Women of Troy Quotes 1

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Hope - "No one is ______ ________. The _________ at _________- have __________. To be _______ is to be _________________.
No, no one is happier dead. The living at least have hope. To be dead is to be nothing.
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Hope "You say everything _________ has ______. What __________ _________ I."
You say everything living has hope. What hope have I.
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Hope "WIth luck, you may _____ _____ _____ _______ of _________ to be the _____- _____ ______. Sons of _______ may _______ a new _______ from the _____________.
With luck you may bring up this grandson of mine to be the saviour of Troy. Sons of yours may ... build a new city from the ashes.
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Hope - "My _______ are__________. But I ________ ________"
My legs are trembling. But I won't fall.
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Pride "I ______ this ______ - with _______ I ______ it. Every ____ we ______ every _______"
I built this city - with Apollo I built it. Every stone we laid every tower.
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Pride - "Why should I______ ________ ______ about the _______ that will ________ _____ _____ and _____ _______ ______- too?"
Why should I sing prophetic songs about the axe that will sever my neck, and some other necks too?
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Those ________: and for the ______ of ___ ______ and _______ _________ of _____ _______, sent a _____ _______ to ________ down ______, to _________ ______ ________ and it _______- them ___________ of _____ ______"
Those Greeks: for the sake of one woman and one moment of uncontrollable lust sent a hunting party to track down Helen, to smoke her out and it cost them tens of thousands dead.
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Any ______ _______ must _____ war. He _____ his best to ________ _____. But if it ______ _________... it is no _______ for a _______, indeed it is a ______ of _______ to _______ ______, with __________
Any sensible man must hate war. He does his best to avoid it. But if it should come... it is no shame for a city, indeed, it is a crown of honour to die nobly, with dignity.
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My ______ were ______ and such ______ as no ____ _______ or ________ could ever _______ of _______.
My children were Trojans and such Trojans as no Greek woman or barbarian could ever boast of baring
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The _______ have __________. Will you ______ _______. Only a _____ would ______ do that.
The gods have acted. Will you oppose them? Only a fool would do that.
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______, ________, ________. Not _____ that much to __________, ______ of it.
Loyalty, duty, love? Not worth that much to you, any of it.
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In Alexanders _________, your most _____ ______ could be _________, and ______ that _____ to ______, how important it ______ ______ ______
In Alexanders palace, your most arrogant whim could be indulged. And how that mattered to you, how important it made you feel.
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What ________ you ____. How I ________ _______ ________. ________ ________ in ________ _______
What cowards you are. How I despite blind panic. Unreasoning terror in rational men.
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But to ______ the _____ ________ of ______ you need to ______ no _____ than the _________ _____ ____ _______, in _____ of the ______, ______. Whose _______ ______ match the ________- __________ _______ ________ __________.
But to see the true face of misery you need to look no further than the poor creature lying here, in front of the gate, Hecuba. Whose unnumbered tears match the numberless dead she grieves for.
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When a man ________ a _______ and ________ ________ even the_ ______ ________ and the ______ of the _________ he's _____ for ________. The ______ _______, _______ or ______ will ________ on his _______ __________.
When a man sacks a town and destroys everything even the sacred temples and tombs of the dead he's asking for trouble. The same destruction sooner or later will fall on his own head.
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Lift your _______ _________ __________ _____. ______ __from the _________ the ________ of your _______ whom the ______ have ________.
Lift up your head from the dust. Heave up from the earth the weight of your misery, you whom the gods have cursed.
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My _____are __________, my _____ will ________, my ______ __________ the _______ ________ of my ________.
My temples are throbbing, my head will burst, my heart shatters the walled prison of my breast.
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Like _____ _____ _____ at her _____ _____, my _____ _____ _____ a _____.
Like the mother bird at her plundered nest, my song has become a scream.
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What I am _____ and have _____, what i _____ _____ _____ is _____ than _____ to _____ _____ _____and _____ _____ _____ _____.
What I am suffering and have suffered,what I will suffer yet is more than enough to make anyone fall and never get up again.
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and let _____ _____, my _____, _____ me _____
and let these tears, my torturers whip me senseless.
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The _____ _____ on _____, has _____ me, _____ _____ to the _____ of the _____, made me a _____.
The Greek horse on wheels, has ruined me, brought me to the edge of the grave, made me a slave.
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The _______ are ______ _______.
