Hercules the Great

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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,



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 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,

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 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,

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 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!

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Hurry! Hurry!

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(SCREAMS)

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Any longer, Uncle...

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And the girls

would finally be safe

from your attentions.





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, Iolaus.

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When you spread

the legend of Hercules,

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make it bigger, scarier.

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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!

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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've 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.



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But I'll 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'm 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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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,

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Hercules is fully committed

till the Feast of Dionysus.

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We could, however,



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advance you to

the front of the line,

for the right price.

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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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(HORSE WHINNIES)

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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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Arius.

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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.

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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)

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(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'm here,

I imagine this is what

Elysium must look like.

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(CHUCKLES) Well, men like us

have the means

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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've 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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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.

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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.

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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 tha

t the task ahead might not be

suitable for a woman,

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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.

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But now Thrace is divided.

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This war has

depleted our forces.

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We're left with nothing

but farmers and merchants

to replenish our army.

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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.

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Centaurs?

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-You've actually seen them?

-They have been seen.

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COTYS: Come, Hercules.

273

00:18:43,690 --> 00:18:48,192

Let me show you what misery

Rhesus has brought us.

274

00:18:50,864 --> 00:18:54,799

Every week,

more refugees arrive

seeking my protection,

275

00:18:54,801 --> 00:19:00,071

most of them covered

in blood, crippled or

burnt by Rhesus' men.

276

00:19:00,073 --> 00:19:05,309

I feared nothing could ever

be good again,

till you arrived.

277

00:19:05,545 --> 00:19:08,312

I'm just



a mercenary fighting for gold.

278

00:19:08,882 --> 00:19:12,750

How we view ourselves

is of little consequence.

279

00:19:12,752 --> 00:19:15,720

How others

perceive us is important.

280

00:19:15,722 --> 00:19:18,589

And your name, like it or not,

281

00:19:18,591 --> 00:19:21,292

is a rallying cry.

282

00:19:26,032 --> 00:19:31,135

I have seen too much reality

to trust in legends,

and I am not alone.

283

00:19:31,404 --> 00:19:34,071

Nobody has any faith anymore.



284

00:19:34,073 --> 00:19:39,777

The people need a hero.

They need

someone to look up to.

285

00:19:40,213 --> 00:19:44,148

My son believes in you.

286

00:19:44,651 --> 00:19:46,584

Bring us peace,

287

00:19:47,654 --> 00:19:50,755

and I will

believe in you, too.

288

00:19:58,798 --> 00:20:00,031

I'm convinced

these are good people.

289

00:20:00,033 --> 00:20:03,734

I see.

And who's more convincing,



Cotys or his daughter?

290

00:20:03,736 --> 00:20:07,672

All the gold on Earth is not

as convincing as

a pair of breasts.

291

00:20:07,674 --> 00:20:09,407

Maybe, but gold never ages.

292

00:20:09,409 --> 00:20:12,076

Which is why

I got them to

double our price.

293

00:20:12,078 --> 00:20:15,980

Double your weight in gold?

(LAUGHS) Well done.

294

00:20:15,982 --> 00:20:16,847

Amphiaraus?

295

00:20:16,849 --> 00:20:17,949



If it be the will of Zeus.

296

00:20:17,951 --> 00:20:19,951

Which title

sounds more terrifying

to our enemies?

297

00:20:19,953 --> 00:20:24,322

"Hercules: Savior of Thrace"

or "Hercules:

A Legend is Born"?

298

00:20:24,324 --> 00:20:26,724

Both sound

terrifyingly boring.

299

00:20:26,726 --> 00:20:27,391

(CHUCKLES)

300

00:20:27,393 --> 00:20:30,828

What are we supposed to do

with an army of farmers?

301



00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:34,565

Train them.

302

00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:37,535

-Oh, shit.

-(CHUCKLES)

303

00:20:42,909 --> 00:20:47,511

In war, there is one thing

more important than killing.

304

00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:48,913

Surviving.

305

00:20:48,915 --> 00:20:53,784

My companions

and I will show you

how to stay alive,

306

00:20:53,786 --> 00:20:58,155

so that you may return home

to your farms someday.

307



00:21:00,593 --> 00:21:01,959

Autolycus.

308

00:21:02,262 --> 00:21:04,695

Shield wall! Form!

309

00:21:13,473 --> 00:21:15,906

(YELLING)

310

00:21:15,908 --> 00:21:17,708

(MEN GROANING)

311

00:21:20,446 --> 00:21:22,280

(PANTING)

312

00:21:22,282 --> 00:21:24,849

Corpses!

Every last one of you!

313

00:21:24,851 --> 00:21:28,085

Because your

shield wall was weak.



314

00:21:28,288 --> 00:21:29,587

Dead.

315

00:21:29,989 --> 00:21:31,389

Dead.

316

00:21:31,691 --> 00:21:33,190

Very dead.

317

00:21:34,727 --> 00:21:36,193

Soldier,

318

00:21:36,195 --> 00:21:38,329

many lives depend on you.

319

00:21:38,331 --> 00:21:41,766

When attacked,

lock your feet in the ground.

320

00:21:44,270 --> 00:21:45,770

You understand?



321

00:21:45,772 --> 00:21:47,238

Yes, sir.

322

00:21:47,507 --> 00:21:49,774

When a shield wall is strong,

323

00:21:50,009 --> 00:21:52,677

nothing can ever defeat it!

324

00:21:52,679 --> 00:21:55,913

You must learn

to work together,

react together.

325

00:21:55,915 --> 00:22:00,217

When you do, each individual

will become a link in a chain

326

00:22:00,219 --> 00:22:03,354

that will be

stronger than iron.

327



00:22:07,327 --> 00:22:09,994

I hope the enemy

has a sense of humor.

328

00:22:10,496 --> 00:22:15,199

Right. Today's lesson,

how not to stab yourselves!

329

00:22:15,268 --> 00:22:20,905

It is imperative that

we strike now, My Lord,

given this opportunity.

330

00:22:20,907 --> 00:22:22,540

COTYS: Ah! There you are!

331

00:22:22,542 --> 00:22:27,478

Hercules,

my scouts have brought news.

Rhesus is on the move.

332

00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,647

Archers who shoot lightning

from their bows.



333

00:22:29,649 --> 00:22:33,617

And infantry 4,000-strong,

their minds bewitched.

334

00:22:33,619 --> 00:22:35,186

Demons march with them.

335

00:22:35,188 --> 00:22:36,854

So now we're fighting demons.

336

00:22:36,856 --> 00:22:40,257

No stranger than the monsters

I hear you faced, Hercules.

337

00:22:40,259 --> 00:22:44,128

My Lord, Rhesus is preparing

to attack Bessi lands.

338

00:22:44,130 --> 00:22:45,930

He will be on

them within six days.



339

00:22:45,932 --> 00:22:49,100

If the Bessi fall, we're next.

Unless we intercept him.

340

00:22:49,102 --> 00:22:53,137

Your men need weeks,

if not months, of training

before they're ready.

341

00:22:53,139 --> 00:22:56,540

The Bessi are a fierce

but primitive tribe.

342

00:22:56,542 --> 00:23:00,211

If we do not protect them,

then there will

be a bloodbath.

343

00:23:00,213 --> 00:23:01,746

Face Rhesus with

an untrained army

344

00:23:01,748 --> 00:23:03,781



and you risk losing

far more than a single battle.

345

00:23:03,783 --> 00:23:08,953

My Lord, Rhesus is coming.

I vouch my life on it.

346

00:23:09,522 --> 00:23:10,721

The longer Rhesus lives,

347

00:23:10,723 --> 00:23:16,660

the more villages will

be burnt and the more

innocents will be killed.

348

00:23:16,662 --> 00:23:20,698

Assemble your men.

We march tomorrow.

349

00:23:22,034 --> 00:23:26,804

Hercules,

the gods have

offered us a gift.



350

00:23:26,806 --> 00:23:28,606

We must not squander it.

351

00:23:28,608 --> 00:23:31,776

Are your gods going to

be fighting with us?

352

00:23:32,178 --> 00:23:33,411

No.

353

00:23:33,746 --> 00:23:36,247

The son of Zeus will.

354

00:23:41,854 --> 00:23:44,455


355

00:23:50,129 --> 00:23:53,998

I've seen how you

watch over Hercules.

356

00:23:56,269 --> 00:23:58,402

Tell me,



357

00:23:58,404 --> 00:24:01,205

how did a woman,

358

00:24:01,207 --> 00:24:03,574

beautiful woman,

359

00:24:03,576 --> 00:24:07,278

fall in with

these hardened men?

