At first there was only news of the war, and the war went on for months. Slowly the months became years.

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penelope from the odyssey waiting war

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

You can hear this line at 01:23:00.562 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Sometimes he spoke of this infant son Telemachus who sucked his thumb and smiled and slept on the day the swift ships sailed to Troy.

- Sometimes he spoke of the day of his farewell, how he held you in his arms on the beach by the waiting ships. And you whispered, I shall be here when you return.

- Will you return?

- Very often, with falling stars above our heads, and the doomed walls of Troy across the plain, and all we loved far away across the sea...

- He spoke of this house, and of this very room where you'd be waiting for him.

- For too many years I have waited.

- At first there was only news of the war, and the war went on for months. Slowly the months became years.

- And I spent the years asking myself, Where is he now? Is he with his soldiers?

- Maybe there are other women there too, beautiful women full of life. Maybe he has forgotten me.

- But Penelope remains faithful. It is so easy for Penelope to remain faithful.

- And then one fine day comes the news that the war is finished, everyone is happy. All the others returned to their homes. The kings and the soldiers. But he? No. He alone among them all.

- Then once again begins the waiting. Again the months, again the years. And years are made of thousands of hours, of days, of nights. The nights.

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Ulysses (1954) Sound Clip

Voice quotes from the 1954 movie Ulysses, based on Homer's epic poem Odyssey, in WAV and MP3 formats.

Actors: Kirk Douglas (Ulysses), Silvana Mangano (Penelope / Circe), Anthony Quinn (Antinous)

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