Ending (Director's Cut)

[@Mmm1222_]

Am I the only one that really hated Paris? How selfish and stupid can you be to start a war on purpose? And then he gets away with it while his brother died and he lives happily ever after with his girl...smh

[@Tanakun09]

+HaxelPrime Yeah, I agree with you bro. Paris should off been butchered by the Greeks. An entire population wipe out one night. With only a small hand full of Trojans escaping. With Paris,(and his whore) and Helen escaping with the rest of the group. Sad, indeed.

[@Tanakun09]

+HaxelPrime Troy burn, because of a unfaithful women to her husband. Troy burn, because off one selfish prick of a prince who took another man's women and open up a full blown war between two nations. If someone was to die, it should of been Paris.

[@AnasSyriano]

+HaxelPrime No, you're not the only one

[@mizjohs]

+wolverine48905 But Achilles embraced his death. When he was only 12 years old, the seer Tiresias challenged him to choose between eternal fame or length of days, and without missing a beat, he chose fame. And by dying young, at the height of his success, he accomplished his goal: to be remembered forever as the greatest, handsomest and most fearless warrior who ever lived.

[@mariai.3251]

+HaxelPrime I hate him, too :D so, you're not the only one.. :D

[@charms71]

When i first saw this movie 10 years ago, i didnt realize how tragic it was until i rewatched it recently. 99.999% of the inhabitants of Troy are dead just so Paris could get a piece of @$$. Unbelievable!

[@DuncStatus]

I wish they went the mythologically accurate route with Paris getting killed and Helen going back with Menelaus

[@TheMrgoodmanners]

@@DuncStatus it would have been too much for the audience. imagine showing hectors sone getting dumped from the palace walls, and her wife being raped multiple times by greek troops

[@DuncStatus]

@@TheMrgoodmanners showing Paris getting killed doesn’t mean we have to show that

[@brion0220]

Although, Paris did say to burn the Trojan Horse, and no one listened.

[@chrisjames6327]

Well, almost everyone dies in the full story of the Iliad. The Greeks are punished by Poseiden on the way back to Greece. The only Greek survivors from the main cast are Helen, Odysseus, Menalaus and Agemennon. Odysseeus survives via his cunning. Agemennon survives due to his power. And Menalaus and Helen survive because they are victims, so the gods favour them. In the film Helen runs away with Paris, but in the poem she is abducted against her will. It's story about vanity, pride and stupidity.

[@NiVi192]

Among the many scenes they cut for good reasons, Briseis looking back at the smoke over Troy coming from Achilles ashes, really should have stayed in! Such a powerful moment, the despair and emptiness inside every Trojan soul that morning - perfectly captured in Rose Byrne's face, just before the great Odysseus takes his final stock. This version really would've topped off the ending of the film, while symbolizing the end of the Trojan Empire and the dawn of a new era in ancient history. Well, some creative decisions are better than others! FYI: Still can't believe Sean Bean survived a historic action movie!

[@jl9211]

To make everyone feel better, Paris died a very slow and gruesome death irl.

[@Sam-lh2zn]

You make my day. Thank you so MUCH!!!!!! 😊😄😄😄😄😄

[@ffp08]

how did he die

[@jordan24186]

Good, little shit deserved that much.

[@ajharuno4788]

ffp08 blinded broken killed by heracles/Hercules friend

[@derpynerdy6294]

U mean orlando bloom died??

[@silverserval8499]

It's so funny how Paris and Helen are seemingly okay with the slaughter of millions of lives and are still "happy". And then Helen gets back with Menelaus and pretty much everything was for naught.

[@chrisjames6327]

You're mixing elements of the film with elements of the poem. In the poem Paris dies, and Helen returns to her husband

[@chcucivtxzclccucifudohzfu6766]

@@chrisjames6327not in the poem but in the story the „poem“ is based on. The Illiad ends with Achilleus giving Hektor‘s body to Priamos as at that point his wrath ended

[@rassanz]

According to legend, Aeneas, the boy whom Paris gave the sword of troy to, is an ancestor of romulus and remus, the founders of Rome.

[@chrisjames6327]

Well, in mythology. Romulus and Remis didn't really exist. Neither did the Trojan War. But, Troy did exist, and it's thought that Rome was founded by the Trojans. Refugees from the Etruscan wars.