360

00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:08,679

Killers?

361

00:24:12,785 --> 00:24:15,686

Son of Zeus need

a woman's protection?

362

00:24:15,688 --> 00:24:17,988

I don't protect him.

363

00:24:19,192 --> 00:24:21,559



I protect you from him.

364

00:24:23,129 --> 00:24:24,395

Hmm.

365

00:24:44,217 --> 00:24:48,586

General, from now on,

maybe you should favor

the company of your men.

366

00:24:56,596 --> 00:24:57,661

He pulled a knife?

367

00:24:57,663 --> 00:25:00,731

It was only a small prick.

368

00:25:00,733 --> 00:25:02,366

(CHUCKLES)

369

00:25:03,536 --> 00:25:06,203


370



00:25:10,977 --> 00:25:12,910

(FAINT GROWLING)

371

00:25:12,912 --> 00:25:15,145

(WHIMPERING)

372

00:25:20,152 --> 00:25:22,553

(SNARLING)

373

00:25:34,534 --> 00:25:37,535

-Ah!

-(SCREAMING)

374

00:25:40,540 --> 00:25:41,005

(PANTING)

375

00:25:41,007 --> 00:25:44,041

Your mother told

you to stay away.

You should listen.

376

00:25:44,544 --> 00:25:46,410

What's wrong with him?



377

00:25:49,415 --> 00:25:52,349

Tydeus is my

most loyal warrior.

378

00:25:53,386 --> 00:25:54,785

He was born in war.

379

00:25:54,787 --> 00:25:59,623

When I found him,

he was more animal than human.

380

00:26:02,728 --> 00:26:05,563

He never speaks

of what he saw.

381

00:26:05,932 --> 00:26:08,165

He never speaks at all.

382

00:26:08,601 --> 00:26:11,835

But he relives it every night.

383



00:26:13,439 --> 00:26:14,405

Come.

384

00:26:14,407 --> 00:26:16,307

Let's find your mother.

385

00:26:21,781 --> 00:26:25,182

ARIUS: When I grow up,

I want to be

a great hero like you.

386

00:26:25,184 --> 00:26:28,786

-HERCULES: Like me?

-No hero is

greater than Hercules.

387

00:26:28,788 --> 00:26:29,353

I know all your Labors.

388

00:26:29,355 --> 00:26:33,824

Like the Cretan Bull,

you wrestled it for seven days

and seven nights.





-No.

395

00:26:53,779 --> 00:26:55,546

(LAUGHS)

396

00:26:56,616 --> 00:26:58,716

(MAN COUGHS)

397

00:27:01,887 --> 00:27:04,088

-Mother.

-Arius.

398

00:27:04,090 --> 00:27:06,857

You're supposed to be in bed.

399

00:27:08,594 --> 00:27:10,361

Why are you in the hospice?

400

00:27:10,363 --> 00:27:12,930

My mother saves

people's lives.

401



00:27:12,932 --> 00:27:14,732

Many of our physicians

were killed during battle.

402

00:27:14,734 --> 00:27:19,236

So, out of necessity,

I taught myself

the art of healing.

403

00:27:20,439 --> 00:27:21,005

If I could be like you,

404

00:27:21,007 --> 00:27:25,175

I would protect all of Thrace

and no one

would ever get hurt.

405

00:27:25,177 --> 00:27:26,844

(CHUCKLES)

406

00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:36,387

HERCULES: Here.

407



00:27:37,056 --> 00:27:40,557

I was going to give this

to someone else,

408

00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:44,028

but I never got the chance.

409

00:27:45,064 --> 00:27:47,264

Only a hero may wear this.

410

00:27:47,266 --> 00:27:50,801

But to become a hero,

you must grow strong.

411

00:27:53,673 --> 00:27:55,706

Is this

the Nemean Lion's tooth?

412

00:27:55,708 --> 00:27:58,509

-It is.

-Thank you.

413

00:27:59,278 --> 00:28:00,411



Thank you.

414

00:28:00,413 --> 00:28:01,779

Good night.

415

00:28:02,114 --> 00:28:04,281

Good night, Hercules.

416

00:28:07,620 --> 00:28:09,553

AMPHIARAUS: Have no fear.

417

00:28:09,555 --> 00:28:15,159

If you fall in

the service of a just cause,

your souls will go to Elysium,

418

00:28:15,161 --> 00:28:20,264

where they will dwell forever

among the shades of heroes,

419

00:28:20,266 --> 00:28:21,732

like Theseus.



420

00:28:21,734 --> 00:28:22,866

Odysseus!

421

00:28:22,868 --> 00:28:24,001

And the great Achilles.

422

00:28:24,003 --> 00:28:29,373

Or if you're lucky,

you'll go to Hades,

where all the fun people are.

423

00:28:37,183 --> 00:28:38,182

Iolaus.

424

00:28:38,184 --> 00:28:39,850

Your place is

beside Lord Cotys,

where it's safe.

425

00:28:39,852 --> 00:28:43,821

I've been giving it a lot

of thought, and I really feel

I'm ready to fight.



426

00:28:43,823 --> 00:28:45,723

You're a storyteller,

not a warrior.

427

00:28:45,725 --> 00:28:46,657

We share the same blood.

428

00:28:46,659 --> 00:28:49,827

And I will not see it shed.

Chariot.

429

00:28:49,995 --> 00:28:51,161

Now.

430

00:28:51,163 --> 00:28:52,763

(SCOFFS)

431

00:28:59,038 --> 00:29:00,237

Thracians,

432

00:29:00,239 --> 00:29:03,874



the shield wall is your home.

Your shelter.

433

00:29:03,876 --> 00:29:07,878

When you sleep,

the wall is your blanket.

434

00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:11,515

When you fight,

the wall is your armor.

435

00:29:11,517 --> 00:29:13,817

The shield wall will

never break formation

436

00:29:13,819 --> 00:29:17,588

as long as there is

breath in your body.

437

00:29:17,790 --> 00:29:20,290

Remember these words,

438

00:29:20,826 --> 00:29:23,293



and you will taste victory.

439

00:29:23,996 --> 00:29:26,730

-Move the army out!

-SOLDIER 1: Move out!

440

00:30:14,113 --> 00:30:16,313

(HORSES NEIGHING)

441

00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:35,833

Halt!

442

00:30:36,368 --> 00:30:37,100

Halt!

443

00:30:37,102 --> 00:30:39,970

-Halt!

-SOLDIER 2: Halt!

444

00:31:11,237 --> 00:31:12,836

We are too late.

445



00:31:12,838 --> 00:31:16,106

Rhesus has already been here.

446

00:31:18,978 --> 00:31:22,880

Leave the chariots.

We'll go down on foot.

447

00:31:50,676 --> 00:31:54,411

The lion and crow

cross a field of corpses.

448

00:31:55,581 --> 00:31:58,482

I hate being

right all the time.

449

00:32:03,856 --> 00:32:04,454

Halt.

450

00:32:04,456 --> 00:32:06,723

-Halt!

-SOLDIER 1: Halt!

451

00:32:17,269 --> 00:32:19,069



HERCULES:

This head is rotting.

452

00:32:20,906 --> 00:32:22,739

A week old, at least.

453

00:32:25,077 --> 00:32:28,478

Yet some of these

bodies are fresh.

454

00:32:40,659 --> 00:32:42,960

-(YELLS)

-(YELPING)

455

00:32:42,962 --> 00:32:44,728

-IOLAUS: Uncle!

-(BOTH GRUNTING)

456

00:32:48,867 --> 00:32:50,334

(SHRIEKS)

457

00:32:53,172 --> 00:32:56,940

And we've walked into a trap.







00:34:08,414 --> 00:34:10,280

(ALL CHEERING)

471

00:34:25,998 --> 00:34:30,901

Hercules' fists

have been dipped

in the blood of the Hydra!

472

00:34:30,903 --> 00:34:33,537

Lethal to anyone but him!

473

00:34:36,175 --> 00:34:37,441

Watch!

474

00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:43,513

(YELLING)

475

00:34:48,020 --> 00:34:49,252

(CHEERING STOPS)

476

00:34:49,254 --> 00:34:50,420

Did you see that?



477

00:34:50,422 --> 00:34:52,389

The gods fight on our side!

478

00:34:52,825 --> 00:34:54,558

(ALL CHEERING)

479

00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:57,260


480

00:34:57,262 --> 00:35:00,630

ALL: (CHANTING)


481

00:35:00,632 --> 00:35:02,299

Hercules! Hercules!

482

00:35:02,301 --> 00:35:05,669


483

00:35:06,138 --> 00:35:07,904

(YELLING)



484

00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:10,173

(ALL YELLING)

485

00:35:19,485 --> 00:35:21,418

Battle position!

