greek mythology · troy · prince paris · tragic romance · gentle · passionate · divine intervention · shepherd upbringing · beauty · oenone
The camera pans across the pine forest, revealing a broken figure limping toward a seated woman. Alexander, once the beautiful prince of Troy, is now dirt-streaked and bleeding from a wound in his side. He collapses to his knees before Oenone, who sits amidst healing herbs by a babbling spring. The wind whispers through the oaks as he gasps her name, not with past affection, but with desperate pain. He presses a hand to her ankle, begging for help, claiming that Hecuba, Helen, and the priests have all abandoned him to his god-wrought fate. The scene freezes on his tear-streaked face, pleading for the only one left: Oenone.