[@AtlanteanVrilChad]

Romulus and Remus are archetypal figures like the Anglo-Saxon Hengest and Horsa.

[@paprskomet]

@@chrisjames6327 It is clear to him that it is a legend,so why are you telling him?And why you illogically added "it is thought Rome was faunded by the Trojans"?You only repeat that same legend.Or you think in real history we think Rome was founded by refugees from historic Troy?We don't.And those Etrusan wars from which your refugees from Troy were escaping are what?

[@theofficialphoenixtv5765]

@@chrisjames6327 Evidence needed to back up that conjecture sir

[@TheKadanz]

@@theofficialphoenixtv5765 How do you prove something that doesn't exist? like bro, what?! XD

[@Sturmbannfuhrer2]

I hate how Paris smirks at helen as if losing his whole city, father and brother in exchange for her was well worth it.

[@georgemathew1083]

I I know

[@jeffreysamson5938]

No one likes Paris.

[@MladeniusMaximus]

Yeah like : Its ok dear as long as i have you ,i dont care for my dead brother and father and city burned .

[@victor4782]

One of the reasons I was not too fond of this movie and loved the books, he actually gets killed.

[@WiseSilverWolf]

That must have been some sex

[@deny20000a]

She was wearing the necklace he gave her... Too bad they couldn't be together.

[@saraoverkamping8143]

Yes, but I still can't understand why Achilles gave it away. It belonged to Patroclus before. And I am sure that it was a present to his younger cousin, because his mother is the sea nymph. And than he just gives it away to his Trojan lover he knew for at least five days, when the boy he loved over everything just died the day before. Very romantic. It was just like: Well, I killed Hector for Patroclus who was Briseis cousin so I just give her his necklace I took from him while he lied on his pyle and give it away now I paid my doubt... 😔🤨

[@asellajoy5797]

@@saraoverkamping8143 i think Achilles knew he was gonna die soon so he gave it to her. IDK just a thought

[@holypaladin4657]

Sara Overkämping The Trojan war spanned years. God knows how long Briseis and Achilles were romantically involved in the film adaptation.

[@thewolverine5895]

@@asellajoy5797 Of course he knew, he said to Hector's corpse, "We'll meet again soon, brother."

[@gaynzz6841]

girls just love bad boys

[@TheCherubim67]

wait, wait, wait . . . Sean Bean actually survived in this movie?

[@fapnawb]

I was just thinking the same thing!

[@lesbianbitchization]

***** They then find the Carthagians or Roman Empires. I heard they found both.

[@TuhTuhTool]

He even survives the (possible) movie after this one!

[@admiralflynn895]

heroinhero69 They should now. Sean's the right age to play an older Odysseus. The trick is getting a younger actor that looks like him to play him after the trojan war.

[@giltineful]

Cherubim 67 He does. And he returns home to his wife and son after 20 years of wandering here and there in the Mediterranean, getting rid of the Suitors who in the meantime have occupied his house with the most badass revenge in literature's history! From the Odyssey: "You dogs! You thought I'd never return from the land of Troy, so you laid waste my house, forced my maids, plotted my son's death and wooed my wife in secret though I was still alive, without fearing the gods who rule the wide sky or the mortal vengeance would find you. Now the net of fate is thrown over you all! I'd not keep my hands from slaughter until you've all paid the price. Now you can choose to stand and fight or run, if you think a single one of you can cheat death and fate. I don't think you'll escape death's finality!"

[@chrismooney9275]

In the story The Trojan refugees settled in Italy and founded the Roman Empire. So Troy did survive. And got greater

[@IvanKala]

+CJ Mooney By other name

[@orev-509]

And by other race. Rome was founded by Romulus, yes, but the roman people were latins.

[@foolslayer9416]

Thanks to Aeneas. A Trojan commander that not only saved his friends and family, but also hundreds of Trojans from the Greek onslaught.

[@ryanhampson673]

All empire fall eventually..If you count the eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine) Rome lasted a thousand years....Not a bad run.

[@BookofFuture]

@@ryanhampson673 it’s legacy lives on in modern institutions. See the Catholic Church, various Constitutional monarchies, written language, and republicanism.

