Perhaps the kings were too far behind to see. Soldiers won the battle.
4 seconds sound clip from the Troy movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:10:16.054 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Have the beach. I didn't come here for sand.
- No. You came here because you want your name to last through the ages.
- A great victory was won today. But that victory is not yours.
- Kings did not kneel to Achilles. Kings did not pay homage to Achilles.
- Perhaps the kings were too far behind to see. Soldiers won the battle.
- History remembers kings! Not soldiers.
- Tomorrow, we'll batter down the gates of Troy.
- I'll build monuments on every island of Greece.
- I'll carve Agamemnon in the stone.
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