Hercules Quotes

Hercules I AM HERCULLLLEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

Autolycus Don't just stand there! Kill someone!

Autolycus We grew up together, both orphans, trying to survive in the streets of Athens.

Amphiaraus Who are you? Are you a murderer?

Ergenia Damn you! I curse you!

Amphiaraus Are you a mercenary who turns his back on the innocent?

Ergenia Stay away from my son!

Amphiaraus Are you only a legend, or are you the truth behind the legend? We believe in you! We have faith in you! Have faith in yourself! Remember the man that you are.

Ergenia Father, the gods will punish you! You cannot escape it!

Amphiaraus Remember the deeds you have performed, the Labors you have accomplished!

Ergenia No! NOO!!

Atalanta STOP IT!

Iolaus Leave her alone!

Amphiaraus Now tell me!

Ergenia PLEASE!!!

Amphiaraus Who... are... YOU?!

Hercules I... AM... HERCULLLLLEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

Cotys Unleash the wolves!

Hercules Soldiers of Thrace! You followed me in battle, follow me now.

Cotys Don't be fools! Hercules is mortal, not a god! Anyone who sides with him will die! And I will show you. Bring him!

Ergenia Arius!

Arius Mama!

Ergenia No! He's your grandson!

Cotys You failed to save your children, Hercules. But you may yet save him.

Ergenia Please, Father! No!

Cotys Admit defeat! Bow to me! You have until the count of three! One! Two!

Autolycus Don't just stand there! Kill someone!

Lord Cotys Well, you have our permission to join them in death. All of you, starting with my faithless daughter!

Amphiaraus May Zeus forgive you.

Hercules You want forgiveness? Ask my family for forgiveness.

Eurystheus Magnificent, aren't they? An extraordinary species, incredibly loyal, as long as they're fed. Remember them?

Hercules Eurystheus.

Eurystheus They remember you. Confused, Hercules?

Cotys Kingdoms are won with armies, but empires are made by alliances. King Eurystheus and I will now rule all of Greece.

Hercules Cerberus only exists in my mind.

Eurystheus Speak a little louder, Hercules. I didn't quite catch that.

Hercules The wolves, they were there that night. The wolves were there. You drugged me. The wolves were there the night my family was murdered.

Eurystheus My men told me how your children screamed as my wolves gnawed on their bones. As their fangs despoiled your daughter's... pure flesh. When the people called out your name louder than mine, you see, when they saw you as a god, how long before they saw you as their king?

Hercules I WANTED NOTHING!!

Eurystheus PRECISELY! Your sin, Hercules, was that you had no ambition! I can deal with an ambitious man! He can be bought! But a man who wants nothing has no price! Killing you would have turned Athens against me. I had to ruin your name.

Hercules My wife! My children!

Cotys Rhesus!

Rhesus You have come looking for a fight, and we are happy to oblige. Hercules, the son of Zeus. Your legend ends here.

Hercules Look at me. Do I look afraid?

Rhesus It is over, Cotys. Mount Asticus on your front, the woods at your back, and my troops outman you three to one. Surrender now, and we shall consider being merciful.

Sitacles Men die who speak to my lord in such a manner.

Rhesus You've made your choice.

Iolaus You think you know the truth about him? You know nothing. His father was Zeus. The Zeus. King of the gods. His mother, Alcmene, a mortal woman. Together, they had a boy. Half human, half god. But Zeus queen, Hera, saw this bastard child as an insult, a living reminder of her husband's infidelity. Alcmene named the boy Hercules, which means glory of Hera, but this failed to appease the goddess. She wanted him dead. Luckily, he took after his father. Once he reached manhood, the gods commanded him to perform Twelve Labors, twelve dangerous missions. If he completed them all and survived, Hera agreed to finally let him live in peace. He fought the Lernean Hydra! He battled the Erymanthean Boar! But his greatest Labor was the Nemean Lion. This was no ordinary beast. It had a hide so tough, no weapon could penetrate it. But even this monster was no match for the son of Zeus...

Ergenia I didn't do it for my father. I did it for my son. If I disobeyed Cotys or resisted in any way, Arius would be executed. I did what any mother would. I protected my child. My husband was king. And Cotys poisoned him to take his place. Rhesus fought back. Civil war broke out. Arius is the legitimate king. My father is old. He will not live forever, and once he is gone, my son will be a good king.

Eurystheus My men told me how your children screamed as my wolves gnawed on their bones. As their fangs despoiled your daughter's pure flesh. When the people called out your name louder than mine, you see, when they saw you as a god, how long before they saw you as their king?

Hercules I saw pity in your eyes for Rhesus. Why? Look at me. Cotys is responsible for this war, isn't he? You lie very well. Clearly, your father's daughter.

Ergenia I didn't do it for my father. I did it for my son. If I disobeyed Cotys or resisted in any way, Arius would be executed. I did what any mother would. I protected my child. My husband was king, and Cotys poisoned him to take his place. Rhesus fought back. Civil war broke out. Arius is the legitimate king. My father is old. He will not live forever, and once he is gone, my son will be a good king. And he will heal this land.

Hercules That's a dream.

