I would prefer to be a slave among wandering barbarians rather than the king of all the dead.

— Achilles

achillesbarbariansgreek mythology

5 seconds sound clip from the Ulysses (1954) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:13:17.419 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Agamemnon, Ajax, Achilles... all my dead comrades.

- Achilles, still sour faced and brooding.

- What other face would you expect a dead man to wear?

- Can death have any sting for you?

- Achilles must surely be honored as a mighty prince among the dead.

- Spare me these consolations, Ulysses.

- I would prefer to be a slave among wandering barbarians rather than the king of all the dead.

- My life was short and glorious, but my death is long and oppressive.

- Ajax, I grieve for having helped kill you.

- What do the living know about grief? Only we who are dead know what it means.

- Come, Ulysses, Olympus awaits you.

[...]

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