This land seems very fruitful!
It's excellent for farming.
It's good for sowing...
...and also it is inhabitated with wild goats.
- Look! - Where? - There, that's smoke.
- The reassembly squad and we should return backward. - Why? Without to find out...
...who lives here? You return alone.
I am scared. And beside that who can live on this island?
Some lonely savage. Please Odysseus, lets go.
Why didn't you loose the arrow? What are you thinking?
- About that man. - Why worrying about him?
Maybe he knows something we don't, but... you think that he is a savage...
...maybe, but even a savage deserves that we visit him.
He is also a man. We want to walk beside him without to find...
...something about him and without exchange of gifts.
Whats this?
This isn't a human footprint!
- Some giant. - Or god. - Or monster...
...Odysseus, I beg you to sail away as soon as possible or we'll regret.
Yes, but maybe we'll be guests to some god.
I procceed with the 12 most bravest men. I thought...
...that we are strong enough to resist any challenge.
The rest I left to protect the ship and make him ready.
We followed the footprints.
I brought some vessels and full sacks of wine.
And that wasn't ordinary wine, but a gift from Maron...
...the priest of Apollo. It was very strong.
Every cup must be watered down with 20 cups of water.
Footprints ended before the cave which looks modest from the outside...
...almost like a hollow in rock, but inside it was huge...
...and our steps echoed how we progressed inside.
Hi!
And you claim that there lived a monster?
Look at the ropes. They are twisted wisely. Look at the knots.
Taste some cheese. - It's good! - Make as only shepherds know.
Euriloch, look! Our hosts bed.
There is a room for all our crew.
And just look at pillow, incredible!
Lets measure! 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8.
8 steps? Impossible that's for a man!
Yes. The axe is so big it can be uses as an anchor.
Think about the strenght of who can hold this.
Sweet, shiny, fresh... Scently!
Take the cheese and everything we can take - -
And fled away? - Yes. We aren't...
...thieves. And its too late anyway. Hear?
Our host has returned.
Carefully!
Strangers, what are you doing here? We come to see you better. How many of you?
For so long I didn't see humans on this island.
We are men who want to find other people on this island...
...and we saw signs of your power.
You who are so strong and mighty are certainly close to the hearts of the gods.
Accept our friendship we offer you in the name of Zeus hospitality.
In name of Zeus who protects The weak and guests...
...and who leads those astrayed and defends their rights.
Stranger, you must be original...
...and a miserable idiot or you have really come from afar...
...so you know nothing when you speak to me about gods.
I am Polifemus, offspring of Cyclops
We are stronger than all the gods. I don't have any intention to spare you...
...nor you nor your comrades to avoid the wrath of Zeus...
...and thus don't ask for that favor. Then, tell me, where is your ship?
Is it close? Near the shore? Our shores are dangerous...
...because of the wind. I know a safe harbor in this part of the island.
In that moment he couldn't deceit me:
...Polifemus is one nasty beast.
He wanted to plunder everything from the boat.
His terrifying eye followed me as if he already locked the prey.
He knew we couldn't escape because of the rock closing the entrance...
...and the upper part where the lights enter, was inaccessable.
So I decide to answer by deceit on deceit.
My boat is smashed by your father Poseidon...
...on the clifs of this island.
We barely escaped death.
No, noooooo.
Who knows who will be next? - No one for now. Be careful...
...he'll sleep now.
Don't make yourself a hero. You risk your life for nothing.
- I can't just stand and watch. - Where is your famous cunningness...
...Odysseus? Even if you pierce his heart by a sword...
...we are lost. We can't move the rock which barriers...
...the cave entrance and doesn't let us go out.
You are right, but what I saw eclipsed my mind.
More than a terror and horror, I was thwarted by impossibility to fight.
My shipmates prayed. I thought about ways...
...to escape the monster. I knew there must be a way, but how?
The longest night in our lives came.
The weakest among us succeeded to fall asleep.
But to me it was gruesome. I couldn't accept such end...
...in a dark cave. And in the morning the monster goes out...
...with his flock and block the cave entrance.
Thru a crack, dthe aylight seems as a joke.
But we have one day of life more, and I was desperately planning.
What horror to avoid war just to die here...
...where courage is useless, and where you can't fight.
This is all your fault. We shouldn't have listen to you!
- Don't grumble! You have a short memory. - Let him talk.
For years we are roaming the seas.
And are we closer to home? It's Odysseus guilt.
Odysseus, I don't want to end up being eaten!
Why didn't you leave us with the Lotuseaters? Why?
Quiet.
I'll save you, but you must listen to me.
- Does someone refuse? - I won't follow your orders!
Encourage yourself. Even if we are few, we'll deliver ourselves.
I got an idea.
Prepare timber. I want it clean as the mast of a ship.
After we skinned, we put the pinnacle in the fire.
Then we hide it. Now,nothing remained for us...
...but to loose a day till Polifemus returns.
We knew he'll eat someone else.
We will ask the fate who'll take a risk...
...to get close to the monster.
Stop! Put my luck beside yours!
Fate has smiled at me choosing those for I would choose...
...because endevour needs boldness and great steadiness:
...Heraclio, Filetor, Elpenor, Euriloch and me.
Aaaaaahhhhh.
Polifemus forced us to see his monsterous meal.
Moment came to offer him wine to make him drunk...
...wine for whom only premonition forced me to carry it.
Wine which was given by the priest of Apollo. Man...
...can drink it only if watered down twenty times.
Cyclop, now you have eaten human flesh, drink this!
That's wine I brought confident in your hospitality.
How can I believe you? What if it is deceit? You try it first!
It's good. Give me more. I want more of that wine.
You earned a gift which a guest deserves.
Therefore, don't say I don't know...
...the law of hospitality which is honored by the gods.
- Whats your name? Tell me. - You wanna know my name?
My name is famous. I'll tell you in exchange for the gift you promised me.
Listen carefully!
Speak!
My name is Nobody. My father, my mother and my friends...
...call me Nobody. - Nobody? I'll eat you last...
...after I devour all of your friends. That's my gift to you.
And I want Odysseus to avenge our friends.
Help me brother Cyclops, help me. They wanna kill me.
It will be useless now when other Cyclops arrive.
- Our end is nearing. - It's of no use blinding him.
At least we avenge our friends.
Help me brother Cyclops,help me!
