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(THUNDER RUMBLING)

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IOLAUS: You think you know
the truth about him?

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You know nothing.

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(LIGHTNING CRASHING)

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His father was Zeus. The Zeus.

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King of the gods.

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His mother, Alcmene, a mortal woman.

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Together, they had a boy.

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Half human,

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half god.

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But Zeus' queen, Hera,
saw this bastard child as an insult,

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a living reminder of
her husband's infidelity.

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Alcmene named the boy Hercules,
which means "glory of Hera,"

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but this failed to appease the goddess.

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She wanted him dead.

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(HISSING)

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(CRUSHING)

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(GASPS)

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Luckily, he took after his father.

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Once he reached manhood, the gods
commanded him to perform Twelve Labors,

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twelve dangerous missions.

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If he completed them all and survived,
Hera agreed to finally let him live in peace.

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(ROARING)

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He fought the Lernean Hydra!

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(ROARING)

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(PANTING)

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He battled the Erymanthean Boar!

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But his greatest Labor was the Nemean Lion.

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(LION GROWLING)

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This was no ordinary beast.

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(ROARS)

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It had a hide so tough,
no weapon could penetrate it.

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(ROARING LOUDLY)

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But even this monster was no match
for the son of Zeus.

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What a load of crap!

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Every word is true.

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(MEN LAUGHING)

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- (IOLAUS WHIMPERS)
- GRYZA: You know what I think?

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This friend of yours doesn't even exist.

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(MEN CONTINUE LAUGHING)

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IOLAUS: Laugh all you want.

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He's coming. And be warned, Gryza,
he despises pirates.

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Macedonia has been good to us.

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Plenty of villages ripe for pillaging.

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We are here to stay.

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Finish him.

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(GASPING)

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The more you struggle, the faster you drop.

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(GRYZA CHUCKLES)

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Indeed, your fleet is strong. I...

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Yet, as I was about to explain
before I was so rudely interrupted,

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the Nemean Lion was strong, too.

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Yet, he still destroyed it.

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And not with a sword
or a spear or arrows. No!

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I did it with my bare hands!

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Or so they say.

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Hercules.

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Is this all the men you have?

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There's 40 of us. One of you.

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The king of this land has
offered me gold to dispose of you.

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So leave, or die.

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I get paid either way.

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Make him bleed.

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(MEN YELLING)

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Five men with a single blow.

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Still think you can destroy the son of Zeus?

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Bring me his head!

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(MEN YELLING)

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Seems they need more convincing, Autolycus.

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That's why we're here.

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(MEN SCREAM)

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- Atalanta.
- (GROANS)

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Amphiaraus.

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May Zeus forgive you.

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- Tydeus?
- (YELLING)

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(ALL GRUNTING)

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(MEN SCREAMING)

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Die, Hercules!

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(SCREAMING STOPS)

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Ah, good man.
(CHUCKLES)

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(PANTING)

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(ROPE SNAPPING)

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Hurry!

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- Hurry!
- Uncle!

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(YELPING)

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- Uncle, hurry!
- Hurry! Hurry!

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(SCREAMS)

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Any longer, Uncle... And the girls would
finally be safe from your attentions.

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The rest of you may go.

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But not you.

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AUTOLYCUS: Thirteen,

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Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen,

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- Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen, Twenty.
- That was fun.

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Twenty pirates at two gold pieces a head,
minus the headless ones. Let's see.

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Not a bad night.

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You see how the pirates ran?
My story softened their resolve.

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Their resolve must be broken, lolaus.

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When you spread the legend of Hercules,
make it bigger, scarier.

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The more they believe
Hercules is truly the son of Zeus,

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the less likely they are to fight.

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Oh!

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Aye.

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- Amphiaraus?
- Mmm?

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Care to join us here on Earth?

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A lion and a crow in strange alliance,
fighting across a sea of corpses.

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If you're going to use those herbs,
Amphiaraus, at least share.

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Huh?

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(ALL CHUCKLING)

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- (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
- (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

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THUG: Hold it! Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!
Fight it!

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Keep practicing, boys!

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- So who's next? You? You?
- (SNIFFING)

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Ah!

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That's a pretty sight.

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One more payday, Autolycus,
that's all we need.

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Then we get to live like
the kings we have served.

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Or live simply.

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You still dreaming of barbarian lands?

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Beyond the Aegean.
At the shores of the Black Sea.

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That is where I will live out
the rest of my days in solitude.

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Boring, if you ask me.

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Maybe so, Autolycus. But I will never find
peace unless I move as far away as possible.

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What of Tydeus?

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Without you to temper his rage,
I fear what he may become.

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Tydeus will go with me.

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Civilization has become
too civilized for us.

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Uncle!

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Join us.
The girls are eager to welcome you.

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See? I told you I knew Hercules.

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Are you his servant?

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I am his nephew.

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Are you, really?

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I tell of Hercules' Twelve Labors,

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like the Nemean Lion,
the Apples of the Hesperides,

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the Belt of Hippolyta

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with its buxom naked Amazons
and exciting bondage.

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- I immortalize him...
- He talks, while the rest of us fight.

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It is a wonder
you share the same blood as Hercules.

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(WOMEN LAUGHING)

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Have fun.

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- Ladies.
- BOTH: Oh...

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What do you want with Hercules?

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My words are for him, not you.

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Atalanta, it's all right.

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You certainly are a hard man to find.

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Maybe I don't want anyone to find me.

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I am not just anyone.

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My name is Ergenia,
daughter to Lord Cotys.

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Your father is most fortunate
to have such a beautiful heir.

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My father is most unfortunate.

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He battles a warlord, Rhesus.

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Our land is torn by civil war.

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Every day, villages are destroyed,
crops ruined, innocents slaughtered.

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We all have problems.

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Well, perhaps I can convince you
to make our problems your own.

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Unfortunately, My Lady, Hercules is fully
committed till the Feast of Dionysus.

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We could, however, advance you to the front
of the line, for the right price. Hmm.

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I thought heroes fight for glory.

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But mercenaries fight for gold.

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Lord Cotys is a rich man.

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I like him already.

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If you agree to aid him,
he will pay your weight in gold.

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Eat up.

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"A lion and crow in strange alliance."

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Told you.

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Where are we going?

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It is good to see you safe, My Lady.

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This war claims more victims every day.
We were concerned, My Lady.

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Thank you, General Sitacles.
I was well protected.

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Ah.

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The mighty Hercules. An honor.

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Though not quite as big an honor
as I expected.

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General, go tell my father
Hercules is here.

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Uncle? Hera. Impressive.

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It's meant to be.

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It took five years and a thousand men
to build her temple.

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Hera is the patron goddess of Thrace.

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Everyone knows the legend,
how Hera seeks to destroy Hercules.

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Perhaps the right cause
might finally reconcile you.

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Mother!

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<i>Arius.</i>

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- You're Hercules.
- That's right.

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My name is Arius.
I know all your Labors by heart.

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You killed the giant Geryon
with a single blow,

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cleaned the Augean stables
in one night.

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Hercules is probably tired.

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And the Labor of the Hide,
and the Labor of the Mares.

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- That's enough, Arius. Come along.
- (CHUCKLES)

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(WHISPERS) Stay away from him.

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Men who deal in violence
attract violence.

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But he's Hercules. He's no mere mortal.
He's the greatest!

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Lord Cotys will see you now.

193
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Have you ever met royalty, Hercules?

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Once or twice.

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- BOTH: Father! Ah! (CHUCKLES)
- (APPLAUSE)

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Megara.

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Welcome home, my love.

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(ALL CHEERING)

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Hercules!

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Whenever I am here, I imagine
this is what Elysium must look like.

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Well, men like us have the means
to create our own paradise on Earth.

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Look.

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Magnificent, aren't they?

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Well, do not keep us in suspense.
Are we safe from the monster Hydra?

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The Hydra's heads, Your Majesty.

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The masks of serpents.

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No wonder men thought
they were monsters.

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You have done your sovereign
a great service. Come.

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Let the people have their hero.

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MALE SERVANT:
All hail King Eurystheus.

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And the mighty protector of Athens,

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- Hercules!
- (CROWD CHEERING)

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CROWD: (CHANTING)
Hercules! Hercules! Hercules!

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A man faced with such adoration
might be tempted to think himself a god.

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I only want to be
a husband and a father.

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(BOTH SCREAMING)

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Lord Cotys awaits.

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Hercules.

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Welcome.

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An honor to host such a legend.

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Lord Cotys.

222
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But in legend, you fight alone.

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My reputation would not exist
without my comrades.

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Autolycus of Sparta.

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Tydeus of Thebes.

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Atalanta of Scythia.

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Iolaus of Athens.

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And Amphiaraus of Argos.

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Amphiaraus?

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The famed seer of Argos.

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It is said you have glimpsed
your own death,

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so you fight each battle knowing that
it is not yet your time to die.

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What else can you tell of the future?

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Only what the gods see fit to reveal.

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A shame.

236
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It would have been a great gift
to know the outcome of this war.

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The gods can be frustrating sometimes,
Lord Cotys.

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(CHUCKLES)

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(SIGHS)

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With respect, I fear that the task ahead
might not be suitable for a woman,

241
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even if she is an Amazon warrior.

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I stand corrected.

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(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

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COTYS: When the kings of yesteryear
built this citadel,

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it was intended as
the high seat of all Thrace.

246
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But now Thrace is divided.

247
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This war has depleted our forces.

248
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We're left with nothing but farmers
and merchants to replenish our army.

249
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It takes every one of us
to resist Rhesus.

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People think that he cannot be killed
by an ordinary mortal.

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Only by a god.

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Rhesus is a sorcerer.

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His magic words confuse men,
bend them to his will.

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He leads an army of monsters,
half horse, half human.

255
00:18:34,617 --> 00:18:35,960
Centaurs?

256
00:18:36,219 --> 00:18:39,217
- You have actually seen them?
- They have been seen.

257
00:18:41,958 --> 00:18:43,426
COTYS: Come, Hercules.

258
00:18:43,426 --> 00:18:47,134
Let me show you what misery
Rhesus has brought us.

259
00:18:50,967 --> 00:18:54,892
Every week, more refugees arrive
seeking my protection,

260
00:18:54,892 --> 00:19:00,151
most of them covered in blood,
crippled or burnt by Rhesus' men.

261
00:19:00,151 --> 00:19:04,405
I feared nothing could ever
be good again, till you arrived.

262
00:19:05,314 --> 00:19:07,237
I am just a mercenary fighting for gold.

263
00:19:08,943 --> 00:19:12,288
How we view ourselves
is of little consequence.