486

00:35:29,495 --> 00:35:33,830

Lady Artemis, if I am to fall,

let me be judged...

487

00:35:34,766 --> 00:35:36,266

(YELLING CONTINUES)

488

00:35:41,540 --> 00:35:43,673

(ALL GRUNTING)

489

00:36:07,299 --> 00:36:09,166

Stand fast!

490

00:36:23,916 --> 00:36:26,383

SITACLES: Hold your position!



491

00:36:41,767 --> 00:36:43,600

Do not yield!

492

00:37:23,976 --> 00:37:25,442

(SHOUTS)

493

00:37:39,358 --> 00:37:42,926

No retreat! Stay in the wall!

494

00:37:43,695 --> 00:37:45,795

Hold the lines!

495

00:37:45,931 --> 00:37:47,097

Do not yield!

496

00:37:47,099 --> 00:37:50,200

Defend Lord Cotys!

497

00:37:55,807 --> 00:37:57,173

(SCREAMS)

498



00:38:16,261 --> 00:38:18,561

SITACLES:

The wall has been breached!

499

00:38:20,766 --> 00:38:25,935

Seal up the shield wall!

Defend Lord Cotys!

500

00:38:31,977 --> 00:38:33,410

Whip!

501

00:38:43,488 --> 00:38:45,322

Hercules!

502

00:38:45,590 --> 00:38:47,290

Bring the chariots!

503

00:38:54,466 --> 00:38:56,900

SITACLES: Defend your Lord!

504

00:39:07,512 --> 00:39:09,946

No!



505

00:39:14,486 --> 00:39:16,619

(URGES HORSES)

506

00:39:31,636 --> 00:39:32,869

(LAUGHS)

507

00:39:56,828 --> 00:39:58,928

(YELLING)

508

00:40:00,899 --> 00:40:02,132

(GRUNTS)

509

00:40:10,008 --> 00:40:11,307

(GRUNTS)

510

00:40:25,490 --> 00:40:26,956

Advance!

511

00:40:26,958 --> 00:40:28,892

SITACLES: Advance!

512







526

00:41:47,439 --> 00:41:48,838

Very well.

527

00:41:51,209 --> 00:41:57,347

Cover up,

before your loyal army

sees you bleed like a mortal.

528

00:42:06,892 --> 00:42:08,157

Phineas.

529

00:42:08,159 --> 00:42:10,226

You plead your life.

530

00:42:10,228 --> 00:42:12,595

And I gladly offer it.

531

00:42:13,932 --> 00:42:15,832

I failed to see this trap.

532

00:42:15,834 --> 00:42:17,934



The fault is mine!

Spare the other scouts.

533

00:42:17,936 --> 00:42:19,969

AUTOLYCUS: General Sitacles.

534

00:42:19,971 --> 00:42:23,840

I think we've lost enough men

for the day, don't you?

535

00:42:23,842 --> 00:42:25,808

But just to avoid

future misunderstandings,

536

00:42:25,810 --> 00:42:30,280

I'll be taking charge

of your scouts from now on.

537

00:42:30,282 --> 00:42:32,248

Is that clear?

538

00:42:37,389 --> 00:42:38,888

Thank you.



539

00:42:38,890 --> 00:42:42,392

Another mistake,

I'll end you myself.

540

00:42:56,308 --> 00:42:58,441


541

00:42:58,443 --> 00:43:00,076

(HORSE WHINNIES)

542

00:43:12,057 --> 00:43:16,759

I'm applying a salve of mint,

chamomile and clay

to seal the wound.

543

00:43:16,761 --> 00:43:20,730

This is extract of

lithops for the pain,

a powerful sedative.

544

00:43:20,732 --> 00:43:25,401

It should rest you after



consuming it. It may have

certain side effects.

545

00:43:25,403 --> 00:43:26,736

I don't need it.

546

00:43:26,738 --> 00:43:30,173

Ah, forgive me, I forgot.

No mortal can harm Hercules.

547

00:43:30,175 --> 00:43:35,445

And, uh, your lion's hide

is indestructible?

548

00:43:36,448 --> 00:43:39,248

Drink, son of Zeus.

549

00:43:41,219 --> 00:43:45,788

Arius' father was the same,

he distrusted medicines.

550

00:43:45,790 --> 00:43:47,156

Where is he now?



551

00:43:47,425 --> 00:43:51,127

Taken by the gods

before my son was born.

552

00:43:51,129 --> 00:43:52,595

I'm sorry.

553

00:43:53,131 --> 00:43:54,897

I never knew my father.

554

00:43:55,500 --> 00:44:00,370

Well, he must have been

very, very strong. (LAUGHS)

555

00:44:02,807 --> 00:44:04,440

Tell me about Arius.

556

00:44:04,442 --> 00:44:07,176

Oh. He's a good boy.

557

00:44:07,178 --> 00:44:10,680



And someday,

he will make a fine king.

558

00:44:10,749 --> 00:44:12,382

Do you have any children?

559

00:44:16,221 --> 00:44:17,787

Do they live in Athens?

560

00:44:17,789 --> 00:44:20,256

Thank you for your care.

561

00:44:30,235 --> 00:44:32,669

The sedative

will help you rest.

562

00:45:04,602 --> 00:45:07,937

How could you do

such a terrible thing?

563

00:45:07,939 --> 00:45:08,871

By law, I should execute you,





Get out, you monster.

570

00:45:33,665 --> 00:45:34,697

Get out!

571

00:45:34,699 --> 00:45:36,265

(PANTING)

572

00:45:38,837 --> 00:45:41,204

(CHILDREN LAUGHING)

573

00:45:52,383 --> 00:45:56,018

(LAUGHING CONTINUES)

574

00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:44,267

(GROWLING)

575

00:46:46,905 --> 00:46:48,805

No!

576

00:46:49,340 --> 00:46:51,374

(SNARLING)



577

00:46:55,547 --> 00:46:57,647

(YELLING)

578

00:47:04,589 --> 00:47:07,456

(PANTING)

579

00:47:27,545 --> 00:47:31,314

AMPHIARAUS: It happened

again, didn't it, hmm?

580

00:47:31,316 --> 00:47:35,351

Another vision of Cerberus,

the three-headed

beast of Hades?

581

00:47:35,353 --> 00:47:39,222

The gods show you things

they don't share with others.

582

00:47:39,224 --> 00:47:42,758

There's a word for that.

Madness.





the beast that haunts you.

Only then will you find peace.

589

00:48:00,912 --> 00:48:01,477

I speak from experience.

590

00:48:01,479 --> 00:48:06,549

No matter how far you run,

no matter how fast you go,

the beast will follow.

591

00:48:06,551 --> 00:48:09,986

Man cannot escape his fate.

592

00:48:24,702 --> 00:48:27,336

Room for one more

in your company?

593

00:48:27,338 --> 00:48:31,641

It'd be a pleasure having

female companionship

for a change.

594



00:48:31,643 --> 00:48:34,577

Atalanta doesn't quite count.

No offense.

595

00:48:34,579 --> 00:48:37,847

If only your manhood

was as long as your tongue.

596

00:48:37,982 --> 00:48:40,616

Both can satisfy

in different ways.

597

00:48:43,087 --> 00:48:47,890

You're a famed

storyteller, Iolaus.

Grace me with a story.

598

00:48:47,892 --> 00:48:50,793

Any particular subject,

My Lady?

599

00:48:50,895 --> 00:48:54,830

Murder, of a woman

and her three children.



600

00:48:56,367 --> 00:49:00,036

Is it true? Did Hercules

slaughter his own family?

601

00:49:00,038 --> 00:49:03,039

-Who said so?

-Oh, soldiers talk.

602

00:49:03,041 --> 00:49:05,841

They say if Hercules

ever returns to Athens,

603

00:49:05,843 --> 00:49:08,611

King Eurystheus

will have him executed.

604

00:49:12,450 --> 00:49:16,419

Hercules had

completed his Labors

and returned home. But Hera...

605

00:49:16,421 --> 00:49:19,322



No myths. I want the truth.

606

00:49:19,324 --> 00:49:21,490

No one knows the truth.

607

00:49:22,393 --> 00:49:23,192

Not for sure.

608

00:49:23,194 --> 00:49:29,031

We found Hercules alone.

His wife, Megara and

the children, dead.

609

00:49:29,033 --> 00:49:30,833

He remembers nothing.

610

00:49:30,835 --> 00:49:32,668

Do you believe he is innocent?

611

00:49:32,670 --> 00:49:38,441

We grew up together, both

orphans, trying to survive in

the streets of Athens.