Whats up, Polifemus? What troubles you so you scream so much?
Why are you awakening us? Does somene stolen your flocks?
- No. - Somebody wants to kill you?
Nobody wants to kill me, Nobody.
Therefore,if nobody wants to kill you, it means that affliction...
from Zeus comes to you. We can't help you. Call your father Poseidon.
The trick with the name deceived them.
All night he chased us, and roll out of pain.
In the morning the sheeps stand bleating...
...and after some time, the giant feels pity on them.
He found the rock and moves it to let them out.
I supposed that he'll do everything to prevent our leaving.
So I ordered my shipmates to tie themselves beneath...
...bellies of a pair of sheeps.
I can't take you any more to The most fresh grass. You are now without a shepherd.
But those miserable Greeks will not escape me!
Tight! Tight hard!
Traitors, they answer me with blindness!
So my friend escaped.
- And how did you escape? - How did you tie yourself?
I was attached to a belly of his most dearest ram.
My dearest ram. Why you are leaving the cave...
...last? And you always lead my tender sheeps.
Why are you last today? Are you sad because they have blinded me?
One man blinded me after he tamed me with wine!
His name is Nobody!
But I tell you, he still didn't escape death.
If you could only know what I'm feeling, If you could only speak...
...you would tell me where he is hiding! Ah!
Go, go now.
And thus he personally pushed me out of the cave.
Outside I told them: Run to the boat! Gather the shipmates!
I was afraid that the other Cyclops could see us.
C'mon, C'mon, un, C'mon, C'mon, all to the ship, run!
Odysseus!
What else keeps me among those rocks?
Why did I hesitate to go to my friends on the shore?
It would be more prudent to escape in silence.
Hear me! As you can see, Nobody isn't a small man!
The man whom you want to eat all his friends!
Evil you have done, crashed on your back...
...because you wasn't ashamed to devour your guests!
I told you nicely that Zeus is merciless to criminals like you.
Cyclop, if anyone among mortals ask you...
...what enemy blinded you...
...tell him it was Odysseus who with cunningness overwhelmed you so mighty!
Odysseus, destroyer of cities, son of Laertes and king of Ithaca!
Odysseus, I've known you will blind me!
It was prophesied to me, but I've imagine you as big a hero like me!
Thus you deceived me. Return to me Odysseus!
Now I know who you are, I give you a good journey.
I'll beg my father Poseidon to follow you!
Ah father Poseidon!
You won't get a better eye even from your father Poseidon...
...rise up from the bottom of the Ocean to help you!
If I only can, I would rip out your heart!
Hear me Poseidon, overlord of the abyss...
...if it's true that I'm your son, don't let Odysseus return home!
Thus Polifemus speaks to his father, blue- haired god.
And that's why you see me alone, begging you on my knees.
I depend on you, and only you can help me.
Why are you talking like that Odysseus?
The forces you awaken, are immensely more powerful than we are...
...and they can fall on us.
But according to you, on what side is justice?
Is on a side of blasphemous Cyclop who devours his guests?
You know that we and Cyclops have the same father...
...and don't forget the prophecy also: Poseidon will get angry at the Feacians...
...because of the stranger we'll escort at sea.
The prophecy foretold a punishment: the ship will be destroyed.
And our city will cover the mountain.
Prophecies are always partly true, only partly...
...and shouldn't prevent us from being honest.
I know Alcinous and I want more from the Feacians...
...and its true that I'm brought here by the wrath of the god who persecuted me.
I would go alone, on raft, so no one get hurt.
Noble Feacians, let our guest speak...
...so we can understand how and why on his return...
...he came to our land! Continue, Odysseus.
You move the queens heart, and that's not without reason.
We continued our sailing, after we mourned the dead.
We sailed near the coast, and the wind became calm...
...till we get to the stone wall. There wasn't any road.
On the top I saw the royal castle...
...so I decided to talk to my crew to calm them down...
...telling the truth and lies.
Stop!
I saw this island before.
I recognize its shape and colors of the rocks...
...but the castle there above, I don't remember I have ever seen.
We got to go uphill. Destiny and the needs of the sailors require that.
Why do you look at me like that? Maybe you are afraid...
...because of the memory of the disaster on the Cyclops island?
Take it easy. This time I will go alone, without anyone.
Come stranger. Who are you? What do you need?
Noble king, I'm Odysseus, king of Ithaca.
- Ah, you are the famous destroyer of Troy? - Yes noble king.
So you are one who devised the wooden horse?
Your glory is widespread.
I'm Eolus. Zeus gave me the power over the winds.
Here beside me are my wife, my children and all my pride.
3 males, and 3 females.
I managed that they marry among themselves so they don't leave their home.
I prepare them for the eternal banquet, an endless party...
...in which you'll partake as long as I wish that.
Odysseus, there are rumours that you live incredible events.
Why don't you tell us so we can keep ourselves awake?
Eat. My hospitality will be long and sweet.
All right.
For one month he kept me beside him in his court...
...forcing me to tell once again about the tragic events of the Acheans...
...which were amusing to him, till...
...he can't hold me any more, then I ask him to let me go.
He didn't immediately say NO.
I don't wish to hold you here against your will...
...even my children don't want you to leave.
I thank thee. You who personally stop your children...
...from leaving, must understand my wish to go home.
Not that I only understand you Odysseus, but I will help you.
You know about my power over the winds.
I will order my servants to skin a calf!
The skin is bound as a double sheeted sack!
I closed in all the winds which blow over the sea.
I left you only one, Zephyrus.
It will fill your sail to your homeland.
And when you get there, then throw the sack into the sea.
Still, since I give you this, you must tell me the truth.
If you lie to me, I'll turn against you.
Tell me, does some god prevents you from returning...
...so he don't give winds to you mortals.
No, noble lord,no god persecute me. I always...
...piously offered sacrifices. - Swear it Odysseus.
Swear that you never insult Poseidon, my lord...
...and I'll seal the winds so you can return to your fatherland.
I swear that I have never insulted Poseidon...
...nor with thoughts nor with deeds.
We finally sailed for days on a calm sea.
I didn't even need to search for a route.
I only followed the wind.
As the wind changed direction, so I steered the ship.
- Give me the rudder Odysseus, go to rest. - I'll call you when I need you.
For days you didn't close your eyes. What are you afraid of?