264
00:19:12,613 --> 00:19:14,832
How others perceive us is important.

265
00:19:15,283 --> 00:19:17,832
And your name, like it or not,

266
00:19:17,832 --> 00:19:20,213
is a rallying cry.

267
00:19:26,544 --> 00:19:30,048
I have seen too much reality
to trust in legends, and I am not alone.

268
00:19:30,965 --> 00:19:33,468
Nobody has any faith anymore.

269
00:19:34,176 --> 00:19:38,682
The people need a hero.
They need someone to look up to.

270
00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:43,065
My son believes in you.

271
00:19:43,936 --> 00:19:45,929
Bring us peace, and,

272
00:19:47,356 --> 00:19:49,700
I will believe in you, too.

273
00:19:58,409 --> 00:19:59,956
I am convinced these are good people.

274
00:19:59,956 --> 00:20:04,090
I see. And who's more convincing,
Cotys or his daughter?

275
00:20:04,090 --> 00:20:07,135
All the gold on Earth is not
as convincing as a pair of breasts.

276
00:20:07,135 --> 00:20:09,462
Maybe, but gold never ages.

277
00:20:09,462 --> 00:20:11,843
Which is why
I got them to double our price.

278
00:20:11,843 --> 00:20:15,176
Double your weight in gold?
(LAUGHS) Well done.

279
00:20:15,176 --> 00:20:16,306
Amphiaraus?

280
00:20:16,306 --> 00:20:17,807
If it be the will of Zeus.

281
00:20:17,807 --> 00:20:20,265
Which title sounds more terrifying
to our enemies?

282
00:20:20,265 --> 00:20:23,943
"Hercules: Savior of Thrace"
or "Hercules: A Legend is Born"?

283
00:20:23,943 --> 00:20:25,941
Both sound terrifyingly boring.

284
00:20:25,941 --> 00:20:27,192
(CHUCKLES)

285
00:20:27,192 --> 00:20:29,740
What are we supposed to do
with an army of farmers?

286
00:20:32,902 --> 00:20:33,949
Train them.

287
00:20:33,949 --> 00:20:36,455
- Oh, shit.
- (CHUCKLES)

288
00:20:42,995 --> 00:20:46,420
In war, there is one thing
more important than killing.

289
00:20:46,957 --> 00:20:48,300
Surviving.

290
00:20:49,168 --> 00:20:53,048
My companions and I will show you
how to stay alive,

291
00:20:53,673 --> 00:20:57,098
so that you may return home
to your farms someday.

292
00:20:59,887 --> 00:21:00,888
Autolycus.

293
00:21:01,681 --> 00:21:03,604
Shield wall! Form!

294
00:21:12,775 --> 00:21:15,073
(YELLING)

295
00:21:15,073 --> 00:21:16,616
(MEN GROANING)

296
00:21:19,740 --> 00:21:21,208
(PANTING)

297
00:21:21,909 --> 00:21:24,162
Corpses! Every last one of you!

298
00:21:24,537 --> 00:21:27,006
Because your shield wall was weak.

299
00:21:27,456 --> 00:21:28,503
Dead.

300
00:21:29,125 --> 00:21:30,297
Dead.

301
00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:32,132
Very dead.

302
00:21:33,879 --> 00:21:35,222
Soldier,

303
00:21:35,756 --> 00:21:37,508
many lives depend on you.

304
00:21:38,175 --> 00:21:40,678
When attacked,
lock your feet in the ground.

305
00:21:43,556 --> 00:21:44,728
You understand?

306
00:21:45,057 --> 00:21:46,149
Yes, sir.

307
00:21:47,059 --> 00:21:48,686
When a shield wall is strong,

308
00:21:49,562 --> 00:21:51,815
nothing can ever defeat it!

309
00:21:52,565 --> 00:21:55,535
You must learn to work together,
react together.

310
00:21:55,985 --> 00:21:59,865
When you do, each individual
will become a link in a chain

311
00:21:59,865 --> 00:22:02,291
that will be stronger than iron.

312
00:22:07,079 --> 00:22:08,922
I hope the enemy has a sense of humor.

313
00:22:10,666 --> 00:22:14,296
Right. Today's lesson,
how not to stab yourselves!

314
00:22:15,504 --> 00:22:20,385
It is imperative that we strike now,
My Lord, given this opportunity.

315
00:22:20,385 --> 00:22:22,687
COTYS: Ah! There you are!

316
00:22:22,928 --> 00:22:27,183
Hercules, my scouts have brought news.
Rhesus is on the move.

317
00:22:27,183 --> 00:22:29,143
Archers who shoot lightning
from their bows.

318
00:22:29,143 --> 00:22:32,940
And infantry 4,000-strong,
their minds bewitched.

319
00:22:32,940 --> 00:22:34,569
Demons march with them.

320
00:22:34,569 --> 00:22:36,359
So now we're fighting demons.

321
00:22:37,026 --> 00:22:39,804
No stranger than the monsters
I hear you faced, Hercules.

322
00:22:40,362 --> 00:22:43,286
My Lord, Rhesus is preparing
to attack Bessi lands.

323
00:22:43,286 --> 00:22:45,543
He will be on them within six days.

324
00:22:45,543 --> 00:22:49,251
If the Bessi fall, we're next.
Unless we intercept him.

325
00:22:49,251 --> 00:22:52,587
Your men need weeks, if not months,
of training before they're ready.

326
00:22:52,587 --> 00:22:56,380
The Bessi are a fierce
but primitive tribe.

327
00:22:56,712 --> 00:22:59,956
If we do not protect them,
then there will be a bloodbath.

328
00:22:59,956 --> 00:23:01,642
Face Rhesus with an untrained army

329
00:23:01,642 --> 00:23:03,677
and you risk losing
far more than a single battle.

330
00:23:03,677 --> 00:23:07,895
My Lord, Rhesus is coming.
I vouch my life on it.

331
00:23:08,933 --> 00:23:11,061
The longer Rhesus lives,

332
00:23:11,268 --> 00:23:15,899
the more villages will be burnt
and the more innocents will be killed.

333
00:23:16,524 --> 00:23:19,619
Assemble your men.
We march tomorrow.

334
00:23:22,112 --> 00:23:25,787
Hercules,
the gods have offered us a gift.

335
00:23:26,242 --> 00:23:27,994
We must not squander it.

336
00:23:28,494 --> 00:23:30,713
Are your gods going to
be fighting with us?

337
00:23:31,330 --> 00:23:32,331
No.

338
00:23:33,165 --> 00:23:35,167
The son of Zeus will.

339
00:23:41,590 --> 00:23:43,592
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

340
00:23:49,932 --> 00:23:52,936
I have seen how you watch over Hercules.

341
00:23:55,437 --> 00:23:57,610
Tell me,

342
00:23:57,610 --> 00:24:00,409
how did a woman,

343
00:24:00,409 --> 00:24:03,203
beautiful woman,

344
00:24:03,203 --> 00:24:06,374
fall in with these hardened men?

345
00:24:06,374 --> 00:24:07,620
Killers?

346
00:24:12,538 --> 00:24:15,041
Son of Zeus need
a woman's protection?

347
00:24:15,041 --> 00:24:16,922
I don't protect him.

348
00:24:18,627 --> 00:24:20,470
I protect you from him.

349
00:24:22,298 --> 00:24:23,299
Hmm.

350
00:24:44,445 --> 00:24:47,494
General, from now on, maybe you
should favor the company of your men.

351
00:24:55,998 --> 00:24:57,124
He pulled a knife?

352
00:24:57,124 --> 00:24:59,801
It was only a small prick.

353
00:25:00,002 --> 00:25:01,299
(CHUCKLES)

354
00:25:03,088 --> 00:25:05,136
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

355
00:25:10,262 --> 00:25:11,980
(FAINT GROWLING)

356
00:25:12,181 --> 00:25:14,058
(WHIMPERING)

357
00:25:19,229 --> 00:25:21,277
(SNARLING)

358
00:25:33,886 --> 00:25:36,505
- Ah!
- (SCREAMING)

359
00:25:39,792 --> 00:25:41,135
(PANTING)

360
00:25:41,135 --> 00:25:43,290
Your mother told you to stay away.
You should listen.

361
00:25:43,921 --> 00:25:45,298
What's wrong with him?

362
00:25:49,093 --> 00:25:51,221
Tydeus is my most loyal warrior.

363
00:25:52,763 --> 00:25:54,185
He was born in war.

364
00:25:54,682 --> 00:25:58,528
When l found him,
he was more animal than human.

365
00:26:02,272 --> 00:26:04,445
He never speaks of what he saw.

366
00:26:05,317 --> 00:26:07,035
He never speaks at all.

367
00:26:08,112 --> 00:26:10,706
But he relives it every night.

368
00:26:12,533 --> 00:26:13,625
Come.

369
00:26:13,625 --> 00:26:15,206
Let's find your mother.

370
00:26:21,875 --> 00:26:25,129
ARIUS: When I grow up,
I want to be a great hero like you.

371
00:26:25,129 --> 00:26:28,091
- HERCULES: Like me?
- No hero is greater than Hercules.

372
00:26:28,091 --> 00:26:29,345
I know all your Labors.

373
00:26:29,345 --> 00:26:33,271
Like the Cretan Bull, you wrestled it
for seven days and seven nights.

374
00:26:33,271 --> 00:26:34,505
Uh, that's a bit exaggerated.

375
00:26:34,505 --> 00:26:38,355
- And struck it 49 times with your club.
- Maybe not quite that many.

376
00:26:38,355 --> 00:26:42,109
Until it fell dead and Crete was saved.
It's my favorite Labor.

377
00:26:42,646 --> 00:26:44,273
Also Queen Hippolyta's Belt,

378
00:26:44,273 --> 00:26:47,656
with its buxom Amazons
and exciting bondage.

379
00:26:48,736 --> 00:26:51,535
- Do you even know what that means?
- No.

380
00:26:52,906 --> 00:26:54,408
(LAUGHS)

381
00:26:55,868 --> 00:26:57,586
(MAN COUGHS)

382
00:27:01,165 --> 00:27:03,418
- Mother.
- Arius.

383
00:27:03,418 --> 00:27:05,757
You're supposed to be in bed.

384
00:27:08,088 --> 00:27:09,761
Why are you in the hospice?

385
00:27:09,761 --> 00:27:11,800
My mother saves people's lives.

386
00:27:12,926 --> 00:27:14,846
Many of our physicians
were killed during battle.

387
00:27:14,846 --> 00:27:18,102
So, out of necessity,
I taught myself the art of healing.

