auditious is it alive he knows your sorrow and your pain and he longs to touch your hands and hold you in his eyes kiss you he will come to defend you you'll see you'll come [Music] if only it were true [Music] good night [Music] tomorrow i will take my world back uh um the spears [Music] uh uh players are these axes the goat he's with us he may be trusted spreading it tell us shepard what is your mistress's plan i will tell you all this is the bow of odysseus king of ithaca the man who strings it and shoots an arrow cleanly through all 12 axes will take his place what this is no way to choose it cannot be done my father did it maybe wait wait you will not see the winner you are all the same to me oh it's not fair i've never struggled this is not right i gave out 50 sheep 100 goats as gifts from delicious food it's impossible all right he won't be able to do it [Music] only two tries you can't do it no no he's going [Music] farewell odysseus i have been true to my word telemachus has ordered us to the maid chambers where to lock ourselves in hurry hide i've waited long enough give it here now watch this come on anthony [Applause] [Applause] i cannot do it no man alive can and what about the man who was dead so what are you doing don't be foolish who are you old man [Music] [Music] do you know me what this is [Music] telemachus now's the right time to your anger ah [Music] oh [Music] wait wait wait wait what is our crime we treated your wife as a queen we lived off your land but that can be replaced we did not kill anyone your crime is that you tried to steal my world the world i built with my hands and my sweat will know anyone in my blood the world i shared with a woman who warned me my son and no one will ever take that from me now you will die to a man [Music] we cannot die like lambs [Music] your masters are not worth dying for [Music] no [Music] uh uh don't let your mother's eyes fall in this room when it is cleansed [Music] tell her i'm home [Music] what is this uh up [Music] [Music] uh um i'll never leave you [Music] how much i must have changed you're still the same and you're still a liar odysseus [Music] it's 20 years since you held me in your eyes it was only one day then in one day you've seen all the world yes and this much that is sacred and beautiful but nothing as beautiful as a man's home but he could take in his hands no lower speeds [Music] you're my world [Music] uh [Music] stay stay stay back this ram is not for you stay stay hundreds stay please [Applause] uh you have risked much to seek a blind profit bring the ram forward offer it up first show me the way you're a clever man a disuser ithaca but not a very wise one you keep your eyes only on your home blinded you do not see that it is the journey itself which makes up your life only when you understand this will you understand the meaning of wisdom no wisdom i will find alone help me find my way the answer has been before your eyes every lighted scene on this side of poseidon's realm there is a constellation which never sinks beneath the horizon shaped like a hunter yes sail towards its brightest star and there you will reach the straits of sila and charybdis on one side there's a creature the aisle ferocious that is silla insatiable for blood she lurks in the shadow hoping to fill her belly her waters appear calm she invites you in but she is a thing of terror or disuse when she opens her gaping mouth you and all with you will be swallowed by a force [Music] this way my son mother yes i'm here i took my own life out of greece i could wait no longer for you forgive me you must leave this place where is penelope she's waiting for you you must hurry men are trying to steal your world so [Music] penelope was alive and waiting for me but my mother's words burned my soul men would stop at nothing to steal my kingdom who's this dad look look at this fool you are queen penelope i am the wife of king odysseus i humbly i am the humble hearing what i am of delicium owner of sheep and pigs i have come i am here [Music] to join these noble men i've been gifts of gold and wool and music and jugglers for your palace play [Laughter] what a carnival i'm worried [Music] the fight is [Music] [Music] woman bring us for wine [Laughter] i hope my father died a hero if he is alive he has forgotten me come come with me [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the day the gods gave you to us they took your father from me but he promised me with you lying here in my arms that he would return alive as this tree around which we built our world is alive [Music] he's alive why hasn't he come i know your father he is alive [Music] there is something you must know the day your father sailed i saw to him a promise that if he had not returned by the time you were a man beard on your chin that i must remarry [Music] i will keep my promise we have time to wait you do not have your beard yet and these men i will hold them off [Music] [Applause] [Music] odysseus king of ithaca is dead yes i do not today i will begin to weave a shroud for my lost husband if he is not seen in ithaca before i finish i will choose one of you to take his place beside me i will send the maidens to help you i alone must do this work weave alone we'll be old men by the time you finish [Applause] you have brought gifts to my door i have given you a proper feast in return now i depend on your honor return to your homes when my work is done you will hear my decision we will stay where we are we will not leave here until you choose leave slowly your husband's wine is very good [Laughter] [Music] so [Music] winter turned to summer as we neared the straits of silva and after a 16-year ordeal nothing could frighten me but we have never seen what waited between those rocks by the torch [Music] there's nothing there push is it in there come on try me what policies give you the goals foreign