The agonies are all mine.
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My _____ _____is in _____, and I am in _____... let me _____ in the _____ of _____ _____.
My firstborn son is in Hades, and I am in misery... let me sleep in the arms of death forever.
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Tears _____ ______. _______. _____ _____.
Tears blind me. Deserted. A ruin.
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_____, _____, _____a _____ and _____, _____ past _____.
Flow, tears, for a city and family shattered past hoping.
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"________ ______ than I am _______"
happier dead than I am living
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"but to _____ is _____ than a _____ of _____. Because _____ _____ _____ _____ and no _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
but to die is better than a life of agony. Because the dead feel nothing, and no pain can touch them anymore.
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Wives who _____ _____ _____ must _____ _____ _____
Wives who betray their husbands must die for it.
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A _____ _____ like _____ in my _____
a shadow falls like ice in my heart.
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My _____is _____, _____and _____for the _____ _____ who was _____ to be _____
My heart is breaking, weep and sing for the dead child who was born to be King.
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Who can _________ ______ _____? _____ will _____ no _____.
Who can forget these sufferings? Time will bring no relief.
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But _____ _____, a _____ _____ of _____ _____and _____... _____ _____to their _____... _____and _____ to no _____.
But our children, a great crowd of them weep and moan... clinging desperately to their mothers...screaming and tears to no avail.
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Where the ________ of _________, ______ ___-____ in ________. _________ in their ___ and ___________ dance.
Where the daughters of Nereus, fifty sea-nymphs in chorus. Circle in their intricate and beautiful dance.
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Being ________ ________, I _____at the _____ a _____ _____ _____for and I _____ _____ _____.
Being Hector's wife, I aimed for the highest a woman could wish for and I hit the mark.
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If I __________ to ________ this ________ to _____ ______ I'll _____the _____of the _____ _____ _____is _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
If I refuse to allow this prince to touch me I'll provoke the hatred of the man whose power is total over me and mine.
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and _____ are _____to be _____ to _____, with no _____ or _____ to _____ _____ _____
and animals are supposed to be inferior to men, with no power or reason to speak their thoughts.
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she ___ _____ to _____ _____ _____by _____ _____ to _____.
She gave gave birth to all the trouble by giving birth to Paris.
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Well then _____. Can you _____ _____ it _____ to _____ _____? Could you _____ _____ _____ _____ with _____ _____? I _____ _____ _____
Well then Husband. Can you still think it right to kill me? Could you do such a thing with any justice? I had no choice.
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Meneleaus _______ your _____ in a _____ _____ of the _____ of _____ _____. _____ the _____ of _____ _____by the _____ _____ _____ _____
Menelaus, punish your wife in a way worthy of the traditions of your family. Rescue the reputation of Greek womanhood by the nobility of your revenge.
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For ______ a _____ is _____ and _____ a _____, all _____ _____ and there's no _____ _____ _____ _____a _____ _____.
For when a town is destroyed, and becomes a wilderness, all worship ceases and there's no longer anything left worth a god's consideration.
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I've _____ _____. My _____ _____!
I've been insulted. My temple desecrated!
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The _____ will _____their _____ and in _____ _____ my _____ and _____ the _____ of the _____.
The Greeks will learn their lesson, and in future respect my temples and fear the power of the gods.
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Oh _____ ________... _____ _____ were you _____ _____? _____!
Oh you gods. What good were you to us? Betrayers!
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I _____ what the _____ are _____, _____ _____of _____ _____ and _____ _____ _____
I see what the gods are doing, making monuments of worthless men, and demolishing the good.
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"The _____have_____ _____ in an _____ of_____
The gods have drowned me in an ocean of misery.
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__________ __________. The _____ _____ _____
False hopes. the gods hate Troy.
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Oh ______... _____ we _____ you a _____ fo _____ or an _____ in the _____ of _____, _____ the _____ I _____.
Oh Zeus... whether we call you a force of nature or an image in the mind of man, hear the prayer I offer.
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Would _____ _____ allow _____ to _____ under _____ _____ _____for the _____ of a _____
Would Pallas conceivably allow Athens to come under foreign domination simply for the sake of a game?
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Do you _____, on your _____ _____ in the _____, do you _____ _____ _____of _____ that _____ _____ while the _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ and _____ _____our _____ to _____ and _____
Do you care on your radiant throne in the heavens, do you even remember, King of gods that we exist, while the very air explodes around us and fire reduces our city to ashes and stone.
