It's been a most popular story here for the past 20 years. I, myself, wrote a poem about it. Rather moving, as I recall.
11 seconds sound clip from the Clash of the Titans (1981) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:19:26 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Now then, my young friend. You say your name is Perseus, heir to the kingdom of Argos?
- Yes.
- Up to now I've lived all my life in Seriphos. Someday I will return to reclaim Argos.
- You see, after I was born, my mother and I...
- You do?
- The beautiful princess and the jealous tyrant...
- And you and your mother thrown into the sea and the destruction of Argos.
- Then can you explain what happened to me tonight?
- The gods of Olympus are mysterious, and their motives are erratic.
- My advice to you: Return to the calm of Seriphos as quickly as you can.
- But my mother's last wish was that I would restore her homeland.
- Certainly, Joppa would be a better starting place than some remote little island.
[...]
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Movie quotes from Clash of the Titans (1981), with voice samples.
Actors: Laurence Olivier (Zeus), Harry Hamlin (Perseus), Maggie Smith (Thetis), Burgess Meredith (Ammon), Judi Bowker (Andromeda), Susan Fleetwood (Athena)
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