athena protect us [Music] [Applause] push push push push [Music] come on [Music] come on come on [Music] [Applause] stay to the side yes [Music] with this [Music] is [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] hold on hold on i'm the claws about this universe [Applause] can't you see the men are thirsty [Music] [Applause] this tapestry will never be finished i will take the work if you wish no lock the door mistress the door [Applause] i will serve these filthy strangers no longer drinking sleeping where they drop i have to crawl over their big elephants each time i would open a treasury and to watch men from our own island eat you and telemachus out of house and home it's more than i can bear at least there's life here now milan say quiet yes take care of you i've seen the way you run after that snake you remember this he asked me to serve him i cannot refuse my mistress's guests yes guests leave when asked how much longer can we stand this how much longer we have to take it down stop it [Music] [Applause] they will follow their empty bellies [Applause] [Music] alone my men lost before my eyes i floated endlessly on poseidon sea wondering when he would take my life [Music] [Music] ah [Music] people you are safe i need water bring him water i need a ship there are none here no one comes or goes for my island oh i must i must find the way home you are home please do not mind my maids you are the first man they have seen in their lives i myself have not laid eyes on one for over 100 years i am calypso come rest oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] it is only a dream it's real my men [Music] my brothers [Music] they're lost [Music] just you must forget forget [Music] [Music] tala marcos what are you doing here in the dark i'm going to kill antennas all of them if i have to calmly south telemachus anthony is a warrior he's been to battle he's coming in two with his sword you've not done that yet now is the time no it is not if you kill him the others will not leave you'll give them an excuse to turn against you [Music] and tell me what can i do do as your father would do call on those who are still loyal to him for help me call the assembly who am i you know who you are you are odysseus son call them here they will listen is [Music] [Music] [Music] good men it is i prince telemachus son of odysseus king of ithaca who summoned you to this place an army of suitors has invaded my palace they slaughter my oxen my pigs my sheep to feast on soon i will have nothing to eat myself they offer no proof of my father's death yet seek to take his place and before my mother's eyes they feed my servants and break my names i ask you men of it in my father's name let me read my house of these shameless thieves good men hear me the boy lies these suitors have broken no law taken nothing which was not rightfully ours shame lies with his mother we'd like her precious gifts as she took them with open arms now she must choose between us which is right this is your right she must choose good man not one of us should spill blood over pigs and sheep ah yes yes you can do no more let us go but my father is dead [Music] you want to kill me tell me i can see it wait please wait if you will not help me then give me a ship i will sail for mythica and find my father it is no use to lamechas wait wait the boy should not be punished if he wishes a ship we will give him a ship elders you will have your ship telemachus you will have your ship telematics go and find your father you have a reason for this he will end like his father and if he returns we will greet him with the spear in his back [Music] so [Music] [Music] when i touch your skin i wonder how you got this scar you try but the achilles was taken from us from a battle a wild war i was 15. and my mother cried tears of happiness [Music] oh [Music] bring him back [Music] [Applause] [Music] you were going to leave without even thanking me for my kindness don't you see no one leaves my island and all that live here exists to serve me there'll be another ship perhaps in another ten years perhaps never [Music] forget ithaca you are home now you did not say goodbye to your mother the sorrow is on your face she would try to stop me you are right to fear the sleep i'm not afraid i've never set foot from ithaca do not worry the gods are watching you with either the gods have cursed me oh since the day i was born leave me alone [Laughter] your head is as hard as your father's athena uh-huh you are mental when i wish to be yes you spoke very well at your assembly you kept your wits and use them wisely to get the ship but you did not help me you are your father son remember the gods will not do for men what men must do for himself you must make this journey this wind will take you go go before the ship sails without you i never crossed the sea where should i go sparta sparta sparta middle ears what will i say to such a man use your wit i will guide you i'm alone now [Music] [Applause] two more years calypso's island was my prison forgotten by the outside world abandoned by athena my hopes of ever reaching penelope began to fade [Music] [Music] wow [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] none other oh calypso the concealer is not overjoyed to see me get away from here calypso i'm only a messenger who loves to bring painful news you're keeping this man prisoner i have given him a home it is not odysseus's fate to end his days on your island you are to set him free without delay these are the words from the lips of zeus himself neither zeus nor any god pities odysseus it is envy which sends you here they are all outraged by me openly making love to mortal man choosing him as my husband calypso it is i who pulled him from the sea who tended to his wounds you're all jealous of my happiness do not incur zeus's wrath offer this man his freedom or your island