612

00:49:38,443 --> 00:49:43,179

We found a home in the army.

Looked out for each other.

613

00:49:43,314 --> 00:49:47,483

Hercules'

strength set him apart.

614

00:49:47,485 --> 00:49:51,620

Kings of Athens started to

send him on all the most

dangerous missions.

615

00:49:51,622 --> 00:49:53,089

The Twelve Labors.

616

00:49:53,091 --> 00:49:55,191

And he took me with him.

617

00:49:55,593 --> 00:49:56,659

To fight by his side.



618

00:49:56,661 --> 00:49:59,628

And with each mission,

our numbers grew.

619

00:49:59,630 --> 00:50:04,266

Scythia, the Amazon kingdom

where the royal family

had been assassinated.

620

00:50:04,268 --> 00:50:07,203

My family was gone.

Everyone was gone.

621

00:50:07,205 --> 00:50:10,272

Hercules helped me

avenge their murder.

622

00:50:10,274 --> 00:50:12,541

He became my brother-in-arms.

623

00:50:12,910 --> 00:50:16,112

Thebes, the city of corpses,



624

00:50:16,114 --> 00:50:18,647

where we found a single child,

625

00:50:19,117 --> 00:50:20,883

still alive.

626

00:50:20,885 --> 00:50:22,518

Hercules took Tydeus in when

627

00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:26,255

everyone else saw

nothing but a wild animal.

628

00:50:26,791 --> 00:50:30,126

You know how a rumor spreads.

How a legend grows.

629

00:50:30,128 --> 00:50:31,927

Hercules' deeds

were so incredible,

630

00:50:31,929 --> 00:50:36,499



they could not possibly

have been

performed by a mere mortal.

631

00:50:36,567 --> 00:50:37,767

So we played along.

632

00:50:37,769 --> 00:50:43,406

We encourage people to think

Hercules was the son of Zeus.

It's good.

633

00:50:43,408 --> 00:50:45,207

Scares the enemy.

634

00:50:45,343 --> 00:50:47,343

Iolaus helps.

635

00:50:47,345 --> 00:50:48,844

He talks nice.

636

00:50:50,014 --> 00:50:52,748

You're very loyal friends.



637

00:50:52,750 --> 00:50:54,683

You're avoiding my question.

638

00:50:56,020 --> 00:50:57,119

Hercules is a warrior.

639

00:50:57,121 --> 00:50:59,255

And there is something

that haunts warriors.

640

00:50:59,257 --> 00:51:00,856

It can cloud their minds.

641

00:51:00,858 --> 00:51:04,360

We call it the Blood Rage.

642

00:51:04,462 --> 00:51:07,129

This rage afflicted Hercules.

643

00:51:07,131 --> 00:51:09,632

He made me vow to keep



the world away from him.

644

00:51:09,634 --> 00:51:13,135

To make sure that he would

never harm innocents again.

645

00:51:13,137 --> 00:51:16,705

And that,

My Lady, is the truth.

646

00:51:16,974 --> 00:51:18,574

The truth,

647

00:51:18,576 --> 00:51:19,809

(SCOFFS)

648

00:51:20,244 --> 00:51:22,344

whatever the truth,

649

00:51:22,346 --> 00:51:25,314

the death of his loved ones

haunts Hercules.



650

00:51:25,316 --> 00:51:28,284

Only the gods can help him,

651

00:51:29,153 --> 00:51:31,153

if he listens.

652

00:51:36,761 --> 00:51:40,362

Come! Gather around,

soldiers of Thrace,

and behold,

653

00:51:40,364 --> 00:51:44,266

when Hercules gives an order,

even the gods listen.

654

00:51:44,402 --> 00:51:46,168

Zeus' master ironsmith,

655

00:51:46,170 --> 00:51:48,003

using the forges

of your own citadel,

656



00:51:48,005 --> 00:51:53,275

has crafted

these divine weapons

that will make you invincible.

657

00:51:53,277 --> 00:51:55,978

As steel is hewn into shields,

658

00:51:55,980 --> 00:51:59,982

so, too, will you be

hewn into warriors.

659

00:52:01,652 --> 00:52:05,955

You shall carry

the shield of Hercules!

660

00:52:13,965 --> 00:52:14,763

It's lighter.

661

00:52:14,765 --> 00:52:18,067

Infused with the souls

of Stymphalian birds

662



00:52:18,069 --> 00:52:19,568

from Hercules' sixth Labor!

663

00:52:19,570 --> 00:52:23,939

Spirits of birds?

How does that work, exactly?

664

00:52:24,475 --> 00:52:26,208

Well, much as

birds take flight,

665

00:52:26,210 --> 00:52:31,480

so, too, are these shields

lighter than air.

It's in the fibers. Here.

666

00:52:31,916 --> 00:52:34,950

Try on the helmet of Hercules.

667

00:52:41,359 --> 00:52:41,924

It covers my whole face.

668

00:52:41,926 --> 00:52:46,662



Forged after Hercules' very

own helmet, when he

defeated the demon Geryon.

669

00:52:46,664 --> 00:52:51,634

You sure it wasn't your

horseshit that frightened

Geryon to death?

670

00:52:52,103 --> 00:52:52,835

Mmm?

671

00:52:52,837 --> 00:52:53,969

IOLAUS: General Sitacles,

672

00:52:53,971 --> 00:52:58,340

perhaps you

would care to inspect

the armor of Hercules?

673

00:53:07,952 --> 00:53:09,418

(CHUCKLES)

674







00:54:14,452 --> 00:54:15,684

Next!

688

00:54:16,287 --> 00:54:18,187

(SOLDIERS GRUNTING)

689

00:54:23,427 --> 00:54:25,027

Again!

690

00:54:25,096 --> 00:54:26,795

Both eyes open.

691

00:54:28,599 --> 00:54:30,132

Keep practicing.

692

00:54:31,202 --> 00:54:32,301

(GROANS)

693

00:54:32,303 --> 00:54:34,136

HERCULES: Firmer grip.

694

00:54:34,538 --> 00:54:36,105



Elbow up.

695

00:54:37,475 --> 00:54:38,374

Good.

696

00:54:38,376 --> 00:54:40,442

Shield wall! Form!

697

00:54:45,116 --> 00:54:47,449

-ATALANTA: Stand tall.

-(SOLDIER GRUNTS)

698

00:54:50,021 --> 00:54:51,553

Excellent.

699

00:54:52,790 --> 00:54:54,356

(SOLDIERS APPLAUDING)

700

00:54:55,259 --> 00:54:56,625

(ALL GRUNTING)

701

00:55:06,437 --> 00:55:08,637



(IOLAUS GRUNTING)

702

00:55:17,381 --> 00:55:20,149

Careful you don't

cut yourself, boy.

703

00:55:21,719 --> 00:55:23,218

AUTOLYCUS: Again!

704

00:55:25,489 --> 00:55:27,456

(SOLDIERS GRUNTING)

705

00:55:30,027 --> 00:55:31,960

Rhesus is here.

706

00:55:31,962 --> 00:55:35,331

Close enough to stick

a blade between his ribs.

707

00:55:35,333 --> 00:55:35,898

What did you see?

708



00:55:35,900 --> 00:55:40,035

Centaurs.

Half man, half horse.

Hundreds of them.

709

00:55:40,604 --> 00:55:41,937

He saw shadows in the night.

710

00:55:41,939 --> 00:55:44,873

My Lord, I will go ahead

into the Rhesus camp.

711

00:55:44,875 --> 00:55:48,077

I will bring

word of his plans.

712

00:55:51,282 --> 00:55:55,417

If we let them get

past Mount Asticus,

Thrace will fall.

713

00:55:55,686 --> 00:55:56,719

You want to stop Rhesus?



714

00:55:56,721 --> 00:55:58,954

We'll go through the forest

and they'll

never see us coming.

715

00:55:58,956 --> 00:56:02,925

It'll slow down our chariots.

A gamble.

716

00:56:03,561 --> 00:56:04,927

I have a plan.

717

00:56:09,100 --> 00:56:10,065

The scouts have returned.

718

00:56:10,067 --> 00:56:14,236

Rhesus has made his camp

in Mount Asticus,

72 leagues away.

719

00:56:14,238 --> 00:56:17,373

Once these men

are ready, we march.



720

00:56:17,942 --> 00:56:21,377

So, have you seen

if we win or lose?

721

00:56:21,379 --> 00:56:25,381

The gods have been

annoyingly silent

on that matter.

722

00:56:25,383 --> 00:56:26,181

What they have told me is that

723

00:56:26,183 --> 00:56:30,386

I'm soon to discover

there truly is

a heaven or a hell.