388
00:27:19,808 --> 00:27:21,025
If I could be like you,

389
00:27:21,025 --> 00:27:24,359
I would protect all of Thrace
and no one would ever get hurt.

390
00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:25,735
(CHUCKLES)

391
00:27:34,239 --> 00:27:35,331
HERCULES: Here.

392
00:27:36,950 --> 00:27:39,453
I was going to give this
to someone else,

393
00:27:40,871 --> 00:27:42,919
but I never got the chance.

394
00:27:44,583 --> 00:27:46,631
Only a hero may wear this.

395
00:27:47,086 --> 00:27:49,680
But to become a hero,
you must grow strong.

396
00:27:53,217 --> 00:27:55,015
Is this the Nemean Lion's tooth?

397
00:27:55,015 --> 00:27:57,396
- It is.
- ARIUS: Thank you.

398
00:27:58,514 --> 00:27:59,515
Thank you.

399
00:27:59,515 --> 00:28:00,641
Good night.

400
00:28:01,475 --> 00:28:03,148
Good night, Hercules.

401
00:28:07,147 --> 00:28:09,320
AMPHIARAUS: Have no fear.

402
00:28:09,900 --> 00:28:15,122
If you fall in the service of a just cause,
your souls will go to Elysium,

403
00:28:15,122 --> 00:28:19,410
where they will dwell forever
among the shades of heroes,

404
00:28:19,410 --> 00:28:20,836
like Theseus.

405
00:28:20,836 --> 00:28:22,086
Odysseus!

406
00:28:22,086 --> 00:28:24,248
And the great Achilles.

407
00:28:24,248 --> 00:28:28,256
Or if you're lucky, you will go to Hades,
where all the fun people are.

408
00:28:36,301 --> 00:28:37,848
Iolaus.

409
00:28:37,848 --> 00:28:40,184
Your place is beside Lord Cotys,
where it's safe.

410
00:28:40,184 --> 00:28:43,351
I have been giving it a lot of thought,
and I really feel I am ready to fight.

411
00:28:43,351 --> 00:28:44,957
You're a storyteller, not a warrior.

412
00:28:44,957 --> 00:28:48,693
We share the same blood.
And I will not see it shed. Chariot.

413
00:28:49,106 --> 00:28:50,107
Now.

414
00:28:50,107 --> 00:28:51,651
(SCOFFS)

415
00:28:58,282 --> 00:28:59,625
Thracians,

416
00:29:00,117 --> 00:29:03,417
the shield wall is your home.
Your shelter.

417
00:29:03,787 --> 00:29:06,791
When you sleep,
the wall is your blanket.

418
00:29:07,541 --> 00:29:10,715
When you fight, the wall is your armor.

419
00:29:11,295 --> 00:29:13,548
The shield wall will
never break formation

420
00:29:13,548 --> 00:29:16,474
as long as there is breath in your body.

421
00:29:17,176 --> 00:29:19,178
Remember these words,

422
00:29:20,345 --> 00:29:22,188
and you will taste victory.

423
00:29:23,765 --> 00:29:26,208
- Move the army out!
- SOLDIER 1: Move out!

424
00:30:13,482 --> 00:30:15,234
(HORSES NEIGHING)

425
00:30:33,710 --> 00:30:34,711
Halt!

426
00:30:35,462 --> 00:30:36,463
SOLDIER 1: Halt!

427
00:30:36,713 --> 00:30:38,841
- Halt!
- SOLDIER 2: Halt!

428
00:31:10,163 --> 00:31:12,165
We are too late.

429
00:31:12,165 --> 00:31:15,006
Rhesus has already been here.

430
00:31:18,755 --> 00:31:21,759
Leave the chariots.
We will go down on foot.

431
00:31:50,287 --> 00:31:53,336
The lion and crow
cross a field of corpses.

432
00:31:55,125 --> 00:31:57,378
I hate being right all the time.

433
00:32:03,008 --> 00:32:04,009
Halt.

434
00:32:04,009 --> 00:32:07,639
- Halt! Halt.....
- SOLDIER 1: Halt!

435
00:32:16,938 --> 00:32:18,178
HERCULES: This head is rotting.

436
00:32:20,317 --> 00:32:21,660
A week old, at least.

437
00:32:24,946 --> 00:32:27,415
Yet some of these bodies are fresh.

438
00:32:40,212 --> 00:32:42,465
- (YELLS)
- (YELPING)

439
00:32:42,465 --> 00:32:43,867
- IOLAUS: Uncle!
- (BOTH GRUNTING)

440
00:32:48,136 --> 00:32:49,262
(SHRIEKS)

441
00:32:52,724 --> 00:32:55,853
And we have walked into a trap.

442
00:33:03,026 --> 00:33:08,203
Shield wall! Form a single square!
Protect Lord Cotys! lolaus, go! Shield wall!

443
00:33:17,666 --> 00:33:20,385
We're here to help them.
Why are they attacking?

444
00:33:20,385 --> 00:33:22,007
This is Rhesus' doing.

445
00:33:22,007 --> 00:33:24,590
They say his spells have
the power to cloud minds.

446
00:33:24,590 --> 00:33:27,384
Turn comrades against each other.

447
00:33:35,434 --> 00:33:37,436
King's guards, around Lord Cotys!

448
00:33:46,736 --> 00:33:48,909
Amphiaraus, do we die in this battle?

449
00:33:49,406 --> 00:33:53,161
My time's not come yet.
Not sure about yours.

450
00:33:55,036 --> 00:33:56,754
That's comforting.

451
00:33:58,874 --> 00:34:00,296
(YELLING)

452
00:34:04,588 --> 00:34:06,386
I think he wants a challenge.

453
00:34:07,716 --> 00:34:09,218
(ALL CHEERING)

454
00:34:26,359 --> 00:34:30,080
Hercules' fists have been dipped
in the blood of the Hydra!

455
00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,491
Lethal to anyone but him!

456
00:34:35,327 --> 00:34:36,374
Watch!

457
00:34:40,749 --> 00:34:42,422
(YELLING)

458
00:34:47,297 --> 00:34:48,514
(CHEERING STOPS)

459
00:34:48,514 --> 00:34:49,799
Did you see that?

460
00:34:49,799 --> 00:34:51,309
The gods fight on our side!

461
00:34:52,093 --> 00:34:53,640
(ALL CHEERING)

462
00:34:54,095 --> 00:34:56,974
Hercules! Hercules! Hercules!

463
00:34:56,974 --> 00:34:59,893
ALL: (CHANTING)
Hercules! Hercules! Hercules!

464
00:34:59,893 --> 00:35:01,687
Hercules! Hercules!

465
00:35:01,687 --> 00:35:04,606
Hercules! Hercules! Hercules!

466
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:06,817
(YELLING)

467
00:35:07,943 --> 00:35:09,115
(ALL YELLING)

468
00:35:18,787 --> 00:35:20,334
Battle position!

469
00:35:29,464 --> 00:35:32,764
Lady Artemis, if I am to fall,
let me be judged...

470
00:35:34,177 --> 00:35:35,178
(YELLING CONTINUES)

471
00:35:40,809 --> 00:35:42,607
(ALL GRUNTING)

472
00:36:06,585 --> 00:36:08,087
Stand fast!

473
00:36:23,476 --> 00:36:25,319
SITACLES: Hold your position!

474
00:36:41,036 --> 00:36:42,538
Do not yield!

475
00:37:23,119 --> 00:37:24,371
(SHOUTS)

476
00:37:38,927 --> 00:37:41,851
No retreat! Stay in the wall!

477
00:37:42,514 --> 00:37:44,687
Hold the lines!

478
00:37:44,687 --> 00:37:46,439
Do not yield!

479
00:37:46,439 --> 00:37:49,112
Defend Lord Cotys!

480
00:37:55,110 --> 00:37:56,111
(SCREAMS)

481
00:38:16,089 --> 00:38:17,569
SITACLES: The wall has been breached!

482
00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:24,849
Seal up the shield wall!
Defend Lord Cotys!

483
00:38:31,146 --> 00:38:32,318
Whip!

484
00:38:42,782 --> 00:38:44,250
Hercules!

485
00:38:44,993 --> 00:38:46,210
Bring the chariots!

486
00:38:54,002 --> 00:38:55,845
SITACLES: Defend your Lord!

487
00:39:06,681 --> 00:39:07,931
No.......

488
00:39:13,772 --> 00:39:15,524
(URGES HORSES)

489
00:39:30,789 --> 00:39:31,790
(LAUGHS)

490
00:39:56,105 --> 00:39:57,857
(YELLING)

491
00:40:00,068 --> 00:40:01,069
(GRUNTS)

492
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:10,252
(GRUNTS)

493
00:40:24,634 --> 00:40:25,931
Advance!

494
00:40:26,386 --> 00:40:27,808
SITACLES: Advance!

495
00:40:30,598 --> 00:40:32,475
(GROANS)

496
00:40:36,020 --> 00:40:38,148
(SOLDIERS CHEERING)

497
00:40:46,447 --> 00:40:47,448
SOLDIER: Make way!

498
00:40:59,043 --> 00:41:01,216
Where is Rhesus?

499
00:41:12,307 --> 00:41:13,854
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

500
00:41:22,275 --> 00:41:23,618
Lord Cotys.

501
00:41:25,028 --> 00:41:27,622
We came here to save this village,

502
00:41:27,622 --> 00:41:30,541
but, no, they killed half my army.

503
00:41:31,701 --> 00:41:32,873
Rhesus.

504
00:41:33,620 --> 00:41:35,167
This is all his doing.

505
00:41:35,167 --> 00:41:36,502
And yours.

506
00:41:36,956 --> 00:41:38,173
I warned you.

507
00:41:38,173 --> 00:41:41,007
Your men are brave,
but untrained, unprepared for battle.

508
00:41:41,007 --> 00:41:43,547
Give me time to make warriors.

509
00:41:46,716 --> 00:41:47,763
Very well.

510
00:41:51,429 --> 00:41:56,276
Cover up, before your loyal army
sees you bleed like a mortal.

511
00:42:06,027 --> 00:42:07,495
Phineas.

512
00:42:07,495 --> 00:42:09,572
You plead your life.

513
00:42:09,572 --> 00:42:11,533
And I gladly offer it.

514
00:42:13,493 --> 00:42:15,040
I failed to see this trap.

515
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:17,417
The fault is mine!
Spare the other scouts.

516
00:42:17,417 --> 00:42:18,874
AUTOLYCUS: General Sitacles.

517
00:42:20,041 --> 00:42:23,215
I think we have lost enough men
for the day, don't you?