will be driven to the bottom of poseidon farewell [Music] stop it go home to your penelope why is it a ship no now go swim i do not care they will not try to stop you just leave my eyes a moment ago you left this cave with so much love in your eyes now you want me to leave you are no longer worthy of me why weave that because someone comes here was it a mess you must help me build a ship please please on the far side of the island in a cave there's dry wood washed onto the shore she were [Music] so um take this take this [Music] tender meat [Music] i will find my own come on you are not afraid of me because you're a woman i only want to offer you some wine just a taste tell me what keeps your mistress from finishing a tapestry oh it is a secret it is a secret um where are you where are you [Music] hmm [Music] so what is true ow i do not mean to frighten you to enter your room but i had to see [Music] oh my leave me it is a mistake now your deceit can only bring trouble i will not speak a word but your maid she may tell another [Music] i have no choice [Music] it will not trick them much longer it has been too long since you felt a man's touch 16 years [Music] take mine in the siege tonight these other men they come for your fortune i come for you [Music] i cannot i love my husband your husband is not alive i will wait for his return or till my son brings proof [Music] i am sorry it is i who have no choice [Applause] so [Music] [Applause] i'm sorry [Applause] [Applause] you may stay if you choose to your wife is aged during these years odysseus she will not match my beauty as i have and when i reach you thicker we'll go all together with me you will never grow old never die i can make you immortal [Music] i would rather lie in my wife's arms for one moment as a man than to live forever without her [Music] [Music] uh [Music] [Applause] [Music] uh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] who is this boy my son brings telemachus of ithaca [Music] there is the king now go [Music] good king menelaus i have traveled long and far to meet you oh you have your father's searching eyes the same thoughtful forehead yes oh yes you are odysseus son you are his son i sail from ithaca to find him can you help me you know i saw you on the day you were born it was the proudest the most painful day of your father's life we fought together a troy side by side [Music] watching our brothers fall your father stopped the slaughter he freed us to return to greece [Music] but he will never see his home again he's dead [Music] how can you know not one day not one hour past radices of troy without you and your mother in his heart only death could stop him returning but you telemachus you must return and you must fight for what is his and yours [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] poseidon [Music] [Music] what do you want [Music] i want you to suffer much more i have nothing left i have nothing all that is left is my life my goal is not to kill you you must understand what what what what do you want from me what do you want me to understand [Music] speak to me speak to me that without gods man is nothing [Music] hey [Music] i was alive broken by poseidon's waves and still far from ithaca but i was alive i had reached faisha a land of mariners and fishermen unsure whether i would be welcomed i was led to the palace of the ruler the powerful kings [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] i've shared with you my food now will you share with me your name i cannot my name is london cursed to let it leave my lips would only cause you pain i know only one long-lost hero who being cursed by the gods could survive it's cunning odysseus i never dreamed i'd see odysseus himself it's an honor to all felicia that such a hero as odysseus of ithaca sits among us i will give my finest ship heavy with gifts and food and the finest mariners in all facia to sell you safely home the vaisians carried me towards ithaca but it was poseidon who allowed me to continue my journey to consider his words i understood that i was only one man in the world nothing more and nothing less fortnite without a sleeve his body will fail him in ithaca come here [Music] blend a sleeping potion [Music] yeah drink this [Music] [Music] thank you [Applause] uh who's there [Applause] um [Music] [Applause] [Applause] um fast stretch you [Laughter] yes [Music] uh [Music] who is that your son he left a year ago to look for you god for bringing me television you're safe look at you tell me how is my mother she'll be overjoyed to see you but come tell me of your journey later i must go to her childhood who is it who is there it is your father do not dare say those words come out of there what trick is this it's not a trick you cannot be my father odysseus is dead oh this suits us alive and he's standing before you stay back please [Music] look at me you see yourself in my face i see only a man with no respect for her son's feelings and these are the hands here which brought you into this world here in this field no i told you for all the world to see i showed you ithaca i showed you your home for the first time and when i was taken from you and your mother i placed you in her arms in our bed which i built with these she must have told you this [Music] god i'm [Music] and it makes my soul sick these men have got black hearts they fear nothing they'll all run like dogs now yes they deserve to die yes antennas most of all you males bring them food for the feast i'll never feed them i can never you will do as you have always done you trust your crew no they were given to me out of the suitor's men especially your mother have patience use your mind that's why i love you my odysseus any other man after so many years would have rushed home to embrace his wife and children and blinded by his impatience would have been hacked in two by the intruders