Alexander 2004

Alexander: Ive come to believe the fear of death drives all men, Hephaistion. This we didnt learn as schoolboys.Hephaistion: Ive always believed, Alexander. But this seems so much bigger than us.Alexander: Did Patroclus stare at Achilles when they stood side by side at the siege of troy?Hephaistion: Patroclus died first.Alexander: If you do... if you were to fall Hephaistion, I will avenge you, and follow you down to the house of death.Hephaistion: I would do the same.Alexander: On the eve of battle its hardest to be alone.Hephaistion: Then perhaps this is farewell, my Alexander.Alexander: Fear not, Hephaistion. We are at the beginning.

Old Ptolemy: The truth is never simple and yet it is. The truth is we did kill him. By silence we consented... because we couldnt go on. But by Ares, what did we have to look forward to but to be discarded in the end like Cleitus? After all this time, to give away our wealth to Asian sycophants we despised? Mixing the races? Harmony? Oh, he talked of these things. I never believe in his dream. None of us did. Thats the truth of his life. The dreamers exhaust us. They must die before they kill us with their blasted dreams.

— Alexander 2004 life

Hephaistion: You know better than any great deeds are donned by men who took, and never regretted. Youre Alexander! Pity and grief will only destroy you.Alexander: Have I become so arrogant that I am blind?Hephaistion: Sometimes to expect the best from everyone is arrogance.Alexander: Then its true. I have become a tyrant!Hephaistion: No! But perhaps a stranger. Weve come too far. They dont understand you anymore.Alexander: They speak of Phillip now as if I were a passing cloud, soon to be forgotten. Ive failed. Utterly.Hephaistion: Youre mortal. And they know it. And they forgive you because you make them proud of themselves.

— Alexander 2004 time

Olympias: My poor child. Youre like Achilles; cursed by your greatness. You must never confuse your feelings with your duties, Alexander. A king must make public gestures for the common people. You will be nineteen this summer, and the girls already say you dont like them, you like Hephastion more. I understand, its natural for a young man. But if you go to Asia without leaving a successor you risk all.Alexander: Hephastion loves me. As I am. Not who.

— Alexander 2004 love

Alexander: May all those who come here after us know, when they see this altar, that titans were once here.

— Alexander 2004 alex

Olympias: The world is yours. Take it!

— Alexander 2004 world

Alexander: In the end, when its over, all that matters is what youve done.

— Alexander 2004 you

[as the barbarians grovel in front of Alexander]Cleitus: If I ever kneel down like that to any man, Crateros, kill me.Hephaistion: Have another drink, Cleitus.Cleitus: [mocking Hephaistions love for Alexander] Shouldnt you be bowing to the king?

— Alexander 2004 love

[referring to Philip, and his pregnant second wife]Alexander: Im his only worthy son, you crazed woman. Hed never hurt me. Even if Eurydice had a boy, hed be twenty before hed let him rule.Olympias: Yes. And you would be forty. Old, and wise. Like Parmenion. And Philips young son would be twenty. Like you, now. But raised by him. His blood. He will never give you the throne now, Alexander, never.Alexander: What would you have me do?Olympias: Whatever is necessary.Alexander: Where have you lost your mind? Thered be civil war, clan against clan chaos!Olympias: Yes. And you would win.

— Alexander 2004 war

Old Ptolemy: All greatness comes from loss.

— Alexander 2004 loss

Alexander: Men of Macedon, were going home.

— Alexander 2004 men

Alexander: [after Princess Stateira has confused Hephaistion for Alexander] You are not wrong, Princess Stateira. He too is Alexander.

— Alexander 2004 you

Alexander: [standing on the Hindu Kush with Ptolemy] Yes, I have Babylon. But each land, each boundary I cross lets drip away another illusion. I sense, death will be the last. Yet still I push harder and harder to reach this... home.[looking into the sky]Alexander: Where has our eagle gone? We must go on, Ptolemy... until we find an end.

— Alexander 2004 death

Alexander: [to his horse] Come, Bucephalus. Today we ride to our destiny.

— Alexander 2004 destiny

Cleitus: [sarcastically] A toast to Bagoas, and to the 30 thousand beautiful Persian boys were training to fight in this great army. And to the memory Philip, had he lived to see his Macedonians transformed into such a pretty army.

— Alexander 2004 memory

Hephaistion: [crying softly, he shows Alexander a ring] I found it in Egypt... the man who sold it to me said it came from a time when man worshiped sun, and stars. Ill always think of you as the sun, Alexander. And I pray your dream will shine on all men.[puts the ring on Alexanders ring finger, then embraces him]Hephaistion: I wish you a son. Youre a great man. Many will love you, Alexander, but none so pure and deep...Roxane: [Roxane enters]Hephaistion: [Hephaistion exits guiltily]Roxane: You... love him?Alexander: He is Hephaistion. There are many different ways to love.

— Alexander 2004 love

Old Ptolemy: His failure towered over other mens successes.

— Alexander 2004 success

Old Ptolemy: On the tenth of June, a month short of his 33rd year, Alexanders great heart finally gave out. And, as he vowed, he joined Hephaistion. But in his short life he achieved, without doubt, the mythic glory of his ancestor; Achilles. And more.

— Alexander 2004 life

Old Ptolemy: We all felt there was more here than sexual bickery. Alexander wanted the truth, and Philotas answers were lacking merit. Alexander put him, silently and quickly, to trial by his peers. And whether plotter or opportunist, Philotas was found guilty of treason. None of us defended Philotas, but then again, none of us ever liked him.

— Alexander 2004 truth

Olympias: I was never a barbarian as Phillip said. We are of Achilles royal blood.

— Alexander 2004 ya

Olympias: [instructing her son about snakes] They are like people. You can love them for years. Feed them, nurture them, but still, they can turn on you.

— Alexander 2004 love

Olympias: Making himself a thirteenth god! Hes drunk so much wine, my poor Phillip, hes lost his mind.

— Alexander 2004 god

Parmenion: [his men are being pushed back] Philotas! Philotas![grabs his son]Parmenion: Go! Tell Alexander yourself. And if he wont listen, then survive me, and avenge this betrayal!

— Alexander 2004 men

Philip: [to Young Alexander] A king isnt born, Alexander, he is made. By steel and by suffering. A king must know how to hurt those he loves. Its lonely. Ask anyone. Ask Heracles. Ask any of them. Fate is cruel. No man or woman can be too powerful or too beautiful without disaster befalling. They laugh when you rise too high. And they crush everything youve built with a whim. What glory they give in the end, they take away. They make of us slaves.

— Alexander 2004 love

[the first time the army has come across monkeys]Hephaistion: Theyre animals. Monkeys.Alexander: Monkey... look at his hands!Hephaistion: So much like ours.Alexander: [to the monkey] Hello little man.[to Hephaistion]Alexander: Do they speak?Hephaistion: No. But they do sing, and make noises from the roofs of forests.

— Alexander 2004 time

Young Nearchus: Master? Master?Aristotle: Yes?Young Nearchus: Master?Aristotle: Yes, out with it, out with it.Young Nearchus: Why are the Persians so cruel?Aristotle: That is not the subject for today Nearchus. But it is true, the Oriental races are known for their barbarity and slavish devotion to their senses. Excess in all things is the undoing of men. That is why we Greeks are superior, we practice control of our senses. Moderation.[laughs]Aristotle: We hope.

— Alexander 2004 hope

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