"[addresses Cabinet after General McClintock briefs them on Operation Clean Sweep] Now, as I understand it, you want to firebomb the town of Cedar Creek, California, population 2600, with something called a "fuel-air bomb", the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in our arsenal. [describes with hands] The way it works, it explodes, sucks in all available oxygen to the core, vaporizes everything within a mile of ground zero — men, women, children, and one airborne virus. Destruction complete, case closed, crisis over. [He pulls out a small booklet from his back pocket.] This... Constitution of the United States... [throws on table] I've read it cover to cover. I don't find anything in it about vaporizing 2600 American citizens, but it does say — several times — that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process. So, a couple of things before "Clean Sweep" is even considered: One, unanimous, unwavering support for the president on this one and I mean public, you're gonna stand there shoulder to shoulder with him - he goes down, you go down. And the second thing is, I want an army of experts citing hundreds of thousands of lab experiments, telling any idiot with a camera, that there was no other way! You got that? Hmm? No member of this government is gonna go sneaking off to the Washington Post telling how "they were the sole voice of opposition." If there is a voice of opposition out there, I want him in here now! [Throws a wad of photos on the table.] Those are the citizens of Cedar Creek. Go on, look at them - these are not statistics, ladies and gentlemen - they're flesh and blood, and I want you to burn those into your memories, because those images should haunt us 'til the day we die!"

"Peter O'Toole — Priam"

"[managing to get Paris to safety when the Greeks prepare to attack] Get inside, Paris! ARCHERS!!!"

"[to Paris, before his duel with Menelaus] Make him swing and miss; he'll tire."

"All my life I've lived by a code, and the code is simple: honor the gods, love your woman and defend your country. Troy is mother to us all. Fight for her!"

"You say you want to die for love, but you know nothing about dying and you know nothing about love!"

"[grabs Paris by the face] Paris! You're my brother and I love you, but if you do anything to endanger Troy, I will rip your pretty face from your pretty skull."

"If they ever tell my story, let them say...I walked with giants. Men rise and fall like the winter wheat...but these names will never die. Let them say I lived in the time of Hector, tamer of horses. Let them say...I lived in the time of Achilles."

"Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity. And so we ask ourselves: will our actions echo across the centuries? Will strangers hear our names long after we are gone and wonder who we were, how bravely we fought, how fiercely we loved?"

"This war will never be forgotten, nor will the heroes who fought in it."

"War is young men dying and old men talking."

"[Achilles throws his spear into a nearby tree] Your reputation for hospitality is fast becoming legend."

"[shouting to Helen after Paris retreats] IS THIS WHAT YOU LEFT ME FOR?!?"

"I accept your challenge, and tonight, I'll drink to your bones."

"I want her back so I can kill her with my own two hands, and I won't rest till I've burned Troy to the ground!"

"[During the celebration of their victory after a bloody war and attempting to form an alliance with Troy] Princes of Troy, on our last night together, Queen Helen and I salute you."

"[to Briseis, leering] You'll be my slave in Mycenae. A Trojan priestess scrubbing my floors. And at night... [gags as she stabs him in the throat, killing him]"

"[capturing Briseis] Too late for prayer, priestess. I almost lost this war because of your little romance. I want to taste what Achilles tasted..."

"[as Troy burns] Let it burn! Let Troy burn! Burn it, for Menelaus! Burn it! Burn Troy! Burn Troy! I promised you, brother! I promised you! Burn it! Burn it for Menelaus!"

"[as the Greek soldiers cheer for Achilles] Give him too many battles, and the men will forget who's king."

"Peace is for the women and the weak. Empires are forged by war."

"[about Achilles] Of all the warlords loved by the gods, I hate him the most."

"[to Priam] You are a better king than the one leading this army."

"[to Briseis] You gave me peace...in a lifetime of war."

"[To Hector] Get up, Prince of Troy. Get up. I won't let a stone take my glory."

"[outside the walls of Troy shouting to Hector] HECTOR!! HECTOOOOOR! HECTOR!!!!"

"[To Agamemnon] You sack of wine! Before my time is done I will look down on your corpse and smile."

"[to Briseis] I want what all men want. I just want it more."

"[to the Thessalonians after defeating Boagrius] Is there no one else?! IS THERE NO ONE ELSE!?!"

"At night I see their faces: all the men I've killed. They're standing there on the far bank of the river Styx, waiting for me. They say "Welcome, brother.""

"[to Briseis] I'll tell you a secret. Something they don't teach you in your temple. The gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now, and we will never be here again."

"It's too early in the day for killing princes."

"[after Hector challenges him] Why kill you now, Prince of Troy, with no one here to see you fall?"

"[to his soldiers] Myrmidons! My brothers of the sword! I would rather fight beside you than any army of thousands! Let no man forget how menacing we are! We are lions! Do you know what's there, waiting beyond that beach? Immortality! Take it! It's yours!"

"Imagine a king who fights his own battles. Wouldn't that be a sight?"

"That's why no one will remember your name. [To the messenger boy who wouldn't want to fight Boagrius]"

"Rose Byrne — Briseis"

"Brian Cox — Agamemnon"

"Brendan Gleeson — Menelaus"

"Saffron Burrows — Andromache"

"Julian Glover — Triopas"

"John Shrapnel — Nestor"

"Sean Bean — Odysseus"

"Garrett Hedlund — Patroclus"

"Tyler Mane — Ajax"

"Vincent Regan — Eudorus"

"Julie Christie — Thetis"

"James Cosmo — Glaucus"