only you know better then tell me how do i still keep my life [Music] and free my house of these men are these suitors what you're truly afraid of there is nothing left for me to fear [Music] you see me trembling i tremble with rage oh you still lie well my odysseus but i know what your head asks your heart you are afraid your penelope has been untrue to you [Music] i need to know if her heart is still with me [Music] that i cannot help you with but [Music] only your son will recognize you this way [Music] go to your palace find the answers you seek [Music] [Music] he will not know your house when you see what they have done you want to kill as much as i do [Applause] to be angry at the right man at the right time and for the right reason this is difficult do you understand yes repeat [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] quiet [Music] our prince has shown his face with an old beggar at his side he's mine i'll cut out his heart and feed it to the dogs calm yourself think he must attack first so all ithaca will rise against us he'll never do it my voice makes him tremble prince telemachus welcome home ah the gods have delivered you safely he went for his father and found a filthy beggar tell us why have you given up your search i sailed to sparta and heard the words from kingman elias's lips i believe my father lies at the bottom of the sea ah finally understands then you see we have certain rights in your home yes the boy prince has returned home as a man of honor and look he even has his beard his first weak but it is a beard it is time for you to enter the ring enter into manhood i'll accept any challenge you offer but now i must be with my mother his mother until then this beggar is a guest in my house feed him generously bring a bowl they will serve you [Music] you see i've lived the boy to you you'll kill him in the ring you can as long as he tries to kill you first [Music] [Applause] i did not find him but i know my father is alive mother you must hear me i brought a wise old man a beggar he may help us find father when the palace sleeps i will let you see him but now i must go antonus has challenged me and as a man i must accept yes you are a man [Applause] know your place bigger [Applause] your first [Applause] do not take this humiliation take this today is the [Music] [Applause] [Music] you day dead come on kill me kill me you've wanted to for three years are you man enough to be angry is easy come on kill me it's not the right time go on coward attack me [Music] [Laughter] [Music] i'm sorry there's no shame 10 news tell your mother you conquered your anger [Music] my mistress sent me to tend to you her son told her thank you for saving his life you love this boy his father left him in my care the day he was born that scar i know that scar [Music] master do not speak one word [Music] [Music] i wanted to thank you [Music] and tell you that i'm sorry you were treated poorly in my house there is no need i am here for a night are you trapped in this palace it must [Music] must be an eternity yes i must end this misery while my son is still alive tomorrow i'll set a contest for my hand [Music] are you all right to wish for a new husband i do not wish it but [Music] the day odysseus left here he took me and my hand yeah right here so gently and he asked me to promise i would do this this is the last sacrifice i can make then is it live is he's alive he knows your sorrow and your pain [Music] and he longs to touch your hands and hold you in his eyes [Music] kiss yours [Music] he will come to defend you you will see you will come if only it were true [Music] good night [Music] tomorrow it will take my world back uh [Applause] get the spears [Music] um [Music] what are these axes shepard what is your mistress's plan i will tell you all this is the bow of odysseus king of ithaca the man who strings it and shoots an arrow cleanly through all 12 axes will take his place what this is no way to choose it cannot be done my father did it maybe wait wait you will not see the winner you are all the same to me oh oh oh it's not fair i've never struck a boat this is not right i gave out 50g [Music] he won't be able to do it only two tries to remember you can't do it come on [Music] farewell odysseus i have been true to my word telemachus has ordered us to the maid chambers where to lock ourselves in hurry [Applause] hide them athena be with us i've waited long enough get in here now watch this come on anthony let's see and do it come on come on [Applause] i cannot do it no man alive can [Applause] and what about a man who was dead so what are you doing don't be foolish who are you old man [Music] [Music] [Music] you know me now what this is [Music] [Music] telemachus now's the right time for your anger [Music] [Music] wait wait wait they're late what is our crime we treated your wife as a queen we lived off your land but that can be replaced we did not kill anyone your crime is that you tried to steal my world the world i built with my hands and my sweat will know anyone in my blood the world i shared with a woman who warned me my son and no one will ever take that from me now you will die to a man in a river of blood [Music] the spears we cannot die like lambs [Music] your masters are not worth dying for [Music] [Music] no [Music] [Music] ah [Music] [Music] don't let your mother's eyes fall in this room when it is cleansed you tell her i'm home [Music] what is this oh um [Music] [Music] uh [Music] um [Music] how much i must have changed no you're still the same and you're still a liar odysseus it's 20 years since you held me in your eyes it was only one day in one day you've seen all the world yes and there's much that is sacred and beautiful but nothing as beautiful as a man's that he home take in his hands no lower speeds you're my world [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] you