[@TheVoiceOfReason93]

So we see the ending of the Trojan War... and the beginning of the Aeneid and the Odyssey.

[@SUEDUCE]

I felt bad for Achilles, yes he wanted to be famous but at least he wasn't greedy like most kings was, and he fought aside his brother's and in the end he actually loved for once I'm glad he found love and peace even if it was for a short period of time.

[@MrBandholm]

In the movie yes... In the story... He is a bit different.

[@andrewcabral963]

Man I once had a dream that I saved Achilles from dying and he just lives happily with Persaus and they have a child together.

[@DuncStatus]

@@MrBandholm he isn’t a bad person in the Iliad either

[@Imperius_Rex_753]

You feel bad for Achilles? Dude sucked! He was insubordinate throughout the entire movie, cut off Apollo's head, murdered priests, took his inexperienced cousin to war, which indirectly got him killed. War sucks in general, and Agamemnon sucked as a person, but he was a good king and strategist, and acted just like a king is expected to act in war. Achilles sucked in every single aspect of his character

[@iROChakri]

​@@MrBandholmIn the story, he was an african man

[@illyrianard4969]

Hector is the portrait of the perfect son, husband, father, soldier, leader and King. He is the only HERO in the Trojan War, because he only drew his sword to defend his country and his people against a big bunch of thieves, cutthroats and rapers who only came to burn and destroy a peaceful country.

[@christosmakris927]

You should really read the Iliad

[@pendragon0905]

You know that Hector is one of the Nine Worthies, right?

[@godfist8422]

Dead prince cannot be a king

[@kierratillman3202]

Agreed! Hector was the real mvp of the entire movie!

[@jordanciron5071]

That is 😢so true Paris you’re stupid the only reason why you are alive is because your bother helped you and not only that you idiot you killed my man Achilles he should’ve survived in the heat and you Paris should have died and because of you people lost their home I hope you’re proud of yourself😡

[@fluffybunny937]

Does anyone else think everyone in the group walking is looking at Paris and thinking, "This is all your fault"?

[@thezplayer3002]

he did tell them to burn the horse

[@Wolfen443]

Actually, their romance is likely as real as the one in Titanic. The reasons for the war were Troy being a Hittite client major trade center and the Greeks wanting a piece of the action or a bigger one in the trade between East and West.

[@warwolf88]

I would make sure he didn't see the next day😊

[@italictraditions9231]

They should make a movie about the Aneid and the founding of Rome.

[@Bellecinno]

YES YES I TOTALLY AGREEEE!!!!

[@MrPancake777]

And how the Roman later conquered Greece. Finally getting their revenge.

[@BlackSteelKeyChain]

Lancer I always tell everyone who got depressed over this movie should just watch gladiator, it's basically their revenge watching their long time enemy descendants enslaved and forced to fight to the death for the Trojans descendants enjoyment

[@Kardia_of_Rhodes]

Just don't tell them what happens about 200 years after Gladiator...

[@RGJR02]

I was thinking the same man

[@Luis-fk2fj]

Poor Odysseus really thought he was going home. If he only knew the hell that was waiting for him. 😢

[@ethanmcfarland8240]

well he did get home....eventually

[@varietyfair]

Let them say I survived this movie. Let them say I lived in a story were most characters died.

[@viktnavi]

All I wanted was for Achilles and Briseis to end up together and get a hea. As if...

[@roblestako8221]

That wasn't gonna happen

[@viktnavi]

Robles Tako sadly yeah

[@orev-509]

Achilles' only true love was Patroclus.

[@undrielgrenger53]

@@orev-509 No, Homer described Achilles love as Breseis, so enough of the gay crap.

[@filip74]

Well, the movie script presents in the end a joyful Paris and Helen escaped from burning Troy. On contrary, the ancient legends presented the return of Helen with Menelaos in Sparta at the end of Trojan War. So, the script of the movie could be more generous also with the other couple, Achiles and Briseis.

[@libertymothershead4078]

This movie makes me cry.

[@ninaamase5322]

1:21 she's wearing the necklace Achilles gave her

[@adamferencszi797]

They really should've included Paris' death by Philoctetes' arrows and Oneone jumping in Paris' pyre when they burned his body. It would've been a powerful scene. Cassandra's prophecies too. And Helen standing amidst the sacking and pillage waiting for Menelaus to draw his sword and kill her but realizes he can't because he still loves her. That would've been epic on the movie screen as much as it is in the source material.

