Troy (2004) - Quotes

Hector's Warning to Paris About Troy's Safety

Hector: [grabs Paris by the face] Paris! You're my brother and I love you, but if you do anything to endanger Troy, I will rip your pretty face from your pretty skull.

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A Legacy Among Legends

Odysseus: If they ever tell my story, let them say...I walked with giants. Men rise and fall like the winter wheat...but these names will never die. Let them say I lived in the time of Hector, tamer of horses. Let them say...I lived in the time of Achilles.

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The Quest for Eternal Legacy

Odysseus: Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity. And so we ask ourselves: will our actions echo across the centuries? Will strangers hear our names long after we are gone and wonder who we were, how bravely we fought, how fiercely we loved?

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The Enduring Legacy of War and Heroes

Odysseus: This war will never be forgotten, nor will the heroes who fought in it.

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The Cost of War: Youth and Wisdom

Odysseus: War is young men dying and old men talking.

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The Legend of Hospitality in Troy

Odysseus: [Achilles throws his spear into a nearby tree] Your reputation for hospitality is fast becoming legend.

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A Question of Loyalty and Betrayal

Menelaus: [shouting to Helen after Paris retreats] IS THIS WHAT YOU LEFT ME FOR?!?

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Menelaus Accepts the Challenge to Fight

Menelaus: I accept your challenge, and tonight, I'll drink to your bones.

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Desire for Revenge and Destruction

Menelaus: I want her back so I can kill her with my own two hands, and I won't rest till I've burned Troy to the ground!

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A Farewell Salute from Menelaus

Menelaus: [During the celebration of their victory after a bloody war and attempting to form an alliance with Troy] Princes of Troy, on our last night together, Queen Helen and I salute you.

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Agamemnon's Power Over a Trojan Priestess

Agamemnon: [to Briseis, leering; gags as she stabs him in the throat, killing him] You'll be my slave in Mycenae. A Trojan priestess scrubbing my floors. And at night...

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Desire for Revenge in War

Agamemnon: [capturing Briseis] Too late for prayer, priestess. I almost lost this war because of your little romance. I want to taste what Achilles tasted...

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Agamemnon's Call for Destruction of Troy

Agamemnon: [as Troy burns] Let it burn! Let Troy burn! Burn it, for Menelaus! Burn it! Burn Troy! Burn Troy! I promised you, brother! I promised you! Burn it! Burn it for Menelaus!

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The Consequences of Overextending Leadership

Agamemnon: [as the Greek soldiers cheer for Achilles] Give him too many battles, and the men will forget who's king.

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War Defines Empires, Not Peace

Agamemnon: Peace is for the women and the weak. Empires are forged by war.

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Agamemnon's Hatred for a Rival Warlord

Agamemnon: [about Achilles] Of all the warlords loved by the gods, I hate him the most.

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Acknowledging Leadership in Battle

Achilles: [to Priam] You are a better king than the one leading this army.

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The Gift of Peace Amidst Conflict

Achilles: [to Briseis] You gave me peace...in a lifetime of war.

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Achilles Demands Honor in Battle

Achilles: [To Hector] Get up, Prince of Troy. Get up. I won't let a stone take my glory.

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Achilles Calls Out to Hector

Achilles: [outside the walls of Troy shouting to Hector] HECTOR!! HECTOOOOOR! HECTOR!!!!

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Achilles' Defiance Against His Foe

Achilles: [To Agamemnon] You sack of wine! Before my time is done I will look down on your corpse and smile.

Desire for More: Achilles' Ambition

Achilles: [to Briseis] I want what all men want. I just want it more.

Achilles' Desperation for a Challenge

Achilles: [to the Thessalonians after defeating Boagrius] Is there no one else?! IS THERE NO ONE ELSE!?!

Haunting Memories of a Warrior's Past

Achilles: At night I see their faces: all the men I've killed. They're standing there on the far bank of the river Styx, waiting for me. They say "Welcome, brother.

The Beauty of Mortality

Achilles: [to Briseis] I'll tell you a secret. Something they don't teach you in your temple. The gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now, and we will never be here again.

Timing of Violence in War

Achilles: It's too early in the day for killing princes.

Achilles Questions the Value of Victory

Achilles: [after Hector challenges him] Why kill you now, Prince of Troy, with no one here to see you fall?

Achilles Inspires His Brothers for Battle

Achilles: [to his soldiers] Myrmidons! My brothers of the sword! I would rather fight beside you than any army of thousands! Let no man forget how menacing we are! We are lions! Do you know what's there, waiting beyond that beach? Immortality! Take it! It's yours!