724

00:56:31,789 --> 00:56:32,654

When will you die?

725

00:56:32,656 --> 00:56:36,525

Within a week in a place



that looks

an awful lot like hell.

726

00:56:36,527 --> 00:56:40,696

As always,

the gods are

generous with hints,

727

00:56:40,698 --> 00:56:43,265

but cheap on specifics.

728

00:56:45,403 --> 00:56:46,735

Cheer up, Hercules.

729

00:56:46,737 --> 00:56:51,640

I've lived, not always well,

but long enough.

730

00:56:52,977 --> 00:56:55,878

I'm ready for what's next.

731

00:57:01,352 --> 00:57:04,219

Thracians, halt!



732

00:57:04,221 --> 00:57:05,320

(SOLDIERS GRUNT)

733

00:57:05,322 --> 00:57:08,023

Shield wall! Form!

734

00:57:11,695 --> 00:57:13,429

Battle positions!

735

00:57:16,734 --> 00:57:18,300

Tydeus?

736

00:57:22,273 --> 00:57:23,872

(YELLING)

737

00:57:24,442 --> 00:57:26,041

(SOLDIERS GRUNT)

738

00:58:03,981 --> 00:58:05,814

There is no enemy camp.



739

00:58:06,183 --> 00:58:08,750

This is the right place.

740

00:58:26,070 --> 00:58:27,769

Centaurs!

741

00:58:28,138 --> 00:58:29,838

They're real.

742

00:58:33,277 --> 00:58:34,643

(BLOWING HORN)

743

00:58:46,223 --> 00:58:48,490

(CENTAURS SHOUTING)

744

00:58:53,163 --> 00:58:55,364

It seems that we're expected.

745

00:59:10,814 --> 00:59:12,314

Centaurs?

746



00:59:26,997 --> 00:59:28,630

(EXHALES)

747

00:59:33,003 --> 00:59:33,302

Rhesus!

748

00:59:33,304 --> 00:59:38,874

You have come

looking for a fight,

and we are happy to oblige.

749

00:59:39,610 --> 00:59:42,578

Hercules. The son of Zeus.

750

00:59:42,680 --> 00:59:44,813

Your legend ends here.

751

00:59:44,815 --> 00:59:46,348

HERCULES: Look at me.

752

00:59:47,184 --> 00:59:48,817

Do I look afraid?



753

00:59:57,227 --> 00:59:58,660

Phineas.

754

00:59:59,630 --> 01:00:01,096

Traitor!

755

01:00:01,098 --> 01:00:03,231

Hades will have you!

756

01:00:03,300 --> 01:00:05,901

After it has you, My Lord.

757

01:00:05,903 --> 01:00:07,102

RHESUS: It is over, Cotys.

758

01:00:07,104 --> 01:00:11,406

Mount Asticus on your front.

The woods at your back.

759

01:00:11,408 --> 01:00:14,109

And my troops

outman you three to one.



760

01:00:14,111 --> 01:00:18,880

Surrender now,

and we shall

consider being merciful.

761

01:00:18,882 --> 01:00:22,484

Men die who speak to my lord

in such a manner.

762

01:00:28,592 --> 01:00:30,525

You've made your choice.

763

01:00:46,010 --> 01:00:47,242

Go!

764

01:00:58,322 --> 01:01:01,890

In this moment, on this day,

765

01:01:01,892 --> 01:01:05,427

become the man

you were born to be!



766

01:01:05,429 --> 01:01:10,899

You have it within yourselves

to write your own legends!

767

01:01:10,901 --> 01:01:15,337

Let it be to death or victory!

768

01:01:15,873 --> 01:01:17,706

(SOLDIERS CHEERING)

769

01:01:19,677 --> 01:01:21,043

Charge!

770

01:01:29,453 --> 01:01:30,952

HERCULES: Shield wall!

771

01:01:31,221 --> 01:01:32,421

(SOLDIERS GRUNT)

772

01:01:32,423 --> 01:01:33,889

Flanks out!



773

01:01:38,495 --> 01:01:40,162

(SOLDIERS YELLING)

774

01:01:42,666 --> 01:01:44,599

Maybe today.

775

01:02:06,056 --> 01:02:07,355

Now!

776

01:02:09,193 --> 01:02:11,226

(SOLDIERS GROANING)

777

01:02:25,542 --> 01:02:28,610

Watch as the Amazon

uses the arrows of Artemis...

778

01:02:28,612 --> 01:02:30,445

Silence, boy!

779

01:02:35,319 --> 01:02:36,852

Spears forward!



780

01:02:36,854 --> 01:02:38,220

(SOLDIERS GRUNT)

781

01:02:49,399 --> 01:02:50,899

(URGES HORSES)

782

01:02:55,572 --> 01:02:57,472

Archers, ready!

783

01:02:58,509 --> 01:03:00,142

Loose!

784

01:03:14,158 --> 01:03:15,524

(BOTH SCREAM)

785

01:03:51,595 --> 01:03:52,828

Advance!

786

01:04:01,705 --> 01:04:03,605

Set them aflame!

787



01:04:08,245 --> 01:04:09,778

Take cover!

788

01:04:10,080 --> 01:04:12,447

SITACLES: Defend Lord Cotys!

789

01:04:31,835 --> 01:04:33,201

Maybe not.

790

01:04:33,203 --> 01:04:35,370

Shield wall! Attack!

791

01:04:38,709 --> 01:04:40,475

Push forward!

792

01:04:53,357 --> 01:04:57,092

To kill a snake,

cut off its head.

793

01:05:04,468 --> 01:05:05,834

(URGING HORSE)

794



01:05:11,842 --> 01:05:12,941

(SOLDIERS CHEERING)

795

01:05:12,943 --> 01:05:16,077

Victory is yours, Lord Cotys!

796

01:05:16,079 --> 01:05:18,713

It is not over yet!

797

01:05:29,626 --> 01:05:30,992

(URGES HORSE)

798

01:05:50,280 --> 01:05:51,446

(HORSE NEIGHING)

799

01:05:51,448 --> 01:05:52,414

(PANTING)

800

01:05:52,416 --> 01:05:54,416

Fucking centaurs.

801

01:05:54,518 --> 01:05:56,251



(PANTING)

802

01:05:58,722 --> 01:05:59,421

(ALL CHEERING)

803

01:05:59,423 --> 01:06:04,025

ALL: (CHANTING)

Hail, Lord Cotys!

Hail, Lord Cotys!

804

01:06:04,027 --> 01:06:08,530

Hail, Lord Cotys!

Hail, Lord Cotys!

805

01:06:08,665 --> 01:06:11,166

Hail, Lord Cotys!

806

01:06:11,501 --> 01:06:13,702

(SOLDIERS BOOING)

807

01:06:38,161 --> 01:06:39,995

SITACLES: Halt!



808

01:06:45,369 --> 01:06:46,735

(SOLDIERS LAUGH)

809

01:06:46,737 --> 01:06:48,303

Get up.

810

01:06:49,139 --> 01:06:50,772

Get up.

811

01:06:56,046 --> 01:06:57,645

(SOLDIERS LAUGH)

812

01:06:57,647 --> 01:06:59,314

-Up.

-Enough!

813

01:07:09,226 --> 01:07:12,460

You helped

a tyrant enslave a nation.

814

01:07:12,462 --> 01:07:15,663

All I did was stop you



from burning more villages.

815

01:07:15,665 --> 01:07:17,599

I burned no villages.

816

01:07:17,768 --> 01:07:18,900

HERCULES: Then who did?

817

01:07:18,902 --> 01:07:20,769

Ask yourself,

if Cotys is beloved,

818

01:07:20,771 --> 01:07:23,638

why did he need

to hire mercenaries

to do his dirty work?

819

01:07:23,640 --> 01:07:25,306

Keep moving, dog.

820

01:07:25,308 --> 01:07:28,943

You've been

fighting on the wrong side.



821

01:07:38,355 --> 01:07:40,722

-(MUSIC PLAYING)

-(MEN LAUGHING)

822

01:08:01,878 --> 01:08:03,411

Where are you going?

823

01:08:03,413 --> 01:08:06,247

I'm taking some

water to the prisoner.

824

01:08:08,251 --> 01:08:09,717

Sit down.

825

01:08:14,925 --> 01:08:16,791

It's time.

826

01:08:21,364 --> 01:08:23,031

(MUSIC STOPS)

827

01:08:26,336 --> 01:08:29,904



Thrace is finally united.