[@adamcade604]

It was big mistake to kill Menelaus, not only in the story and emotional department but Also because it was Brendan Gleeson

[@JeffreyDeCristofaro]

Man, I feel bad that we never got The Odyssey with Sean Bean as Odysseus. So far he remains the best version of the fabled King of Ithaca. At least his dog Argus, the most loyal dog ever, featured in the Director's Cut early on with his master.

[@zyxw2000]

"Ulysses" (Latinized Odysseus) was made into a good film in 1954 with Kirk Douglas. Of course they couldn't cover the whole book.

[@h1e2x3]

How is it possible to cut such a scene from the great movie ?

[@Sybrakos1]

yeah

[@Kardia_of_Rhodes]

When the cinemas start asking for a shorter version so they can fit more showtimes in a day. That's how.

[@jeromethorn8425]

That was sad when she realized he was being burned

[@Cabalero24]

в древнем мире смерть - не наказание, в древнем мире смерть - переход в новый мир, в мир богов, почётная смерть - начало новой почётной жизни среди богов.

[@andaraluca4963]

This scene makes my heart ache each time i see it...

[@jasonivancontreras9340]

Ahh man briseis face at 1:36

[@MrThejoker6000]

I hope I can meet Hector and Achilles one day.

[@deadpoolgr7467]

lol, that would be fun. Take a video for me please!

[@MrThejoker6000]

Giannis Daniil Lol I mean in the afterlife if that even exist

[@aevoke9759]

@@Aekeofficial and people like you judge every little thing right

[@RussellAdlerCIA]

And Aeneas too.

[@joew9690]

@@MrThejoker6000 With Achillies will be hard he land probably in Hell..... or you want spent eternity in Darknes...

[@miapalma850]

It would be better if achilles and brieses had a child at the end.

[@parallelworlds4862]

I was hoping Briseis was pregnant at least, but didn't know it yet.

[@thezplayer3002]

maybe she got pregnant

[@markdubois3614]

3500 years later and these mens names echo in eternity.

[@Lhein33]

1. Paris was killed by Philoctetes who was using Hercules' bow and arrows before the end of the war. 2. Menelaus and Helen, according to all known variations, survived and came to Sparta. Besides, the Odyssey shows them alive and happy ruling over Sparta and helping Telemachus find his father. 3. According to the roman myths, Aeneas and some other Trojans survived and founded Rome.

[@orev-509]

Aeneas didn't found Rome, for fuck's sake. Why does everybody keep saying this? Does nobody know about Romulus and Remus?!

[@AnzuBrief]

@@orev-509 Aeneas was supposed to be their ancestor...

[@fallenaeon7084]

​@@orev-509 Aeneas is the ancestor of Romulus and Remus through their mother Rhea Silvia who was raped by the God of War, Mars.

[@mizjohs]

Can I say how impressive it is to see that more than 500 people still care about the characters and the dynamics in a story that happened more than 3000 years ago? I'm even more impressed by how many of you seem to have actually read The Iliad and/or The Odyssey. Guess it's praised as "the first substantial piece of European literature" for a reason!

[@Bowfella]

the death scene of hectot was easily the saddest part along with when priam goes to retrieve his body.

[@shaktisinghthakur8249]

Such a painful moment for her...

[@pinglankek]

Oh dear oh dear, if only Odysseus would know he was about to spend decades trying to get home.

[@JFCotman]

Men rise and fall like the winter wheat ... but these names live on forever.

[@ohsuzeyq_]

I never saw this before! I’m glad I found it :)

[@ericamorrissey4718]

I wish they could've been together

[@LorenzTrevvv]

oh poor Briseis...

[@jandrei7569]

This is like the only film where Sean bean didn't die

[@brucetucker4847]

Except Ronin, in which he was ambushed with a cup of coffee but survived.

[@kingdomofvanille7285]

Why did they cut it ?! Seriously..

[@defblinders9585]

I'd have looked at Paris and been like "Both our king and your brother who was our greatest protector are dead and our city burns to ashes all because you couldn't keep it in your tunic. Was that one piece of ass truly worth it?"

