1 00:01:09,710 --> 00:01:12,800 When the boy was born 2 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,300 like old Spartans he was inspected. 3 00:01:16,930 --> 00:01:21,530 If he had been small or puny or sickly or misshapen 4 00:01:21,530 --> 00:01:24,340 he would've been discarded. 5 00:01:31,210 --> 00:01:36,720 From the time he could stand, he was baptized in the fire of combat. 6 00:01:58,870 --> 00:02:02,670 Taught never to retreat, never to surrender, 7 00:02:02,670 --> 00:02:07,940 taught that death on the battlefield in service to Sparta 8 00:02:07,940 --> 00:02:11,580 is the greatest glory he could achieve in his life. 9 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:31,070 At age seven, as is customary in Sparta. 10 00:02:31,070 --> 00:02:36,310 the boy was taken from his mother and plunged in a world of violence. 11 00:02:36,990 --> 00:02:42,280 Manufactured by 300 years, a Spartan warrior society 12 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:46,400 to create the finest soldiers the world has ever known. 13 00:02:46,750 --> 00:02:49,690 The agoge is its goal. 14 00:02:49,690 --> 00:02:53,130 It forces the boy to fight, starves him. 15 00:02:53,130 --> 00:02:55,510 It forces him to steal. 16 00:02:55,510 --> 00:02:59,520 And, if necessary, to kill. 17 00:03:01,110 --> 00:03:03,890 By rod and lash, the boy was punished. 18 00:03:03,890 --> 00:03:08,240 Taught to show no pain, no mercy. 19 00:03:09,030 --> 00:03:12,710 Hunts to be tested, tossed into the wild. 20 00:03:12,710 --> 00:03:18,560 Let to pit his wits and will against nature's fury. 21 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:23,230 It was his initiation. His time in the wild. 22 00:03:23,230 --> 00:03:28,220 For he would return to his people as Spartan 23 00:03:28,220 --> 00:03:30,780 or not at all. 24 00:03:52,780 --> 00:03:55,620 The wolf begins to circle the boy. 25 00:03:55,620 --> 00:04:01,120 Claws of black steel burned this dark night. 26 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:06,090 Eyes glowing red, jewels from the pit of hell itself. 27 00:04:15,310 --> 00:04:19,340 The giant wolf sniffing, 28 00:04:19,340 --> 00:04:22,610 savoring the scent of the meal to come. 29 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,800 It's not fear that grips him, 30 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,180 only a heightened sense of things. 31 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:56,370 The cold air in his lungs. 32 00:04:56,370 --> 00:04:59,860 Winds swept pines, moving against the coming night. 33 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,170 His hands are steady. 34 00:05:10,170 --> 00:05:14,870 His form... perfect. 35 00:05:40,650 --> 00:05:45,430 And so the boy, given up for dead, returns to his people. 36 00:05:45,430 --> 00:05:49,880 To sacred Sparta, a king. Our king! 37 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:51,970 Leonidas! 38 00:05:58,290 --> 00:06:02,570 It's been more than 30 years since the wolf and the winter cold. 39 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,470 Now, as then, a beast approaches. 40 00:06:07,940 --> 00:06:12,540 Patient and confident, savoring the meal to come. 41 00:06:13,460 --> 00:06:19,040 This beast is made of men and horses, swords and spears. 42 00:06:19,870 --> 00:06:22,650 An army of slaves, vast beyond imagining, 43 00:06:22,650 --> 00:06:25,340 ready to devour tiny Greece. 44 00:06:25,340 --> 00:06:31,050 Ready to snuff out the world's one hope for reason and justice. 45 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,790 A beast approaches. 46 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:43,490 It was King Leonidas himself who provoked it. 47 00:06:45,900 --> 00:06:52,940 Subtitled by Mihai 48 00:06:53,610 --> 00:06:59,670 300- Heroes of Thermopylae 49 00:08:02,820 --> 00:08:07,710 My father taught me that fear is always a constant. 50 00:08:07,710 --> 00:08:09,840 By accepting it, 51 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:11,310 it makes you stronger. 52 00:08:11,310 --> 00:08:12,680 My queen. 53 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,340 The Persian emissary awaits Leonidas. 54 00:08:18,100 --> 00:08:23,860 In the end, the Spartan's true strength is the warrior next to him. 55 00:08:24,190 --> 00:08:28,040 So give respect and honor to him. It will be returned to you. 56 00:08:29,110 --> 00:08:33,000 First, you fight with your head. 57 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,340 Then you fight with your heart. 58 00:08:36,740 --> 00:08:38,340 What is it? 59 00:08:38,340 --> 00:08:41,600 It's the Persian messenger. He awaits you. 60 00:08:42,860 --> 00:08:44,330 Do not forget today's lesson. 61 00:08:44,330 --> 00:08:47,390 - Respect and honour. - Respect and honour. 62 00:09:02,570 --> 00:09:06,190 Councilman Theron, you found yourself needed for once. 63 00:09:08,110 --> 00:09:11,310 My king and queen, I was just entertaining your guests. 64 00:09:11,310 --> 00:09:13,490 I'm sure. 65 00:09:13,900 --> 00:09:16,680 Before you speak, Persian, know that in Sparta 66 00:09:16,680 --> 00:09:20,170 everyone, even a King's messenger, is held accountable 67 00:09:20,170 --> 00:09:22,480 for the words of his voice. 68 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:26,390 Now, what message do you bring? 69 00:09:26,700 --> 00:09:30,130 Earth and water. 70 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:35,830 You rode all the way from Persia for earth and water? 71 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:40,940 Do not be coy or stupid, Persian. You can afford neither in Sparta. 72 00:09:40,940 --> 00:09:43,660 What makes this woman think she can speak amongst men? 73 00:09:43,660 --> 00:09:47,260 Because only Spartan women give birth to real men. 74 00:09:47,950 --> 00:09:52,240 Let us walk to cool our tongues. 75 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:56,950 If you value your lives over your complete annihilation, 76 00:09:56,950 --> 00:09:59,410 listen carefully, Leonidas. 77 00:09:59,410 --> 00:10:03,240 Xerxes conquers and controls everything he rests his eyes upon. 78 00:10:04,260 --> 00:10:07,510 He leads an army so massive it shakes the ground with its march. 79 00:10:07,510 --> 00:10:10,380 So vast it drinks the rivers dry. 80 00:10:10,380 --> 00:10:13,770 All the God-King Xerxes requires is this. 81 00:10:13,770 --> 00:10:17,180 A simple offering of earth and water. 82 00:10:17,180 --> 00:10:21,950 A token of Sparta's submission to the will of Xerxes. 83 00:10:32,170 --> 00:10:35,800 Submission? 84 00:10:36,540 --> 00:10:39,060 Well, that's a bit of a problem. 85 00:10:39,060 --> 00:10:44,080 See, rumor has it the Athenians have already turned you down. 86 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:49,430 And if those philosophers and boy-lovers have found that kind of nerve... 87 00:10:49,430 --> 00:10:50,970 We must be diplomatic. 88 00:10:50,970 --> 00:10:54,540 And of course, Spartans... 89 00:10:54,540 --> 00:10:56,740 ...have their reputation to consider. 90 00:10:56,740 --> 00:11:00,840 Choose your next words carefully, Leonidas. 91 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,660 They may be your last as king. 92 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,910 Earth and water. 93 00:11:52,850 --> 00:11:54,940 Madman. You're a madman. 94 00:11:54,940 --> 00:11:59,630 Earth and water. You'll find plenty of both down there. 95 00:11:59,630 --> 00:12:03,350 No man, Persian or Greek... No man threatens a messenger. 96 00:12:03,350 --> 00:12:08,360 You bring your crowns and heads of conquered kings to my city steps. 97 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:10,670 You insult my queen. 98 00:12:10,670 --> 00:12:14,530 You threaten my people with slavery and death. 99 00:12:14,530 --> 00:12:17,730 Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, Persian. 100 00:12:17,730 --> 00:12:19,720 Perhaps you should have done the same. 101 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:23,880 This is blasphemy. This is madness. 102 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:43,700 Madness? 103 00:12:43,700 --> 00:12:47,010 This is Sparta! 104 00:14:12,370 --> 00:14:14,520 Welcome, Leonidas. 