Name: Teseo contro il minotauro (1960)
Uploaded: 2018-01-07T13:06:01.000Z
Duration: 1 h 31 min 51 s
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Basic passive voice

IN THIS REMOTE EPOCH, WHEN HISTORY
WAS MERGED WITH LEGEND, IT IS TOLD

THAT ZEUS SENT A HIDEOUS MONSTER
CALLED THE MINOTAUR TO CRETE

TO PUNISH THE INHABITANTS OF THE ISLAND
FOR AN OFFENSE AGAINST THE GODS.

PERIODICALLY THE CRETANS OFFERED THEIR YOUNG
CHILDREN AS SACRIFICES TO THE MINOTAUR

AND THE VICTIMS WERE THROWN INTO THE
LABYRINTH WHICH WAS THE MINOTAURS LAIR.

The dreadful hand of death hangs over
the head of our dear queen Pasiphae.

Receive oh Minotaur the sacrifice of our
virgin youth in tribute to thy vast glory

For this grant but this wish lord of evil,
take not from us our queen's life.

Minos, can the blood of a young girl
really help to save the life of the queen?

What shall you say if one day the Minotaur
demands the life of your own child?

Minos I beg of you, there is still time.
You may yet stop the priest's hand.

No power may thwart the will of our gods.

Thou art chosen to be sacrificed
to the divine Minotaur.

Stop up my ears!
Erase the cries from my head lord!

The Minotaur accepts the sacrifice
which is offered him,

and grants his benevolent protection
once more to Crete.

And so another victim has gone
to that monster.

Yes but it was useless.
Under our laws they have absolute authority.

Curses upon all their heads.
On their laws and on their kings too.

Hold thy tongue on leash,
for he has many spies.

Thou beist to me as my own son, know that.

But please, for the sake of Alaeus
let discretion take precedence now.

The queen fares very badly.
She asks to see you.

No Pasiphae,
the Minotaur has been appeased.

- The blood of another victim.
- But the gods still call for sacrifice.

The sacrifice is useless.
Like all the others.

But before I die,
I will reveal to you a secret.

In Attica, near Vodium there's a young girl;
She is our child.

one of you should have been offered
as a sacrifice to the Minotaur.

and the nurse carried her away
secretly to Attica.

If the gods have permitted her to live,
it means that they have pardoned you.

She lives in a village on the coast of Attica.

She thinks herself the child
of those who raised her.

But you must go.
You must find our daughter.

Promise that she will
live here with her sister...

Promise me that human sacrifices
will be abolished.

How will you justify to the gods that
your other daughter was not sacrificed?

If the gods have not punished my wife
nor chastised Crete

it means our sacrifices
to the Minotaur were needless.

That all our laws are mistaken.
They're inhuman!

And today as before,
our sacrifice is useless.

But think what this means;
What of the future of your reign?

My father is right.
Ariadne shall return to Crete.

But, before her return you will
tell no one of our secret.

To be sure of this,
you'll bring her back yourself.

Tomorrow you leave for Attica,
in my own ship.

I am pleased that you also
desire the presence of Ariadne here.

I will leave you now
to go watch over your mother.

The death of Pasiphae has dealt a blow
to his senses, and to yours Fedra.

Your sorrow conquers your reason,
but think of what this means to you.

I know exactly what this will mean for me.

You shall go to Attica alone.
No one shall know of it.

And if need be, you are to
hire the men you need there.

- You will find the girl.
- I will find her.

And you shall place your sharpest dagger
through her heart.

Well, we'll soon be there.
We must find fresh horses though.

Then we'll make time.
In Athens you can rest all you like.

We've been through
the most incredible adventures,

and now we breathe the air of Attica again.

You're like a lamb who
hears the bleat of its mother.

Don't forget I am the son
of the king of Athens.

My father needs me, he is very old.
I prefer not arrive at all.

Then stay with me in Athens a while,
and leave later for Crete.

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Teseo contro il minotauro (1960)

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