[@MariaGarcia-eg4wk]

Love the poem at the end❤

[@lilyl5756]

i cried so much during this scene😭

[@williamlacey1981]

R.I.P. Achilles 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@rickblaine9670]

The irony of Sean Bean playing not just any survivor, but the literal godfather of the survivor archetype.

[@Axel1051]

And the people on that mountain trail…their descendants only went on to create a republic that would ultimately become the greatest empire the Ancient World would ever see.

[@brucetucker4847]

Not Helen or Briseis - Helen went back to Sparta with Menelaus and Briseis was handed out to one of Achilles' warriors as a trophy, like a horse or a set of armor. As were most of the other Trojan women, aside from the youngest princess, Polyxena, who was killed as a sacrifice at Achilles' funeral. Euripides told us all about it.

[@AnzuBrief]

The Ancient Western world. I'd argue the ancient chinese empire was as glorious as the roman one

[@AdityaSharma-ox5jy]

A lot of people hate Paris but we all need to understand that he was willing to turn himself in and prevent war. Paris and his brother already had a huge argument about this. The king himself (and Hector) ended up siding by Paris. Yes Paris broke the pact but he was willing to go back to Sparta in the beginning. Besides, I think most people would run to Hector had they been in Paris's position. Sometimes fighting dirty does happen. Also, Paris never intended for the soliders to get into through the walls with that horse. He clearly told his father to burn it. Now, I will admit, the way Paris reacted in the end is a bit bad but I think most people are hating on him a bit too much. He never intended for all that to happen.

[@elmoswilly]

Finally! A movie where Sean Bean doesn't die!

[@CorekBleedingHollow]

Was it worth it Paris?

[@brucetucker4847]

We'll always have Paris.

[@peterroberts7684]

The actress who played Briseis was totally gorgeous

[@N.AssieVr6]

1:26 she look for Achilles 😢

[@Tiychristianelmorenoguapo]

She could sense his lingering presence 😢💔

[@joselgr2]

Wolfgang Petersen should do the oddisey with sean bean retaking his role.

[@DHeroDarkMagicianGuy]

Been saying that ever since this movie ended up on DVD. Sean Bean's Odysseus is so good.

[@amparonarbona5142]

mr.arms And dying......ok I'm kiding

[@SJLGG]

Whoa..........Sean Bean didn't die!?

[@gogreen7794]

This Trojan War supposedly occurred near the end of the Bronze Age. Within 50-100 years, the two major civilizations involved in the war were gone. The cities destroyed or barely hanging on. The rest of the eastern Mediterranean also suffered chaos and destruction. Even Egypt had to fight for its existence. Fascinating history.

[@ObaidZaki]

The next part of the story is how Odesseus gets back home

[@brucetucker4847]

Odysseus: "You mean for once I don't die in this movie? I just get to sail right home to my friends and family?" Poseidon: "Hold on just a minute there, bub..."

[@melliejenny8047]

I pity Achilles and most men who end like this. They want to be remembered, but 8/10 times you have to have a death wish.

[@Cabalero24]

в древнем мире смерть - не наказание, в древнем мире смерть - переход в новый мир, в мир богов, почётная смерть - начало новой почётной жизни среди богов.

[@trumpsextratesticle8590]

Because women no longer allow us to live on in our children's eyes - they steal them from their husbands Via Divroce and poison their minds. The backs ofGreat and mighty men of renown, broken by the Harlots.

[@williamfleckles]

A righteous presentation of of the end of the Iliad (and also the 2nd book of the Aeneid by Virgil), although there are some cinematic changes which soften the effects of the wrath of the Greeks and in favor of the love story of Paris and Helen. I do believe that Homer (and Virgil), were he to witness this masterpiece, would be among the loudest, if not the first, to praise the work. Thanks for posting

[@DraconimLt]

All the poeple saying it was Paris and Helens fault, and it was all caused because they were selfish. Was it? Or was it all caused by: In the myth) Aphrodite giving Paris his wish without making sure it didn't have consequences, and In or out of myth: by Helen's husband being the selfish one who started a war because he couldn't handle rejection and his brother was greedy so backed him? Did they mess up and was it stupid? Yes. Could the war have been averted by diplomacy that the Greeks ignored? Also yes.