I swear that I won't sleep till I see Ithaca.
And despite the god of the sea, we are almost there.
Go and watch.
From Polifemus he took it. It must be full of gold.
Ithaca! Ithaca!
That's Ithaca, our fatherland!
The battle was won, I could sleep at last.
You, on oar! You, fasten the sail instead of staring!
Are you not impatient to get there?
What shall we say to our families? Why did our return take so many years?
Isn't it better to say nothing?
Are you not you afraid to say what you think?
Just look, glorious warriors of Troy, who departed in 12 ships!
Then return with only one and empty handed!
I wanna know do we have any gold, and I wanna know that now!
Isn't it enough that you return to home alive?
No, since I suffered hunger, thirst and danger, it isn't enough!
It's a shame for a warrior to return home without booty!
Their sons will never see them again as true man!
Booty is lost on the other ships, did you forgot that?
And the sack, what's inside?
Why did Odysseus never tell us what's inside?
I wanna know now! - NO!
The stormy wind blew us to the middle of the Ocean.
All winds blew simultaneously so it was useless...
...even to try steering the boat, how they raged.
But that lord of the winds, that... Eolus, did you really meet him?
Polibius,what are you trying to say?
It's a strange story Odysseus, it is hard to comprehend.
It's a special blessing from above, that's for sure, but the opposing forces also.
Nevertheless, it seems that you by yourself govern your roads:
...you alone wished to see Polifemus, alone to go to the Eolos castle...
...alone to sleep only on sight of Ithaca...
...like you never really wish to return.
I'm no longer the stranger among you.
No one is a stranger among the Feacians.
Our people prosper, and the city has its future.
We are not boasting over anyone.
Whoever comes, if gods the wish for him to stay, we treat him...
...as an equal, as one who wants to live in peace.
I tell you as my own brother Odysseus: stay, be like us.
I'm a stranger who always wish to settle: Among Eolus for one month...
...among Kirka for one year... - Kirka? Who's Kirka?
Kirka is a woman magician with a sweet voice, the sister of Aetes...
...born from Sun and Persea, daughter of the Ocean.
But when we reached that island...
...we failed to understand its secret. And hoped to return with my company.
After being so many days at sea, we scorched on the sun and a salty wind...
...and a green wall which encompassed the shore promised a lot...
...a shade, a hunt for fresh meat and cold water.
But looking at the forest made me wonder: what's hiding behind the trees?
The next morning I made a decision:
...I split us up into 2 squads: one which is lead by me...
...the other by Eurilochus. One will explore the island...
...the other will guard the ship.
Who'll decide which squad to go where?
Lotting, that's best.
I won' impose you my will.
We suffered too much because of my visit to Eolus.
I can't be firm to go personally, and I hope that luck will choose me.
Eurilochus, let the gods decide. Lets pray to them.
Black stays, white leaves.
Nevertheless I am sorry for not going with you.
Eurilochus squad departed. It was the first time he goes alone.
We waited. The twilight came and than the night falls.
At dawn my friends hadn't returned...
...so I prepared to follow their tracks.
Odysseus!
That's Eurilochus, and alone...
...and he couldn't take a breath so exited he was.
His heart almost break.
- Where are our friends? - Horror, Odysseus!
- Go on! What happened? Speak! - I don't know! I don't know...
...forest become wierd - - - How do you mean wierd? - It was...
...terrible! Horrible! - Take it easy! Where are our comrades?
Every day seems longer, and fate more hostile.
Indeed, fate has played again and your people suffered.
I tried to save them but didn't know how!
- That wasn't an accusation Odysseus. - I suppose.
The leafs became more rare, and the trees looked less like in autumn ...
...and we heared animal voices, without seeing them.
Suddenly, among the trees we found a ruined wall...
...which seemed like remnant of some ancient and strange building.
We entered it, but the sounds multiplied even more...
...and in all directions like they are echoing eachother.
The others sat tired on the ground, and I left...
...and I heared some terrible grunts. When I returned I saw my friends...
...packed up one to another like animals.
Yes, it was them, but transformed into pigs!
Terrified I stared at them, and I heared some music...
...and than a woman appears and comes near the pigs...
...touched them and laughed.
- And you? - I run. I jumped over the wall...
...and found my way back to here.
- Show me that way. - Stop! Where are you going?
- Where were you and your squad. - Run from here, I beg you...
...run! - If you are afraid, I'll go alone!
And stop trembling, stop it!
I felt an overwhelming desire to go.
- And you weren't scared? - No, the challenge to discover the unknown was stronger.
As hard it was to me I wished to try again.
My life had no other choice than put it at risk again.
The nature on the island was attractive, and my steps were...
...guided by the song of that woman.
My impatient grew, so I forced myself to be cautious.
Where are you going alone, to on unknown place?
You know that your friends were transformed into dirty animals...
...by one woman and you are hasting to liberate them.
Are you sure same fate will not fall upon you?
I think no one but me can save them.
Who are you? I find you on the road and you know my name?
I won't like to tell you my name in this forest, because here lives Kirka...
...and her house is in any tree, all around, in any branch.
She would transform you as any other man that comes to her...
...but she can't. Then she'll remember...
...that what I already told her, that the traveler with the name Odysseus...
...will arrive and bring her all...
...the goddess didn't know:
...thoughts, pain and lust for man...
...because that's her destiny. Turn around!
Do you see that flower? Pick it up, C'mon pick it up
You can't?
Look, its easy. Eat and the spell will be broken.
Now I'll tell you what to do:
When Kirka falls on her knees, powerless to harm you...
...then draw your sword, with the intention killing her.
You'll scare her and she will offer you her bed.
You won't refuse her because you want to save your friends...
...but be careful Odysseus, you may change into a man...
...who isn't a man, and the plants can't save you from that.
Where are you going? Who are you?
Hermes thus vanished among the trees...
...the messenger from the gods who presented himself as a boy with a golden stick.
- So did he tell you his name? - I knew that it was him.
My heart beats stronger when thinking about Kirka...
...and her magic with which she'll try to seduce me.
What are you looking for?
- Home. - Yours? Who knows, maybe its here in the forest.
Look around. How many searched for her and found it.
- What are you doing here? - Waiting... Waiting for someone, forever.
Then tell me his name.
You'll wait less.