105 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:18,350 We have been expecting you. 106 00:14:25,090 --> 00:14:29,750 The ephors. Priests to the old gods. 107 00:14:30,790 --> 00:14:35,310 Inbred swine, more creature than man. 108 00:14:36,450 --> 00:14:41,630 Creatures whom even Leonidas must bribe and beg. 109 00:14:42,900 --> 00:14:47,380 No Spartan king has gone to war without the ephors' blessing. 110 00:14:49,250 --> 00:14:53,260 The Persians claim their forces number in the milions. 111 00:14:54,050 --> 00:14:56,930 I hope, for our sake, they exaggerate. 112 00:14:57,870 --> 00:15:02,250 But there's no question we face the most masive army ever assembled. 113 00:15:02,250 --> 00:15:08,160 Before your plan is heard, what do you offer? 114 00:15:17,710 --> 00:15:21,710 We will use our superior fighting skills, 115 00:15:21,710 --> 00:15:26,010 and the terrain of Greece itself to destroy them. 116 00:15:26,010 --> 00:15:28,590 We will march north, to the coast. 117 00:15:28,590 --> 00:15:32,150 - We'll make sure... - It is august, Leonidas. 118 00:15:32,150 --> 00:15:34,500 The full moon approaches. 119 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:37,750 Tha sacred and ancient festival. 120 00:15:37,750 --> 00:15:42,070 Sparta wages no war at the time of the Carneia. 121 00:15:42,070 --> 00:15:44,230 Sparta will burn! 122 00:15:44,230 --> 00:15:45,930 Our men will die armed 123 00:15:45,930 --> 00:15:49,860 and your women and children will be slaves or worse. 124 00:15:51,690 --> 00:15:56,930 Now, we will block the Persian coastal assault, 125 00:15:56,930 --> 00:15:59,430 by rebuilding the great Phocian wall. 126 00:15:59,430 --> 00:16:02,380 From now, we will funnel them into the mountain pass 127 00:16:02,380 --> 00:16:04,460 we call The Hot Gates. 128 00:16:04,460 --> 00:16:08,910 Now, in that narrow corridor, their numbers will count for nothing. 129 00:16:08,910 --> 00:16:15,240 Wave after wave of Persian attack would smash against Spartan shields. 130 00:16:16,180 --> 00:16:20,600 Xerxes' losses will be so great, his men so demoralized 131 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:24,730 he will have no choice but to abandon his campaign. 132 00:16:24,730 --> 00:16:28,690 We must consult the Oracle. 133 00:16:28,690 --> 00:16:31,200 Trust the gods, Leonidas. 134 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:34,890 I'd prefer you trusted your reason. 135 00:16:34,890 --> 00:16:40,800 Your blasphemies have cost us quite enough already. 136 00:16:42,020 --> 00:16:46,640 Don't compound them. 137 00:16:47,410 --> 00:16:52,530 We will consult the Oracle. 138 00:16:54,380 --> 00:16:57,400 Diseased old mystics. 139 00:16:57,820 --> 00:16:59,460 Worthless remnants of the time 140 00:16:59,460 --> 00:17:02,330 before Sparta's ascent from darkness. 141 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:05,710 Remnants of a senseless tradition. 142 00:17:06,210 --> 00:17:10,720 A tradition even Leonidas cannot defy. 143 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:15,380 For he must respect the word of the ephors. 144 00:17:15,380 --> 00:17:17,820 That is the law. 145 00:17:19,910 --> 00:17:23,470 And no Spartan, subject or citizen, 146 00:17:23,470 --> 00:17:28,920 man or woman, slave or king is above the law. 147 00:18:03,790 --> 00:18:08,060 The ephors choose only the most beautiful Spartan girls 148 00:18:08,060 --> 00:18:10,750 to live amongst them as oracles. 149 00:18:10,750 --> 00:18:13,920 Their beauty is their curse. 150 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:18,110 For the old wretches have the needs of men... 151 00:18:19,180 --> 00:18:22,390 ...and souls as black as hell. 152 00:18:26,170 --> 00:18:28,730 Pray to the winds. 153 00:18:32,050 --> 00:18:34,830 Sparta will fall. 154 00:18:37,290 --> 00:18:40,450 All Greece will fall. 155 00:18:42,900 --> 00:18:46,190 Trust not in men. 156 00:18:48,630 --> 00:18:51,210 Honor the gods. 157 00:18:55,620 --> 00:18:58,960 Honor the Carneia. 158 00:19:01,150 --> 00:19:04,600 The king's climb down is harder. 159 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:07,560 Pompous, inbred swine. 160 00:19:07,910 --> 00:19:10,760 Worthless, diseased, rotten. 161 00:19:11,370 --> 00:19:13,190 Corrupt. 162 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,830 Truly you're in the God King's favor now. 163 00:19:20,930 --> 00:19:23,280 Oh, wise and holy men. 164 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:24,700 Yes. 165 00:19:24,700 --> 00:19:29,520 And when Sparta burns, you shall bathe in gold. 166 00:19:30,020 --> 00:19:34,390 Fresh oracles shall be delivered to you daily, 167 00:19:34,390 --> 00:19:38,930 from every corner of the Empire. 168 00:20:14,210 --> 00:20:17,450 Your lips gonna finish what your fingers have started. 169 00:20:20,810 --> 00:20:23,840 Has the oracle rogued you of your desire as well? 170 00:20:24,820 --> 00:20:27,960 It will take more than the words of a drunken adolescent girl 171 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,280 to rogue me of my desire for you. 172 00:20:33,970 --> 00:20:36,190 Then why is it distant? 173 00:20:38,290 --> 00:20:41,990 Because it seems now I'am a... 174 00:20:41,990 --> 00:20:46,860 ...slave and captive of luxurious old men. 175 00:20:46,860 --> 00:20:50,380 The oracle's words can set fire to all that I love. 176 00:20:50,380 --> 00:20:52,290 So that is why my king loses sleep 177 00:20:52,290 --> 00:20:54,820 and is forced from the warmth of his bed? 178 00:20:57,060 --> 00:20:58,290 There's only one woman's words 179 00:20:58,290 --> 00:21:00,940 that should affect the mood of my husband. 180 00:21:02,140 --> 00:21:04,450 Those are mine. 181 00:21:07,870 --> 00:21:10,430 Then what must a king do to save his world 182 00:21:10,430 --> 00:21:15,570 when the very laws he has sworn to protect force him to do nothing. 183 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:20,950 It is not a question of what a Spartan citizen should do, 184 00:21:20,950 --> 00:21:24,070 nor a husband, nor a king. 185 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:28,250 Instead ask yourself, my dearest love: 186 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:31,820 What should a free man do? 187 00:22:36,700 --> 00:22:40,060 - This is all of them? - As you ordered. 300. 188 00:22:41,750 --> 00:22:44,680 All with born sons to carry on their name. 189 00:22:55,950 --> 00:22:59,800 We are with you, sire. For Sparta, for freedom. 190 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,440 To the death. 191 00:23:12,660 --> 00:23:14,530 He is your son. 192 00:23:15,090 --> 00:23:18,160 He is too young to have felt a woman's warmth. 193 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:19,910 I have others to replace him. 194 00:23:19,910 --> 00:23:22,390 Astinos is as brave and ready as any. 195 00:23:22,390 --> 00:23:26,390 No younger than we were the first time you stood next to me in battle. 196 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:32,010 You are a good friend. 197 00:23:32,500 --> 00:23:35,810 But a better captain... There is none. 198 00:23:41,690 --> 00:23:43,280 My good king. 199 00:23:44,570 --> 00:23:48,020 My good king, the oracle has spoken. 200 00:23:48,020 --> 00:23:50,780 The ephors have spoken. There must be no march. 201 00:23:50,780 --> 00:23:52,820 It is the law, my lord. 202 00:23:52,820 --> 00:23:54,840 The Spartan army must not go to war. 203 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:56,340 Nor shall it. 204 00:23:57,800 --> 00:23:59,840 I've issued no such orders. 205 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:03,470 I'm here just taking a stroll, stretching my legs. 206 00:24:03,470 --> 00:24:08,100 These 300 men are my personal bodyguard. 207 00:24:08,970 --> 00:24:13,110 - Our army will stay in Sparta. - Where will you go? 208 00:24:16,090 --> 00:24:18,380 I hadn't really thought about it, but I... 209 00:24:19,100 --> 00:24:24,240 ...now that you ask, I suppose I'll head north. 210 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,650 The Hot Gates. 211 00:24:29,460 --> 00:24:30,810 Move out! 212 00:24:32,010 --> 00:24:33,960 Move out! 213 00:24:35,270 --> 00:24:37,120 What shall we do? 214 00:24:38,340 --> 00:24:42,100 - What can we do? - What can you do? 215 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:49,310 Sparta will need sons. 216 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:38,480 Spartan! 