[@frederikdewaele3549]

By the fall of Troy Paris was already dead, killed by Philoctetes' arrow, Andromache became a slave and concubine to Achilles' son Pyrrhus/Neoptolemus, her son Astyanax was killed by being thrown off the Trojan ramparts by the Greeks, Briseis was given to one of Achilles's comrades-at-arms just as his armor had been and Helen returned to her marriage with Menelaus.

[@sevenfortune]

let them say I lived in a time of keyboard heroes

[@MsGwapakho]

ned stark lives!!!

[@youbabruce6251]

the greath names never dies

[@bigisland48]

Bro first time I ain't seen Sean Bean die 😂😂😂😂

[@PanthereMauV]

They al have such wonderful costumes. What kind of fabric is the gown Briseis wears ? Cotton?

[@Scotto6977]

And who says Bean dies in everything he’s in🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@bexie1992]

That's what I only just realized as well.

[@reybasadre7025]

One of the iconic movies that Sean Bean didn't die.

[@nathanielturnerfilm]

The movie adaptation of the Trojan War significantly departs from Homer's "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey," as well as other Greek myths. The original stories are far more tragic and complex. For instance, Andromache (Hector's wife) is enslaved by Achilles' son, Neoptolemus and her baby is killed by being thrown from the walls of Troy. Paris and Achilles were killed before the Trojan Horse was built. Helen returns to Sparta with Menelaus and there's no mention of her daughter with him. The movie includes Aeneas, ancestor of Romulus and Remus, but doesn't establish his identity or significance.

[@chrismooney9275]

Rome being founded by the Trojan refugees is probably true. The story appears in both Greek and Roman ancient texts. Julius Caesar believed he was a Trojan and a descendant of Anaeas (the guy who was given the sword of troy)

[@jasonivancontreras9340]

True there was definitely something going on in the eastern mediterranean during and perhaps even before the Bronze Age.

[@TuhTuhTool]

it MIGHT be true but however there are more theories about the foundation of Rome or Alba Longa which we are speaking of right now. In any case there seems to be a lot of difference between the people living in the Roman area and the areas outside of it (the Etruscan people e.g.).

[@grunt12394]

CJ Mooney It was not factual but the Aeneid is one of the greatest stories ever told. The Trojans carried a manly virtue, that virtue is what carried over to Rome.

[@Tiychristianelmorenoguapo]

1:11-1:32 that feeling when you just KNOW they were there , you can feel their presence yet their physical body no longer lingers. I wanted Achilles to be with Brieses SO BAD. She was the one thing that brought him true peace even if just for a moment in a lifetime of war. 😢🍿🗿❤️‍🔥💔❤️‍🩹 one of my favorite shots every put to film 🎞️

[@IvanKala]

Paris/Legolas should have died by a Odiseus/Boromir's arrow like he was in Illiad. In one version at least. But...there are other versions...for example: After Hector's lecture, Paris decides to fight Menelaus, but after getting badly injured, Aphrodite teleports him back to his room in order to save his life. Later, after slaying Hector and other heroes, Achilles dies by an arrow. By some accounts, the archer is Paris with Apollo's help; by others it is Apollo disguised as Paris.Early in the epic, Paris and Menelaus duel in an attempt to end the war without further bloodshed. Menelaus easily defeats Paris, though Aphrodite spirits him away before Menelaus can finish the duel. Paris is returned to his bedchambers where Aphrodite forces Helen to be with him.[7]Paris's second attempt at combat is equally faced: rather than engage the Greek hero Diomedes in hand-to-hand combat, Paris wounds Diomedes with an arrow through the foot.Later in the war, after Philoctetes mortally wounds Paris, Helen makes her way to Mount Ida where she begs Paris's first wife, the nymph Oenone, to heal him. Still bitter that Paris had spurned her for his birthright in the city and then forgotten her for Helen, Oenone refuses. Helen returns alone to Troy, where Paris dies later the same day. In another version, Paris himself, in great pain, visits Oenone to plead for healing but is refused and dies on the mountainside. When Oenone hears of his funeral, she runs to his funeral pyre and throws herself in its fire.[8]After Paris's death, his brother Deiphobus married Helen and was then murdered by Menelaus in the sack of Troy.