518
00:42:23,836 --> 00:42:25,930
But just to avoid
future misunderstandings,

519
00:42:25,930 --> 00:42:29,100
I will be taking charge
of your scouts from now on.

520
00:42:29,100 --> 00:42:30,518
Is that clear?

521
00:42:36,683 --> 00:42:38,606
Thank you.

522
00:42:38,606 --> 00:42:41,313
Another mistake, I will end you myself.

523
00:42:55,868 --> 00:42:57,586
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

524
00:42:57,586 --> 00:42:58,997
(HORSE WHINNIES)

525
00:43:12,427 --> 00:43:16,978
I am applying a salve of mint,
chamomile and clay to seal the wound.

526
00:43:16,978 --> 00:43:20,936
This is extract of lithops for the pain,
a powerful sedative.

527
00:43:21,269 --> 00:43:24,614
It should rest you after consuming it.
It may have certain side effects.

528
00:43:24,614 --> 00:43:25,736
I don't need it.

529
00:43:27,025 --> 00:43:30,074
Ah, forgive me, I forgot.
No mortal can harm Hercules.

530
00:43:30,074 --> 00:43:34,374
And, uh,
your lion's hide is indestructible?

531
00:43:35,783 --> 00:43:38,127
Drink, son of Zeus.

532
00:43:41,222 --> 00:43:44,717
Arius' father was the same,
he distrusted medicines.

533
00:43:45,043 --> 00:43:46,044
Where is he now?

534
00:43:47,045 --> 00:43:50,345
Taken by the gods
before my son was born.

535
00:43:50,345 --> 00:43:51,470
I am sorry.

536
00:43:52,467 --> 00:43:54,119
I never knew my father.

537
00:43:55,386 --> 00:43:59,711
Well, he must have been
very, very strong. (LAUGHS)

538
00:44:02,310 --> 00:44:06,572
Tell me about Arius.
Oh. He's a good boy.

539
00:44:06,572 --> 00:44:09,575
And someday, he will make a fine king.

540
00:44:10,234 --> 00:44:11,235
Do you have any children?

541
00:44:15,573 --> 00:44:16,665
Do they live in Athens?

542
00:44:17,283 --> 00:44:19,251
Thank you for your care.

543
00:44:29,754 --> 00:44:31,034
The sedative will help you rest.

544
00:45:04,372 --> 00:45:07,421
How could you do such a terrible thing?

545
00:45:07,421 --> 00:45:09,298
By law, I should execute you,

546
00:45:09,298 --> 00:45:12,972
but I believe a more fitting punishment
would be to let you live.

547
00:45:12,972 --> 00:45:16,768
So you can walk the earth in torment,
haunted by the knowledge

548
00:45:16,768 --> 00:45:20,814
that you alone are responsible
for the death of your loved ones.

549
00:45:22,557 --> 00:45:25,106
The great Hercules.

550
00:45:25,106 --> 00:45:29,155
Hands forever stained
with innocent blood.

551
00:45:29,730 --> 00:45:32,734
Get out, you monster.

552
00:45:32,734 --> 00:45:33,818
Get out!

553
00:45:33,818 --> 00:45:35,202
(PANTING)

554
00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:40,116
(CHILDREN LAUGHING)

555
00:45:51,794 --> 00:45:54,923
(LAUGHING CONTINUES)

556
00:46:41,677 --> 00:46:43,179
(GROWLING)

557
00:46:46,057 --> 00:46:47,507
No.....

558
00:46:48,643 --> 00:46:50,316
(SNARLING)

559
00:46:54,815 --> 00:46:56,567
(YELLING)

560
00:47:03,241 --> 00:47:05,744
(PANTING)

561
00:47:27,431 --> 00:47:30,856
AMPHIARAUS: it happened
again, didn't it, hmm?

562
00:47:31,185 --> 00:47:35,190
Another vision of Cerberus,
the three-headed beast of Hades?

563
00:47:35,190 --> 00:47:38,485
The gods show you things
they don't share with others.

564
00:47:39,026 --> 00:47:42,030
There's a word for that. Madness.

565
00:47:42,697 --> 00:47:44,540
When we were driven from Athens,

566
00:47:44,540 --> 00:47:47,118
I consulted the Oracle of Delphi
on your behalf.

567
00:47:47,118 --> 00:47:48,999
Do you remember her prophecy?

568
00:47:49,870 --> 00:47:53,170
"Hercules must finish the Labor
that remains unfinished."

569
00:47:53,170 --> 00:47:55,881
And what is that, Hercules?

570
00:47:55,881 --> 00:47:59,547
Confront the beast that haunts you.
Only then will you find peace.

571
00:48:00,339 --> 00:48:01,616
I speak from experience.

572
00:48:01,616 --> 00:48:05,477
No matter how far you run, no matter
how fast you go, the beast will follow.

573
00:48:05,477 --> 00:48:08,435
Man cannot escape his fate.

574
00:48:24,322 --> 00:48:26,825
Room for one more in your company?

575
00:48:27,616 --> 00:48:31,462
It'd be a pleasure having
female companionship for a change.

576
00:48:31,462 --> 00:48:34,211
Atalanta doesn't quite count.
No offense.

577
00:48:34,211 --> 00:48:36,793
If only your manhood
was as long as your tongue.

578
00:48:37,626 --> 00:48:39,378
Both can satisfy in different ways.

579
00:48:42,965 --> 00:48:46,640
You're a famed storyteller, lolaus.
Grace me with a story.

580
00:48:47,470 --> 00:48:49,723
Any particular subject, My Lady?

581
00:48:50,639 --> 00:48:53,768
Murder, of a woman
and her three children.

582
00:48:55,978 --> 00:48:59,608
Is it true?
Did Hercules slaughter his own family?

583
00:48:59,608 --> 00:49:02,243
- Who said so?
- Oh, soldiers talk.

584
00:49:02,243 --> 00:49:05,496
They say if Hercules
ever returns to Athens,

585
00:49:05,496 --> 00:49:07,539
King Eurystheus will have him executed.

586
00:49:12,495 --> 00:49:15,874
Hercules had completed his Labors
and returned home. But Hera...

587
00:49:15,874 --> 00:49:18,675
No myths. I want the truth.

588
00:49:18,675 --> 00:49:20,507
No one knows the truth.

589
00:49:21,670 --> 00:49:22,967
Not for sure.

590
00:49:23,547 --> 00:49:28,394
We found Hercules alone.
His wife, Megara and the children, dead.

591
00:49:28,394 --> 00:49:29,812
He remembers nothing.

592
00:49:30,388 --> 00:49:32,265
Do you believe he is innocent?

593
00:49:33,265 --> 00:49:38,522
We grew up together, both orphans,
trying to survive in the streets of Athens.

594
00:49:38,522 --> 00:49:42,108
We found a home in the army.
Looked out for each other.

595
00:49:42,942 --> 00:49:47,163
Hercules' strength set him apart.

596
00:49:47,655 --> 00:49:50,955
Kings of Athens started to send him
on all the most dangerous missions.

597
00:49:50,955 --> 00:49:52,034
The Twelve Labors.

598
00:49:52,034 --> 00:49:53,828
And he took me with him.

599
00:49:54,703 --> 00:49:56,421
To fight by his side.

600
00:49:56,421 --> 00:49:59,379
And with each mission,
our numbers grew.

601
00:49:59,875 --> 00:50:03,971
Scythia, the Amazon kingdom where
the royal family had been assassinated.

602
00:50:04,296 --> 00:50:06,719
My family was gone.
Everyone was gone.

603
00:50:06,719 --> 00:50:09,552
Hercules helped me
avenge their murder.

604
00:50:09,552 --> 00:50:11,512
He became my brother-in-arms.

605
00:50:12,471 --> 00:50:15,145
Thebes, the city of corpses,

606
00:50:15,474 --> 00:50:17,647
where we found a single child,

607
00:50:18,018 --> 00:50:19,645
still alive.

608
00:50:20,438 --> 00:50:22,440
Hercules took Tydeus in when

609
00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:25,197
everyone else saw
nothing but a wild animal.

610
00:50:26,569 --> 00:50:29,823
You know how a rumor spreads.
How a legend grows.

611
00:50:29,823 --> 00:50:32,158
Hercules' deeds were so incredible,

612
00:50:32,158 --> 00:50:35,415
they could not possibly
have been performed by a mere mortal.

613
00:50:35,995 --> 00:50:38,043
So we played along.

614
00:50:38,043 --> 00:50:42,506
We encourage people to think
Hercules was the son of Zeus. It's good.

615
00:50:42,835 --> 00:50:44,132
Scares the enemy.

616
00:50:44,132 --> 00:50:45,922
Iolaus helps.

617
00:50:46,630 --> 00:50:47,756
He talks nice.

618
00:50:49,550 --> 00:50:52,224
You're very loyal friends.

619
00:50:52,224 --> 00:50:53,600
You're avoiding my question.

620
00:50:55,431 --> 00:50:56,899
Hercules is a warrior.

621
00:50:56,899 --> 00:50:58,726
And there is something
that haunts warriors.

622
00:50:58,726 --> 00:51:00,311
It can cloud their minds.

623
00:51:00,311 --> 00:51:03,364
We call it the Blood Rage.

624
00:51:03,939 --> 00:51:06,317
This rage afflicted Hercules.

625
00:51:06,317 --> 00:51:09,654
He made me vow
to keep the world away from him.

626
00:51:09,654 --> 00:51:12,490
To make sure that he would
never harm innocents again.

627
00:51:12,490 --> 00:51:15,577
And that, My Lady, is the truth.

628
00:51:15,577 --> 00:51:17,120
The truth,

629
00:51:17,411 --> 00:51:18,412
(SCOFFS)

630
00:51:19,663 --> 00:51:21,586
whatever the truth,

631
00:51:21,586 --> 00:51:24,593
the death of his loved ones
haunts Hercules.

632
00:51:24,877 --> 00:51:27,221
Only the gods can help him,

633
00:51:28,422 --> 00:51:30,220
if he listens.

634
00:51:36,722 --> 00:51:40,272
Come! Gather around,
soldiers of Thrace, and behold,

635
00:51:40,272 --> 00:51:43,354
when Hercules gives an order,
even the gods listen.

636
00:51:43,354 --> 00:51:45,781
Zeus' master ironsmith,

637
00:51:45,781 --> 00:51:48,159
using the forges of your own citadel,

638
00:51:48,159 --> 00:51:52,785
has crafted these divine weapons
that will make you invincible.

639
00:51:52,785 --> 00:51:55,441
As steel is hewn into shields,

640
00:51:55,741 --> 00:51:58,585
so, too, will you be hewn into warriors.