217 00:25:47,630 --> 00:25:49,300 Yes, my lady? 218 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:09,550 Come back with your shield or on it. 219 00:26:11,110 --> 00:26:12,760 Yes, my lady. 220 00:26:21,130 --> 00:26:23,160 Goodbye, my love. 221 00:26:24,060 --> 00:26:26,030 He doesn't say it. 222 00:26:26,780 --> 00:26:30,800 There's no room for softness, not in Sparta. 223 00:26:31,420 --> 00:26:34,190 No place for weakness. 224 00:26:37,580 --> 00:26:41,650 Only the hard and strong may call themselves Spartans. 225 00:26:42,710 --> 00:26:46,690 Only the hard, only the strong. 226 00:27:15,620 --> 00:27:17,330 We march. 227 00:27:18,210 --> 00:27:23,170 For our lands, for our families, for our freedoms. 228 00:27:24,490 --> 00:27:26,430 We march. 229 00:27:28,390 --> 00:27:32,140 Daxos, what a pleasant surprise. 230 00:27:32,140 --> 00:27:34,100 This morning is full of surprises, Leonidas. 231 00:27:34,100 --> 00:27:36,370 We've been tricked. Can't be more than a few hundred. 232 00:27:36,370 --> 00:27:38,620 - This is a surprise. - Silence! 233 00:27:41,060 --> 00:27:43,840 We heard Sparta was on the warpath. 234 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:45,920 We were eager to join forces. 235 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:50,400 If it is blood you seek, you're welcome to join us. 236 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,490 But you bring only this handful of soldiers against Xerxes? 237 00:27:53,810 --> 00:27:57,360 I see I was wrong to expect Sparta's commitment to at least match our own. 238 00:27:58,600 --> 00:27:59,990 Doesn't it? 239 00:28:01,970 --> 00:28:03,690 You there. 240 00:28:04,220 --> 00:28:08,180 - What is your profession? - I'm a potter, sir. 241 00:28:09,180 --> 00:28:13,040 And you, Arcadian, what is your profession? 242 00:28:13,300 --> 00:28:15,870 - Sculptor, sir. - Sculptor. 243 00:28:16,980 --> 00:28:18,830 - And you? - Blacksmith. 244 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:27,300 Spartans, what is your profession? 245 00:28:34,310 --> 00:28:35,720 See, old friend? 246 00:28:36,380 --> 00:28:38,800 I brought more soldiers than you did. 247 00:28:49,410 --> 00:28:50,830 No sleep tonight. 248 00:28:52,350 --> 00:28:53,510 Not for the king. 249 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:56,900 All his forty years have been a straight road 250 00:28:56,900 --> 00:28:59,630 to this one gleaming moment in destiny. 251 00:29:00,610 --> 00:29:03,810 This one radiant clash of shield and spear, 252 00:29:03,810 --> 00:29:06,300 sword and boone and flesh and blood. 253 00:29:09,290 --> 00:29:15,090 His only regret is that he has so few to sacrifice. 254 00:29:35,770 --> 00:29:37,210 We're being followed. 255 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:45,150 It has followed us since Sparta. 256 00:29:50,180 --> 00:29:52,390 My king, look! 257 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:15,590 What happened here? 258 00:30:16,340 --> 00:30:17,520 Where are all the people? 259 00:30:18,330 --> 00:30:19,750 Persians. 260 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:22,140 I put their number around 20. 261 00:30:24,710 --> 00:30:26,330 Scouted path. 262 00:30:28,930 --> 00:30:31,080 But these footprints. 263 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:43,470 Leonidas. 264 00:30:58,030 --> 00:30:58,990 Child. 265 00:31:32,290 --> 00:31:34,520 It's quiet now. 266 00:31:35,490 --> 00:31:41,850 They came with mist from the blackness. 267 00:31:43,260 --> 00:31:47,090 With their claws and fangs they grabbed us. 268 00:31:48,910 --> 00:31:54,050 Everyone... but me. 269 00:32:06,470 --> 00:32:10,950 The villagers... They found them. 270 00:32:21,590 --> 00:32:23,530 Have the gods no mercy? 271 00:32:25,740 --> 00:32:26,540 We are doomed. 272 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:29,580 Quiet yourself. 273 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,110 The child speaks of the Persian ghosts. 274 00:32:36,900 --> 00:32:38,050 Known from the ancient times. 275 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:41,940 They are the hunters of men souls. 276 00:32:43,820 --> 00:32:45,600 They cannot be killed or defeated. 277 00:32:47,210 --> 00:32:48,310 Not this darkness. 278 00:32:49,060 --> 00:32:50,440 Not these Immortals. 279 00:32:52,910 --> 00:32:54,650 Immortals? 280 00:32:55,810 --> 00:32:59,060 We'll put their name to the test. 281 00:33:20,430 --> 00:33:23,320 Into the Hot Gates we march. 282 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:26,870 Into that narrow corridor we march. 283 00:33:26,870 --> 00:33:29,850 Where Xerxes' numbers count for nothing. 284 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:34,360 Spartans, citizen soldiers, freed slaves. 285 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:36,770 Brave Greeks all. 286 00:33:37,380 --> 00:33:40,640 Brothers, fathers, sons. 287 00:33:40,890 --> 00:33:42,230 We march. 288 00:33:43,950 --> 00:33:47,800 For honor's sake, for duty's sake, for glory's sake, we march. 289 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:48,960 Look! 290 00:33:49,210 --> 00:33:50,490 Persians. 291 00:33:56,150 --> 00:33:59,500 Into hell's mouth, we march. 292 00:34:09,100 --> 00:34:11,500 That's our seas, motherless dogs, 293 00:34:11,500 --> 00:34:14,130 as they're embraced by the loving arms of Greece itself. 294 00:34:14,590 --> 00:34:15,870 Come. 295 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:19,400 True. 296 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:26,370 It does look like rain. 297 00:34:29,630 --> 00:34:32,810 Zeus stabs the skies with thunderbolts. 298 00:34:33,100 --> 00:34:37,260 And batters the Persian ships with hurricane wind. 299 00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:40,840 Glorious. 300 00:34:53,220 --> 00:34:56,320 Only one amongst us keeps his Spartan reserve. 301 00:35:02,050 --> 00:35:03,750 Only he. 302 00:35:03,970 --> 00:35:06,690 Only our king. 303 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:25,390 My queen. 304 00:35:31,620 --> 00:35:35,650 My queen, the courtyard is no fitting place for a married woman. 305 00:35:35,870 --> 00:35:39,920 I'm afraid gossip and protocol are the least of my worries now, councilman. 306 00:35:42,740 --> 00:35:44,610 Such secrecy needed. 307 00:35:44,610 --> 00:35:46,930 How am I to trust beyond the walls of my own home? 308 00:35:47,350 --> 00:35:50,970 Even here, Theron has eyes and ears which fuel Sparta with doubt and fear. 309 00:35:51,260 --> 00:35:54,750 You speak as if all Sparta conspires against you. 310 00:35:55,170 --> 00:35:57,830 I wish they were only against me. 311 00:36:00,070 --> 00:36:03,360 Many on our council would vote to give all we have 312 00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:05,470 and follow Leonidas. 313 00:36:05,740 --> 00:36:08,250 But you must show them favor. 314 00:36:09,970 --> 00:36:12,530 And you can arrange me to speak to the council? 315 00:36:12,530 --> 00:36:14,790 If it is reason they want, I will let them know. 316 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:17,550 Know what, my queen? 317 00:36:17,550 --> 00:36:19,920 Freedom isn't free at all. 318 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:22,170 That it comes with the highest of costs. 319 00:36:22,170 --> 00:36:24,090 The cost of blood. 320 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,450 I will do my best to gather our council 321 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:32,190 and its chambers shall be filled with your voice. 322 00:36:32,870 --> 00:36:34,710 - I'm in your debt. - Nope. 323 00:36:35,010 --> 00:36:38,340 Leonidas is my king as well as yours. 324 00:37:04,030 --> 00:37:06,010 I saw those ships smash on the rocks. 325 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,480 How can this be? 326 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:12,050 We saw but a fraction of the monster that is Xerxes' army. 327 00:37:12,450 --> 00:37:14,380 There can be no victory here. 328 00:37:18,620 --> 00:37:20,280 Why do you smile? 329 00:37:22,190 --> 00:37:27,280 Arcadian, I've fought countless times 330 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:29,880 yet I've never met an adversary that could offer me 331 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:33,030 what we Spartans call a beautiful death. 