828

01:08:31,842 --> 01:08:33,475

One land,

829

01:08:33,944 --> 01:08:35,643

one King,

830

01:08:36,780 --> 01:08:38,813

one Thrace.

831

01:08:39,449 --> 01:08:41,015

ALL: One land!

832

01:08:41,017 --> 01:08:42,784

One King! One Thrace!

833

01:08:42,786 --> 01:08:46,654

Thrace is not a man,

a king, or a god!

834

01:08:46,656 --> 01:08:48,323



Thrace is her people!

835

01:08:48,325 --> 01:08:50,825

-(GROANS)

-(ALL LAUGHING)

836

01:08:54,998 --> 01:08:57,999

Who cares what Rhesus claims?

Our work is done.

837

01:08:58,001 --> 01:09:00,301

Let's collect our

fee and be gone.

838

01:09:11,781 --> 01:09:13,715

Don't do anything foolish.

839

01:09:16,253 --> 01:09:18,286

Where are you going?

840

01:09:23,894 --> 01:09:24,425

(GASPS)



841

01:09:24,427 --> 01:09:26,928

I saw pity in

your eyes for Rhesus.

842

01:09:27,097 --> 01:09:28,630

Why?

843

01:09:28,965 --> 01:09:30,198

Look at me.

844

01:09:30,200 --> 01:09:32,901

Cotys is responsible

for this war, isn't he?

845

01:09:36,106 --> 01:09:40,508

You lie very well. Clearly,

your father's daughter.

846

01:09:40,510 --> 01:09:44,879

I didn't do it for my father.

I did it for my son.

847





01:10:07,904 --> 01:10:09,437

My father is old.

854

01:10:09,439 --> 01:10:13,174

He will not live forever,

and once he is gone,

855

01:10:13,176 --> 01:10:16,744

my son will be a good king.

856

01:10:17,113 --> 01:10:19,681

And he will heal this land.

857

01:10:19,683 --> 01:10:21,316

That's a dream.

858

01:10:22,586 --> 01:10:23,751

And you can help.

859

01:10:23,753 --> 01:10:27,322

Please, when you leave Thrace,

take Arius with you.



860

01:10:27,324 --> 01:10:29,524

Please keep him safe.

861

01:10:30,060 --> 01:10:32,060

Find another savior.

862

01:10:32,162 --> 01:10:33,661

SITACLES: Hercules?

863

01:10:35,465 --> 01:10:37,799

The King

commands your presence.

864

01:10:43,006 --> 01:10:44,572

My Lady.

865

01:10:54,985 --> 01:10:57,385

Ah, champion of Thrace!

866

01:10:57,387 --> 01:11:00,154

Something tells me

we're not gonna get paid.



867

01:11:00,257 --> 01:11:03,925

-You could be right.

-Oh, shit.

868

01:11:05,996 --> 01:11:09,264

You wanted conquerors,

not heroes.

869

01:11:09,266 --> 01:11:11,399

You betrayed me, Cotys.

870

01:11:11,401 --> 01:11:13,268

Betrayed?

871

01:11:13,270 --> 01:11:17,438

A mercenary who has long since

sold his conscience for gold

872

01:11:17,440 --> 01:11:20,642

can hardly presume to

judge his employers.



873

01:11:20,644 --> 01:11:23,244

Let's not

quibble about details.

874

01:11:26,783 --> 01:11:31,753

We all know your legend,

Hercules.

But here is mine.

875

01:11:31,755 --> 01:11:34,322

When I was a general

in the army of Thrace,

876

01:11:34,324 --> 01:11:37,425

I had dreams of

ruling this kingdom.

877

01:11:37,427 --> 01:11:40,795

But thanks to you,

my dreams have grown.

878

01:11:40,797 --> 01:11:43,431

I now crave an empire.



879

01:11:43,433 --> 01:11:48,736

My thousands will

train more thousands,

and they even more.

880

01:11:48,738 --> 01:11:50,872

The lessons of

Hercules will spread.

881

01:11:50,874 --> 01:11:53,574

What you began here

can never be stopped.

882

01:11:53,576 --> 01:11:58,579

And if you fear

what such an army may do,

883

01:11:59,449 --> 01:12:01,182

then lead it.

884

01:12:04,521 --> 01:12:08,356

You want me to serve you?





your services are

no longer required.

892

01:12:36,953 --> 01:12:40,688

You will be paid in full.

Bring them the gold.

893

01:13:20,930 --> 01:13:26,100

If we hurry,

we can be spending

our fortunes in Macedonia.

894

01:13:29,239 --> 01:13:30,872

Take mine, too.

895

01:13:33,309 --> 01:13:36,144

What do you

think you're doing?

Let's go.

896

01:13:36,146 --> 01:13:38,346

There will be no

more innocent blood

on my hands.



897

01:13:38,348 --> 01:13:41,816

I can't leave

without setting this right.

898

01:13:43,052 --> 01:13:43,751

Oh, I see.

899

01:13:43,753 --> 01:13:48,089

And who's gonna be paying us

for this suicidal endeavor?

900

01:13:48,091 --> 01:13:49,023

Thrace needs our help.

901

01:13:49,025 --> 01:13:51,726

To hell with Thrace.

We have gold.

902

01:13:52,362 --> 01:13:53,060

You remember the Black Sea.

903



01:13:53,062 --> 01:13:57,999

That beach you spoke

of is within reach.

Leave now, be free.

904

01:14:00,036 --> 01:14:02,403

I would never be free.

905

01:14:04,808 --> 01:14:07,475

In this fight, you're alone.

906

01:14:09,612 --> 01:14:11,212

Never saw that one coming.

907

01:14:11,214 --> 01:14:13,915

-How can you just walk away?

-You can't just leave.

908

01:14:13,917 --> 01:14:15,550

-Why not?

-It's all right.

909

01:14:15,552 --> 01:14:19,654



You've sacrificed

your lives for me.

Now you can finally be free.

910

01:14:19,656 --> 01:14:22,690

Whatever debt you feel

you owe me is paid.

911

01:14:22,859 --> 01:14:24,425

Debt?

912

01:14:24,761 --> 01:14:28,696

You think we follow you

because we owe you?

913

01:14:29,332 --> 01:14:31,165

Look around, Hercules.

914

01:14:31,734 --> 01:14:33,634

We're family.

915

01:14:33,636 --> 01:14:36,070

All we have is each other.



916

01:14:36,072 --> 01:14:40,975

We will fight for you.

And if it's our time,

we will die for you.

917

01:14:40,977 --> 01:14:43,344

Because you would die for us.

918

01:14:45,281 --> 01:14:48,216

Take that, too.

I have no need of it.

919

01:14:48,818 --> 01:14:49,951

This is madness.

920

01:14:49,953 --> 01:14:51,052

You want madness?

921

01:14:51,054 --> 01:14:55,323

Tonight, a spear of flame

will pierce my heart.



922

01:14:55,925 --> 01:15:00,061

Is that not

the most insane death

you've ever heard of?

923

01:15:10,039 --> 01:15:13,341

Crazy. The lot of you.

924

01:15:13,343 --> 01:15:15,042

Autolycus.

925

01:15:15,044 --> 01:15:18,679

Iolaus. Go with Autolycus.

926

01:15:19,215 --> 01:15:20,615

I think I'll stay.

927

01:15:20,617 --> 01:15:20,915

Nephew.

928

01:15:20,917 --> 01:15:26,787

Uncle, all I've ever done is



tell stories of great deeds

performed by others.

929

01:15:27,290 --> 01:15:32,293

It's time I stopped

telling their stories.

Started living my own.

930

01:15:32,295 --> 01:15:37,064

Well, you may have all

completely lost

your minds, but not me.

931

01:15:38,334 --> 01:15:39,901

Not me.

932

01:15:42,939 --> 01:15:44,305

Autolycus?

933

01:15:47,377 --> 01:15:49,911

Live like a king, my friend.

934

01:15:52,682 --> 01:15:55,683



-(URGES HORSES)

-(HORSES NEIGHING)

935

01:15:59,422 --> 01:16:01,222

What about Cotys?

936

01:16:03,726 --> 01:16:06,060

He paid us to save Thrace.

937

01:16:06,062 --> 01:16:07,895

Let's not disappoint him.

938

01:16:11,434 --> 01:16:12,800

(CREAKING)

939

01:16:36,659 --> 01:16:39,026

SITACLES: Lay down your arms.

940

01:16:40,563 --> 01:16:42,496

Lay down your arms!

941

01:16:42,665 --> 01:16:46,133



Or your nephew dies first.

942

01:16:49,405 --> 01:16:51,172

(WEAPONS CLATTERING)

943

01:17:01,351 --> 01:17:05,553

I invite you to join me.

