(Troy) Achilles | Remember the Name

If you go to Troy, glory will be yours. They will write stories about your victories for thousands of years. The world will remember your name. But if you go to Troy, you will never come home. For your glory walks hand in hand with your doom. And I shall never see you again. Achilles! Greece needs you. Greece got along fine before I was born. And Greece will be Greece long after I'm dead. I'm not talking about the land. The men need you. This war will never be forgotten. Nor will the heroes who fight in it. You were born for this war. You are very brave and very stupid to come after me alone. The Thessalonian you're fighting, he's the biggest man I've ever seen. You must be Hector. I wouldn't want to fight him. That's why no one will remember your name. Do you know who I am? Achilles. I'll remember the name. What do you want here in Troy? Why did you come here? They'll be talking about this war for a thousand years. What would all men want? I just wanted more. In a thousand years, the dust from our bones will be gone. Yes, Prince. But our names will remain. Patroclus! Never hesitate. Put down your spear. But I'm fighting the Trojans, cousin. Not today. But I'm ready. You taught me how to fight. You're a good student. Prince Hector, he's good a warrior, as they say. The best of all the Trojans. You're not a Myrmidon yet. Where's Patroclus? Some say he's better than all the Greeks, too. Patroclus! Go home, Prince. Not for one day. Drink some wine. Make love to your wife. Tomorrow we'll have our war. Hector! I'd rather fight beside you than any army of thousands. Let no man forget how menacing we are. We are lions. I'll make a pact with you. The gods as our witnesses. Let us pledge that the winner will allow the loser all the proper funeral rituals. Is there no one else? There are no paths between lions and men. Is there no one else? You won't have eyes tonight. You won't have ears or a tongue. You will wander the underworld blind, deaf and dumb, and all the dead will know this is Hector. The fool who thought he killed Achilles. I've known men like you my whole life. No, you haven't. You think you're so different from a thousand others? Soldiers understand nothing but war. Get up, Prince of Troy. You won't let a stone take my glory. Why did you choose this life? What life? You're a great warrior. I chose nothing. I was born and this is what I am. Aren't you afraid? Everyone dies. You'll kill more men if I don't kill you. How many cousins have you killed? Many. How many sons and fathers and brothers and husbands? How many brave Achilles? At night I see their faces. All the men I've killed. They're waiting for me. They say, welcome, brother. We'll meet again soon, my brother. Stop! Mighty Achilles, silenced by a slave girl. Am I still your captain? You're my guest. And Troy guests can leave whenever they want. We should leave now. Theseus! Did you leave this war behind? Browse the men, you'll take them home. Aren't you coming with us? I have my own battle to fight. The gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal. Because any moment might be our last. Everything's more beautiful because we're doomed. If you stay in Larissa, you will find peace. You gave me peace. You'll find a wonderful woman. In a lifetime of war. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again. 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 Horsus. Let them say I lived of Achilles.