332 00:37:33,550 --> 00:37:34,980 I can only hope, 333 00:37:34,980 --> 00:37:38,170 with all the world's warriors gathered against us, 334 00:37:38,170 --> 00:37:42,310 there might be one down there who's up to the task. 335 00:37:53,310 --> 00:37:55,050 Move! 336 00:37:56,740 --> 00:37:58,650 Keep going, you dogs. 337 00:38:07,330 --> 00:38:08,990 Move! 338 00:38:10,950 --> 00:38:13,020 Forward I say. 339 00:38:15,930 --> 00:38:17,670 Stop here! 340 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,530 Who commands here? 341 00:38:22,670 --> 00:38:28,400 I am the emissary to the ruler of all the world. 342 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:30,790 The god of gods. 343 00:38:30,790 --> 00:38:32,730 King of kings. 344 00:38:32,730 --> 00:38:38,490 And by that authority, I demand that someone show me your commander. 345 00:38:41,820 --> 00:38:47,820 Listen. Do you think the paltry dozen you slew scares us? 346 00:38:47,820 --> 00:38:51,990 These hills swarm with our scouts. 347 00:38:51,990 --> 00:38:55,180 And do you think your pathetic wall 348 00:38:55,180 --> 00:38:57,800 will do anything except fall 349 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:02,110 like a heap of dry leaves in the face... 350 00:39:14,660 --> 00:39:17,520 Our ancestors built this wall, 351 00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:21,580 using ancient stones from the bosom of Greece herself. 352 00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:24,620 And with a little Spartan help, 353 00:39:24,620 --> 00:39:27,370 your Persian scouts supplied the mortar. 354 00:39:27,370 --> 00:39:32,100 You will pay for your barbarism. 355 00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:52,020 My arm! 356 00:39:54,750 --> 00:39:57,100 It's not yours anymore. 357 00:39:57,100 --> 00:40:01,620 Go now. Run along and tell your Xerxes he faces free men here. 358 00:40:01,620 --> 00:40:05,180 Not slaves. Do it quickly. 359 00:40:05,180 --> 00:40:08,330 Before we decide to make our wall just a little bit bigger. 360 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:13,080 No, not slaves. 361 00:40:14,500 --> 00:40:18,110 Your women will be slaves. 362 00:40:18,110 --> 00:40:22,410 Your sons, your daughters, your elders 363 00:40:22,410 --> 00:40:25,730 will be slaves, but not you. 364 00:40:26,900 --> 00:40:31,460 By noon this day, you will be dead men. 365 00:40:32,070 --> 00:40:37,420 A thousand nations of the Persian Empire descend upon you. 366 00:40:38,530 --> 00:40:42,160 Our arrows will blot out the sun. 367 00:40:43,850 --> 00:40:46,300 Then we will fight in the shade. 368 00:40:48,110 --> 00:40:49,550 The wall is solid. 369 00:40:50,060 --> 00:40:52,800 It'll do the job of funneling the Persians into the Hot Gates. 370 00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:56,380 Captain, have the men found any route through the hills to our back? 371 00:40:56,380 --> 00:40:58,190 None, sire. 372 00:40:58,870 --> 00:41:00,810 There is such a route, good king. 373 00:41:01,100 --> 00:41:03,040 Just past that western ridge. 374 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,240 It's an old goat path. 375 00:41:05,240 --> 00:41:07,770 The Persians could use it to outflank us. 376 00:41:08,340 --> 00:41:10,590 Not one step closer. 377 00:41:11,290 --> 00:41:12,340 Monster! 378 00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:17,200 Wise king, I humbly request an audience. 379 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:18,830 I'll skewer you where you stand. 380 00:41:18,830 --> 00:41:21,780 I gave no such order. 381 00:41:31,350 --> 00:41:34,860 Forgive the captain. He's a good soldier. 382 00:41:35,230 --> 00:41:37,880 But a bit short on manners. 383 00:41:38,110 --> 00:41:41,220 There is nothing to forgive, brave king. 384 00:41:41,220 --> 00:41:42,610 I know what I look like. 385 00:41:42,610 --> 00:41:44,550 You wear the crimson of a Spartan. 386 00:41:44,930 --> 00:41:50,000 I am Ephialtes, born of Sparta. 387 00:41:51,210 --> 00:41:55,390 My mother's love led my parents to flee Sparta 388 00:41:55,390 --> 00:41:57,380 lest I be discarded. 389 00:41:57,760 --> 00:41:59,600 But your shield? 390 00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:01,120 And armor? 391 00:42:01,450 --> 00:42:03,380 My father's, sir. 392 00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:07,040 I beg you, bold king, 393 00:42:07,250 --> 00:42:11,360 to permit me to redeem my father's name 394 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:13,970 by serving you in combat. 395 00:42:13,970 --> 00:42:17,200 My father trained me to feel no fear. 396 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:21,240 To make spear and shield and sword as much a part of me 397 00:42:21,240 --> 00:42:23,120 as my own beating heart. 398 00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:26,410 I will earn my father's armor, noble king, 399 00:42:26,610 --> 00:42:29,080 by serving you in the battle. 400 00:42:34,060 --> 00:42:35,630 Fine thrust. 401 00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:38,720 I will kill many Persians. 402 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,520 - Raise your shield. - Sire? 403 00:42:46,750 --> 00:42:49,130 Raise your shield as high as you can. 404 00:42:56,410 --> 00:43:00,160 Your father should have told you how our phalanx works. 405 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:05,180 We fight as a single, impenetrable unit. 406 00:43:05,180 --> 00:43:08,260 That is the source of our strength. 407 00:43:08,570 --> 00:43:12,090 Each Spartan protects the man to his left, 408 00:43:12,450 --> 00:43:15,850 from thigh to neck, with his shield. 409 00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:20,870 A single weakspot and the phalanx shatters. 410 00:43:22,070 --> 00:43:25,960 From thigh to neck, Ephialtes. 411 00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:29,490 I am sorry, my friend. 412 00:43:29,490 --> 00:43:31,990 But not all of us are made to be soldiers. 413 00:43:31,990 --> 00:43:32,670 But I... 414 00:43:32,670 --> 00:43:34,820 If you want to help at a Spartan victory... 415 00:43:34,820 --> 00:43:36,890 - Yes? - Clear the battlefield of the dead. 416 00:43:36,890 --> 00:43:39,130 Tend to wounded, bring them water. 417 00:43:39,330 --> 00:43:40,950 Why? 418 00:43:40,950 --> 00:43:45,800 But as for the fight itself, I cannot use you. 419 00:43:56,800 --> 00:44:01,380 Mother, father, you were wrong. 420 00:44:04,030 --> 00:44:07,570 You are wrong, Leonidas. 421 00:44:08,370 --> 00:44:09,960 You are wrong. 422 00:44:11,130 --> 00:44:13,560 Dispatch the Phocians to the goat path. 423 00:44:13,820 --> 00:44:17,700 Pray to the gods nobody tells the Persians about it. 424 00:44:23,950 --> 00:44:24,980 Earthquake. 425 00:44:25,850 --> 00:44:27,480 No, Captain. 426 00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:30,950 Battle formations. 427 00:44:54,670 --> 00:44:57,060 This is where we hold them. 428 00:44:57,870 --> 00:45:00,280 This is where we fight. 429 00:45:00,810 --> 00:45:03,120 This is where they die! 430 00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:05,840 On these shields, boys! 431 00:45:08,100 --> 00:45:10,570 Remember this day, men, 432 00:45:10,570 --> 00:45:14,070 for it will be yours for all time. 433 00:45:25,730 --> 00:45:30,180 Spartans, lay down your weapons! 434 00:45:46,430 --> 00:45:47,730 Persians! 435 00:45:49,390 --> 00:45:51,430 Come and get them! 436 00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:14,160 Hold! 437 00:46:17,230 --> 00:46:19,260 Give them nothing. 438 00:46:19,260 --> 00:46:22,990 But take from them everything. 439 00:46:24,690 --> 00:46:25,970 Stay ready. 440 00:46:42,300 --> 00:46:44,680 That's the best you can do? 441 00:46:47,330 --> 00:46:49,890 Push! 442 00:46:59,370 --> 00:47:00,770 Now! 443 00:47:12,470 --> 00:47:13,830 Push! 444 00:47:57,540 --> 00:47:59,560 No prisoners! 445 00:48:00,390 --> 00:48:02,350 No mercy! 446 00:49:21,590 --> 00:49:22,960 They look thirsty. 447 00:49:24,690 --> 00:49:27,320 Well, let's give them something to drink. 448 00:49:30,680 --> 00:49:32,900 To the cliffs. 449 00:49:56,980 --> 00:49:58,460 Hold! 450 00:50:00,950 --> 00:50:02,950 A hell of a good start! 