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The _____ that _____ our _____, what _____ is it but a _____ _____, _____ _____ _____ then the _____ _____ _____ or _____
The force that governs our lives, what else is it but a madman dancing, leaping one way than then the next without pattern or meaning?
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Oh you _____! but _____ _____ to _____ on _____. We _____ _____ and _____ _____ _____ _____. They _____ _____ _____. _____ _____. Why _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Oh you gods! but why bother to call on them. We called before and they didn't hear us. They ignored our prayers. Well Then. Why not run into the flames?
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"________ and _______ ________"
Sees and does nothing
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What _______, what _______, can _______ _______to a _______ no _______ _______ _______ _______.
What words, what howling can give tongue to a pain no animal could endure!
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To be the _______ of a _______ _______ _______.... whose _______ _______ _______ _______ into _______, _______to _______
To be the slave of a man without morality... whose double tongue twists truth into lies, friendship to emnity.
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To _______ _______ to _______ is a _______ of _______.
To give voice to grief is a kind of pleasure.
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But if your _______ _______ me _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______, I _______ _______ your _______ with _______ of my _______.
But if your accusations against me, are what I think they will be, I shall answer your arguments with arguments o fmy own.
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_______, I shall _______ for the _______ and _______ this _______ _______for the _______ _______ _______.
First, I shall speak for the goddesses and expose these woman's slanders for the rubbish they are.
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_______ and _______ have more in _______ _______ _______ _______ _______
Sensuality and senselessness have more in comman than a first syllable.
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The _______ still _______ from the _______ _______, _______ at us in its _______ _______ _______... no... _______ more of _______. It _______ the _______ of _______ to _______such _______ into _______.
The blood still oozing from the broken bones laughing at us in its mockery of life... No... no more of that. It degrades the decency of speech to put such things into words.
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_______ at it _______: a _______ _______, _______ by the _______ of the _______ _______ _______.
Look at it now; A smoking ruin, devastated by the power of the Greek war machine.
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More _______ than _______ _______ _______ and _______ _______can _______ finds _______ _______ _______to the _______ _______.
More loot than can be counted and anything soldiers can loot finds its way down to the Greek ships.
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_______ _______ _______
Troy is burning.
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_______ _______ _______. and they _______ _______ _______. And _______ _______ _______?
began to die, and they kept on dying. And for what reason?
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Now, _______ _______ _______ _______in a _______ _______.
Now, their bodies lie forgotten in a foreign country.
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In _______ after the _______ _______, the _______ _______ was _______, _______, feet _______ _______ _______
In celebration after the day's exhaustion the whole city was singing, danging, feet stamping in exhilaration.
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The _______ _______ whose _______ and _______ have been _______ and _______ in so _______ _______ to _______ _______ _______ have _______ her _______to _______, to _______ _______ here _______ _______ _______
The Greek soldiers whose blood and guts have been tested and spent in so many battles to get her back have handed her over to me to kill her here on the spot.
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_______ _______ _______! By the _______, _______ with _______ _______ _______, the _______!
Drag her out! By the hair, sticky with dead men's blood. The murderess!
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_______ is what _______ _______
Death is what she deserves.
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She _______ the _______ _______ of _______ with _______
She stained the pure waters of simois with blood
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_______ _______ _______ like a _______ by the _______ from the _______ _______ _______
Astaynax' body cast like a stone by the Greeks from the towers of Troy.
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How _______ ______, may __ _____, were you _______ in the _______ of _______ _______ or _______ a _______ to _______ your own _______, things any _______ of _______ and _______ would be expected to at least _____ if ____ ____ _____ __________ for __ ______ _________.
How many times, may I ask, were you caught in the act of hanging yourself or sharpening a knife to cut your own throat, things any woman of breeding and nobility would be expected to at least attempt if she were truly grieving for her former husband.
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and _______ _______ you _______ to _______ yourself, wearing _______, your _______ _______ with you _______ _______on _______ _______your _______.
and even now you dare to parade yourself, wearing makeup, your hair brushed with your best dress on brazenly confronting your husband.
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if you had _______ _______ in _______ at _______, you _______ _______ _______ on your. _______ in _______ and _______ with _______ prepared to _______ _______ with every _______ of _______ _______ and _______.
