- Why are you here, Trojan? To study our arts and culture?
- Yes, my lady. The art of self-preservation.
6 seconds sound clip from the Helen of Troy (1956) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:34:31.033 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Alpheus, find quarters for our guest.
- There is one slave in your palace, sire, for whom I would gladly become a slave myself.
- You expressed a wish yesterday to present your guests to me.
- Helen, Queen of Sparta, wife to Menelaus, I present Paris, Prince Royal of Troy.
- Why are you here, Trojan? To study our arts and culture?
- Yes, my lady. The art of self-preservation.
- By your leave, my lord, I shall receive the Greeks at some happier moment.
- I heard my lady was truly Spartan this afternoon.
- My heart behaved like a fool. I'm sure Menelaus could hear it beating.
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Memorable quotes from the 1956 film Helen of Troy, with sound clips in WAV and MP3 formats.
Actors: Rossana Podestà (Helen of Troy), Jacques Sernas (Paris of Troy), Sir Cedric Hardwicke (Priam), Stanley Baker (Achilles), Niall MacGinnis (Menelaus), Robert Douglas (Agamemnon), Janette Scott (Cassandra), Harry Andrews (Hector of Troy)
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