Attalus Quotes in Alexander (2004)

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Attalus Quotes:

  • Attalus: [Raising a toast at Philip's wedding party] To Philip and Eurydice! And to their legitimate son! To Philip...

    Alexander: [Alexander throws a wine cup at him] And what am I? You son of a dog. Come then.

    Philip: [Attalus throws his cup at Alexander and soon a fight breaks out] Quiet. Shut up! Shut up all of you! This is my wedding, not some public brawl! Apologize, by Zeus, before you dishonor me.

    Alexander: You defend the man that calls my mother a whore and me a bastard? And I dishonor you?

    Philip: Bah! You listen like your mother. Attalus is family now, same as you.

    Alexander: Then choose your relatives more carefully. Don't expect me to sit here and watch you shame yourself.

    Philip: Shame?

    Attalus: You insult me!

    Alexander: I insult you? A man not fit to lick the ground my mother walks on? You dog, questioning your queen!

    Philip: Shame? I've nothing to be ashamed of, you arrogant brat! I'll marry the girl if I want, and I'll have as many sons as I want, and there's nothing you or your harpy mother can do about it!

    Alexander: Why, drunken man, must you think everything I do and say comes from my mother?

    Philip: Because I know her heart, by Hera! And I see her in your eyes. You covet this throne too much. Now! We all know that that she-wolf of a mother of yours wants me dead! Well, you can both dream boy.

    Philip: Come Philip, 'tis the wine talking. Leave the boy, it can wait till the morning.

    Philip: Now! I command you... apologize to your kinsman.

    [Alexander stands in silence looking at Attalus]

    Philip: Apologize!

    Alexander: He's no kinsman to me. Good night old man, and when my mother remarries, I'll invite you to her wedding.

    [Walks away]

    Philip: You bastard! You'll obey me. Come here.

    [Alexander looks at Philip and continues to walk away, Philip grabs his sword and prepares to attack Alexander, but falls to the ground in a drunken stupor]

    Alexander: This is the man who's going to take you from Greece to Persia? He can't even make it from one couch to the next.

    Philip: Get out of my palace! You're exiled, you bastard! Banished from the land, you're not welcome here! You're no son of mine!

  • Attalus: To Philip and Eurydice and to their legitimate sons! To Philip...

    [Alexander throws a wine cup at him]

    Hephaistion: Alexander, don't...

    Alexander: And what am I? You son of a dog. Come then.

    [Attalus throws his cup at Alexander and soon a fight breaks out]

    Philip: Shut up! Shut up all of you! This is my wedding, not some public brawl!

    [Looks at Alexander]

    Philip: Apologize by Zeus, before you dishonor me.

    Alexander: You defend the man that called my mother a whore and me a bastard? And I dishonor you?

    Philip: Ah!You listen more like your mother. Attalus is my family now, the same as you.

    Alexander: Then choose your relatives more carefully. Don't expect me to sit here and watch you shame yourself.

    Philip: Shame?

    Attalus: You insult me!

    Alexander: I insult you? Am I not fit to lick the ground my mother walks on?

    Philip: Shame?

    Alexander: You dog, questioning your Queen.

    Philip: Shame? I have nothing to be ashamed of you arrogant brat. I'll marry the girl if I want, and I'll have as many sons as I want, and there's nothing that you or your harpy mother can do about it!

    Alexander: Why, drunken man, must you think everything I do and say comes from my mother?

    Philip: Because I know her heart, by Hera. And I see her in your eyes. You covet this throne too much. Now we all know that she-wolf for a mother of yours wants me dead. Well, you can both dream boy.

    [Grabs his genitalia in a mocking way]

    Parmenion: Come Philip, it is the wine talking. Leave the boy, it can wait till the morning.

    Philip: Now! I command you, apologize to your kinsman.

    [Alexander stands in silence looking at Attalus]

    Philip: Apologize.

    Alexander: His no kinsman to me. Good night old man, and when my mother remarries, I'll invite you to her wedding.

    [Walks away]

    Philip: You bastard! You'll obey me. Come here.

    [Alexander looks at Philip and continues to walk away, Philip grabs his sword and prepares to attack Alexander, but falls to the ground]

    Alexander: [Alexander sees Philip fall] And this is the man who's going to take you from Greece to Persia? He can't even make it from one couch to the next.

    Philip: Get out of my palace. Your exiled you bastard. Vanished from the land.You're not welcomed here. You're no son of mine

  • Attalus: So far I have been able to convince them to be patient and disciplined, but it's not easy to stand idle while your country is run over by Huns.

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