If you had any decency in you at all, you would've come here on your knees in rags and shivering with fears prepared to humiliate yourself with every kind of self-abasement and shame.
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A _______ _______ _______ someone _______ of his _______
A sensible man loves someone worthy of his love.
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She's a _______ _______ and _______ _______ a _______ _______ that will be a _______ to all _______ in the _______ to be _______ and a _______ in _______ _______.
She's a wicked woman and will endure a terrible death that will be a warning to all woman in the future to be chaste and moral in their behaviour.
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then _______ from _______, _______, _______ to a _______.
then exiled from Troy, dehumanised, reduced to a thing.
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The _______ whose _______ _______ _______ and _______ the _______ _______ of _______ with _______.
The woman whose promiscuity shamed Greece and stained the pure water of simois with blood.
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_______ could be _______ for me, ______the _______ of this _______ _______ than to _______ in it's _______ and _______ it's _______ _______ my _______.
What could be better for me, the Queen of this burning city than to die in it's embrace and make it's funeral pyre my own.
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_______ _______. You'e _______ so _______. It's _______ you like an _______ of _______. _______ on to _______. You _______ _______ _______ her with _______ _______.
Poor woman. You've suffered so much. Its unbalanced you like an ecstasy of pain. Hang on to her. You need not treat her with kid gloves.
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the _______ _______are _______ _______ _______
The hungry flames are consuming it all.
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My _______ _______, my _______ _______
My beloved city, my childrens nurse.
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Like _______ they are _______ _______
Like loot they are stealing us.
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The _______ _______
the fire consumes
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The _______ _______, we _______ _______
The city sinks, we all drown
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_______ _______, _______ _______. Your _______ is _______
Old limbs, strengthen yourselves. Your slavery is beginning.
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_______ _______ _______. _______ down to the _______ _______.
Troy is finished... march down to the Achean fleet.
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_______ _______whose _______ has been _______ and _______ and is _______ by _______ knows what it is like to and is _______ to be _______ from that _______.
Whereas someone whose life has been prosperous and lucky and is overwhelmed by disasters knows what it is like to be happy and is heartbroken to be excluded from that paradise.
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I _______ it my _______ to be the _______ _______... no _______ _______ or _______ _______... I lived _______ with my _______
I made it my business to be the perfect wife... no fashionable gossip or women's chatter... I lived quietly with my husband.
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I _______ what _______ were my _______ and how to _______ in _______... _______ as the _______ _______
I knew what things were my perogative and how to give in gracefully... reputation as the ideal wife.
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I _______ in the _______ of any _______ who _______ her _______ _______ to _______ into _______ with the _______ _______
I spit in the face of any woman who forgets her dead husband to jump into the bed of the next one.
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_______ and _______ the _______ of _______
wealth and courage the greatest of men.
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Your _______ _______ give _______ to my _______ _______ and _______
Your angsuied words give voice to my deepest agonies and fears.
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I _______ _______ not to _______ _______
I ask you not to hate me
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That _______ _______ a _______ _______ _______
That sounds like a prelude to disaster.
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There is no _______ _______ to _______ an _______ _______
There is no decent way to say an indecent thing.
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They _______ to _______ _______. That is the _______. Now _______ _______
They mean to kill him. That's the worst. Now you knw.
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This _______ _______ _______. So _______ _______ _______
This has to be. So please be sensible.
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There's _______ _______ _______ _______. You are _______ _______ any _______ to _______ it... you are _______ alone and we are _______ of _______ with a _______ _______.
There's nothing you can do. You are quite without any power to prevent it... you are quite alone and we are capable of dealing with a single woman.
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Your _______ _______ that _______ so many is a _______ _______ _______ _______
Your fathers courage that saved so many is a death sentence for you.
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I would _______ a _______ to _______ over the _______ _______ _______, not a _______ to be _______ _______, _______ by the _______
I would conceive a son to rule over the whole of Asia, not a victim to be callously murdered, butchered by the Greeks.
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You must _______ from that _______ _______, _______ and b your ______, _______ the _______ in your _______
You must jump from that terrifying height, fall and break your neck, smash the breath in your mouth.
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and _______- _______ _______ over the _______ of _______ brought _______ to my _______
and grief-stricken outbursts over the tomb of Hector brought tears to my eyes
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she _______ _______, that this _______... be used as a _______ and a _______ _______ _______
she begged too that this shield be used as a coffin and a cairn of stones.