Maybe I know him, because I travel from afar...
...and know many men. I can speak with him...
...if you tell me his name. - You are clever stranger.
But why do you care anyway? Lit that fire, please.
Go through there. The road leads to a house there. Jump!
- To jump to the other side? - Isn't that what are you looking for?
Penelope!
Come, sit there.
You'll be very happy if you drink this.
About what are you thinking then?
About that plant with the bitter fruits that should protect me...
...if Hermes didn't lie.
Now you'll painlessly transform into animal.
But I start to feel pain. It becomes unbearable.
I felt as if fire was burning in my chest, as two forces that collide in me.
C'mon, go to the pigsty!
Then, at Kirkas face I saw defeat.
First curiosity, than fear.
What Hermes told me, came to fullfilment.
Now, it was Kirka's turn to suffer.
She screamed, twisted ,it was terrible, but as Hermes tell...
...I get the urge to kill her.
I barely restrained because I saw the woman again.
I was saved. She realised I had greater power than her.
You are Odysseus. It was foretold to me. Odysseus will come from Troy.
His mind won't be deceived.
Why don't you kill me?
Because of my comrades. I want them back.
Your...comrades? - Yes, those you have transformed into animals.
Return them to human shape.
- Why? - Because they are people.
- I don't understand. - If I tell you that I'm responsible for them...
...will you understand? - Not yet Odysseus. I don't know what unites people...
...but I know what you want, and I'll listen to you.
I entered Kirka's magical world.
I didn't understand it, but I went to release my friends...
...not knowing that I'll loose them.
I only felt how unreal everything is.
These are your friends.
That's how they look, but they are unaware of us.
This is their true nature, and they don't need you.
Look good at them. You can change them back to a human appearance...
...but think twice before you decide.
I want them as men!
They look as they have awoken from a long dream...
...or got born again, scarred and unawared.
Did they look as before?
Yes, but with strange glows in their eyes.
Something unknown set between us.
Because of Kirka? Because of the power you were given?
Its human to be afraid of the unknown. Didn't you convince them?
Maybe it was wrong not to immediately speak with them friendly.
I barely could speak. Just as them, I was astonished and restless.
Something unknown set between us for the first time.
I tried to get close to them. But they run.
Odysseus!
She was very attractive.
And you abandoned your friends...
...and wished to return because of that woman?
No, I can't tell I have abandoned them.
They meanwhile fled through the forest...
...and returned to the boat. I found them on the shore...
...and wished to return them with me, but Eurilochus intervened...
...and convinced them to stop me. They almost imprisoned me.
Maybe you wished to throw us again in the pigsty?
You are already becoming a servant of that woman.
Remember the Cyclops perhaps? There also your madness had driven us!
Than he draw his sword, and even if Euriloch was my cousin...
...I threatened that I'll cut his head off.
But they were scared already and delusioned...
...that hardly anything would happen.
They didn't see me a whole year till I was with Kirka.
- A whole year? Are you sure? - Sure. No. Time flow...
...isn't perceivable in Kirka's habitat, but outside...
...on the shores where my shipmates lived, the days, the months...
...and the seasons pass.
Your friend toiled for that what I would give them for free.
Look at their lives. Simple savages.
They toil together and still have a poor harvest.
And for me, in this forest, wine is as abundant as my heart wish...
...to be without need for picking, pressing, rain or sun.
See how everything is prepared? This cabin for example.
Even the garden.
It's not because of ingratitude that my men don't want...
...to live here. They are common people, accomodated to that and in fear for us.
No,it isn't their fear which separated them from us...
...but some of your thoughts. Isn't it?
Do I have thoughts you don't know?
C'mon.
Odysseus! Odysseus!
Speak, what do you want? What do you want to tell me? Speak Eurilochus.
You forgot Ithaca Odysseus.
You promised to return us all home, and you forgot your promise.
- Watch your mouth! - You are not king of Ithaca anymore.
You are not a king, You are not even a man of Ithaca.
- Odysseus! Odysseus!! - Where are you?
It was a nasty dream which leaves pain in my heart...
...but I understood that the day of return had come.
Urge for the fatherland ressurected in me.
That means to gather my comrades again.
Now I should gathered strength... - ...to leave Kirka?
- To tell them the truth. - That you are close to her?
I couldn't do anything without her. That was her magic.
And even to leave I needed her help.
I'm going to my queen.
I know I can't love myself and you don't love me either. That's my destiny.
Only those astrayed and those desperate for return...
...the gods send to me. No one loves me.
No one loves the unknown. They only want to forget everything...
...to be drawn into their peace, bound like animals...
...around me, waiting for a peaceful death.
That's why I don't expect anything from men. I never used force...
...to have them stay with me. Go if you want!
I didn't press you then, I won't do it now.
When I told you to jump over the fire, you jumped.
I didn't force you. So why are you asking me now to let you go...
...when you know I can't bind you? Why are you asking me?
Remember what I said, when you wanted to return...
...your friends into men? You risked your life.
I know, but we can't escape fate: our homeland...
...the land of our fathers,that's also what the gods put in our hearts.
But you know I can't protect you there?
And you Odysseus, away from this place you won't have powers?
Powers that return your friends to people.
I told her again I wanted to go, and she didn't respond surprised...
...nor grieved, but why she insisted to warn me...
...about the destiny of my shipmates?
She tried to protect me from inssufferable hardships.
That I understood.
Odysseus, when you arrived on this island...
...did you know whom you'll find? - No.
And when you searched for my home, and found me in the forest...
...did you only look for your friends? You alone got here.
Why? Did you think you could save their lives?
Or did you wish that only men...
...look at the secrets of heaven?
You crossed the line Odysseus. Its too late to return.
All what's left is to cross the step of the abyss.
- What abyss? - Hades.
The path you choose to return home, leads over...
...the other side of the ocean, where dead dwells.
Only there you'll find what you searched for so desperately.
And now behold, you enter the realm of dead.
It's a great honor for a mortal to visit that realm.
Odysseus, tell us in detail about your extraordinary experience.
Your privilage is also ours. We'll be very grateful.
Your homeland isn't so distant any more.
In Erebus everything is infinetely distant, because memories fade away.
It was a spirit assembly: the maidens of sad faces...
...and elders and warriors fallen in battle.
I followed Kirkas advice: You'll sacrifice a black lamb...
