King Odysseus returns home after 20 years away but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war, with his throne at stake.
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00:01Our King Odysseus, the smartest of all the heroes.
00:07He led us for ten years in the Trojan War, before his brilliant plan to build the Great Horse.
00:14The Trojans thought it was a gift and took it behind their walls.
00:19Then, out poured our soldiers.
00:22Odysseus led us to victory.
00:26People love stories.
00:28You were there?
00:31I am Odysseus' wife.
00:33Odysseus is dead.
00:34Not to me.
00:35There is no king.
00:36He sailed the Troy years ago.
00:38Took the best men with him.
00:40All year, suitors have been turning up.
00:42Waiting for his widow to choose a new husband to be king.
00:45Scoundrels.
00:46They're just here for your wealth.
00:49Look at this island.
00:51A wasteland.
00:52Gangs of thugs terrifying the people.
00:55They need me alive.
00:56At least until I choose my husband.
01:01Mother, we can't live with those savages anymore.
01:04I will choose soon, when I finish my wedding cloak.
01:08No one's making a fool of you, of us all.
01:13I know who you are.
01:15A tramp.
01:16If I were free, I'd fight for what was mine.
01:18I'd fight for my people.
01:22What will the people say when they see I have returned alone?
01:25That I led all their men to their deaths.
01:28This land is ruined.
01:31I sacrificed it.
01:33For him.
01:35I have a proposal for you.
01:37A hunting party.
01:39Where is he?
01:42Who are you?
01:44Your waiting is over.
01:47The one amongst you who can string the bow
01:50and shoot the arrow through the axes,
01:52that man will be my husband.
01:58Close the gates.
02:00How can men find a war but not find their way home?
02:04Some war becomes home.
02:09Give the man the bow.