- Varius: [singing] If this be slavery, Then give me slavery, If this be slavery, I don't want to free...
- Horatio: [singing] Poor Fabius, Poor Dictator, Politician, Fine debater, In the Senate, No one greater, But in love, Second-rater...
- Horatio: All the women must take immediate shelter behind the walls of Rome. To fall into the hands of Hannibel, is a fate worse than death.
- Hannibal: [singing] If someone I desire, Should prove to be liar, I'd slit her lovely throat, From ear to ear, And at my leisure later, I might decapitate her, And say, "Too bad you lost your head, my dear"...
- Hannibal: [singing] I'm a man, And I will always be the master, If a woman be flirtatious, Let her be, But, by Jupiter, She's flirting with disaster, If she thinks, That she can make a fool of me, I'd take my trusty dagger, And by the hair, I'll drag her, Her cheating heart, I'll let the buzzards chew...
- Hannibal: [singing] Though she may be a Goddess, I know beneath her bodice, There beats a heart, That's probably untrue...
- Amytis: You mean you don't? I can't believe it. The man who conquered the Alps, who brought the Roman Army to its knees, and he can't swim?
- Hannibal: [singing] Now, with the starlight above, Give me your lips, And your heart, And your love, Let's take our chance, While we may...
- Amytis: Tell me General, have you conquered a great many cities?
- Hannibal: More than I can remember.
- Amytis: How do you go about it? I mean, what's it like?
- Hannibal: Well, there are no hard and fast rules in warfare, but I'd say the first thing is to make a complete survey of the enemy.
- Amytis: Oh, yes.
- Hannibal: Know his strength as you know your own. Then deploy your forces.
- Amytis: What does that mean?
- Hannibal: Put them in the right position.
- Amytis: Oh. Oh, I see. Put them in the right position.
- Hannibal: Then, uh, then when you've deployed sufficiently, you, uh, you make a feint at his strength.
- Amytis: I don't understand.
- Hannibal: Well, you, uh, pretend to attack, but you don't. You, uh, fall back instead.
- Amytis: Ahh. You fall back instead. Yes.
- Hannibal: Then, uh, when he advances, you encircle him. You strike at his weakness. Hard and quick.
- Amytis: Suppose he has no weakness?
- Hannibal: That would be very unusual.
- Amytis: It sounds exciting.
- Hannibal: It is.
- Amytis: Relax. Relax! We'll never get there unless you relax. Come on. There now. Isn't that easy? You see what I mean?
- Hannibal: [singing] Moments like this, We must steal, beg, or borrow, There's no tomorrow, Out time, Is now...
- Amytis: I found a dream. One I've dreamed for a long, long time. And you found one, too. Or, almost. Now, of course, you'll never know.
- Amytis: You don't want a mate. You want a slave. Just something else to exhibit with all the rest of your bloodstained loot!
- Amytis: People, do not grieve. It's better that I go with this fiend than to allow our lovely city to perish at his foul hands. And, so, with pride I give my all, that Rome may stand, though I may fall.
- Amytis: [singing] I have a dream, One I must follow, Mine is a dream, A dream of flaming desire, I see a man, Whose arms are waiting to hold me, And once our lips have met, He'll set me on fire...
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