641
00:52:01,372 --> 00:52:04,876
You shall carry the shield of Hercules!

642
00:52:13,259 --> 00:52:14,556
It's lighter.

643
00:52:14,556 --> 00:52:17,559
Infused with the souls
of Stymphalian birds

644
00:52:17,559 --> 00:52:19,481
from Hercules' sixth Labor!

645
00:52:19,481 --> 00:52:22,860
Spirits of birds?
How does that work, exactly?

646
00:52:24,078 --> 00:52:26,697
Well, much as birds take flight,

647
00:52:26,697 --> 00:52:30,402
so, too, are these shields
lighter than air. It's in the fibers. Here.

648
00:52:31,110 --> 00:52:33,488
Try on the helmet of Hercules.

649
00:52:40,619 --> 00:52:42,246
It covers my whole face.

650
00:52:42,246 --> 00:52:46,964
Forged after Hercules' very own helmet,
when he defeated the demon Geryon.

651
00:52:46,964 --> 00:52:50,546
You sure it wasn't your horseshit
that frightened Geryon to death?

652
00:52:51,255 --> 00:52:52,302
Mmm?

653
00:52:52,302 --> 00:52:57,682
IOLAUS: General Sitacles, perhaps you would
care to inspect the armor of Hercules?

654
00:53:07,229 --> 00:53:08,355
(CHUCKLES)

655
00:53:12,484 --> 00:53:14,327
Leather armor?

656
00:53:15,070 --> 00:53:16,071
Mmm?

657
00:53:16,464 --> 00:53:18,958
We will be skewered like pigs.

658
00:53:18,958 --> 00:53:21,210
- (SITACLES GRUNTS)
- (SOLDIERS GASP)

659
00:53:22,595 --> 00:53:24,087
<i>"Linothorax."</i>

660
00:53:25,331 --> 00:53:28,505
Hewn from the skin of
the Erymanthean Boar.

661
00:53:28,505 --> 00:53:30,465
It's indestructible.

662
00:53:32,671 --> 00:53:36,141
Wait. If it's indestructible,
how did Hercules cut it off the boar?

663
00:53:38,010 --> 00:53:41,764
He used an indestructible blade.
(SCOFFS)

664
00:53:41,764 --> 00:53:43,057
(SOLDIERS MURMURING)

665
00:53:58,158 --> 00:54:01,081
SOLDIERS: One, two. (GRUNT)

666
00:54:01,081 --> 00:54:03,081
SOLDIERS: One, two. (GRUNT)

667
00:54:03,081 --> 00:54:05,081
SOLDIERS: One, two. (GRUNT)

668
00:54:05,081 --> 00:54:07,081
SOLDIERS: One, two. (GRUNT)

669
00:54:07,081 --> 00:54:08,281
SOLDIERS: One, two. (GRUNT)

670
00:54:08,499 --> 00:54:09,500
(SOLDIER GRUNTS)

671
00:54:11,168 --> 00:54:12,260
HERCULES: Get up.

672
00:54:13,587 --> 00:54:14,588
Next!

673
00:54:15,714 --> 00:54:17,091
(SOLDIERS GRUNTING)

674
00:54:22,596 --> 00:54:23,939
Again!

675
00:54:24,390 --> 00:54:25,733
Both eyes open.

676
00:54:27,893 --> 00:54:29,065
Keep practicing.

677
00:54:30,354 --> 00:54:31,651
(GROANS)

678
00:54:31,651 --> 00:54:33,073
HERCULES: Firmer grip.

679
00:54:34,024 --> 00:54:35,241
Elbow up.

680
00:54:36,610 --> 00:54:37,611
Good.

681
00:54:37,611 --> 00:54:39,371
Shield wall! Form!

682
00:54:44,735 --> 00:54:47,175
- ATALANTA: Stand tall.
- (SOLDIER GRUNTS)

683
00:54:49,289 --> 00:54:50,461
Excellent.

684
00:54:52,209 --> 00:54:53,301
(SOLDIERS APPLAUDING)

685
00:54:54,545 --> 00:54:55,546
(ALL GRUNTING)

686
00:54:56,081 --> 00:54:58,081
SOLDIERS: One, two. (GRUNT)

687
00:54:58,081 --> 00:55:00,081
SOLDIERS: One, two. (GRUNT)

688
00:55:00,081 --> 00:55:01,081
SOLDIERS: One, two. (GRUNT)

689
00:55:04,048 --> 00:55:05,466
What's going on?

690
00:55:05,848 --> 00:55:07,566
(IOLAUS GRUNTING)

691
00:55:09,248 --> 00:55:10,166
Again.

692
00:55:12,248 --> 00:55:13,166
Again.

693
00:55:16,942 --> 00:55:18,785
Careful you don't cut yourself, boy.

694
00:55:21,155 --> 00:55:22,156
AUTOLYCUS: Again!

695
00:55:24,908 --> 00:55:26,376
(SOLDIERS GRUNTING)

696
00:55:29,329 --> 00:55:31,923
Rhesus is here.

697
00:55:31,923 --> 00:55:34,343
Close enough to stick
a blade between his ribs.

698
00:55:34,343 --> 00:55:35,673
What did you see?

699
00:55:35,673 --> 00:55:38,965
Centaurs. Half man, half horse.
Hundreds of them.

700
00:55:40,299 --> 00:55:41,676
He saw shadows in the night.

701
00:55:41,676 --> 00:55:44,186
My Lord,
I will go ahead into the Rhesus camp.

702
00:55:44,636 --> 00:55:47,014
I will bring word of his plans.

703
00:55:51,518 --> 00:55:54,362
If we let them get past Mount Asticus,
Thrace will fall.

704
00:55:55,105 --> 00:55:56,652
You want to stop Rhesus?

705
00:55:56,652 --> 00:55:58,738
We will go through the forest
and they will never see us coming.

706
00:55:58,738 --> 00:56:01,866
It will slow down our chariots. A gamble.

707
00:56:02,863 --> 00:56:03,864
I have a plan.

708
00:56:08,660 --> 00:56:09,912
The scouts have returned.

709
00:56:09,912 --> 00:56:13,673
Rhesus has made his camp
in Mount Asticus, 72 leagues away.

710
00:56:13,999 --> 00:56:16,297
Once these men are ready, we march.

711
00:56:17,795 --> 00:56:20,548
So, have you seen if we win or lose?

712
00:56:21,340 --> 00:56:24,344
The gods have been annoyingly silent
on that matter.

713
00:56:24,927 --> 00:56:29,310
What they have told me is that I am soon
to discover there truly is a heaven or a hell.

714
00:56:31,016 --> 00:56:32,313
When will you die?

715
00:56:32,313 --> 00:56:35,776
Within a week in a place
that looks an awful lot like hell.

716
00:56:36,522 --> 00:56:40,072
As always,
the gods are generous with hints,

717
00:56:40,072 --> 00:56:42,328
but cheap on specifics.

718
00:56:44,822 --> 00:56:46,290
Cheer up, Hercules.

719
00:56:46,290 --> 00:56:50,419
I have lived, not always well,
but long enough.

720
00:56:52,538 --> 00:56:54,791
I am ready for what's next.

721
00:57:00,629 --> 00:57:03,473
Thracians, halt!

722
00:57:03,473 --> 00:57:04,679
(SOLDIERS GRUNT)

723
00:57:04,679 --> 00:57:06,931
Shield wall! Form!

724
00:57:11,098 --> 00:57:12,350
Battle positions!

725
00:57:15,894 --> 00:57:17,237
Tydeus?

726
00:57:21,567 --> 00:57:22,784
(YELLING)

727
00:57:23,735 --> 00:57:24,952
(SOLDIERS GRUNT)

728
00:58:03,400 --> 00:58:04,743
There is no enemy camp.

729
00:58:05,611 --> 00:58:07,659
This is the right place.

730
00:58:25,339 --> 00:58:26,682
Centaurs!

731
00:58:27,424 --> 00:58:28,767
They're real.

732
00:58:32,554 --> 00:58:33,555
(BLOWING HORN)

733
00:58:45,651 --> 00:58:47,403
(CENTAURS SHOUTING)

734
00:58:52,699 --> 00:58:54,292
It seems that we're expected.

735
00:59:09,716 --> 00:59:10,888
Centaurs?

736
00:59:26,274 --> 00:59:27,571
(EXHALES)

737
00:59:31,947 --> 00:59:33,244
Rhesus!

738
00:59:33,244 --> 00:59:37,787
You have come looking for a fight,
and we are happy to oblige.

739
00:59:39,162 --> 00:59:41,506
Hercules. The son of Zeus.

740
00:59:42,165 --> 00:59:44,167
Your legend ends here.

741
00:59:44,167 --> 00:59:45,252
HERCULES: Look at me.

742
00:59:46,586 --> 00:59:47,758
Do I look afraid?

743
00:59:56,388 --> 00:59:57,605
Phineas.

744
00:59:58,765 --> 01:00:00,438
Traitor!

745
01:00:00,438 --> 01:00:02,144
Hades will have you!

746
01:00:02,144 --> 01:00:04,696
After it has you, My Lord.

747
01:00:04,696 --> 01:00:06,865
RHESUS: It is over, Cotys.

748
01:00:07,232 --> 01:00:10,657
Mount Asticus on your front.
The woods at your back.

749
01:00:10,657 --> 01:00:13,288
And my troops outman you three to one.

750
01:00:13,905 --> 01:00:18,706
Surrender now
and we shall consider being merciful.

751
01:00:18,706 --> 01:00:21,372
Men die who speak to my lord
in such a manner.

752
01:00:28,003 --> 01:00:29,471
You have made your choice.

753
01:00:45,312 --> 01:00:46,313
Go!

754
01:00:57,866 --> 01:01:01,291
In this moment, on this day,

755
01:01:01,661 --> 01:01:04,835
become the man you were born to be!

756
01:01:05,540 --> 01:01:09,841
You have it within yourselves
to write your own legends!

757
01:01:10,462 --> 01:01:14,262
Let it be to death or victory!

758
01:01:15,300 --> 01:01:16,643
(SOLDIERS CHEERING)

759
01:01:18,929 --> 01:01:20,055
Charge!

760
01:01:28,855 --> 01:01:29,856
HERCULES: Shield wall!

761
01:01:30,524 --> 01:01:31,525
(SOLDIERS GRUNT)

762
01:01:31,525 --> 01:01:32,817
Flanks out!

763
01:01:37,906 --> 01:01:39,078
(SOLDIERS YELLING)

764
01:01:41,952 --> 01:01:43,545
Maybe today.

765
01:02:05,225 --> 01:02:06,272
Now!