...and its blood will flow for the blind prophet Tiresias.
And pursuing the other spirits, speak: the gods of Hades:
...the gods of Hades... - the gods of Hades...
- And you, the dead... - And you, the dead...
...who dwell in this hopeless place...
...if I ever return to Ithaca, I swear...
...to sacrifice a fat calf as offering.
And to Tiresias black wool ram.
Give us blood.
Get back. Don't come near. Don't test my pity.
I must speak only with Tiresias.
- Give me to drink...that blood. - Mother, Mother, what are you doing here?
Oh son of Laertes, many turning and cunning...
...why have you, misfortuned, left the sunlight?
Why did you come into this house without joy?
To ask you Tiresias, and to know my destiny.
Put away your sword and give me to drink blood if you want to know the truth.
You want to know the day of your return...
...return which the god will make bitter.
You want to escape the wrath of Poseidon...
...because you've blinded his son, and mocked him severely.
How much I'll suffer because of that? Tell me one thing:
...shall I ever return to my homeland? Return to Ithaca? - you'll return, yes...
...but you'll endure many more misfortunes.
You'll come late and with difficulties, and you'll loose all your friends.
On a ship which isn't yours. And in your home you'll find people who...
...bully your wife Penelope.
- You'll avenge them. - Only on that day I shall see Ithaca?
Not even than you'll stop, but on the first occasion...
...you'll abandon your island, and sail till you come...
...among men who don't know about sailing, and don't salt their food.
They'll look at you in awe.
Than, stick oar into the ground...
...and make a sacrifice to Poseidon.
Than you'll return home...
...and find your rest. Death will come gently on you...
...when oldness overcomes you. People around you will live happily.
That's your destiny. I told you the truth.
- No! - Go Odysseus, leave this dark place...
...this ultimate place. Forget us, the dead.
I've heared your truth, but let me see my mother now.
If she is here,let me hear her for the last time.
I can't allow you, nor forbid you: I'm no more, I'm gone.
Go son on daylight, You must save...
...your dear.
I see your presence Agamemnon, glorious Atrides, tell me:
...what fate befell on you? Are you drawn?
Did some evil happen? Or you are killed by the enemy?
My queen, Klitemnestra, set my death.
As bull I've fallen, smitten by the sword of her lover.
Ah, there wasn't such evil bitch...
...ever but this one who conceived crime in heart.
Terrible crime she plotted planning death to a lawful husband.
What shameful and monstruous act she committed...
...to ashame every future wifes, even decent ones.
Listen carefully to my advice:
When you come to your homeland, you disembark in secrecy!
Don't trust no one, not your best friend, not even your wife.
Good bye Agamemnon.
After me, no one should be loyal to his dear.
One speak, others do, if you don't want to die young.
When I went to war, I left Penelope as a young woman.
In your home you'll find people bullying your wife.
Achilles!
No more Achilles. He died on the plains of Troy.
Till you were alive, we worship you as a god...
...now I see that you are the lord among the dead...
...so don't be sad for Achilles being dead.
Don't comfort me.
I would rather be a slave in a poor man's house...
...but alive on earth, than ruler among the dead.
Guard your precious life Odysseus. That's your best treasure and property.
Go immediately with the sunlight my son, you must save...
your dear.
Mother, my dear mother, I see you for the last time.
I didn't know how to save you. Forgive me.
My offspring, how did you get here? It is terrible here to watch you alive.
When you die, is there anyone close to your eyes?
Did you receive a proper funeral?
I'm dead, and nothing else matters. I've fulfilled my destiny.
But when you ask me...
...to long for you, I take my own life.
And my father?
Your father has grown old from waithing for you.
He doesnt come to town, but dwells among the servants.
As a savage,he sleeps near the fire in the winter...
...and on a pile of leaves in summertime.
Where the night falls, there he is sighing for you.
My mother, let me hug you. Let me touch you.
You can't my son, that's the law of the death.
My veins don't hold flesh any more, fire devours them mercilessly...
...and the soul as a tender dream evaporates.
But you return with the sunlight!
Hug me!
Ah, mother!
3 times you've tried .
Your heart wished for a hug.
3 times as the shadow or a dream she slips through the arms.
The unstoppable pain is deeper and deeper.
Odysseus, Odysseus.
Elpenor!
Yes, it's me, the most misfortuned among your friends.
But I left you alive on Kirka island!
Son of Laertes, don't leave me unburried.
Give me a proper burial before you abandon Kirkas island.
Bury me with my armor. Make a grave on the seashore...
...and stick my oar into the ground.
Now you have one friend less Odysseus.
- What happened to Elpenor? - It just now happened. He was up there...
...singing and slipped. Maybe he was drunk.
We heared moans. We called for you but you weren't there.
He's dead. Where were you Odysseus, all these months?
The shadows buries shadows.
Elpenor, most innocent among us.
I don't believe anymore there is a salvation for anyone.
It's time for you to return Odysseus.
No! Not without my friends. I'll fight for them to death.
But you can still save them, think about that.
Is it true what you are saying, because Tiresias told me: You'll return...
...alone, without friends?
You are already alone Odysseus, since you returned from the house of Hades.
You are a man with two deaths.
This is what Tiresias wished to tell you: don't expect...
...that your crew obeys to you as before.
Elpenor! Elpenor! Elpenor!
Prepare for your journey Odysseus.
I'll show you that even that brings me pain.
Saying this Kirka goes into her cabin.
From her lips she foretold me a prophecy.
I'll tell you all what will happen to you on your journey...
...so that you and your shipmates know that there is a path of salvation.
First, you'll come to the Sirens, who atracts everyone...
...who gets near to them. you'll see the rock, but you won't hear the sea...
...and you'll understand that you came to a terrible place.
Don't get close, because there are only bones...
...of those who heared the Sirens song.
Will you be able to resist the temptation?
Where to will you direct your ship's prow?
Then avoid the wandering rocks taking direction to Big Dipper.
Only one man, Jason, navigated them for avoiding doom...
...because he was loved by the goddess. You may not even try to see them!
That will be your second temptation. And third you'll have on the island...
...There you'll see black pasturing cattle.
Don't kill them. They are the Sun cattle.
But you'll be hungry and devoid of hope.
Than you'll sucumb, on the last temptation.
I have nothing to say to you any more Odysseus. The moment of departure has arrived.
