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O Father... O Father Zeus, I will lay victories upon your altar the like of which no man or god has ever seen.

15 seconds sound clip from the Alexander the Great (1956) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:11:43 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- For your mother too is a religious woman and seeks to appease the gods.

- Is the tale too horrible for your ears, king?

- Shall I tell you, too, who placed the noose around her pretty, white young neck?

- But I am a religious man, and accept the will of the gods.

- What's man's fate is man's fate, both yours and mine.

- O Father... O Father Zeus, I will lay victories upon your altar the like of which no man or god has ever seen.

- You god, that gave him to me, and for whom I have kept him all these years, do not break your vow.

- If his life be short, as is the prophecy, give him in that short span of life that which is the prophecy also: Eternal glory to the end of time.

- I now claim the whole of Asia land won by the spear.

- I stand opposed to meeting Alexander, now in battle, here at the River Granicus.

- This is Asia, where space is as vast as time, and both are on our side.

[...]

Alexander the Great (1956) Sound Clip

Alexander the Great Poster

Voice quotes from the movie Alexander the Great (1956), in wav/mp3 format.

Actors: Richard Burton (Alexander the Great), Fredric March (Philip II of Macedon), Peter Cushing (Memnon of Rhodes)

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