You refuse.

944

01:17:05,555 --> 01:17:08,522

I order you to leave.

You return.

945

01:17:08,524 --> 01:17:11,959

(GRUNTS) Get

your hands off me.

946

01:17:13,196 --> 01:17:16,063

I overheard her

conspiring with Hercules.

947

01:17:16,065 --> 01:17:20,334

They were planning to remove



the young Prince

from your protection.

948

01:17:25,341 --> 01:17:27,041

-No.

-(ARIUS SCREAMING)

949

01:17:27,210 --> 01:17:29,910

Let go of him!

Don't touch him!

950

01:17:29,912 --> 01:17:31,145

(SHOUTS)

951

01:17:33,416 --> 01:17:35,316

Arius! No!

952

01:17:37,920 --> 01:17:39,053

(SCREAMING)

953

01:17:39,055 --> 01:17:41,022

No! You're hurting him! No!



954

01:17:41,024 --> 01:17:43,624

ARIUS: Hercules, no!

Help me! Stop!

955

01:17:43,626 --> 01:17:46,761

-Help! No!

-ERGENIA: Arius. No.

956

01:17:46,763 --> 01:17:49,063

(CRYING) Arius! No!

957

01:17:51,234 --> 01:17:52,833

(GROANING)

958

01:18:09,652 --> 01:18:11,252

(PANTING)

959

01:18:19,962 --> 01:18:21,562

(GROWLING)

960

01:18:27,637 --> 01:18:29,336

(SNARLING)



961

01:18:35,611 --> 01:18:38,646

MAN: Magnificent, aren't they?

962

01:18:39,015 --> 01:18:43,851

An extraordinary species.

Incredibly loyal.

963

01:18:44,087 --> 01:18:46,554

As long as they're fed.

964

01:18:46,556 --> 01:18:49,390

-Remember them?

-Eurystheus.

965

01:18:50,626 --> 01:18:52,927

They remember you.

966

01:18:53,029 --> 01:18:56,030

Confused, Hercules?

967

01:18:56,032 --> 01:19:01,802



Kingdoms are won with armies,

but empires are

made by alliances.

968

01:19:01,804 --> 01:19:07,808

King Eurystheus and I

will now rule all of Greece.

969

01:19:09,946 --> 01:19:11,579

(SNARLING)

970

01:19:13,683 --> 01:19:17,718

Cerberus only

exists in my mind.

971

01:19:18,588 --> 01:19:21,322

Speak a little louder,

Hercules.

972

01:19:22,191 --> 01:19:24,825

I didn't quite catch that.

973

01:19:26,629 --> 01:19:28,329



The wolves.

974

01:19:30,666 --> 01:19:32,900

They were there that night.

975

01:19:33,236 --> 01:19:35,202

 The wolves were there.

976

01:19:35,204 --> 01:19:37,304

 You drugged me.

977

01:19:48,684 --> 01:19:50,417

(MEGARA SCREAMING)

978

01:19:52,622 --> 01:19:56,657

 The wolves were there

 the night my

 family was murdered.

979

01:19:59,595 --> 01:20:03,164

My men told me

how your children screamed



980

01:20:03,666 --> 01:20:06,901

as my wolves

gnawed on their bones.

981

01:20:07,870 --> 01:20:08,169

(GASPS)

982

01:20:08,171 --> 01:20:12,339

As their fangs

despoiled your daughter's

983

01:20:12,809 --> 01:20:14,241

pure flesh.

984

01:20:14,410 --> 01:20:18,445

When the people

called out your name

louder than mine,

985

01:20:18,447 --> 01:20:21,782

you see,

when they saw you as a god,



986

01:20:21,784 --> 01:20:24,518

how long before

they saw you as their king?

987

01:20:24,520 --> 01:20:25,452

I wanted nothing!

988

01:20:25,454 --> 01:20:29,023

Precisely! Your sin, Hercules,

was that you had no ambition!

989

01:20:29,025 --> 01:20:32,159

I can deal with

an ambitious man!

He can be bought!

990

01:20:32,161 --> 01:20:35,830

But a man who wants nothing

has no price!

991

01:20:36,999 --> 01:20:40,634

Killing you would have

turned Athens against me.



992

01:20:40,970 --> 01:20:42,803

I had to ruin your name.

993

01:20:46,742 --> 01:20:48,309

My wife!

994

01:20:49,278 --> 01:20:50,010

My children!

995

01:20:50,012 --> 01:20:53,047

Well, you have our permission

to join them in death.

996

01:20:53,049 --> 01:20:58,419

All of you!

Starting with my

faithless daughter!

997

01:20:58,654 --> 01:21:01,155

ERGENIA: No! Get off me!

998



01:21:01,424 --> 01:21:03,891

(GRUNTS) No! No! No!

999

01:21:03,893 --> 01:21:06,360

Unhand me! No!

1000

01:21:06,362 --> 01:21:07,862

She's your own

flesh and blood!

1001

01:21:07,864 --> 01:21:10,164

I will raise Arius to be

my worthy successor!

1002

01:21:10,166 --> 01:21:15,369

You stay away from my boy!

You monster, you bastard!

1003

01:21:15,371 --> 01:21:18,772

-You are a monster!

You are a monster!

-No!

1004



01:21:18,774 --> 01:21:21,575

-(GRUNTS)

-ERGENIA: You are not a man!

1005

01:21:21,577 --> 01:21:23,377

You're a demon!

1006

01:21:23,379 --> 01:21:25,379

AMPHIARAUS: Who are you?

1007

01:21:25,681 --> 01:21:26,814

Are you a murderer?

1008

01:21:26,816 --> 01:21:29,016

Damn you! I curse you!

1009

01:21:29,018 --> 01:21:32,152

Are you a mercenary

who turns his

back on the innocent?

1010

01:21:32,154 --> 01:21:33,587

Stay away from my son!



1011

01:21:33,589 --> 01:21:35,222

AMPHIARAUS:

Are you only the legend?

1012

01:21:35,224 --> 01:21:38,726

Or are you

the truth behind the legend?

1013

01:21:38,728 --> 01:21:40,694

No! Father,

please, please, please.

1014

01:21:40,696 --> 01:21:42,663

-We believe in you.

-(ERGENIA SOBBING)

1015

01:21:43,232 --> 01:21:45,199

We have faith in you.

1016

01:21:45,201 --> 01:21:46,967

Have faith in yourself.





1023

01:22:00,316 --> 01:22:02,082

-Stop it!

-Leave her alone!

1024

01:22:02,084 --> 01:22:04,551

AMPHIARAUS: Now, tell me!

1025

01:22:04,553 --> 01:22:05,552

Please!

1026

01:22:05,554 --> 01:22:08,255

Who are you?

1027

01:22:08,257 --> 01:22:12,660

I am Hercules!

1028

01:22:19,335 --> 01:22:20,567

(GASPS)

1029

01:22:22,371 --> 01:22:25,339

Unleash the wolves!



1030

01:22:27,576 --> 01:22:29,376

(WOLVES SNARLING)

1031

01:22:29,378 --> 01:22:30,711

HERCULES: Get away!

1032

01:22:30,713 --> 01:22:32,379

Ahh!

1033

01:22:38,688 --> 01:22:42,656

Three wolves should be

more than enough for one lion.

1034

01:22:44,026 --> 01:22:45,826

-(WOLF WHINES)

-Ahh!

1035

01:22:45,828 --> 01:22:47,394

Hurry!

1036

01:22:51,067 --> 01:22:52,633



(GRUNTING)

1037

01:22:53,369 --> 01:22:54,902

-Hurry!

-Hurry!

1038

01:22:57,340 --> 01:22:58,572

No!

1039

01:23:06,582 --> 01:23:08,248

(GRUNTING)

1040

01:23:08,250 --> 01:23:09,650

(JAW CRACKING)

1041

01:23:10,086 --> 01:23:11,685

Ahh!

1042

01:23:17,994 --> 01:23:19,360

(WOLF WHINES)

1043

01:23:25,201 --> 01:23:27,668



The gods have

revealed your innocence.

1044

01:23:27,670 --> 01:23:30,637

The final Labor is complete.

1045

01:23:30,639 --> 01:23:33,007

But I'm just getting started.

1046

01:23:39,548 --> 01:23:43,283

Doesn't take a vision to know

what's waiting

for us up there.

1047

01:23:51,794 --> 01:23:53,494

(ALL GRUNTING)

1048

01:23:57,833 --> 01:23:59,700

(SOLDIER SCREAMS)

1049

01:24:12,581 --> 01:24:14,148

My time.