451 00:50:25,890 --> 00:50:27,980 Tuck tail! 452 00:50:33,980 --> 00:50:35,800 Persian cowards. 453 00:50:43,410 --> 00:50:45,220 What the hell are you laughing at? 454 00:50:45,230 --> 00:50:46,900 We had to say it. 455 00:50:46,910 --> 00:50:50,250 - What? - We fight in the shade. 456 00:51:04,260 --> 00:51:05,510 Recover. 457 00:51:29,450 --> 00:51:33,190 Today, no Spartan dies. 458 00:51:57,130 --> 00:51:58,500 Easy, son. 459 00:52:24,970 --> 00:52:26,850 We do what we were trained to do. 460 00:52:26,930 --> 00:52:31,620 What we were bred to do. What we were born to do. 461 00:52:39,020 --> 00:52:41,620 No prisoners, no mercy. 462 00:52:42,290 --> 00:52:44,110 A good start. 463 00:53:53,260 --> 00:53:55,270 I was afraid you might not come. 464 00:53:55,270 --> 00:53:58,710 - I'm sorry, my son is... - Is doing what children do best. 465 00:53:58,710 --> 00:54:01,240 Please don't apologize. 466 00:54:03,150 --> 00:54:05,040 Your son starts the agoge next year. 467 00:54:05,690 --> 00:54:10,090 That is always a difficult time for a Spartan mother. 468 00:54:10,530 --> 00:54:14,280 Yes, it will be hard but also necessary. 469 00:54:17,840 --> 00:54:22,200 You will speak before the council in two days time. 470 00:54:23,660 --> 00:54:26,210 My husband does not have two days. 471 00:54:26,360 --> 00:54:28,870 Think of the two days as a gift. 472 00:54:30,350 --> 00:54:31,730 It's no secret. 473 00:54:32,490 --> 00:54:38,160 Theron wants what you control. It's his voice you must silence. 474 00:54:38,530 --> 00:54:43,120 Make him your ally and you will have your victory. 475 00:54:44,140 --> 00:54:45,770 Thank you. 476 00:54:46,550 --> 00:54:48,990 You are wise as you are kind. 477 00:55:15,530 --> 00:55:17,060 Ah, there's your mother. 478 00:55:24,210 --> 00:55:26,800 You should keep a better eye on him if he is to be king one day. 479 00:55:27,740 --> 00:55:29,730 It would be unfortunate if anything were to happen to him. 480 00:55:31,660 --> 00:55:33,740 Or to his beautiful mother. 481 00:55:54,540 --> 00:55:59,340 Our Greek comrades are begging for a crack at the Persians, sire. 482 00:55:59,980 --> 00:56:04,210 Good. I have something I think they can handle. 483 00:56:04,910 --> 00:56:06,930 Tell Daxos I want him 484 00:56:06,930 --> 00:56:09,320 and 20 of his best, eager, sober, 485 00:56:09,540 --> 00:56:11,310 ready for the next job. 486 00:56:11,310 --> 00:56:13,070 King Leonidas! 487 00:56:15,770 --> 00:56:19,110 - Stelios, catch your breath, boy. - Yes, my lord. 488 00:56:20,270 --> 00:56:22,460 The Persians are approaching. 489 00:56:23,720 --> 00:56:26,840 A small contingent. Too small for an attack. 490 00:56:31,400 --> 00:56:34,330 Captain, I'll leave you in charge. 491 00:56:34,330 --> 00:56:36,630 - But, sire... - Relax, old friend. 492 00:56:36,740 --> 00:56:40,320 If they assasinate me, all of Sparta goes to war. 493 00:56:42,230 --> 00:56:44,480 Pray they're that stupid. 494 00:56:45,790 --> 00:56:49,620 Pray... we're that lucky. 495 00:56:53,350 --> 00:56:54,760 Besides... 496 00:56:57,470 --> 00:57:00,160 ...there's no reason we can't be civil. 497 00:57:01,090 --> 00:57:02,480 Is there? 498 00:57:04,090 --> 00:57:05,800 None, sire. 499 00:57:24,390 --> 00:57:25,760 Let me guess. 500 00:57:27,140 --> 00:57:30,120 You must be Xerxes. 501 00:57:42,220 --> 00:57:44,030 Come, Leonidas. 502 00:57:45,660 --> 00:57:47,930 Let us reason together. 503 00:57:48,090 --> 00:57:49,920 It would be a regrettable waste. 504 00:57:50,170 --> 00:57:52,040 It would be nothing short of madness, 505 00:57:52,040 --> 00:57:56,320 were you, brave king, and your valiant troops to perish. 506 00:57:57,240 --> 00:57:59,880 All because of a simple misunderstanding. 507 00:58:00,100 --> 00:58:02,130 There is much our cultures could share. 508 00:58:02,130 --> 00:58:05,860 Haven't you noticed we've been sharing our culture with you all morning? 509 00:58:06,090 --> 00:58:08,820 Yours is a fascinating tribe. 510 00:58:08,820 --> 00:58:12,840 Even now you are defiant, in the face of annihilation. 511 00:58:12,840 --> 00:58:18,020 In the presence of the god, it isn't wise to stand against me, Leonidas. 512 00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:20,400 Imagine what horrible fate awaits my enemies 513 00:58:20,400 --> 00:58:23,480 when I will gladly kill any one of my own men for victory. 514 00:58:23,480 --> 00:58:26,160 And I would die for any one of mine. 515 00:58:26,160 --> 00:58:28,660 You Greeks take pride in your logic. 516 00:58:28,660 --> 00:58:30,550 I suggest you employ it. 517 00:58:30,550 --> 00:58:33,710 Consider the beautiful lands you so vigorously defend. 518 00:58:33,710 --> 00:58:36,950 Picture it reduced to ash at my will. 519 00:58:36,950 --> 00:58:39,040 Consider the fate of your women. 520 00:58:39,040 --> 00:58:41,340 Clearly, you don't know our women. 521 00:58:41,340 --> 00:58:43,800 I might as well have marched them up here, 522 00:58:43,800 --> 00:58:45,790 judging by what I've seen. 523 00:58:46,660 --> 00:58:49,360 You have many slaves, Xerxes, 524 00:58:49,360 --> 00:58:51,950 but few warriors. 525 00:58:52,410 --> 00:58:55,810 It won't be long before they fear my spears... 526 00:58:56,750 --> 00:58:58,940 ...more than your whips. 527 00:59:03,170 --> 00:59:05,540 It's not the lash they fear. 528 00:59:08,710 --> 00:59:13,320 It is my divine power. But I'm a generous god. 529 00:59:13,570 --> 00:59:15,930 I can make you rich beyond all measure. 530 00:59:16,150 --> 00:59:18,670 I will make you warlord of all Greece. 531 00:59:18,670 --> 00:59:22,560 You'll carry my battle standard to the heart of Europa. 532 00:59:22,770 --> 00:59:27,930 Your Athenian rivals will kneel at your feet. 533 00:59:28,550 --> 00:59:31,550 If you will but kneel at mine. 534 00:59:32,690 --> 00:59:34,710 You are generous... 535 00:59:35,410 --> 00:59:38,080 ...as you are divine. 536 00:59:39,120 --> 00:59:44,250 King of kings. Such an offer only a madman would refuse. 537 00:59:45,140 --> 00:59:46,730 But the... 538 00:59:47,790 --> 00:59:51,810 ...the idea of kneeling it's... you see... 539 00:59:52,020 --> 00:59:58,880 Slaughtering of all those men of yours has left a nasty cramp in my legs. 540 00:59:58,880 --> 01:00:01,640 So kneeling will be hard for me. 541 01:00:01,640 --> 01:00:04,930 There will be no glory in your sacrifice. 542 01:00:05,190 --> 01:00:08,910 I will erase even the memory of Sparta from the histories. 543 01:00:09,320 --> 01:00:12,730 Every piece of Greek parchment shall be burned. 544 01:00:12,730 --> 01:00:15,060 Every Greek historian and every scribe 545 01:00:15,060 --> 01:00:18,120 shall have their eyes spun out and their tongues cut from their mouths 546 01:00:18,390 --> 01:00:23,700 whilst honoring the very name of Sparta or Leonidas will be punishable by death. 547 01:00:25,250 --> 01:00:27,890 The world will never know you existed at all. 548 01:00:30,720 --> 01:00:35,390 The world will know that free men stood against a tyrrant. 549 01:00:35,390 --> 01:00:38,730 That few stood against many. 550 01:00:38,730 --> 01:00:45,690 And before this battle was over, that even a God King can bleed. 551 01:00:52,870 --> 01:00:54,530 You fought well today. 552 01:00:56,710 --> 01:00:58,380 For a woman. 553 01:00:59,340 --> 01:01:01,120 As did you. 554 01:01:01,250 --> 01:01:03,690 Maybe you've been injured, you weren't able to keep up with me. 555 01:01:04,930 --> 01:01:09,080 Perhaps I was so far ahead, you couldn't see me. 556 01:01:10,460 --> 01:01:13,110 Or were you offering your backside to the Thespians. 557 01:01:14,630 --> 01:01:16,040 Jealousy... 558 01:01:16,430 --> 01:01:18,010 ...is not becoming my friend. 559 01:01:21,670 --> 01:01:23,140 Move it, men! 560 01:01:25,850 --> 01:01:28,550 Pile those Persians high. 561 01:01:31,480 --> 01:01:33,770 For unless I miss my guess... 562 01:01:34,920 --> 01:01:37,550 ...we're in for one wild night. 563 01:02:01,810 --> 01:02:06,640 They have served the dark will of Persian kings for 500 years. 564 01:02:07,180 --> 01:02:09,570 Eyes as dark as night. 565 01:02:09,570 --> 01:02:12,190 Teeth filed to fangs. 566 01:02:13,800 --> 01:02:15,510 Soulless. 567 01:02:23,350 --> 01:02:25,710 The personal guard to king Xerses himself. 568 01:02:25,710 --> 01:02:28,050 The Persian warrior elite. 