Meredith Henderson: Cleo Bellows

Quotes 

• Max Asher : Listen, in archeology, most days you don't find King Tut's tomb. You find a broken pot. It takes a while to put it together, to figure out what you DO have.

  Cleo Bellows : We don't know where to look next.

  Max Asher : Maybe you should look back at where you've been. Maybe there's a pattern you haven't seen yet.

• Alex Bellows : We're not going in anymore.

  Cleo Bellows : What?

  Alex Bellows : This has totally consumed us, Cleo. We keep going in like we're gonna get anywhere. You almost got killed, and what do we have to show for it, huh?

• [Cleo tells Telemachus his father lives and will return home] 

  Drossos : You know you're not supposed to speak directly to the petitioners.

  Cleo Bellows : But he wanted to know what would happen.

  Drossos : Your visions can mislead you. You must rely on your priests to interpret what you see. We ensure that no one has cause to doubt the oracle.

  Alex Bellows : [watching from back at the house]  This guy's the original politician.

• Cleo Bellows : [having seen a vision of her father]  I saw him.

  Alex Bellows : You wanted to see him.

  Cleo Bellows : You think I'm imagining all this?

  Alex Bellows : I don't now, but if you saw exactly what you expected to see, I mean, maybe this is just a little too easy.

• Alex Bellows : You heard what the priest said.

  Cleo Bellows : Yeah, where are those guys? Maybe they can help. I thought they were supposed to write down everything I say.

  Alex Bellows : Yeah, well, maybe they went to go invent the tape recorder.

• Drossos : It was right of you to come to us, uh... All your visions must be recorded, uh, but it's better that you stay in your place. The blessings of Apollo comes from the well. The truth comes from the well.

  Cleo Bellows : Right. S-so I need to breathe in those python fumes.

  Drossos : You need to be the true oracle consecrated to Apollo, then the visions come.

• Cleo Bellows : [climbing back atop the dais]  I'm getting sick of sitting on this thing. I get enough of that at home.

  Alex Bellows : Nah, don't worry about it. He's just putting you in your place.

  Cleo Bellows : Hardy-har.

  Alex Bellows : I don't trust this guy, though.

  Cleo Bellows : Well, this is his life, tending this snake pit, listening to me all day. Could make anyone a little weird.

  Alex Bellows : Oh, believe me, I know. I won't take it personally, though.

• Cleo Bellows : While those guys are gone, let's see if we can get through to Dad again.

  Alex Bellows : No, hold on. Wait.

  Cleo Bellows : [sighs]  What? You have a question you wanna ask? I don't think the oracle knows where Elvis is hiding out.

• Drossos : This is what we've waited for. The oracle declares the time.

  Cleo Bellows : What are you talking about?

  Drossos : You've seen your own death. When the oracle has a vision of the end of her time, it's the job of the priests to fulfill her word. It's time for you to go to Apollo.

• Alex Bellows : Maybe if you went in as a priest, you'd be able to talk to the oracle without sacrificing a goat.

  Cleo Bellows : Party pooper.