[@IvanKala]

without further bloodshed. Menelaus easily defeats Paris, though Aphrodite spirits him away before Menelaus can finish the duel. Paris is returned to his bedchambers where Aphrodite forces Helen to be with him. Paris's second attempt at combat is equally faced: rather than engage the Greek hero Diomedes in hand-to-hand combat, Paris wounds Diomedes with an arrow through the foot.Later in the war, after Philoctetes mortally wounds Paris, Helen makes her way to Mount Ida where she begs Paris's first wife, the nymph Oenone, to heal him. Still bitter that Paris had spurned her for his birthright in the city and then forgotten her for Helen, Oenone refuses. Helen returns alone to Troy, where Paris dies later the same day. In another version, Paris himself, in great pain, visits Oenone to plead for healing but is refused and dies on the mountainside. When Oenone hears of his funeral, she runs to his funeral pyre and throws herself in its fire.After Paris's death, his brother married Helen and was then murdered by Menelaus n the sack of Troy.

[@sotiriarafaella753]

Iliad ends with Hector's funeral...Achilles and Paris' deaths are described in later poems...And in all of them, Paris is killed by Philoctetes

[@andrewcullen8702]

I think Hollywood should make a three part trojan war. (They like splitting up stories anyway) start where this movie did end the first one with the landing of the trojan beach. Second one the Iliad, and just the Iliad. And the third one to cover the rest

[@chrisjames6327]

In the full story, Odysseus is one of the few people (along with Menelaus and Helen) who survives the war, if you're wondering why he has the role of narrator/historian, in the movie. Paris, Hector and Achilles are killed in battle, and most of the Greek soldiers die on the journey home - punished by Poseidon. Ajax kills himself, because he's so distraught about the death of Achilles. And Menelaus is murdered shortly after returning home. Odysseus survives by outsmarting the gods - instead of returning to Greece, he and his troops settle in Troy, and wait for years for Poseidon's mood to improve, before journeying home. However, he is still the only survivor of that journey, with all his army perishing. Which is covered in Homer's Odyssey. Menelaus and Helen survive because they are both innocents. A key piece of information that the movie changes is the suggestion that Paris' love for Helen was returned, when it was not. The Iliad was not a love story. It was the story of a besotted boy, abducting the most beautiful women in the world, against her will. After the war, she returned to her husband and they lived happily ever after

[@irawilliams343]

Who else finds it unfair that Paris and Helen got a happy ending when others like Achilles and Briseis should have their happily ever after?

[@rachaelhurtarte9882]

*patroclus. not once did achilles and briseis ever have a romantic relationship. unlike the movie, patroclus and achilles were never cousins. the iliad describes Patroclus and Achilles as extremely close, some historians and others even believe that they had a romantic relationship.

[@AFGsultanZ]

@@rachaelhurtarte9882No, they didn’t have a close romantic relationship. They were as brothers, not as gay romance. There’s even a video that mentions this. The idea that gay was common knowledge in Ancient Greece and Roman times is blown way out of proportion. Gay was nowhere as common back then as today and even today it isn’t all that common as well, except in some Western countries.

[@brucetucker4847]

@@AFGsultanZ Aeschylus said otherwise.

[@brucetucker4847]

In the actual legend Paris was killed before the end of the war and Helen was taken back to Sparta by Menelaus and they lived miserably ever after. The ancient Greeks would never have accepted a happy ending for Paris and Helen either.

[@DrBlackworth]

Rome being founded by descendants of trojans makes as much sense as any other explaination. There is really no other story on the Birth of the Rome.

[@alexhadzima9268]

Aldon Blackreyne there is btw it is said that Romus, the son of Odysseus and Circe, actually founded Rome

[@Z020852]

In the original poem this was based on, the Achaians actually dump Astyanax off the parapet and he goes total splat by the palace wall base below while his mother and aunt were carted off to become concubines/slaves. Odysseus actually took command of the spoils and assigned Andromache to Achilles' son, Pyrrhus. Briseis was portrayed in another movie having ended up as a concubine for Agamemnon, whose wife found her crying naked on the floor next to his bath where he was at that point enjoying the afterglow in the water, and his wife just unalived him in response. She wasn't jealous, just that she was herself a war prize, just happened to be #1 because it wasn't total victory (ie the marriage was hinted as being part of a treaty). The more common accounts from ancient sources though has Agamemnon getting unalived by his wife for a different reason: she has a new man and they were hoping he'd die in Troy.