569 01:02:29,990 --> 01:02:32,510 The deadliest fighting force in all of Asia. 570 01:02:33,740 --> 01:02:35,790 The Immortals. 571 01:02:44,180 --> 01:02:47,180 The God King has betrayed a fatal flaw. 572 01:02:48,040 --> 01:02:49,510 Hybris. 573 01:02:52,020 --> 01:02:54,620 Easy to taunt. Easy to trick. 574 01:02:55,510 --> 01:02:57,970 Before wounds and weariness have taken their toll, 575 01:02:57,970 --> 01:03:00,780 the mad king throws the best he has at us. 576 01:03:02,160 --> 01:03:03,810 Xerxes has taken the bait. 577 01:03:03,810 --> 01:03:06,360 Spartans, push! 578 01:03:16,530 --> 01:03:18,040 Immortals. 579 01:03:18,490 --> 01:03:21,090 They put their name to the test. 580 01:04:05,500 --> 01:04:07,060 Father! 581 01:05:52,650 --> 01:05:54,240 My king! 582 01:07:06,710 --> 01:07:09,270 Arcadians, now! 583 01:07:10,950 --> 01:07:12,060 Go! 584 01:07:12,060 --> 01:07:14,110 Let's show the Spartans what we can do. 585 01:07:14,460 --> 01:07:15,840 Go! 586 01:07:25,390 --> 01:07:28,660 They shout and curse, stabbing wildly, 587 01:07:28,660 --> 01:07:31,070 more brawlers than warriors. 588 01:07:31,670 --> 01:07:34,000 They make a wondrous mess of things. 589 01:07:35,290 --> 01:07:37,710 Brave amateurs. They do their part. 590 01:08:25,630 --> 01:08:27,250 Immortals. 591 01:08:27,730 --> 01:08:30,280 They failed our kings' test. 592 01:08:30,280 --> 01:08:33,720 And a man who fancies himself a god... 593 01:08:34,240 --> 01:08:38,820 ...feels a very human chill crawl up his spine. 594 01:08:46,130 --> 01:08:47,380 For our king! 595 01:08:48,580 --> 01:08:50,880 And our honored dead! 596 01:08:50,880 --> 01:08:53,090 Whom will Xerxes dare to send next? 597 01:08:54,010 --> 01:08:55,860 There's nothing that can stop us now. 598 01:08:57,580 --> 01:09:01,280 Even the king allows himself to hope for more than glory. 599 01:09:01,280 --> 01:09:04,830 Such mad hope. But there it is. 600 01:09:05,110 --> 01:09:09,400 Against Asian endless hordes, against all odds, 601 01:09:09,400 --> 01:09:12,790 we can do it, we can hold the Hot Gates. 602 01:09:13,560 --> 01:09:15,500 We can win. 603 01:09:23,210 --> 01:09:24,720 Dawn. 604 01:09:25,570 --> 01:09:27,430 Whips crack. 605 01:09:27,520 --> 01:09:29,370 Barbarians howl. 606 01:09:29,800 --> 01:09:33,280 Those behind cry: "Forward"! 607 01:09:35,630 --> 01:09:39,440 Those in front cry: "Back". 608 01:09:45,450 --> 01:09:48,210 Our eyes bear witness to the grotesque spectacle 609 01:09:48,210 --> 01:09:51,380 called forth from the darkest corners of Xerxes' Empire. 610 01:10:42,540 --> 01:10:46,550 When muscles failed, they turned to their magic. 611 01:10:48,180 --> 01:10:50,730 One hundred nations descend upon us. 612 01:10:50,730 --> 01:10:53,200 The armies of all Asia. 613 01:10:53,200 --> 01:10:55,280 Funneled into this narrow corridor, 614 01:10:55,280 --> 01:10:58,060 their numbers count for nothing. 615 01:11:32,020 --> 01:11:33,800 They fall by the hundreds. 616 01:11:33,900 --> 01:11:36,910 We send the severed bodies and the fragile hearts 617 01:11:36,910 --> 01:11:39,390 back to Xerxes' feet. 618 01:11:56,410 --> 01:11:59,680 King Xerxes is displeased with his generals. 619 01:12:00,680 --> 01:12:03,220 He disciplines them. 620 01:12:20,070 --> 01:12:23,510 Xerxes dispatches his monsters from half a world away. 621 01:12:35,570 --> 01:12:37,530 They're clumsy beasts. 622 01:12:37,840 --> 01:12:40,770 And the pile of Persian dead is slippery. 623 01:13:16,580 --> 01:13:18,940 - You still here? - Someone is got to watch your back. 624 01:13:18,940 --> 01:13:20,640 Well, now, I'm a little busy. 625 01:14:00,930 --> 01:14:03,080 Regroup! 626 01:14:06,810 --> 01:14:09,670 Astinos, my son! 627 01:14:19,310 --> 01:14:20,700 Astinos! 628 01:14:21,020 --> 01:14:23,830 No! 629 01:14:47,030 --> 01:14:48,810 The day wears on. 630 01:14:49,590 --> 01:14:51,400 We lose few... 631 01:14:52,000 --> 01:14:55,950 ...but each felled is a friend or dearest blood. 632 01:14:57,340 --> 01:15:00,800 And upon seeing the headless body of his own young son, 633 01:15:01,360 --> 01:15:03,580 the captain breaks rank. 634 01:15:03,580 --> 01:15:06,220 He goes wild, blood drunk. 635 01:15:31,370 --> 01:15:33,770 Captain's cries of pain at the loss of his son 636 01:15:33,770 --> 01:15:37,570 are more frightening to the enemy than the deepest battle drums. 637 01:15:38,140 --> 01:15:39,750 It takes three men to restrain him 638 01:15:39,760 --> 01:15:41,820 and bring him back to our own. 639 01:15:42,370 --> 01:15:44,260 The day is ours. 640 01:15:45,150 --> 01:15:47,680 No songs are sung. 641 01:16:27,910 --> 01:16:31,800 Your gods were cruel to shape you so, friend Ephialtes. 642 01:16:34,950 --> 01:16:39,330 The Spartans, too, were cruel to reject you. 643 01:16:42,780 --> 01:16:44,670 But I am kind. 644 01:16:51,460 --> 01:16:53,910 Everything you could ever desire. 645 01:16:55,070 --> 01:16:57,230 Every happiness you can imagine. 646 01:16:59,080 --> 01:17:03,580 Every pleasure your fellow Greeks and your false gods have denied you. 647 01:17:04,440 --> 01:17:06,880 I will grant you. 648 01:17:07,810 --> 01:17:10,120 For I am kind. 649 01:17:24,310 --> 01:17:27,290 Embrace me as your king and as your god. 650 01:17:28,720 --> 01:17:30,200 Yes! 651 01:17:31,840 --> 01:17:34,160 Lead my soldiers to the hidden path 652 01:17:34,160 --> 01:17:36,820 that empties behind the cursed Spartans, 653 01:17:36,820 --> 01:17:39,060 and your joys will be endless. 654 01:17:47,610 --> 01:17:49,950 Yes, I want it all. 655 01:17:51,190 --> 01:17:54,720 Wealth, women. 656 01:17:56,660 --> 01:17:58,580 And one more thing. 657 01:18:02,130 --> 01:18:04,450 I want an uniform. 658 01:18:09,200 --> 01:18:10,950 Done. 659 01:18:12,700 --> 01:18:16,620 You will find that I am kind. 660 01:18:18,020 --> 01:18:21,690 Unlike the cruel Leonidas that demanded that you stand, 661 01:18:24,360 --> 01:18:28,460 I require only that you kneel. 662 01:18:55,980 --> 01:18:57,670 Beautiful night. 663 01:18:59,400 --> 01:19:02,520 Yes, but I did not ask you here for small talk, Theron. 664 01:19:03,920 --> 01:19:05,310 I'm assured of that. 665 01:19:07,380 --> 01:19:09,390 You've never spared words with me. 666 01:19:10,820 --> 01:19:13,590 Can I offer you something? A drink perhaps? 667 01:19:14,190 --> 01:19:15,470 Is it poison? 668 01:19:16,320 --> 01:19:18,640 Sorry to disappoint you, it's only water. 669 01:19:28,920 --> 01:19:31,850 I'm told it's been arranged for you to go before the council. 670 01:19:32,790 --> 01:19:34,410 Yes. 671 01:19:34,740 --> 01:19:35,720 I need your help 672 01:19:35,720 --> 01:19:38,670 in winning votes to send the army north to our king. 673 01:19:38,670 --> 01:19:39,670 Yes. 674 01:19:40,910 --> 01:19:43,480 I can see the two of us standing together. 675 01:19:43,480 --> 01:19:47,650 Me, politician, thou, warrior. Our voices as one. 676 01:19:49,460 --> 01:19:51,250 But why would I want to do that? 677 01:19:51,850 --> 01:19:53,450 It proves you care for a king 678 01:19:53,450 --> 01:19:55,900 who, right now, fights for the very water we drink. 679 01:19:56,190 --> 01:19:57,390 True. 680 01:19:57,860 --> 01:20:00,190 But this is politics, not war. 681 01:20:00,820 --> 01:20:04,560 - Leonidas is an idealist. - I know your kind too well. 682 01:20:05,130 --> 01:20:07,000 You send men to slaughter for your own gain. 683 01:20:07,000 --> 01:20:11,800 Your husband, our king, has taken 300 of our finest to slaughter. 684 01:20:11,810 --> 01:20:16,680 He's broken our laws and left without the council's consent. 685 01:20:17,170 --> 01:20:20,210 - I'm simply a realist. - You're an opportunist. 686 01:20:21,080 --> 01:20:22,410 You're as foolish as Leonidas 687 01:20:22,410 --> 01:20:24,830 if you think men don't have a price in this world. 688 01:20:25,340 --> 01:20:29,300 All men are not created equal. That's the Spartan code, my little queen. 689 01:20:33,720 --> 01:20:35,600 I admire your passion. 690 01:20:37,320 --> 01:20:42,270 But don't think that you, a woman, even a queen, 691 01:20:42,280 --> 01:20:45,220 can walk into the council's chamber and sway the minds of men. 692 01:20:46,270 --> 01:20:48,420 I own that chamber. 693 01:20:49,010 --> 01:20:51,350 As if it were built with these hands. 