766
01:02:08,603 --> 01:02:10,150
(SOLDIERS GROANING)

767
01:02:25,295 --> 01:02:29,382
Watch as the Amazon uses the
arrows of Artemis... Silence, boy!

768
01:02:34,588 --> 01:02:36,090
Spears forward!

769
01:02:36,339 --> 01:02:38,216
(SOLDIERS GRUNT)

770
01:02:48,143 --> 01:02:49,269
(URGES HORSES)

771
01:02:55,025 --> 01:02:56,447
Archers, ready!

772
01:02:57,652 --> 01:02:59,074
Loose!

773
01:03:13,460 --> 01:03:14,461
(BOTH SCREAM)

774
01:03:50,747 --> 01:03:51,748
Advance!

775
01:04:01,007 --> 01:04:02,509
Set them aflame!

776
01:04:07,472 --> 01:04:08,644
Take cover!

777
01:04:09,599 --> 01:04:11,317
SITACLES: Defend Lord Cotys!

778
01:04:31,079 --> 01:04:32,171
Maybe not.

779
01:04:32,580 --> 01:04:34,253
Shield wall! Attack!

780
01:04:37,961 --> 01:04:39,338
Push forward!

781
01:04:53,143 --> 01:04:55,987
To kill a snake, cut off its head.

782
01:05:03,695 --> 01:05:04,696
(URGING HORSE)

783
01:05:11,202 --> 01:05:12,374
(SOLDIERS CHEERING)

784
01:05:12,374 --> 01:05:14,957
Victory is yours, Lord Cotys!

785
01:05:15,457 --> 01:05:17,585
It is not over yet!

786
01:05:28,845 --> 01:05:29,846
(URGES HORSE)

787
01:05:49,532 --> 01:05:50,624
(HORSE NEIGHING)

788
01:05:50,624 --> 01:05:51,701
(PANTING)

789
01:05:51,701 --> 01:05:53,287
Fucking centaurs.

790
01:05:53,745 --> 01:05:55,122
(PANTING)

791
01:05:57,957 --> 01:05:59,334
(ALL CHEERING)

792
01:05:59,626 --> 01:06:03,802
ALL: (CHANTING)
Hail, Lord Cotys! Hail, Lord Cotys!

793
01:06:04,214 --> 01:06:07,764
Hail, Lord Cotys! Hail, Lord Cotys!

794
01:06:08,301 --> 01:06:10,303
Hail, Lord Cotys!

795
01:06:11,388 --> 01:06:13,106
(SOLDIERS BOOING)

796
01:06:37,414 --> 01:06:38,882
SITACLES: Halt!

797
01:06:44,587 --> 01:06:45,759
(SOLDIERS LAUGH)

798
01:06:45,759 --> 01:06:47,182
Get up.

799
01:06:48,258 --> 01:06:49,635
Get up.

800
01:06:55,265 --> 01:06:56,562
(SOLDIERS LAUGH)

801
01:06:56,850 --> 01:06:58,193
- Up.
- Enough!

802
01:07:09,028 --> 01:07:11,702
You helped a tyrant enslave a nation.

803
01:07:12,449 --> 01:07:14,952
All I did was stop you from
burning more villages.

804
01:07:14,952 --> 01:07:16,456
I burned no villages.

805
01:07:16,995 --> 01:07:18,463
HERCULES: Then who did?

806
01:07:18,463 --> 01:07:23,114
Ask yourself, if Cotys is beloved, why did he
need to hire mercenaries to do his dirty work?

807
01:07:23,114 --> 01:07:24,673
Keep moving, dog.

808
01:07:25,128 --> 01:07:27,802
You have been fighting on the wrong side.

809
01:07:37,891 --> 01:07:39,609
- (MUSIC PLAYING)
- (MEN LAUGHING)

810
01:08:01,247 --> 01:08:03,045
Where are you going?

811
01:08:03,045 --> 01:08:05,126
I am taking some water to the prisoner.

812
01:08:07,504 --> 01:08:08,596
Sit down.

813
01:08:14,177 --> 01:08:15,679
It's time.

814
01:08:20,600 --> 01:08:21,897
(MUSIC STOPS)

815
01:08:25,855 --> 01:08:28,779
Thrace is finally united.

816
01:08:31,361 --> 01:08:32,613
One land,

817
01:08:33,196 --> 01:08:34,539
one King,

818
01:08:36,032 --> 01:08:37,705
one Thrace.

819
01:08:38,701 --> 01:08:40,203
ALL: One land!

820
01:08:40,203 --> 01:08:42,589
One King! One Thrace!

821
01:08:42,589 --> 01:08:45,546
Thrace is not a man, a king, or a god!

822
01:08:46,042 --> 01:08:47,544
Thrace is her people!

823
01:08:47,752 --> 01:08:49,720
- (GROANS)
- (ALL LAUGHING)

824
01:08:54,926 --> 01:08:57,475
Who cares what Rhesus claims?
Our work is done.

825
01:08:57,475 --> 01:08:59,181
Let's collect our fee and be gone.

826
01:09:11,276 --> 01:09:12,573
Don't do anything foolish.

827
01:09:15,738 --> 01:09:17,285
Where are you going?

828
01:09:22,996 --> 01:09:24,088
(GASPS)

829
01:09:24,088 --> 01:09:25,794
I saw pity in your eyes for Rhesus.

830
01:09:26,207 --> 01:09:27,504
Why?

831
01:09:28,209 --> 01:09:29,301
Look at me.

832
01:09:29,919 --> 01:09:31,762
Cotys is responsible for this war,
isn't he?

833
01:09:35,967 --> 01:09:39,597
You lie very well.
Clearly, your father's daughter.

834
01:09:40,471 --> 01:09:44,146
I didn't do it for my father.
I did it for my son.

835
01:09:45,059 --> 01:09:49,405
If I disobeyed Cotys or resisted
in any way, Arius would be executed.

836
01:09:49,606 --> 01:09:52,951
I did what any mother would.
I protected my child.

837
01:09:54,152 --> 01:09:56,496
My husband was king.

838
01:09:56,738 --> 01:09:59,036
And Cotys poisoned him
to take his place.

839
01:09:59,616 --> 01:10:02,244
Rhesus fought back. Civil war broke out.

840
01:10:02,244 --> 01:10:05,129
Arius is the legitimate king.

841
01:10:07,123 --> 01:10:08,966
My father is old.

842
01:10:08,966 --> 01:10:12,504
He will not live forever,
and once he is gone,

843
01:10:12,504 --> 01:10:15,640
my son will be a good king.

844
01:10:16,633 --> 01:10:18,852
And he will heal this land.

845
01:10:18,852 --> 01:10:20,178
That's a dream.

846
01:10:21,971 --> 01:10:23,564
And you can help.

847
01:10:23,564 --> 01:10:26,644
Please, when you leave Thrace,
take Arius with you.

848
01:10:26,644 --> 01:10:28,527
Please keep him safe.

849
01:10:29,437 --> 01:10:30,939
Find another savior.

850
01:10:31,522 --> 01:10:32,523
SITACLES: Hercules?

851
01:10:34,984 --> 01:10:36,657
The King commands your presence.

852
01:10:42,116 --> 01:10:43,459
My Lady.

853
01:10:54,007 --> 01:10:56,840
<i>Ah, champion of "Thrace."</i>

854
01:10:57,340 --> 01:10:59,060
Something tells me
we're not going to get paid.

855
01:10:59,967 --> 01:11:02,811
- You could be right.
- Oh, shit.

856
01:11:05,640 --> 01:11:08,143
You wanted conquerors, not heroes.

857
01:11:08,643 --> 01:11:10,316
You betrayed me, Cotys.

858
01:11:10,645 --> 01:11:12,147
Betrayed?

859
01:11:13,314 --> 01:11:17,194
A mercenary who has long since
sold his conscience for gold

860
01:11:17,194 --> 01:11:19,699
can hardly presume to
judge his employers.

861
01:11:20,238 --> 01:11:22,115
Let's not quibble about details.

862
01:11:26,994 --> 01:11:31,124
We all know your legend, Hercules.
But here is mine.

863
01:11:31,124 --> 01:11:33,964
When I was a general
in the army of Thrace,

864
01:11:33,964 --> 01:11:36,717
I had dreams of ruling this kingdom.

865
01:11:37,171 --> 01:11:40,095
But thanks to you,
my dreams have grown.

866
01:11:40,095 --> 01:11:43,018
I now crave an empire.

867
01:11:43,678 --> 01:11:48,309
My thousands will train more thousands,
and they even more.

868
01:11:48,309 --> 01:11:50,485
The lessons of Hercules will spread.

869
01:11:50,485 --> 01:11:53,317
What you began here
can never be stopped.

870
01:11:53,317 --> 01:11:57,450
And if you fear
what such an army may do,

871
01:11:58,693 --> 01:12:00,070
then lead it.

872
01:12:04,031 --> 01:12:07,251
You want me to serve you?

873
01:12:08,077 --> 01:12:10,796
Spare me the moral outrage.

874
01:12:11,873 --> 01:12:13,125
Child killer.

875
01:12:13,583 --> 01:12:15,381
(ALL GASP)

876
01:12:15,626 --> 01:12:18,755
Getting us all killed, bad idea.

877
01:12:22,675 --> 01:12:26,145
Well, I must take this as a "no."

878
01:12:27,221 --> 01:12:28,473
In that case,

879
01:12:30,141 --> 01:12:32,519
your services are no longer required.

880
01:12:36,856 --> 01:12:39,575
You will be paid in full.
Bring them the gold.

881
01:13:21,192 --> 01:13:24,992
If we hurry, we can be spending
our fortunes in Macedonia.

882
01:13:28,491 --> 01:13:29,743
Take mine, too.

883
01:13:33,329 --> 01:13:35,297
What do you think you're doing?
Let's go.

884
01:13:36,165 --> 01:13:38,088
There will be no more innocent blood
on my hands.

885
01:13:38,088 --> 01:13:40,670
I can't leave without setting this right.

886
01:13:42,421 --> 01:13:43,764
Oh, I see.

887
01:13:43,764 --> 01:13:47,140
And who's going to be paying us
for this suicidal endeavor?

888
01:13:47,468 --> 01:13:48,594
Thrace needs our help.

889
01:13:48,594 --> 01:13:50,684
To hell with Thrace. We have gold.

890
01:13:51,848 --> 01:13:52,928
You remember the Black Sea.

891
01:13:52,928 --> 01:13:56,940
That beach you spoke of is within reach.
Leave now, be free.

892
01:13:59,397 --> 01:14:01,274
I would never be free.