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One _______ I have _______ _______ _______... I took the _______ to _______ the _______ and _______ _______ the _______ from his _______
One thing I have done for you... I took the opportunity to wash the body and wipe away the dirt and blood from his wounds.
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Were you so _______ of a _______ you had to _______ this _______ of _______
Were you so scared of a child you had to invent this unheard of savagery?
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My _______ _______... what a _______ _______ _______ has been _______ _______ to you
My darling... what a wretched meaningless death has been metted out to you.
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It _______ the _______ of _______ to put such things _______ _______
It degrades the decency of speech to put such things into words.
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Come now, _______ _______, see what _______ can _______, some _______ if you _______ or some _______ somewhere to ______ his _______ _______ for _______
Come now, my women, see what you can find, some robe if you can or some flowers somewhere to dress his poor body for burial.
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anyone _______ _______ or _______ in this _______ who _______ _______ _______ and _______ is a fool.
anyone born mortal or living in this world who thinks himself prosperous and secure is a fool.
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_______ always _______ _______ and no _______ _______ ever _______ _______ or _______ for _______
luck always runs out and no happy man ever stays lucky or happy for long.
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_______ in my _______ has _______ nothing to the _______ _______... all our _______, all our _______ have been _______ _______, a _______ _______ _______
everything in my life has meant nothing to the vindictive gods... all our sacrifices, all our offerings have been quite worthless, a waste of time.
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_______ are for the _______. An _______ _______ to _______ their friends
Funerals are for the living. An empty show to impress their friends.
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_______ _______ _______! When we have _______ the _______ _______ to _______, then we _______ _______ _______ _______ and _______ _______
Burn everything down! When we have reduced the whole lot to ashes then we can celebrate, leave troy and go home.
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You _______ _______, you're the _______ _______ _______ _______
You old woman, you're the unluckiest of the lot.
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My _______ _______ _______, all my _______
My crown of pain, all my sufferings.
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_______! While you _______, you were the _______ _______ _______ of _______ _______
Troy! While you lived, you were the greatest and most glorious of all cities.
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Let my _______ _______ _______ with it then, this _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______, my _______ of _______ _______
Let my stretched limbs shake with it then, this keening on my rack of pain, my bed of cold stone.
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With the _______ I must _______ _______, the song of the _______, my _______ _______ _______
With the dirge I must sing now, the song of the dead, my thredondy of tears
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Look at _______ _______, _______ in the _______
Look at me now, throwned in the dust.
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Poseidon - "So I've _______ had a _______ _______ for this _______
So I've always had a particular love for this city.
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Poseidon - "The _______ _______ are _______ and _______ of _______ smear the _______ of _______ _______ _______
the temple gardens are deserted and puddles of blood smear the sanctuary of all the gods
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Poseidon - King _______ _______ _______ on the _______ of the _______ of _______ _______
King Priam lies dead on the steps of the temple of Zeus protector.
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Poseidon - (About Women) _______ and _______ of _______ _______ as _______ _______ draw _______ for _______
screams and moans of captured women as Greek soldiers draw lots for them.
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(Poseidon about cassandra )A _______ _______, best _______ _______ _______ _______
A dangerous business, best kept in the dark.
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Athena attack: "The _______ _______of _______ with ______________ so _______ you could _______ on them
The whole bay of Euboea with floating corpses so thick you could walk on them.
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Hecuba lament "The ______ ________ is _______ _______, _______ _______, _______ _______ and _______ _______
The old life is gone now, old gods, old hearth and home destroyed.
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(Hecuba resignation ) We must _______ _______. _______ with the _______, let _______ _______ _______ _______ our _______
We must endure it. Flow with the stream, let the new wind fill our sail.
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Hecuba cries : Oh _______ _______ for my _______ _______, _______
Oh weep wepp for my burning home, howl.
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Cassandra speech: The _______ _______ of the _______ of _______, all the _______ _______ which the _______ of my _______ will _______
The total annihilation of the House of Atreus, all the rich fruit which the tree of my marriage will bear.
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Cassandar speech" The _______ of _______, is _______ _______ than the whole _______ _______ _______ _______
the city of troy is far happier than the whole nation of the Greeks
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Cassandra lucidity : but for _______ _______, let me _______ _______ this _______- _______ _______ and _______ as if my _______ were my _______
but for one moment, let me stand outside this god-drunken ecstasy and speak as if my voice were my won.