Euriloch, Filetor, Heraclio, come and listen.
As soon as we set sail, the temptations will wait for us.
If you want to listen to me, you'll all die and no one will be saved.
- Why are you threathening us Odysseus? - I don't threaten...
...that's the prophecy of Tiresias. That's what I take with me from Hades.
It isn't enough you've traveled all the seas...
but you've also returned from the dead! Why are you mocking us?
We still mourn Elpenor who just went to the underworld - -
No mortal ever returned from Hades.
- Maybe you think you are a god? - You must believe me!
All right. If you don't believe me, maybe you'll believe Kirkas words!
- Kirka? - Who's Kirka?
- Don't you remember anything? - Remember what?
Nothing? Not even how she transformed you into pigs,and I return you to humans?
And what did she give us to eat? Acorn?
We are all tired Odysseus, tired of your stories.
Like this journey that never ends.
You are alone Odysseus, because you know what they don't.
I'll evaporate from the memory of your friends...
...and memory about this island. But everything you know...
...and they don't, that I can't erase.
The wind stops and some divinity calms the waves.
My shipmates row on the white sea foam.
Then, I cut small bits of wax and press them.
One shipmate after the other, I seal their ears.
I knew we were near the island of the Sirens.
If he blocks our ears, how shall we hear his commands?
I don't know for sure Odysseus, are there any Sirens...
...but if there are, I hope you'll hear their song...
...and throw youself into the sea.
Your shipmates don't believe in you. They think you are out of your mind.
My mind is sane and I'll prove that to you:
What you want to hear, I'll hear and stay alive!
That's my place.
Follow me, as we don't have much time.
Hear what I say unto you, goddess Kirka, and remember that...
...even I won't tell or show you everything.
I'm not reevealing which of the two ways is correct.
You must decide that by your own wisdom.
Tie here, strong, with that rope, and very tight.
And remember: however much I beg you, or give you signs with my eyes...
...to untie me, don't listen...
...but on the contrary, tighten me even more.
We are close now. You may hear them.
Odysseus, Odysseus, glory of all Ahaya...
...stop your ship, hear our voice.
Come to us who gives glory to the people.
Drop your ties, release your body.
RELEASE YOURSELF!
Come, and you'll know the things of the past and the future...
...you'll know all the glory of man, and cities gone and more to come.
Leave your friends and that pointless voyage...
...and all the years of sufferings! COME!
Leave your friends and that pointless voyage...
...come to us, grasp the power, all you have desired for years.
Don't be a coward! DONT BE A COWARD!
- Untie me! - Be powerful!
- C'mon, untie me, untie me, help! - Don't be a coward. Come!!
I've come to my end. My destiny is fulfilled here.
I've suffered, I've suffered too much! I wish to die, I'm sick
I wish to die, my mind is fading.
The horrible sound gone as a breath...
...and stop tearing apart my mind. I come to myself fatique and wounded.
I believed I was a victim of a nightmare...
...with plenty of bones of other victims which whiten on the rocks of the Sirens island.
And the shipmates saw sceletons, and pressed hard on the oars...
...to escape the awfull sight.
The sky became again serene and clear...
...and the song we heared comes from the birds, high in the sky. I was happy again.
We are distancing by now. Feel it?
No, I do not feel.
Kirka was wrong. I heared the Sirens and survived.
Even man can overcome the diwine forces.
Euriloch, we still can be saved.
We'll avoid the rocks, taking the longer path.
Only be patient. We musn't give up, understood?
We won't stop till we come to Ithaca, no matter the reason.
We'll be safe if we avoid the island of Sun.
Anounce to the comrades. Go, tell them!
But they didn't obey. They didn't tell me a word...
...not even Euriloch. For them I was crazy.
We arrived at the island. They disembarked and I couldn't stop them.
I just prayed this isn't the island of Sun.
It was our last stop. If we just had avoided it!
You'll come to the island of Trinakia.
There is a pasture of cattle whose horns are like crescent Moon, and which Sun...
...Hyperion trusted to two nymphs, his daughters. They are beget by Nera...
...and send them to guard the herd of their father.
You want see the nymphs, but don't insult them...
...but leave the black herd untouched and think about your return only.
But you and your shipmates will get hungry and fall into temptation.
This is your last temptation Odysseus. Do not fail.
- Lets go out of here. - Wait for the winds to blow.
Hear me.
If you still admit to my authority, you must swear to me.
What's in the ship, eat and drink.
I decided to disclose you a secret which haunts me:
...Look at these cows. That's the Sun cattle.
Don't touch them, don't even think to touch them.
I say to you that this is last test we must pass.
But if we fail, the prophecy of Tiresias from Hades will fulfill.
No one will see his home again.
It doesn't matter if you don't trust me. Just swear it.
On your knees, all of you!
Ah,misfortuned, you always think about combat and fight.
The whole month the absence of the wind prevented our sailing...
...and my shipmates, as long as there was food on the boat, kept their oath.
They avoid the herd.
And then the hunger started to torment them. They searched for food but in vain.
And the Sun cattle stood there, inert and tempting.
You'll get hungry and you'll loose all your hope. You'll be tempted...
...by insubordination, and you'll fail the last temptation.
You'll get hungry and you'll loose all your hope. You'll be tempted...
...by insubordination,and you'll fail the last temptation.
I begin to pray:
Father Zeus and you the blessed immortal gods...
...restore to me the trust of my friends. I don't want to see them dying...
...nor loose my mind and all what is dear to me.
Better, take my life.
Should we drop dead by hunger because of some oath to Odysseus?
He everywhere sees magic since his aledged return from Hades!
Look at these cows. What can be diwine with them?
Well, Odysseus says so, but should we trust him?
All deaths are gruesome, but none as death by famine.
Wait a minute. If Odysseus is sensible may be the cattle is divine?
Even if they belong to Sun, maybe we should care?
I don't. I'll rather loose my life...
...among the waves than on this island from starvation!
Eurilochus is right. Eat once and for ever!
I want to tell you everything.
You'll must decide by yourself.
I come to late...
...and thats better, because at least I didn't see.
I tell them nothing.
They feast all night.
In the morning we sailed at sea, and I looked at my friend with pity...
...and I heared again the voice of Tiresias: You'll loose them all.
Sun said: I'll decent...