893
01:14:04,318 --> 01:14:06,366
In this fight, you're alone.

894
01:14:09,115 --> 01:14:11,083
Never saw that one coming.

895
01:14:11,083 --> 01:14:13,322
- How can you just walk away?
- You can't just leave.

896
01:14:13,322 --> 01:14:15,379
- Why not?
- It's all right.

897
01:14:15,872 --> 01:14:19,342
You have sacrificed your lives for me.
Now you can finally be free.

898
01:14:19,342 --> 01:14:21,548
Whatever debt you feel
you owe me is paid.

899
01:14:21,961 --> 01:14:23,304
Debt?

900
01:14:24,630 --> 01:14:27,554
You think we follow you
because we owe you?

901
01:14:28,718 --> 01:14:30,061
Look around, Hercules.

902
01:14:30,970 --> 01:14:32,472
We're family.

903
01:14:33,139 --> 01:14:34,891
All we have is each other.

904
01:14:36,351 --> 01:14:40,230
We will fight for you.
And if it's our time, we will die for you.

905
01:14:40,479 --> 01:14:42,277
Because you would die for us.

906
01:14:44,984 --> 01:14:47,078
Take that, too. I have no need of it.

907
01:14:48,070 --> 01:14:49,242
This is madness.

908
01:14:49,242 --> 01:14:50,824
You want madness?

909
01:14:50,824 --> 01:14:54,207
Tonight, a spear of flame
will pierce my heart.

910
01:14:56,245 --> 01:14:58,919
Is that not the most insane death
you have ever heard of?

911
01:15:09,425 --> 01:15:12,178
Crazy. The lot of you.

912
01:15:12,595 --> 01:15:13,938
Autolycus.

913
01:15:14,555 --> 01:15:17,559
Iolaus. Go with Autolycus.

914
01:15:18,601 --> 01:15:19,602
I think I will stay.

915
01:15:19,602 --> 01:15:20,770
Nephew.

916
01:15:20,770 --> 01:15:25,992
Uncle, all I have ever done is tell stories
of great deeds performed by others.

917
01:15:27,485 --> 01:15:31,911
It's time I stopped telling their stories.
Started living my own.

918
01:15:32,365 --> 01:15:35,960
Well, you may have all
completely lost your minds, but not me.

919
01:15:37,453 --> 01:15:38,796
Not me.

920
01:15:42,166 --> 01:15:43,167
Autolycus?

921
01:15:46,879 --> 01:15:48,802
Live like a king, my friend.

922
01:15:52,468 --> 01:15:54,562
- (URGES HORSES)
- (HORSES NEIGHING)

923
01:15:58,808 --> 01:16:00,105
What about Cotys?

924
01:16:03,229 --> 01:16:05,231
He paid us to save Thrace.

925
01:16:05,564 --> 01:16:06,781
Let's not disappoint him.

926
01:16:10,653 --> 01:16:11,654
(CREAKING)

927
01:16:36,178 --> 01:16:37,896
SITACLES: Lay down your arms.

928
01:16:39,765 --> 01:16:41,358
Lay down your arms!

929
01:16:42,184 --> 01:16:45,028
Or your nephew dies first.

930
01:16:48,774 --> 01:16:50,026
(WEAPONS CLATTERING)

931
01:17:01,162 --> 01:17:04,883
I invite you to join me. You refuse.

932
01:17:04,883 --> 01:17:10,971
I order you to leave. You return.
(GRUNTS) Get your hands off me.

933
01:17:12,882 --> 01:17:16,011
I overheard her
conspiring with Hercules.

934
01:17:16,343 --> 01:17:19,222
They were planning to remove
the young Prince from your protection.

935
01:17:24,894 --> 01:17:26,695
- No.
- (ARIUS SCREAMING)

936
01:17:26,695 --> 01:17:28,902
Let go of him! Don't touch him!

937
01:17:28,902 --> 01:17:30,024
(SHOUTS)

938
01:17:32,359 --> 01:17:34,361
Arius! No!

939
01:17:36,322 --> 01:17:38,323
No.
(SCREAMING)

940
01:17:38,323 --> 01:17:43,082
No! You're hurting him! No!
ARIUS: Hercules, no! Help me! Stop!

941
01:17:43,082 --> 01:17:48,091
- Help! No! Arius. No.
- (CRYING) Arius! No!

942
01:17:50,461 --> 01:17:51,713
(GROANING)

943
01:18:08,896 --> 01:18:10,113
(PANTING)

944
01:18:19,198 --> 01:18:20,450
(GROWLING)

945
01:18:26,872 --> 01:18:28,215
(SNARLING)

946
01:18:35,131 --> 01:18:37,509
MAN: Magnificent, aren't they?

947
01:18:38,884 --> 01:18:42,730
An extraordinary species.
Incredibly loyal.

948
01:18:43,472 --> 01:18:45,520
As long as they're fed.

949
01:18:46,142 --> 01:18:48,270
- Remember them?
- Eurystheus.

950
01:18:49,979 --> 01:18:51,822
They remember you.

951
01:18:52,565 --> 01:18:55,068
Confused, Hercules?

952
01:18:56,318 --> 01:19:00,994
Kingdoms are won with armies,
but empires are made by alliances.

953
01:19:01,991 --> 01:19:06,918
King Eurystheus and I
will now rule all of Greece.

954
01:19:09,165 --> 01:19:10,462
(SNARLING)

955
01:19:13,419 --> 01:19:16,593
Cerberus only exists in my mind.

956
01:19:18,174 --> 01:19:20,176
Speak a little louder, Hercules.

957
01:19:21,677 --> 01:19:23,679
I didn't quite catch that.

958
01:19:25,848 --> 01:19:27,191
The wolves.

959
01:19:30,186 --> 01:19:31,779
They were there that night.

960
01:19:32,646 --> 01:19:34,398
The wolves were there.

961
01:19:34,398 --> 01:19:36,199
You drugged me.

962
01:19:48,037 --> 01:19:49,289
(MEGARA SCREAMING)

963
01:19:52,875 --> 01:19:55,549
The wolves were there
the night my family was murdered.

964
01:19:59,465 --> 01:20:02,059
My men told me
how your children screamed

965
01:20:03,302 --> 01:20:05,771
as my wolves gnawed on their bones.

966
01:20:06,972 --> 01:20:07,973
(GASPS)

967
01:20:07,973 --> 01:20:11,231
As their fangs despoiled your daughter's

968
01:20:12,061 --> 01:20:13,108
pure flesh.

969
01:20:14,647 --> 01:20:18,117
When the people called out your name
louder than mine,

970
01:20:18,117 --> 01:20:21,571
you see, when they saw you as a god,

971
01:20:21,571 --> 01:20:23,873
how long before
they saw you as their king?

972
01:20:23,873 --> 01:20:25,453
I wanted nothing!

973
01:20:25,453 --> 01:20:29,166
Precisely! Your sin, Hercules,
was that you had no ambition!

974
01:20:29,166 --> 01:20:31,794
I can deal with an ambitious man!
He can be bought!

975
01:20:31,794 --> 01:20:34,716
But a man who wants nothing
has no price!

976
01:20:37,002 --> 01:20:39,505
Killing you would have
turned Athens against me.

977
01:20:40,339 --> 01:20:41,682
I had to ruin your name.

978
01:20:45,844 --> 01:20:47,187
My wife!

979
01:20:48,514 --> 01:20:52,943
My children! Well, you have our
permission to join them in death.

980
01:20:52,943 --> 01:20:57,278
All of you!
Starting with my faithless daughter!

981
01:20:58,023 --> 01:21:00,025
ERGENIA: No! Get off me!

982
01:21:00,776 --> 01:21:02,949
(GRUNTS) No! No! No!

983
01:21:02,949 --> 01:21:05,581
Unhand me! No!

984
01:21:06,115 --> 01:21:07,583
She's your own flesh and blood!

985
01:21:07,583 --> 01:21:10,119
I will raise Arius to be
my worthy successor!

986
01:21:10,119 --> 01:21:14,757
You stay away from my boy!
You monster, you bastard!

987
01:21:14,757 --> 01:21:18,927
- You are a monster! You are a monster!
- No!

988
01:21:18,927 --> 01:21:20,087
- (GRUNTS)
- ERGENIA: You are not a man!

989
01:21:20,296 --> 01:21:22,424
You're a demon!

990
01:21:22,756 --> 01:21:24,258
AMPHIARAUS: Who are you?

991
01:21:25,175 --> 01:21:26,267
Are you a murderer?

992
01:21:26,267 --> 01:21:28,930
Damn you! I curse you!

993
01:21:28,930 --> 01:21:31,474
Are you a mercenary
who turns his back on the innocent?

994
01:21:31,474 --> 01:21:33,267
Stay away from my son!

995
01:21:33,267 --> 01:21:34,874
AMPHIARAUS: Are you only the legend?

996
01:21:34,874 --> 01:21:40,441
Or are you the truth behind the legend?
No! Father, please, please, please.

997
01:21:40,441 --> 01:21:42,084
- We believe in you.
- (ERGENIA SOBBING)

998
01:21:42,609 --> 01:21:44,407
We have faith in you.

999
01:21:44,407 --> 01:21:46,493
Have faith in yourself.

1000
01:21:46,493 --> 01:21:47,872
- (GRUNTS)
- ERGENIA: Save me!

1001
01:21:47,872 --> 01:21:49,266
AMPHIARAUS: Remember the man
that you are.

1002
01:21:49,266 --> 01:21:53,204
Father, the gods will punish you!
You cannot escape this time!

1003
01:21:53,204 --> 01:21:55,623
AMPHIARAUS: Remember the deeds
you have performed,

1004
01:21:55,623 --> 01:21:57,109
the Labors you have accomplished!

1005
01:21:57,833 --> 01:21:59,550
- No!
- No!

1006
01:22:00,002 --> 01:22:01,424
- Stop it!
- Leave her alone!

1007
01:22:01,424 --> 01:22:03,589
AMPHIARAUS: Now, tell me!

1008
01:22:03,589 --> 01:22:04,673
Please!

1009
01:22:04,673 --> 01:22:07,517
Who are you?

1010
01:22:07,517 --> 01:22:11,681
I am Hercules!

1011
01:22:18,437 --> 01:22:19,438
(GASPS)

1012
01:22:21,732 --> 01:22:24,201
Unleash the wolves!

1013
01:22:26,945 --> 01:22:28,572
(WOLVES SNARLING)

1014
01:22:28,572 --> 01:22:29,740
HERCULES: Get away!

1015
01:22:29,740 --> 01:22:31,245
Ahh!