1050

01:24:22,858 --> 01:24:24,358

(SOLDIER SCREAMS)

1051

01:24:24,527 --> 01:24:27,761

Excuse me.

That was my moment, my fate.

1052

01:24:27,830 --> 01:24:29,630

You're welcome.

1053

01:24:30,533 --> 01:24:32,433

(SCREAMS)

1054

01:24:41,577 --> 01:24:44,545

I'm going after Eurystheus!

1055

01:24:59,562 --> 01:25:01,261

(GRUNTING)

1056

01:25:05,067 --> 01:25:08,368

Hercules, listen to me.

None of this is my fault.



1057

01:25:08,370 --> 01:25:10,604

You see,

Cotys poisoned my mind.

1058

01:25:10,606 --> 01:25:13,507

Turned me against you.

(LAUGHS NERVOUSLY)

1059

01:25:13,509 --> 01:25:14,908

I like you.

1060

01:25:14,910 --> 01:25:15,509

No, stop.

1061

01:25:15,511 --> 01:25:19,646

I command you to stop!

I'm your King!

You took an oath to obey me!

1062

01:25:19,648 --> 01:25:21,982

You swore to Zeus!



1063

01:25:21,984 --> 01:25:23,517

Wait, wait, wait.

1064

01:25:23,619 --> 01:25:27,921

You fight for gold.

I have plenty of gold.

Name your price.

1065

01:25:27,923 --> 01:25:31,058

Find it in your

heart to forgive.

1066

01:25:35,998 --> 01:25:38,398

You want forgiveness?

1067

01:25:39,268 --> 01:25:41,001

(GRUNTS)

1068

01:25:50,846 --> 01:25:52,479

(GROANS)

1069

01:25:53,983 --> 01:25:56,850



Ask my family for forgiveness.

1070

01:26:00,789 --> 01:26:02,022

(GRUNTS)

1071

01:26:04,660 --> 01:26:06,326

(GRUNTING)

1072

01:26:14,737 --> 01:26:17,604

I've never

killed a god before.

1073

01:26:21,610 --> 01:26:22,843

(GROANS)

1074

01:26:26,715 --> 01:26:29,716

I really think I'm

ready to fight now.

1075

01:26:33,489 --> 01:26:35,389

Well done, warrior.

1076



01:26:38,527 --> 01:26:40,093

(MEN SHOUTING)

1077

01:26:47,169 --> 01:26:48,569

-Eurystheus?

-Dead.

1078

01:26:48,571 --> 01:26:51,605

-We need to find Arius.

-HERCULES: Follow me.

1079

01:27:05,921 --> 01:27:07,387

HERCULES: Soldiers of Thrace!

1080

01:27:07,389 --> 01:27:11,892

You followed me in battle.

Follow me now.

1081

01:27:11,961 --> 01:27:13,427

Don't be fools!

1082

01:27:13,429 --> 01:27:17,097

Hercules is mortal! Not a god!



1083

01:27:17,233 --> 01:27:21,735

Anyone who sides

with him will die!

1084

01:27:22,571 --> 01:27:24,905

And I will show you.

1085

01:27:25,007 --> 01:27:26,640

Bring him.

1086

01:27:30,546 --> 01:27:32,045

-Arius!

-Mama!

1087

01:27:32,047 --> 01:27:34,648

No! He's your grandson!

1088

01:27:34,650 --> 01:27:37,484

You failed to save

your children, Hercules.

1089



01:27:37,486 --> 01:27:39,953

-But you may yet save him.

-(WHIMPERS)

1090

01:27:39,955 --> 01:27:41,555

Please, Father! No!

1091

01:27:41,724 --> 01:27:43,657

Admit defeat!

1092

01:27:43,892 --> 01:27:45,659

Bow to me!

1093

01:27:45,995 --> 01:27:49,796

You have until

the count of three!

1094

01:27:52,067 --> 01:27:54,001

One!

1095

01:27:54,837 --> 01:27:55,469

Two!





1103

01:28:26,368 --> 01:28:28,201

(TYDEUS YELLING)

1104

01:28:29,405 --> 01:28:31,071

(GROANS)

1105

01:28:36,912 --> 01:28:38,879

(CONTINUES YELLING)

1106

01:28:52,861 --> 01:28:54,828

Ahh!

1107

01:29:05,507 --> 01:29:07,207

Tydeus!

1108

01:29:09,645 --> 01:29:12,346

-Attack!

-(SOLDIERS YELLING)

1109

01:29:12,348 --> 01:29:14,247

HERCULES: Hold them back!



1110

01:29:29,832 --> 01:29:31,631

COTYS: Spears!

1111

01:29:34,703 --> 01:29:36,636

(BOTH GROANING)

1112

01:29:36,638 --> 01:29:38,472

Go through the fire!

1113

01:29:39,141 --> 01:29:40,974

(SOLDIERS YELLING)

1114

01:29:43,712 --> 01:29:47,180

Here! Here! Help! Come on!

1115

01:29:50,953 --> 01:29:52,619

Easy, Tydeus.

1116

01:29:52,888 --> 01:29:54,521

(ALL YELLING)



1117

01:29:54,523 --> 01:29:55,889

(BOTH GRUNTING)

1118

01:30:03,332 --> 01:30:05,031

(SOLDIERS SCREAMING)

1119

01:30:22,985 --> 01:30:24,384

Hercules.

1120

01:30:29,091 --> 01:30:30,323

(LAUGHS)

1121

01:30:33,695 --> 01:30:35,462

(TYDEUS CHOKING)

1122

01:30:45,040 --> 01:30:46,740

Lock shields!

1123

01:30:47,810 --> 01:30:49,576

March!

1124



01:30:51,580 --> 01:30:53,613

Find peace, my brother.

1125

01:31:08,430 --> 01:31:14,601

As you said, Hercules,

there is no way to

defeat a shield wall!

1126

01:31:14,837 --> 01:31:17,404

There is no way out!

1127

01:31:18,173 --> 01:31:20,540

Come out and face me!

1128

01:31:24,680 --> 01:31:26,046

(GRUNTING)

1129

01:31:27,282 --> 01:31:30,951

You're no hero! You're no god!

1130

01:31:30,953 --> 01:31:33,386

You're nothing

but a mercenary!



1131

01:31:33,388 --> 01:31:37,257

Your wife and

children deserved to die!

1132

01:31:37,993 --> 01:31:39,726

(YELLING)

1133

01:31:44,066 --> 01:31:44,998

(GASPS)

1134

01:31:45,000 --> 01:31:46,933

(CONTINUES YELLING)

1135

01:31:59,181 --> 01:32:00,447

COTYS: What're you doing?

1136

01:32:00,449 --> 01:32:02,449

Get back up there!

1137

01:32:02,451 --> 01:32:05,552

Hercules must die!



1138

01:32:08,123 --> 01:32:09,823

Come on!

1139

01:32:11,460 --> 01:32:15,295

Kill that filthy bastard!

1140

01:32:18,100 --> 01:32:19,466

(WHIMPERS)

1141

01:32:20,035 --> 01:32:21,935

(COTYS SCREAMING)

1142

01:32:51,199 --> 01:32:53,333

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

1143

01:33:14,323 --> 01:33:17,891

ALL: (CHANTING)

Hercules! Hercules!

1144

01:33:18,026 --> 01:33:21,528

Hercules! Hercules!



1145

01:33:21,530 --> 01:33:27,033


1146

01:33:27,035 --> 01:33:30,637

Hercules! Hercules!

1147

01:33:30,639 --> 01:33:35,942


1148

01:33:35,944 --> 01:33:40,213


1149

01:33:40,215 --> 01:33:44,250

AMPHIARAUS: You want to know

 the truth about Hercules?

1150

01:33:44,252 --> 01:33:46,086

 There it is.

1151

01:33:46,088 --> 01:33:50,357

 To be honest,



 I prefer it to the legend.

1152

01:33:50,359 --> 01:33:54,561

 The world needs a hero

 they can believe in.

1153

01:33:54,630 --> 01:33:58,331

 Is he actually

 the son of Zeus?

1154

01:33:58,333 --> 01:34:01,134

 I don't think it

 really matters.

1155

01:34:01,136 --> 01:34:04,838

 You don't need to be

 a demigod to be a hero.

1156

01:34:04,840 --> 01:34:08,408

 You just need to

 believe you're a hero.

1157

01:34:08,410 --> 01:34:11,578



 It's what worked for him.

1158

01:34:12,314 --> 01:34:17,350

 But then again,

 what the hell do I know?

1159

01:34:17,519 --> 01:34:20,754

 I'm supposed to

 be dead by now.

1160

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