[@ericksantos4555]

And then the descendants of those Trojans come back to conquer Greece and the entire Mediterranean.

[@alwaysnever6004]

In the end they got slapped by some Asian nomads :D

[@ericksantos4555]

Alfred winchister True, but Rome was already falling anyway. Still one of the greatest, if not the greatest empires the world has ever seen. Certainly greater than anything the Greeks had.

[@alwaysnever6004]

Well, yes, if you so much believe in Rome is the legacy of Troy.

[@ericksantos4555]

Alfred winchister It could be. We'll never really know but according to the stories,.

[@Fan_Made_Videos]

A great propaganda piece for Roman conquest of Hellenistic Greece, right?

[@awaiskhezar8081]

Nor this war will be forgotten nor will be the hero’s who fought in it

[@TheCoolProfessor]

"Like the generations of leaves, the lives of mortal men. Now the wind scatters the old leaves across the earth, now the living timber bursts with the new buds and spring comes round again. And so with men: as one generation comes to life, another dies away." -Homer (The Iliad)

[@arslanMCL]

Sean bean lives. Holy Shhhhhhhhhh.............

[@alexinthemiddle4170]

Thanks Paris and Helen, hope it was worth it!

[@matheenarif8645]

Rome was worth it

[@NorthForkFisherman]

@@matheenarif8645 Imperium Sin Fine

[@BlueSwampyCraft]

Plot twist: they later divorced anyway

[@Dima7094]

The birth of greatest empire on the world, ROME

[@orev-509]

Roma Invictus!

[@Pavia1525]

“Find peace, my brother.” Achilles would not find peace. Odysseus would later meet Achilles in the Underworld on his journey home where Achilles scorned Odysseus for the war and told him it’s better to be alive than what he was experiencing in the afterlife.

[@bintzohra4028]

Undefeatable! Untouchable! Promised and High Five!

[@mansoorali5812]

Luv 2 watch again & again.. 💕

[@spaceman9599]

This is the only film Sean Bean survives...

[@l3igl2eaper]

Plot Twist: Hector and Achilles were never real people but were created by Odysseus himself so that his own name will live forever!

[@aeeevTHEBESTYOUTUBERXDDD]

plot twist: thats a lie

[@28kingofkings]

In this version of the story, Agamemnon already has his sights set on Troy. The Grecian conqueror King just needed a reason to march, any reason would have done it.

[@DreamerTrain]

Odd, this is how I remember the ending of the movie

[@stefanmartin7521]

You must have seen the directors cut edition - the theatrical omits this scene.

[@stefanmartin7521]

You must have seen the directors cut edition - the theatrical omits this scene.

[@IlIlIlIllllllllIIIIIII]

In alternative Universe there is "Fall of Gondolin" that got adaptation in 2004 instead of Troy. I cant unthink that since I started comparing those two beautiful gems

[@cookallday]

1:03 Shameless couple is smiling no wonder Hera and Athena cursed her

[@latroletteeeee]

Helen tried to surrender and go back. She can't be blamed.

[@BooBop1987]

I did not know about that extra scene of the movie!

[@mirzanasir263]

Fantastic movie great

[@chelleyeoh]

How did I not see this earlier??

[@museodelaspiedras]

ITS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE LEGEND OF THE SWORD OF TROY WHIT AENEAS WHO DIES IN DESERT OF ROME AND FAIL THE PROMESS WHIT PARIS AND THAT IS THE MISSING OF THE WORD OF TROY.

[@orev-509]

what?

[@Bzibzianka]

1:03 - heeey, Aeneas with his dad right there! :D

[@PhillyFaithful93]

And then Odysseus & his men had a peaceful and smooth sailing back home and lived happily ever after

[@brion0220]

Its funny. I just re-watched this and I was expecting (and kind of wanting) that one scene of everyone who had escaped (even though we knew), and here it is in the Director's Cut ending. 👍