...into the house of Hades and shine on the dead.
Sun was blotted out suddenly. Odysseus, what's happening?
In a moment, the darkness enveloped the concaves of the ship...
...and the sea took the colour of the night.
Drop the sail! Filetor, quick!
All was true! In vain Odysseus...
...this is the vengeance from the god, we are finished!
We are not finished as long as we alive!
What are you doing? Row! Quick!
Don't give up!
Struck by the last wave, the ship inclined.
I felt the stench of sulphur. We all fall into the sea.
I watched my friend driven by the waves.
Nine days I fought with the currents, on the 10th Calypso saved me...
...and hold me for seven years. Then she give me a raft...
...and thus I come here.
This man hasn't delivered himself by his own strenght...
...nor by his great cleverness, nor by the urge to return...
...but by will which is uncomprehendable...
...even to you Odysseus.
Not even he will understand why his destiny was to return alone.
Thus noble Feaciams, we'll give him a ship and help...
...and accept the danger of Poseidon's wrath.
The ship will be prepared for you Odysseus by the morning.
Don't forget that I also saved your life.
Once in Delos, in the Apollo sanctuary I saw a young palm.
I was delighted by her appearance, just as I'm now with yours.
Are you sure that your wife still waits for you? How much time has passed?
Maybe there is some other king on Ithaca?
Maybe others got use to what was yours.
Be happy at your home, beside your family, and don't forget me.
the ship arrived at the coast of Ithaca...
...where two sharp cliffs distract the waves send by the winds.
Here Odysseus landed in his homeland.
He can already see the tops of his palace.
But everything looks so different. He was absent for too long.
Suddenly, like fear attacked him, he decide not to go into the town...
...but to go on the fields.
Friend,you are the first one I found here. Please, tell me where am I?
Is this the island or the main land?
From where do you come that you don't know? This is a small country but famous.
Rugged, lovely, rocky, but rich in olives and wine.
Unknown, yet her name reached to Troy.
- Ithaca stranger. - Ithaca...
Ah yes. I've heared that name.
I came from Egypt, the land of the Pharaos, where I lead twenty big ships...
...but they catch me...and... throw in a dungeon for seven years...
...and my companions were killed by the soldiers.
Reprobrate. Insolent. Liar! Don't you change even at your home?
In front of your cunning even a god should be aware.
I know you deceiver. You are Odysseus, The greatest bluffer!
You don't know me? It's me Athena.
I'm here as always to help you.
To recognize you? Who can, when you appearance is always different?
I know you protect me in Troy during combat.
But you were more the observer than the protector!
And you blame me for defending myself with lies, after so many years of danger?
You are always the same, and that's why I like you.
Someone else would overcome his pain, and would jump into his wife's and his son's bosom...
...but not you. You know that no one know for you...
...and that's why I want to help you.
I'll transform you into an old beggar, and no one will recognize you if you don't wish that.
and thus Athena went...
...rucked his skin and made him look old...
...and giving him an old smoked rag.
First go to Eumeus, the faithful swineherd...
...who is dear to your son and Penelope.
He try to recall where Eumeus is...
...the cabin where he from birth guarded his herd.
You are lucky stranger. They could bite you. Come, go inside.
Odysseus surprised watched the fence and how...
...it was big and steadily built. It didn't exist there earlier...
...but Eumeus built it in the absence of his master...
...so that he may better guard the flock and the herd entrusted to him.
He was a loyal servant and Odysseus was pleased to see that.
Come, take some bread and wine. Than tell me who you are.
Let Zeus protect you, who guard your guests.
Let Zeus save you, Zeus hospitable!
Odysseus rejoiced again. Even his appearance...
...was so poor that he would convince everyone of his misery...
...Eumeus accepted him kindly and with respect.
Tonight we'll talk more, but now you must refresh.
I only have some cheese. It was different with my master.
Then I could offer you more... but he...
...with others went to Troy and didn't return.
Take it. He was a great king.
Telemachus, son of Odysseus, left Sparta...
...and found his boat on the shores of Pylos.
His voyage was useless. No one has news about his father.
He only got the advice to return home asap.
My friend, I beg you, for your life's sake...
...and your friends, take me with your boat, in the name of Zeus!
I killed a man in self defence, so I can't dwell in the city anymore.
Friends and family of the dead, searched for me to kill me.
- Who are you? - Teoclimen is my name.
I'm a magician. I know you are Telemachus and you have enemyes at home.
When you return, don't go between the strait of Same and Ithaca.
They lurk for you to throw you on the bay rocks...
...if you don't go around.
Land on the oposite side of Ithaca, and go through the villages!
- Come, get on deck. - Thank you. May Zeus bless you.
I'm feeding these porks, to preserve something for my master.
They say he's dead, but if he shows up I would tell him:
...I knew always you'll return...
...and proof is these porks that the enemy didn't devour.
- Enemy? What enemy? - From where do you fall?
You don't know how we live here? Or are you with those bullies?
But that can't be. You are miserable like me and we can't trick even ourselves.
If you don't know, I'll tell you what's going on here on Ithaca...
...so you know something and then I can go to work.
Thus the night falls. And after that they eat some meat...
...from the pig Eumeus prepared, then they go to sleep.
If your master returns, should he recognize Ithaca?
- I think he won't unfortunately. - Unfortunately? He is a king returning...
...to his people. The folk would rejoice!
The folk would probably like it, but I told you what is happening at his court.
If Odysseus returns, according to me, its better to have him disguise himself as a beggar.
I see. But at the court there is still a queen. And his son.
No, Telemachus went to search for his father, and no one knows where.
And regarding the queen, I don't know about her. I didn't see her for a long time.
So my master only lives im my memory and that gives me strenght.
My master likes me, and he would give me a wife to marry...
...as reward for my work.
the rosy fingered dawn comes swiftly.
In his cabin, Eumeus was already on his fits.
He lit the fire and made breakfast.
Other shepherds came and joined.
- Do you want some olives? - No, thanks.
Today you pasture the flock. I stay with the stranger.
- Good, we are going. - Good work. - Thanks.
You know the prun tree, even you don't have the hands of a peasant.
You are right. I'm not peasant. I commanded an army and a fleet.
The moment arrived when I must go to Troy...
...and leave my homeland which was like this land.
Twenty years ago.
Do you want me to understand something? That this is a land you have left?