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Cassandra on Greeks: They werent _______ and _______ and _______ to _______ by their _______ _______ _______ and _______ their _______ lie _______ in a _______ _______
They were not washed and shrouded and laid to rest by their wives loving hands and now their bodies lay forgotten in a foreign country.
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Cassandra on horrors: "Things _______ _______ _______, not _______ to be _______ by the _______ _______ of a _______ _______
Things better left unsaid, not fit to be spoken by the tongue of a consecrated girgin.
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Cassandra on Trojans: The _______ that _______ _______... _______ the _______ _______ _______ to the _______
The hands that wrapped him... were the right ones according to the customs.
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Cassandra on trojans: They _______ the _______ of _______. They _______ _______ for their _______
they won the greatest of glories. They died fighting for their fatherland.
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Talthybius on Agamemnon: "The _______ _______ _______ in the _______ _______.. has let _______ _______ for this _______ get the _______ of _______
The greatest General in the greek army... has let uncontrollable lust for this madwoman get the better of him.
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Cassandra on undecided future. The _______ has _______ _______ _______ but not yet _______ _______ _______
the arrow has left the string but not yet hit the bull.
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Cassandra on fate: _______ _______ will _______... _______ them all off and _______ _______ _______ _______ _______
wild animals will eat... tear them all off and my skin to in strips.
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Hecuba falls: Your _______ _______ has _______, she's _______ and _______ _______ on the _______... _______ _______ on her _______
Your venerable queen has fainted, she's collapsed and lies speechless on the ground..fallen flat on her face.
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Priam fate: I _______ _______ _______ _______ at the _______ _______ of our _______ _______
I saw him hacked down at the altar's steps of our holiest temple.
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Hecuba twist of fate: I _______ _______ on a _______ _______ _______, the _______ will be _______ _______
I wont sleep on a royal mattress anymore, the floor will be good enough.
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Hecuba twist of fate: _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ will do for _______, the _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ never _______ _______ _______ _______
worn out second hand dresses will do for me, the sort that well bred women never see let alone wear.
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Hecuba alone: None of my _______ can _______ _______ so much as a _______ _______
None of my children can give me so much as a helping hand.
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Hecuba lament: _______ _______, _______ _______ _______ some _______ _______ _______ with _______ and _______
teach me, gods of song, some harsh lament dissonant with tears and howls.
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Hecuba to Troy: " _______ me _______ _______ _______
Help me sing Troys sorrows.
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What happened to Troy: _______, a _______ _______ of _______ _______ in their _______ _______
sleeping, a whole generation of women raped in their own bedroom.
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Stage direction for Andromache
wheeled in on top of a baggage wagon loaded with spoils.
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Andromache wailing" _______ _______... _______ sing my _______ _______
Aiee Aiee... dont sing my victory song.
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Andromache pain: _______ _______ now and _______ _______
Sharp pains now and sorros unceasing.
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andromache grief: No _______ can _______ what I _______.
No grief cna encompass what I feel
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Andromache objectified: We are _______, my _______ and _______, _______ _______
We are loot, my son and I, solderis plunder.
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_______ _______ _______
the worlds overturned.
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Andromache on Cassandra: So some _______ _______ _______ his _______ by _______ off your _______
so some lesser ajax flatters his masculinity by dragging off your daughet.er.
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Hecuba on Polyxena: My _______ _______... _______ _______, _______ _______, _______ like an _______
My poor child, ritually murdered, filthy sacrilege, butchered like an animal
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Hecuba's fate: "An _______ _______ _______ like a _______ from my _______, all _______ _______ from my _______- _______ _______ _______ _______
An old woman dragged like a slave from my home, all hope plundered from my god-cursed ravaged grey head .
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Hecuba maternity: My _______,my _______
My women, my girls
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Some _____ are ______ _______ and some _______ be _____
Some agonies are beyond telling and some must be told.
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It may _______ their _______ to _______ the _______, but I shall _______ to _______ the _______
It may suit their dignity to insult the Greeks like this but I shall have to carry the can.
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These _______ _______, just _______ we're ______________
These Trojan women, just because we're taking them from their homes.
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_______ it up, the _______, take it, let it _______.
Hold it up, the torch, take it, let it flame.
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