Ergenia And you can help. Please, when you leave Thrace, take Arius with you. Please keep him safe. Find another savior.

Lord Cotys You failed to save your children, Hercules, but you may yet save him.

Autolycus Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen...

Atalanta That was fun.

Autolycus ...eighteen, nineteen, twenty. 20 pirates at two gold pieces a head, minus the headless ones. Let's see.

Hercules Not a bad night.

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

Autolycus Their resolve must be broken, Iolaus. When you speak the legend of Hercules, make it bigger, scarier! The more they believe Hercules is truly the son of Zeus, the less like they are to fight.

Amphiaraus Aye.

Hercules Amphiarus.

Amphiaraus Hmm?

Hercules Care to join us here on Earth?

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

Lord Cotys Unleash the wolves!

Amphiaraus Excuse me, that was my moment! My fate!

Eurystheus Hercules, listen to me. None of this is my fault. You see, Cotys poisoned my mind, turned me against you! I like you. Now stop. I command you to stop! I'm your King! You took an oath to obey me! You swore to Zeus! Wait, wait. You fight for gold. I have plenty of gold, name of price. Find it in your heart to forgive.

Lord Cotys Three wolves should be more than enough for one lion.

Iolaus You think you know the truth about him? You know nothing. His father was Zeus. The Zeus. King of the gods. His mother, Alcmene, a mortal woman. Together, they had a boy. Half human, half god. But Zeus queen, Hera, saw this bastard child as an insult, a living reminder of her husband's infidelity. Alcmene named the boy Hercules, which means glory of Hera, but this failed to appease the goddess. She wanted him dead. Luckily, he took after his father. Once he reached manhood, the gods commanded him to perform Twelve Labors, twelve dangerous missions. If he completed them all and survived, Hera agreed to finally let him live in peace. He fought the Lernean Hydra! He battled the Erymanthean Boar! But his greatest Labor was the Nemean Lion. This was no ordinary beast. It had a hide so tough, no weapon could penetrate it. But even this monster was no match for the son of Zeus...

Gryza What a load of crap!

Iolaus Every word is true!

Gryza You know what I think? This friend of yours doesn't even exist.

Iolaus Laugh all you want. He's coming, and be warned, Gryza, he despises pirates.

Gryza Macedonia has been good to us, plenty of villages ripe for pillaging. We are here to stay. Finish him.

Pirate The more you struggle, the faster you drop.

Iolaus Indeed, your fleet is strong. I... Yet, as I was about to explain before I was so rudely interrupted, the Nemean Lion was strong, too. Yet, he still destroyed it, and not with a sword or a spear or arrows. No!

Hercules I did it with my bare hands! Or so they say.

Gryza Hercules...

Hercules Is this all the men you have?

Gryza There's 40 of us, one of you!

Hercules The king of this land has offered me gold to dispose of you! So leave or die. I get paid either way.

Gryza Make him bleed.

Iolaus Ha! Five men with a single blow! Still think you can destroy the son of Zeus?

Gryza BRING ME HIS HEAD!

Hercules Whenever I'm here, I'm sure this is what Elysium must look like.

Eurystheus Well, men like us have the means to create our own paradise on Earth. Look. Magnificent, aren't they? Well, do not keep us in suspense. Are we safe from the monster Hydra?

Hercules The Hydra heads, Your Majesty.

Eurystheus The masks of serpents. No wonder men thought they were monsters. You've done your sovereign a great service. Come. Let the people have their hero.

Male Servant All hail King Eurystheus, and the mighty protector of Athens, Hercules!

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

Hercules I only want to be a husband and a father.

Hercules In this moment, on this day, become the man you were born to be. You have it within yourself to write your own legend. Let it be to death, or victory!

Amphiaraus You want to know the truth about Hercules? There it is. To be honest, I prefer it to a legend. The world needs a hero they can believe in. Is he actually the son of Zeus? I don't think it really matters. You don't need a demigod to be a hero. You just need to believe you're a hero. It's what worked for him. But then again, what the hell do I know? I'm supposed to be dead by now.

Amphiaraus The gods have revealed the truth. The final Labor is complete.

Cotys Hercules, welcome. An honor to host such a legend.

Hercules Lord Cotys.

Cotys But in legend, you fight alone.

Hercules My reputation would not exist without my comrades. Autolycus of Sparta, Tydeus of Thebes, Atalanta of Scythia, Iolaus of Athens, and Amphiaraus of Argos.

Cotys Amphiaraus? The famed seer of Argos. It is said you have glimpsed your own death, so you fight each battle knowing that it is not yet your time to die. What else can you tell of the future?

Amphiaraus Only what the gods see fit to reveal.

Cotys A shame. It would have been a great gift to know the outcome of this war.

Amphiaraus The gods can be frustrating sometimes, Lord Cotys.

Cotys With respect, I fear that the task ahead might not be suitable for a woman, even if she is an Amazon warrior. I stand corrected.

Lord Cotys As you said, Hercules, there is no way to defeat a shield wall! There is no way out! Come out and face me! You're no hero! You're no god! You're nothing but a mercenary! Your wife and children deserved to die! What are you doing?! Get back up there! Hercules must die! Kill that filthy bastard!