No. Did you see a wineyard? I think the master left him there deliberately...
...knowing that the winds from the sea don't blow there.
Correct. It was Odysseus.
Continue to talk. You don't know what joy your word gives me.
- Did you finish pruning? - What? No, not yet.
You are right, it's no time for talking. Let's continue working.
You know there are many other ways to prun a tree...
Like these!
The same evening Telemachus returns to Ithaca...
...and Teoclimen the magician told him to get patient with his return to the court.
You go to the harbour, and I'm going to Eumeus.
He awoke at night and saw Eumeus outside.
He heared steps and the barking of dogs who...
...were exited like they saw someone familiar.
Telemachus, Telemachus, you've returned, you've returned my son.
Come. We worry for you. Did your mother see you?
I've come here first, before I go to the court.
What happened during my absence? Did my mother choose a new husband?
No, nothing happened. Come!
- Who's that? - I don't know. He said he is seaman.
- I trust him with your hospitality. - Me? In my own home I can't...
...defend myself from insults. Now I can't even...
...protect myself. Do you know who I am?
It's better for me to disappear at sea now that I'm scared to go to my own home.
I'm afraid Eumeus, that's why I'm here...
...and I think its better that my mother gave up and marry again.
Athena then comes to Odysseus...
...visible only to him, standing in the middle of the cabin and told him:
...Oh son of Laertes, now you see your son...
...don't hide from him anymore.
Young prince, let me tell you something:
...not about your mother, you wouldn't let me, but about you.
I've heard what is happening in your house. Is it because of you?
Don't they have their property or don't you have brothers to help you?
Ah, if I'm strong like you and that son of Odysseus is by my side...
...we would wait for his return together. Or don't you believe you'll see him?
Guest, it's true...it's not the folk that is against me, in fact:
...Ithacians love me, but I don't have brothers, I'm the only son...
...like he was the only son of Laertes.
And if my enemies manage to eliminate me...
...our line will disappear. Eumeus, who's this stranger...
...who is allowed to speak with me like he is my father- -
1000 times it's better for me to die in my own home defending it...
...than to suffer the tyrany of usurpers!
- For heaven's sake,who are you? - Odysseus, your father.
Master, I didn't recognize you immediately and give you due honour.
You recognized me and you knew to honor me in silence.
My son, I know your heart is in amazement now.
I look so differently than you imagined me...
...but I don't think it's easier for me to hug you.
I also have never seen you... and I imagined you for so long.
Let me look at you.
No, Eumeus, stay with us.
And thus Telemachus finally believed...
...and hugged his father.
From the bottom of their hearts they both wished to cry.
As a cuckoo...
...or a bend clawed hawk, whom peasants...
...take away youngs before they can fly.
Lets prepare to return to the court and the return of Odysseus:...
...only tell me, is it enough that Athena is with us...
...or shall I search for more allies among us and the pretenders...
...which will execute wrath with their swords.
You alone will return to Ithaca.
They'll ask you for those who had gone with you twenty years ago...
...you'll must convince the assembly. - I know, but I won't convince them.
Assembly is always with those that are the strongest. Who are those pretenders?
- Worst are Antionous and Eurimach. - But they are only kids!
- Yes, they were 20 years earlier. - You are right. And the rest? - Melantius,Amfinomus - -
- Ctesipus. - and Amfimedont, son of Melanus.
- I see. How much in total? - Only from Samos, a dosen.
- Too much Odysseus, too much. - None of them knows about my return.
- And my mother? - No, not even her.
In the mean time, the ship that the pretenders send...
...returned to Ithaca without interception at sea.
He goes the other route. He was lucky to be informed.
Yes. Get rid of him before he summons another assembly.
- To the village. To the village to kill him there. - It's not enough anymore just to plunder his wealth.
penelope heared that the pretenders are on their way...
...to court. he lead them into the court room...
...where she takes her place near the kings throne...
...to listen to their words.
- What did you do to my son? - Your son?
- His ship is in the harbour. Didn't he arrive? - I ask you where he is?
I don't know. I'm not his tutor.
- I know your intentions Antinoüs. - You are badly informed.
Your father once fell on his knees in this very room begging Odysseus. For protection!
Odysseus saved his life and you now conspired against his son!
Coward, you are like your father!
I don't have pretensions on the sanctity of your son's life!
In fact, as long as I live, I guarantee for his life.
Telemachus! Telemachus has arrived!
She jumped and hugged her beloved son.
She kissed him on the head and both his dark eyes:
...you've come Telemachus, my sunshine. Than the prophet Teoclimen enters...
...whom Telemachus took from Pylos, to be washed and annoited.
You've come back and changed. More resolved and quiet. I'm very happy.
More than happy. I wish I could afford you a better welcome.
When your father went to war, do you know what he told me?
If I don't return, I will trust you with everything: home, servants, elders...
...and my son. As soon as the first beard appears, give him regency.
That means mother, that he didn't tell you: Marry again?
- You know this stranger? - You tell me that his name is Teoclimen.
He's from Argos. In Pylos he asked me for protection. He killed a man.
Why you bring me a murderer into my house?
He's foretelling the future. He advised me to change the course.
- Maybe I owe him a life. - Many strangers in this house...
...speak about the future, but no one tells anything about your father.
You go on a very dangerous road. Was there any news?
In Pylos Nestor welcomed me warmly, but...
...he didn't have any news.
In Sparta I met Helen and Menelaus. To them I told...
...what is happening on Ithaca, and they say...
...that your fidelity shall be rewarded, but they also didn't know anything about my father.
Faithful lady of Odysseus, what can Menelaus tell your son?
Why don't you ask me when I am a fortuneteller?
I'm not looking at people, but into heavenly signs.
I would tell you that you must endure and trick the pretenders a little bit more!
Your husband you know, wouldn't do any different and you know that.
- What was he? - Who? - When you married him, what was he?
Odysseus...what was he? He was the last man who came to take me as wife.
My father didn't like him. He wasn't rich nor daring.
When my father said 'no', he looked to ground with his eyes...
...he went outside not even turning around. I followed him...
...and when he looked at me he already packed his cart. He didn't say anything.
And sat next to him and we went. My father stood...
...before the horse and said: I order you to get off...
...but I took my veil and covered my face.
Odysseus whipped the horse... And we went.