1016
01:22:38,624 --> 01:22:41,548
Three wolves should be
more than enough for one lion.

1017
01:22:43,420 --> 01:22:44,842
- (WOLF WHINES)
- Ahh!

1018
01:22:44,842 --> 01:22:46,265
Hurry!

1019
01:22:50,302 --> 01:22:51,519
(GRUNTING)

1020
01:22:52,638 --> 01:22:53,764
- Hurry!
- Hurry!

1021
01:22:56,558 --> 01:22:57,308
No!

1022
01:23:05,818 --> 01:23:07,115
(GRUNTING)

1023
01:23:07,486 --> 01:23:08,533
(JAW CRACKING)

1024
01:23:09,196 --> 01:23:10,914
Ahh!

1025
01:23:17,079 --> 01:23:18,080
(WOLF WHINES)

1026
01:23:24,878 --> 01:23:27,176
The gods have revealed your innocence.

1027
01:23:27,176 --> 01:23:29,683
The final Labor is complete.

1028
01:23:29,683 --> 01:23:31,936
But I am just getting started.

1029
01:23:39,768 --> 01:23:42,668
Doesn't take a vision to know
what's waiting for us up there.

1030
01:23:51,029 --> 01:23:52,372
(ALL GRUNTING)

1031
01:23:57,202 --> 01:23:58,579
(SOLDIER SCREAMS)

1032
01:24:11,675 --> 01:24:13,018
My time.

1033
01:24:22,227 --> 01:24:23,228
(SOLDIER SCREAMS)

1034
01:24:24,313 --> 01:24:26,657
Excuse me.
That was my moment, my fate.

1035
01:24:26,657 --> 01:24:28,237
You're welcome.

1036
01:24:29,776 --> 01:24:31,323
(SCREAMS)

1037
01:24:41,079 --> 01:24:43,423
I am going after Eurystheus!

1038
01:24:58,805 --> 01:25:00,148
(GRUNTING)

1039
01:25:05,187 --> 01:25:07,815
Hercules, listen to me.
None of this is my fault.

1040
01:25:07,815 --> 01:25:10,401
You see, Cotys poisoned my mind.

1041
01:25:10,401 --> 01:25:12,657
Turned me against you.
(LAUGHS NERVOUSLY)

1042
01:25:12,657 --> 01:25:13,737
I like you.

1043
01:25:14,154 --> 01:25:15,201
No, stop.

1044
01:25:15,822 --> 01:25:18,871
I command you to stop! I am your King!
You took an oath to obey me!

1045
01:25:18,871 --> 01:25:21,287
You swore to Zeus!

1046
01:25:21,287 --> 01:25:22,371
Wait, wait, wait.

1047
01:25:23,622 --> 01:25:27,001
You fight for gold. I have plenty of gold.
Name your price.

1048
01:25:27,709 --> 01:25:29,928
Find it in your heart to forgive.

1049
01:25:35,384 --> 01:25:37,261
You want forgiveness?

1050
01:25:38,387 --> 01:25:39,889
(GRUNTS)

1051
01:25:49,940 --> 01:25:51,362
(GROANS)

1052
01:25:53,485 --> 01:25:55,738
Ask my family for forgiveness.

1053
01:25:59,908 --> 01:26:00,909
(GRUNTS)

1054
01:26:03,912 --> 01:26:05,209
(GRUNTING)

1055
01:26:14,381 --> 01:26:16,475
I have never killed a god before.

1056
01:26:20,721 --> 01:26:21,722
(GROANS)

1057
01:26:26,476 --> 01:26:28,604
I really think I am ready to fight now.

1058
01:26:33,108 --> 01:26:34,485
Well done, warrior.

1059
01:26:37,779 --> 01:26:38,951
(MEN SHOUTING)

1060
01:26:46,538 --> 01:26:48,256
- Eurystheus?
- Dead.

1061
01:26:48,256 --> 01:26:50,463
- We need to find Arius.
- HERCULES: Follow me.

1062
01:27:05,432 --> 01:27:06,979
HERCULES: Soldiers of Thrace!

1063
01:27:06,979 --> 01:27:10,772
You followed me in battle.
Follow me now.

1064
01:27:11,188 --> 01:27:13,031
Don't be fools!

1065
01:27:13,031 --> 01:27:16,239
Hercules is mortal! Not a god!

1066
01:27:16,985 --> 01:27:20,615
Anyone who sides with him will die!

1067
01:27:21,823 --> 01:27:23,791
And I will show you.

1068
01:27:24,242 --> 01:27:25,494
Bring him.

1069
01:27:29,498 --> 01:27:31,250
- Arius!
- Mama!

1070
01:27:31,250 --> 01:27:33,794
No! He's your grandson!

1071
01:27:34,336 --> 01:27:37,089
You failed to save
your children, Hercules.

1072
01:27:37,089 --> 01:27:39,266
- But you may yet save him.
- (WHIMPERS)

1073
01:27:39,266 --> 01:27:40,471
Please, Father! No!

1074
01:27:40,967 --> 01:27:42,514
Admit defeat!

1075
01:27:43,136 --> 01:27:44,513
Bow to me!

1076
01:27:45,681 --> 01:27:48,685
You have until the count of three!

1077
01:27:51,186 --> 01:27:52,859
One!

1078
01:27:53,897 --> 01:27:54,898
Two!

1079
01:27:54,898 --> 01:27:56,863
- (GROANS)
- (SOLDIERS MURMURING)

1080
01:27:57,943 --> 01:27:59,741
Don't just stand there! Kill someone!

1081
01:28:01,530 --> 01:28:03,032
SOLDIER: Protect Lord Cotys!

1082
01:28:06,201 --> 01:28:07,373
Arius, run!

1083
01:28:07,373 --> 01:28:08,541
Mother!

1084
01:28:09,871 --> 01:28:10,872
Get the boy!

1085
01:28:14,543 --> 01:28:15,840
(SCREAMING)

1086
01:28:25,595 --> 01:28:27,063
(TYDEUS YELLING)

1087
01:28:28,515 --> 01:28:29,937
(GROANS)

1088
01:28:37,399 --> 01:28:38,400
(CONTINUES YELLING)

1089
01:28:51,580 --> 01:28:53,298
Ahh!

1090
01:29:04,593 --> 01:29:06,095
Tydeus!

1091
01:29:09,431 --> 01:29:11,799
- Attack!
- (SOLDIERS YELLING)

1092
01:29:11,799 --> 01:29:13,352
HERCULES: Hold them back!

1093
01:29:29,075 --> 01:29:30,497
COTYS: Spears!

1094
01:29:33,955 --> 01:29:35,673
(BOTH GROANING)

1095
01:29:35,999 --> 01:29:37,342
Go through the fire!

1096
01:29:38,502 --> 01:29:39,845
(SOLDIERS YELLING)

1097
01:29:42,815 --> 01:29:46,059
- Here! Here! Help!
- Come on!

1098
01:29:49,846 --> 01:29:51,268
Easy, Tydeus.

1099
01:29:52,390 --> 01:29:53,733
(ALL YELLING)

1100
01:29:53,733 --> 01:29:54,851
(BOTH GRUNTING)

1101
01:30:03,068 --> 01:30:04,285
(SOLDIERS SCREAMING)

1102
01:30:22,212 --> 01:30:23,259
Hercules.

1103
01:30:28,176 --> 01:30:29,177
(LAUGHS)

1104
01:30:32,931 --> 01:30:34,353
(TYDEUS CHOKING)

1105
01:30:44,401 --> 01:30:45,744
Lock shields!

1106
01:30:46,903 --> 01:30:48,450
March!

1107
01:30:50,699 --> 01:30:52,451
Find peace, my brother.

1108
01:31:08,383 --> 01:31:13,480
As you said, Hercules,
there is no way to defeat a shield wall!

1109
01:31:14,222 --> 01:31:16,270
There is no way out!

1110
01:31:17,392 --> 01:31:19,315
Come out and face me!

1111
01:31:23,899 --> 01:31:24,900
(GRUNTING)

1112
01:31:26,776 --> 01:31:30,121
You're no hero! You're no god!

1113
01:31:30,447 --> 01:31:33,246
You're nothing but a mercenary!

1114
01:31:33,246 --> 01:31:36,127
Your wife and children deserved to die!

1115
01:31:37,245 --> 01:31:38,588
(YELLING)

1116
01:31:43,168 --> 01:31:44,294
(GASPS)

1117
01:31:44,711 --> 01:31:45,803
(CONTINUES YELLING)

1118
01:31:58,683 --> 01:31:59,775
COTYS: What're you doing?

1119
01:31:59,775 --> 01:32:01,653
Get back up there!

1120
01:32:01,653 --> 01:32:04,439
Hercules must die!

1121
01:32:07,233 --> 01:32:08,701
Come on!

1122
01:32:10,946 --> 01:32:14,166
Kill that filthy bastard!

1123
01:32:17,327 --> 01:32:18,328
(WHIMPERS)

1124
01:32:19,412 --> 01:32:20,789
(COTYS SCREAMING)

1125
01:32:50,568 --> 01:32:52,195
(THUNDER RUMBLING)

1126
01:33:14,050 --> 01:33:16,769
ALL: (CHANTING)
Hercules! Hercules!

1127
01:33:17,387 --> 01:33:20,857
Hercules! Hercules!

1128
01:33:20,857 --> 01:33:26,318
Hercules! Hercules! Hercules!

1129
01:33:26,318 --> 01:33:30,071
Hercules! Hercules!

1130
01:33:30,071 --> 01:33:35,233
Hercules! Hercules! Hercules!

1131
01:33:40,368 --> 01:33:43,212
AMPHIARAUS: You want to know
the truth about Hercules?

1132
01:33:43,538 --> 01:33:45,211
There it is.

1133
01:33:46,041 --> 01:33:49,545
To be honest, I prefer it to the legend.

1134
01:33:50,253 --> 01:33:53,427
The world needs a hero
they can believe in.

1135
01:33:54,215 --> 01:33:57,264
Is he actually the son of Zeus?

1136
01:33:57,927 --> 01:34:00,271
I don't think it really matters.

1137
01:34:00,930 --> 01:34:04,150
You don't need to be
a demigod to be a hero.

1138
01:34:04,601 --> 01:34:07,605
You just need to believe you're a hero.

1139
01:34:07,937 --> 01:34:10,440
It's what worked for him.

1140
01:34:12,067 --> 01:34:16,243
But then again, what the hell do I know?

1141
01:34:17,113 --> 01:34:19,616
I am supposed to be dead by now.

1142
01:34:23,286 --> 01:34:24,583
(LIGHTNING CRASHES)