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Achilles Video for Latin 3 - See also old and discarded ideas

Mihi nomen est Achilles, filius Pelei, rex Myrmidonis, meus avus erat filius Zei.
Thetis, meae mater, ut faceret me invictum, inbuebat me in rivum Styx.
Mater mittebat me ad insulam Scyros vestus ut femina ne mitteret me ad Troiam. Odysseus tamen dolebat me.
Odysseus: Habeo res feminis.
Navigbam Troiam.
Nomem anni pognaeram (?). Troy non vincetur (that's fut, make it plu. perf.). Meus amor Polyexna, filia Priami, viceram me. Constitveram coniungere Troianos (?) ut in matrem duxeret Polyexnae.
Tamen Paris, maximus bellator Troiae, animo habet meum morttuum debilitam: ubi manuem matris teneo (make plu perf) me dum inbuet (make plu perf) me Rivum Styx.

(begin fast paced, dramatic music)
(camera follows Thesis running through fields to river Styx)
(credits on top here)
Voice Over Achilles: "My name is Achilles, son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidones. My grandfather was the son of Zeus. Thesis, my mother, in order to make me invulnerable, dunked me into the River Styx."
(end fast music)
(mid paced instrumental music)
VO Achilles: My mother sent me to the island Scycros dressed as a women in fear that the Greeks would want me in their war. Odysseus, however, tricked me. He was dressed as a peddler."
Odysseus: "I have here fine items for the ladies."
(zoom in on trunk)
(Achilles grabs sword, other ladies grab jewels/cloth)
(Odysseus jumps on Achilles and pulls off dress)
Odysseus: "Achilles you are fated to join us in the war against Troy."
(water sounds)
(battle music starting [Track 7 or 8])
?(CGI ships sailing to Troy)
?VO Achilles: "I sailed to Troy"
(battle 45 sec)
VO Achilles: "For over 9 years I fought ?(and defeated 12 cities), but Troy would not fall. My love for Polyexna, daughter of Priam, overcame me. I decided to join the Trojans in order to marry her."
(temple of Apollo - wedding)
(soft music)
(Show marriage in silence)
VO Achilles: "But Paris, the greatest warrior of Troy, wanted me dead, and knew my weakness: the place where the hand of my mother held as she dipped me into the River Styx."
(arrow shot)
(Bam: cut to black)
(end credits - track 21?)
(fast music)

Matt and Plaz 6/4/2007 - 6/8/2007 On Matt's computer with Plaz's help

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 ==Latin Script==
-*Mihi nomen est Achilles, filius Pelei, rex Myrmidonis, avus erat filius Zei.
+*Mihi nomen est Achilles, filius Pelei, rex Myrmidonis, meus avus erat filius Zei.
-*Thetis, me mater, ut faceret me inveuctum, inbuebat in rivum Styx.
+*Thetis, meae mater, ut faceret me invictum, inbuebat me in rivum Styx.
-*Mater mitterbat me ad insulam Scyros vestibat (put as participle) femina ne mittebat me ad Troiam.  Odysseus tamen dolebatur meum.
+*Mater mittebat me ad insulam Scyros vestus ut femina ne mitteret me ad Troiam.  Odysseus tamen dolebat me.
-*Odysseus: Habero nomen femina.
+*Odysseus: Habeo res feminis.
-*Navigbat Troiam.
+*Navigbam Troiam.
-*Nomen annum pognabat.  Troy non vinceter.  Me amor Polyexna, filia Priai, vincebat meum.  Dirimebar coniungere Troiam ut in matrem duxeret Polyexnae.
+*Nomem anni pognaeram (?).  Troy non vincetur (that's fut, make it plu. perf.).  Meus amor Polyexna, filia Priami, viceram me.  Constitveram coniungere Troianos (?) ut in matrem duxeret Polyexnae.
-*Tamen Paris, maximus bellator Troiae, animo habere meum morttuum debilitam: ubi manuem matris prolatare dum inbuet Rivum Styx.
+*Tamen Paris, maximus bellator Troiae, animo habet meum morttuum debilitam: ubi manuem matris teneo (make plu perf) me dum inbuet (make plu perf) me Rivum Styx.
 ==Vocab==
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 *bellator - warrior
 *debilitas - weakness
-*prolatare - hold over water
 ==Script==