Troy quotes

104 total quotes

Multiple Characters
Odysseus
Paris
Priam
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View Quote Achilles: Go home, prince. Drink some wine, make love to your wife. Tomorrow, we'll have our war. Hector: You speak of war as if it's a game. But how many wives wait at Troy's gates for husbands they'll never see again? Achilles: Perhaps your brother can comfort them. I hear he's good at charming other men's wives.

View Quote [Paris enters Helen's room while the rest are partying outside]
Helen: You should not have come here tonight. Paris: That's what you said last night? Helen: Last night was a mistake. Paris: And the night before? Helen: I have made many mistakes this week.

View Quote Messenger Boy: Are the stories true? They say your mother was an immortal goddess. They say you can't be killed. Achilles: I wouldn't be bothering with the shield then, would I? Messenger Boy: The Thesselonian you're fighting... he's the biggest man i've ever seen. I wouldn't want to fight him. Achilles: Thats why no-one will remember your name.

View Quote Achilles: If you sailed any slower the war would be over. Odysseus: I don't mind missing the start as long as I'm here at the end.

View Quote Menelaus: I want her back. Agamemnon: Well, of course you do. She's a beautiful woman. Menelaus: I want her back so I can kill her with my own two hands. I won't rest until I've burned Troy to the ground.

View Quote Achilles: Imagine a king who fights his own battles. Wouldn't that be a sight? [goes to fight Boagrius] Agamemnon: Of all the warlords loved by the gods, I hate him the most.

View Quote Hector: I thought it was you I was fighting yesterday, and I wish it had been you. But I gave the dead boy the honor he deserved. Achilles: You gave him the honor of your sword! 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.

View Quote Priam: I have endured what no one on earth has endured. I have kissed the hands of the man who killed my son. Achilles: Priam?

View Quote Odysseus: We need you. Greece needs you. Achilles: Greece got along fine before I was born. And Greece will be Greece long after I am gone.

View Quote Agamemnon: Achilles is one man! Odysseus: Hector is one man! Look what he did to us today! Agamemnon: Hector fights for his country! Achilles fights only for himself! Odysseus: I don't care about the man's alliegence, I care about his ability to win battles!

View Quote Briseis: Would you leave this all behind? Achilles: Would you leave Troy?

View Quote Achilles: You were brave to fight them. Briseis: To fight back when men attack me? A dog has that kind of courage.

View Quote Hector: If I die... Andromache: No... Hector: If I die I don't know how much longer Troy will stand.

View Quote Patroclus:Is Prince Hector a good a warrior as they say? Odysseus: The best of all the Trojans. (looks at Achilles) Some say he's better than all the Greeks too. Even if your cousin doesn't come, I hope you'll join us Patroclus. We could use a strong arm like yours. Achilles: Play your tricks on me. But not on my cousin. Odysseus: You have your swords. I have my tricks. We play with the toys the gods give us.

View Quote Helen: I can't ask anyone to fight for me. I'm no longer queen of Sparta. Hector: You're a princess of Troy now.