694 01:20:55,510 --> 01:20:58,120 I could crush the life out of you right now. 695 01:21:00,060 --> 01:21:03,690 You will go before the council but your words will fall in deaf ears. 696 01:21:04,060 --> 01:21:06,870 Leonidas will receive no reinforcements, 697 01:21:06,870 --> 01:21:11,740 and if he returns, without my help, he would go to jail or worse. 698 01:21:16,550 --> 01:21:19,310 - Do you love your Sparta? - Yes. 699 01:21:20,390 --> 01:21:22,980 - And your king? - I do. 700 01:21:28,480 --> 01:21:30,880 Your husband fights for his land, 701 01:21:30,880 --> 01:21:32,040 and his love. 702 01:21:32,940 --> 01:21:35,290 What do you have to offer? 703 01:21:36,070 --> 01:21:39,210 In return for my word that I'll help you send our army north. 704 01:21:42,670 --> 01:21:45,840 What does a realist want from his queen? 705 01:21:50,260 --> 01:21:51,780 I think you know. 706 01:22:06,460 --> 01:22:08,330 This will not be over quickly. 707 01:22:10,200 --> 01:22:12,530 You will not enjoy this. 708 01:22:13,180 --> 01:22:15,410 I am not your king. 709 01:22:40,210 --> 01:22:41,310 Dilios! 710 01:22:43,950 --> 01:22:47,590 I trust that scracth hasn't made you useless. 711 01:22:48,370 --> 01:22:50,980 Hardly, my lord. It's just an eye. 712 01:22:51,450 --> 01:22:53,950 The gods saw fit to grace me with a spare. 713 01:22:56,550 --> 01:22:58,420 And the captain? 714 01:22:59,750 --> 01:23:03,800 Curses the gods and mourns alone. 715 01:23:05,510 --> 01:23:07,170 Leonidas! 716 01:23:08,430 --> 01:23:11,090 We are undone. Undone I tell you. 717 01:23:11,260 --> 01:23:13,360 - Destroyed. - Daxos, calm yourself! 718 01:23:13,460 --> 01:23:15,350 A hunchback traitor has led Xerxes' Immortals 719 01:23:15,350 --> 01:23:16,850 to the hidden goat path behind us. 720 01:23:16,930 --> 01:23:20,350 The Phocians you posted there were scattered without a fight. 721 01:23:20,500 --> 01:23:22,340 This battle is over, Leonidas! 722 01:23:22,340 --> 01:23:25,770 This battle is over when I say it is over! 723 01:23:25,770 --> 01:23:27,860 By morning, the Immortals will surround us. 724 01:23:27,940 --> 01:23:29,690 The Hot Gates will fall. 725 01:23:30,900 --> 01:23:32,780 Spartans! 726 01:23:33,030 --> 01:23:35,450 Prepare for glory! 727 01:23:35,570 --> 01:23:36,700 Glory? 728 01:23:36,700 --> 01:23:38,370 Have you gone mad? 729 01:23:38,870 --> 01:23:40,830 There is no glory to be had now. 730 01:23:41,040 --> 01:23:44,370 Only retreat or surrender or death. 731 01:23:44,410 --> 01:23:47,910 That is an easy choice for us, Arcadian. 732 01:23:47,940 --> 01:23:53,050 Spartans never retreat. Spartans never surrender. 733 01:23:54,050 --> 01:23:56,140 Go. Spread the word. 734 01:23:56,640 --> 01:24:00,390 Let every Greek assembled know the truth of this. 735 01:24:00,390 --> 01:24:03,560 Let each amongst them search his own soul. 736 01:24:04,980 --> 01:24:06,730 And while you're at it, 737 01:24:06,980 --> 01:24:08,810 search your own. 738 01:24:16,570 --> 01:24:18,570 My men will leave with me. 739 01:24:24,240 --> 01:24:25,910 Godspeed, Leonidas. 740 01:24:32,670 --> 01:24:36,920 Children! Children! 741 01:24:37,670 --> 01:24:39,430 Gather round. 742 01:24:41,260 --> 01:24:45,060 No retreat. No surrender. 743 01:24:45,100 --> 01:24:48,270 That is Spartan law. 744 01:24:49,020 --> 01:24:53,520 And by Spartan law, we will stand and fight. 745 01:24:54,270 --> 01:24:56,520 And die. 746 01:24:59,780 --> 01:25:02,650 A new age has begun. 747 01:25:04,950 --> 01:25:07,450 An age of freedom. 748 01:25:09,120 --> 01:25:12,870 And all will know that three hundred Spartans 749 01:25:12,870 --> 01:25:16,630 gave their last breath to defend it! 750 01:25:36,480 --> 01:25:38,400 My friend. 751 01:25:41,770 --> 01:25:46,670 I have lived my entire life without regret until now. 752 01:25:50,740 --> 01:25:56,100 It's not that my son gave up his life for his country. 753 01:25:58,460 --> 01:26:01,830 It's just that I never told him I loved him the most. 754 01:26:04,090 --> 01:26:06,210 That he stood by me with honor. 755 01:26:08,380 --> 01:26:10,930 That he was all that was best in me. 756 01:26:20,350 --> 01:26:23,270 My heart is broken for your loss. 757 01:26:23,270 --> 01:26:24,970 Heart? 758 01:26:30,530 --> 01:26:35,530 I have filled my heart with hate. 759 01:26:39,660 --> 01:26:41,370 Good. 760 01:26:50,380 --> 01:26:53,050 Dilios! 761 01:26:53,880 --> 01:26:55,630 Let's take a walk. 762 01:26:57,630 --> 01:26:59,640 Yes, my lord. 763 01:27:01,970 --> 01:27:04,890 But, sire, I'm fit. I'm ready for battle. 764 01:27:04,890 --> 01:27:07,230 That you are one of the finest. 765 01:27:08,140 --> 01:27:11,060 But you have another talent unlike any other Spartan. 766 01:27:14,400 --> 01:27:17,900 You will deliver my final orders to the council 767 01:27:18,200 --> 01:27:20,490 with force and verve. 768 01:27:23,160 --> 01:27:24,990 Tell them my story. 769 01:27:25,740 --> 01:27:29,780 Make every Greek know what happened here. 770 01:27:30,830 --> 01:27:33,170 You'll have a grand tale to tell. 771 01:27:35,340 --> 01:27:37,460 A tale of victory. 772 01:27:37,760 --> 01:27:39,420 Victory. 773 01:27:43,220 --> 01:27:45,010 Yes, my lord. 774 01:27:51,020 --> 01:27:55,020 Sire, any message...? 775 01:27:56,270 --> 01:27:58,190 ...for the queen? 776 01:28:20,040 --> 01:28:22,460 None that need be spoken. 777 01:28:37,480 --> 01:28:40,060 Hundreds leave. 778 01:28:40,560 --> 01:28:42,980 A handful stay. 779 01:28:48,320 --> 01:28:50,450 Only one looks back. 780 01:29:00,870 --> 01:29:02,830 Spartans! 781 01:29:04,420 --> 01:29:07,500 Ready your breakfast and eat hearty. 782 01:29:07,500 --> 01:29:11,510 For tonight we dine in Hell! 783 01:29:20,630 --> 01:29:26,940 May I give the floor now to the wife of Leonidas and queen of Sparta. 784 01:29:41,620 --> 01:29:43,290 Councilmen. 785 01:29:43,620 --> 01:29:47,120 I stand before you not only as your queen. 786 01:29:48,460 --> 01:29:50,840 I come to you as a mother. 787 01:29:52,290 --> 01:29:54,630 I come to you as a wife. 788 01:29:56,630 --> 01:29:59,260 I come to you as a Spartan woman. 789 01:30:04,190 --> 01:30:06,720 I come to you with great humility. 790 01:30:10,510 --> 01:30:12,990 I am not here to represent Leonidas. 791 01:30:13,080 --> 01:30:16,220 His actions speak louder than my words ever could. 792 01:30:16,320 --> 01:30:18,680 I am here for all those voices which cannot be heard. 793 01:30:18,750 --> 01:30:21,120 Mothers, daughters, fathers, sons. 794 01:30:21,200 --> 01:30:25,070 Three hundred families that bleed for our rights 795 01:30:25,070 --> 01:30:28,240 and for the very principles this room is built upon. 796 01:30:28,810 --> 01:30:31,330 We're at war, gentlemen. 797 01:30:31,330 --> 01:30:33,980 We must send the entire spartan army to aid our king 798 01:30:33,980 --> 01:30:37,620 in the preservation of not just ourselves but of our children. 799 01:30:37,670 --> 01:30:40,830 Send the army for the preservation of liberty. 800 01:30:40,920 --> 01:30:43,010 Send it for justice. 801 01:30:43,430 --> 01:30:45,760 Send it for law and order. 802 01:30:45,760 --> 01:30:47,810 Send it for reason. 803 01:30:47,900 --> 01:30:51,600 But, most importantly, send our army for hope. 804 01:30:52,270 --> 01:30:56,100 Hope that the king and his men have not been wasted in the pages of history. 805 01:30:56,740 --> 01:30:59,860 That their courage bonds us together. 806 01:31:00,360 --> 01:31:03,400 That we are made stronger by their actions. 807 01:31:04,590 --> 01:31:08,570 And that your choices today reflect their bravery. 808 01:31:10,460 --> 01:31:12,050 Three hundred. 809 01:31:20,160 --> 01:31:22,040 Moving. 810 01:31:22,170 --> 01:31:25,460 Eloquent, passionate. 811 01:31:25,550 --> 01:31:29,650 But it doesn't change the fact that your husband has brought war upon us. 812 01:31:29,720 --> 01:31:31,220 You are wrong. 813 01:31:31,220 --> 01:31:32,600 Xerxes brought it forth 814 01:31:32,620 --> 01:31:35,230 and before that, his father, Darius, at Marathon. 815 01:31:35,240 --> 01:31:39,020 The Persians will not stop until the only shelter we will find 816 01:31:39,020 --> 01:31:40,870 is rubble and chaos. 817 01:31:40,880 --> 01:31:45,060 This chamber needs no history lesson, my queen. 818 01:31:45,230 --> 01:31:47,570 Then what is the lesson you would like to leave? 819 01:31:47,650 --> 01:31:49,990 Shall I begin to enumerate all of them? 820 01:31:49,990 --> 01:31:53,610 Honor, duty, glory. 821 01:31:53,660 --> 01:31:55,660 You speak of honor? 822 01:31:55,660 --> 01:31:58,940 Duty? Glory? 