The gods are awaiting her. They would be angry if we sent up a smoked virgin.
— Pseudolus (Zero Mostel)
7 seconds sound clip from the A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:15:44 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Strew the soil, strum the lyre, spread the oil, build the pyre.
- She must be burned. I want her ashes.
- Captain! Captain! Captain, I implore you. It is not for us to destroy such loveliness.
- The gods are awaiting her. They would be angry if we sent up a smoked virgin.
- I cannot afford to offend the gods.
- Who can?
- I will go my melancholy way.
- Very good, sir. Good-bye, sir.
- Not you.
- You mustn't! It could make you very sick.
- The truth is, captain, she died of an illness contracted on Crete.
[...]
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Funny quotes from the movie A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), with short sound clips.
Actors: Zero Mostel (Pseudolus), Michael Crawford (Hero), Phil Silvers (Marcus Lycus), Leon Greene (Miles Gloriosus), Buster Keaton (Erronius), Michael Hordern (Senex)
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