Clash of the Titans - A Mother's Sacrifice and Divine Retribution
Cassiopeia:
As I bind their hands with this silken thread, bear witness that as she is my heiress, so Perseus becomes my heir. As she is my daughter, so Perseus becomes my son. I give her to the man who has saved us from despair. I give Andromeda, the most beautiful of all prizes, more beautiful than anything on Earth or in Heaven. Even more lovely than the goddess Thetis herself ...
Thetis:
Hear me, vain and foolish mortal woman. You dare compare your daughter's beauty to mine in my own sanctuary? You will repent your boast and the cruel injury you have inflicted on my son Calibos.
Cassiopeia:
Forgive. Forgive.
Thetis:
In thirty days, on the eve of the longest day of the year, your daughter must be taken to the sacrificial rock at the edge of the sea. There bound and chained to the stone. She must be unknown to man: a virgin. A sacrifice suitable for the Kraken. She must be delivered to the Kraken at the setting of the sun, or else the Kraken will destroy all Joppa and everyone within the city. For the insult you have done to me and the cruel injury inflicted on my son, I demand the life of Andromeda. In thirty days.
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Clash of the Titans - A Dream of Abandonment and Recognition
Andromeda: [upon recognizing Perseus]
You!
Cassiopeia:
You know him?
Andromeda:
Only... from a dream.
Andromeda:
I beg you, abandon me.
Perseus:
Ask your riddle.
Andromeda:
In my mind's eyes I see... three circles joined in priceless, graceful harmony. Two full as the moon. One hollow as a crown. Two from the sea, five fathoms down. One from the earth, deep under the ground. The whole, a mark of high renown. Tell me, what can it be?
Perseus:
Have courage, princess. What can it be? Three circles joined. Two moons and a crown.
Andromeda:
Tell me!
Perseus:
The answer is a ring! Two pearls in a circle of gold! The ring of the Lord of the Marsh. The pearl ring of Calibos. Here, on the claw hand of Calibos himself!
Perseus:
The ring. A gift from his mother... the goddess Thetis. Is that the answer?
Perseus:
Is that the answer? Tell me!
Andromeda: [overcome with joy]
Yes!
Perseus: [the crowd silences]
We fought in the swamp! I spared his life on one condition. That he renounce his curse. There will be no more bonfires. No more nightmares. Light has conquered darkness. You're free.
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