823 01:32:00,000 --> 01:32:01,630 But what of adultery? 824 01:32:01,730 --> 01:32:04,350 - How dare you? - How dare I? 825 01:32:04,420 --> 01:32:07,450 Watch her, carefully. 826 01:32:07,500 --> 01:32:10,670 She is a trickster in true form. 827 01:32:10,670 --> 01:32:14,170 Do not play with the members of this sacred chambers, my queen. 828 01:32:14,170 --> 01:32:17,340 Just hours ago, you offered yourself to me. 829 01:32:17,340 --> 01:32:21,720 Were I a weaker man, I'd have her scent on me still. 830 01:32:21,820 --> 01:32:25,070 - This is outrage. - Ah, the hypocrite speaks. 831 01:32:25,100 --> 01:32:27,080 Did you not receive a similar payment? 832 01:32:27,150 --> 01:32:31,640 Which you took in exchange for her having an audience with these noble men. 833 01:32:31,690 --> 01:32:33,510 - That is a lie. - Is it? 834 01:32:33,530 --> 01:32:37,730 Was he not, by your invitation, asked to come the king's bedchamber? 835 01:32:37,810 --> 01:32:40,720 The very bed where you attempted to negotiate with me 836 01:32:40,720 --> 01:32:43,420 so vigorously. 837 01:32:45,250 --> 01:32:46,950 You look shocked. 838 01:32:46,950 --> 01:32:48,680 A bribe of the flesh, gentlemen, 839 01:32:48,710 --> 01:32:52,540 whilst her husband promotes anarchy and war. 840 01:32:56,710 --> 01:32:59,880 Words escape even the most cunning tongues. 841 01:33:00,380 --> 01:33:02,890 My little whore queen. 842 01:33:07,090 --> 01:33:09,720 What queen-like behaviour! 843 01:33:10,480 --> 01:33:13,800 Remove her from this chamber before she infects us further 844 01:33:13,800 --> 01:33:17,400 with her inglorious and filthy self. 845 01:33:23,240 --> 01:33:25,990 This will not be over quickly. 846 01:33:26,460 --> 01:33:28,910 You will not enjoy this. 847 01:33:28,910 --> 01:33:31,080 I am not your queen. 848 01:33:52,510 --> 01:33:54,100 Traitor. 849 01:33:54,930 --> 01:33:57,100 Traitor, traitor, traitor. 850 01:34:38,970 --> 01:34:42,560 Leonidas. My compliments. 851 01:34:42,640 --> 01:34:44,980 And congratulations. 852 01:34:45,230 --> 01:34:48,980 You surely have turned calamity to victory. 853 01:34:48,980 --> 01:34:52,400 Despite your insufferable arrogance, 854 01:34:52,400 --> 01:34:55,720 the God King has come to admire Spartan valor 855 01:34:55,720 --> 01:34:57,320 and fighting skills. 856 01:34:57,320 --> 01:34:58,470 You will make a mighty ally. 857 01:34:58,510 --> 01:35:00,830 Yield, Leonidas. 858 01:35:01,240 --> 01:35:05,330 Use your reason. Think of your men. 859 01:35:07,500 --> 01:35:09,330 I beg you. 860 01:35:09,500 --> 01:35:11,370 Listen to your fellow Greek. 861 01:35:11,450 --> 01:35:15,420 He can attest to the divine one's generosity. 862 01:35:15,540 --> 01:35:18,180 Despite your several insults, 863 01:35:18,180 --> 01:35:20,840 despite your horrid blasphemies, 864 01:35:20,840 --> 01:35:24,400 the lord of hosts is prepared to forgive all. 865 01:35:24,430 --> 01:35:27,450 And more: to reward your service. 866 01:35:27,430 --> 01:35:31,140 You fight for your lands. Keep them. 867 01:35:32,020 --> 01:35:34,270 You fight for Sparta. 868 01:35:34,270 --> 01:35:38,030 She will be wealthier and more powerful than ever before. 869 01:35:38,480 --> 01:35:41,200 You fight for your kingship. 870 01:35:41,200 --> 01:35:44,280 You will be proclaimed warlord of all Greece. 871 01:35:44,280 --> 01:35:48,870 Answerable only to the one true master of the world. 872 01:35:48,870 --> 01:35:53,760 Leonidas. Your victory will be complete. 873 01:35:53,790 --> 01:35:59,780 If you but lay down your arms and kneel to holy Xerxes. 874 01:36:30,380 --> 01:36:35,250 It's been more than 30 years since the wind and the winter cold. 875 01:36:35,350 --> 01:36:40,330 And now, as then, it's not fear that grips him. 876 01:36:40,330 --> 01:36:42,140 Only restlesness. 877 01:36:42,240 --> 01:36:45,760 A heightened sense of things. 878 01:36:46,340 --> 01:36:51,340 The seaborne breeze cooly kissing the sweat on his chest and neck. 879 01:36:51,350 --> 01:36:52,850 Gulls cawing, 880 01:36:52,950 --> 01:36:57,270 complaining even as they feast on thousands of floating dead. 881 01:36:58,670 --> 01:37:03,200 The steady breathing of the 300 at his back. 882 01:37:04,640 --> 01:37:08,610 Ready to die for him, without a moment's pause. 883 01:37:10,800 --> 01:37:16,280 Every one of them ready to die. 884 01:37:31,060 --> 01:37:34,220 His helmet is stifling. 885 01:37:54,420 --> 01:37:57,400 His shield is heavy. 886 01:38:04,660 --> 01:38:07,080 Your spear. 887 01:38:15,300 --> 01:38:17,090 You there. 888 01:38:17,090 --> 01:38:19,440 Ephialtes. 889 01:38:24,230 --> 01:38:26,680 May you live forever. 890 01:38:33,990 --> 01:38:36,610 Leonidas, your spear. 891 01:39:42,950 --> 01:39:46,090 Stelios! 892 01:39:54,930 --> 01:39:57,100 Slaughter them! 893 01:39:59,770 --> 01:40:03,470 His helmet was stifling. It narrowed his vision. 894 01:40:03,550 --> 01:40:05,990 And he must see far. 895 01:40:06,020 --> 01:40:09,860 His shield was heavy. It threw him off balance. 896 01:40:10,280 --> 01:40:14,200 And his target is far away. 897 01:41:18,540 --> 01:41:22,840 The old ones say we Spartans have descended from Hercules himself. 898 01:41:24,620 --> 01:41:28,180 Bold Leonidas gives testament to our bloodline. 899 01:41:29,010 --> 01:41:33,770 His roar is long and loud. 900 01:42:03,260 --> 01:42:04,630 My king. 901 01:42:17,230 --> 01:42:21,650 It's an honor to die at your side. 902 01:42:22,400 --> 01:42:26,480 It's an honor to have lived at yours. 903 01:42:47,840 --> 01:42:50,260 My queen. 904 01:42:57,850 --> 01:43:00,100 My wife. 905 01:43:11,410 --> 01:43:13,580 My love. 906 01:45:39,470 --> 01:45:41,400 Remember us. 907 01:45:43,170 --> 01:45:46,310 As simple an order as a king can give. 908 01:45:48,290 --> 01:45:51,510 Remember why we died. 909 01:45:53,290 --> 01:45:57,090 For he did not wish tribute or song. 910 01:45:59,100 --> 01:46:03,430 No monuments, no poems of war and valor. 911 01:46:06,350 --> 01:46:08,690 His wish was simple. 912 01:46:14,060 --> 01:46:16,360 Remember us. 913 01:46:17,130 --> 01:46:19,450 He said to me. 914 01:46:20,570 --> 01:46:22,950 That was his hope. 915 01:46:22,980 --> 01:46:27,350 Should any free soul come across that place 916 01:46:27,450 --> 01:46:31,310 in all the countless centuries yet to be, 917 01:46:31,370 --> 01:46:37,560 may all our voices whisper to you from the ageless stones. 918 01:46:38,630 --> 01:46:42,390 Go tell the Spartans, passerby, 919 01:46:42,920 --> 01:46:48,890 that here, by Spartan law, we lie. 920 01:46:51,730 --> 01:46:54,310 So my king died... 921 01:46:55,150 --> 01:46:57,820 And my brothers died. 922 01:46:59,480 --> 01:47:02,650 Barely a year ago. 923 01:47:06,720 --> 01:47:12,080 Long I pondered my king's cryptic talk of victory 924 01:47:12,120 --> 01:47:14,620 and the time has proven him wise. 925 01:47:15,680 --> 01:47:18,890 For from Greek to free Greek 926 01:47:18,950 --> 01:47:23,450 the word was spread that bold Leonidas and his 300, 927 01:47:23,520 --> 01:47:25,760 so far from home, 928 01:47:25,820 --> 01:47:29,130 laid down their lives, not just for Sparta, 929 01:47:29,160 --> 01:47:33,690 but for all Greece and the promise this country holds. 930 01:47:34,050 --> 01:47:39,090 And now, here on this ragged patch of earth called Platea, 931 01:47:39,240 --> 01:47:43,860 Xerxes' hordes face obliteration. 932 01:47:45,980 --> 01:47:49,280 Just there, the barbarians huddle. 933 01:47:49,700 --> 01:47:52,780 Sheer terror gripping tight 934 01:47:53,150 --> 01:47:56,670 their hearts with icy fingers. 935 01:47:56,750 --> 01:47:59,990 knowing full well what merciless horrors they suffered 936 01:48:00,070 --> 01:48:03,210 at the swords and spears of three hundred. 937 01:48:04,010 --> 01:48:07,310 Yet they stare now, across the plain, 938 01:48:07,340 --> 01:48:12,250 at 10.000 Spartans, commanding 30.000 free Greeks. 939 01:48:19,940 --> 01:48:23,810 The enemy outnumbers us a paltry three to one. 940 01:48:24,010 --> 01:48:26,560 Good odds for any Greek. 941 01:48:26,950 --> 01:48:31,570 This day we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny 942 01:48:31,650 --> 01:48:35,320 and usher in a future brighter that anything we can imagine. 943 01:48:40,390 --> 01:48:42,490 Give thanks, men... 944 01:48:42,540 --> 01:48:45,910 to Leonidas and the brave three hundred. 945 01:48:46,500 --> 01:48:49,840 To victory!