1 00:01:08,318 --> 00:01:10,843 When the boy was born... 2 00:01:11,721 --> 00:01:13,814 ...like all Spartans, he was inspected. 3 00:01:15,625 --> 00:01:20,255 If he'd been small or puny or sickly or misshapen... 4 00:01:20,430 --> 00:01:22,762 ...he would have been discarded. 5 00:01:29,873 --> 00:01:35,573 From the time he could stand, he was baptized in the fire of combat. 6 00:01:57,634 --> 00:02:01,297 Taught never to retreat, never to surrender. 7 00:02:01,471 --> 00:02:06,340 Taught that death on the battlefield in service to Sparta... 8 00:02:06,543 --> 00:02:09,842 ...was the greatest glory he could achieve in his life. 9 00:02:24,994 --> 00:02:29,522 At age 7, as is customary in Sparta... 10 00:02:29,699 --> 00:02:34,864 ...the boy was taken from his mother and plunged into a world of violence. 11 00:02:35,672 --> 00:02:40,200 Manufactured by 300 years of Spartan warrior society... 12 00:02:41,244 --> 00:02:45,544 ...to create the finest soldiers the world has ever known. 13 00:02:45,715 --> 00:02:50,277 The agoge, as it's called, forces the boy to fight. 14 00:02:50,453 --> 00:02:54,082 Starves them, forces them to steal... 15 00:02:54,257 --> 00:02:58,626 ...and if necessary, to kill. 16 00:02:59,696 --> 00:03:02,688 By rod and lash the boy was punished... 17 00:03:02,866 --> 00:03:06,165 ...taught to show no pain, no mercy. 18 00:03:07,871 --> 00:03:11,363 Constantly tested, tossed into the wild. 19 00:03:11,541 --> 00:03:16,843 Left to pit his wits and will against nature's fury. 20 00:03:17,213 --> 00:03:19,408 It was his initiation... 21 00:03:19,582 --> 00:03:22,142 ...his time in the wild... 22 00:03:22,318 --> 00:03:26,812 ...for he would return to his people a Spartan... 23 00:03:26,990 --> 00:03:29,117 ...or not at all. 24 00:03:51,447 --> 00:03:54,314 The wolf begins to circle the boy. 25 00:03:54,484 --> 00:03:56,918 Claws of black steel... 26 00:03:57,086 --> 00:03:59,316 ...fur as dark night. 27 00:03:59,822 --> 00:04:01,153 Eyes glowing red... 28 00:04:01,324 --> 00:04:05,260 ...jewels from the pit of hell itself. 29 00:04:14,003 --> 00:04:17,996 The giant wolf sniffing... 30 00:04:18,174 --> 00:04:21,234 ...savoring the scent of the meal to come. 31 00:04:45,401 --> 00:04:46,925 It's not fear that grips him... 32 00:04:47,537 --> 00:04:50,700 ...only a heightened sense of things. 33 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:54,407 The cold air in his lungs. 34 00:04:54,978 --> 00:04:58,311 Windswept pines moving against the coming night. 35 00:05:06,322 --> 00:05:08,722 His hands are steady. 36 00:05:08,891 --> 00:05:11,155 His form... 37 00:05:11,327 --> 00:05:13,420 ...perfect. 38 00:05:39,222 --> 00:05:41,952 And so the boy, given up for dead... 39 00:05:42,125 --> 00:05:46,858 ...returns to his people, to sacred Sparta, a king! 40 00:05:47,296 --> 00:05:51,027 Our king, Leonidas! 41 00:05:56,939 --> 00:06:00,705 It's been more than 30 years since the wolf and the winter cold. 42 00:06:02,111 --> 00:06:06,411 And now, as then, a beast approaches. 43 00:06:06,582 --> 00:06:11,519 Patient and confident, savoring the meal to come. 44 00:06:12,155 --> 00:06:15,454 But this beast is made of men and horses... 45 00:06:15,625 --> 00:06:18,423 ...swords and spears. 46 00:06:18,628 --> 00:06:23,588 An army of slaves, vast beyond imagining, ready to devour tiny Greece. 47 00:06:23,933 --> 00:06:28,700 Ready to snuff out the world's one hope for reason and justice. 48 00:06:31,441 --> 00:06:34,205 A beast approaches... 49 00:06:36,979 --> 00:06:42,508 ...and it was King Leonidas himself who provoked it. 50 00:07:53,156 --> 00:07:54,987 That's it. 51 00:07:55,324 --> 00:08:00,193 Now, the more you sweat here, the less you'll bleed in battle. 52 00:08:01,397 --> 00:08:03,865 My father taught me... 53 00:08:04,033 --> 00:08:06,501 ...that fear is always a constant. 54 00:08:06,669 --> 00:08:08,193 But accepting it... 55 00:08:08,571 --> 00:08:09,697 ...makes you stronger. 56 00:08:09,872 --> 00:08:11,237 My queen. 57 00:08:11,407 --> 00:08:14,240 A Persian emissary awaits Leonidas. 58 00:08:16,779 --> 00:08:18,178 In the end... 59 00:08:18,347 --> 00:08:21,908 ...a Spartan's true strength is the warrior next to him. 60 00:08:22,685 --> 00:08:27,179 So give respect and honor to him, and it will be returned to you. 61 00:08:27,723 --> 00:08:29,213 First... 62 00:08:29,992 --> 00:08:32,927 - ...you fight with your head. - Then you fight with your heart. 63 00:08:35,264 --> 00:08:36,959 What is it? 64 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:39,065 A Persian messenger awaits you. 65 00:08:41,370 --> 00:08:42,837 Do not forget today's lesson. 66 00:08:43,005 --> 00:08:45,701 - Respect and honor. - Respect and honor. 67 00:09:01,224 --> 00:09:05,684 Councilman Theron. You found yourself needed, for once. 68 00:09:06,762 --> 00:09:09,697 My king and queen, I was just entertaining your guests. 69 00:09:09,899 --> 00:09:11,127 I'm sure. 70 00:09:12,368 --> 00:09:14,199 Before you speak, Persian... 71 00:09:14,370 --> 00:09:17,635 ...know that in Sparta everyone, even a king's messenger... 72 00:09:17,807 --> 00:09:20,401 ...is held accountable for the words of his voice. 73 00:09:21,410 --> 00:09:24,140 Now, what message do you bring? 74 00:09:25,248 --> 00:09:27,716 Earth and water. 75 00:09:29,986 --> 00:09:33,615 You rode all the way from Persia for earth and water? 76 00:09:35,191 --> 00:09:39,093 Do not be coy or stupid, Persian. You can afford neither in Sparta. 77 00:09:39,595 --> 00:09:42,063 What makes this woman think she can speak among men? 78 00:09:42,231 --> 00:09:45,064 Because only Spartan women give birth to real men. 79 00:09:46,569 --> 00:09:50,164 Let us walk to cool our tongues. 80 00:09:52,775 --> 00:09:55,938 If you value your lives over your complete annihilation... 81 00:09:56,112 --> 00:09:57,773 ...listen carefully, Leonidas. 82 00:09:57,947 --> 00:10:02,646 Xerxes conquers and controls everything he rests his eyes upon. 83 00:10:02,818 --> 00:10:05,912 He leads an army so massive, it shakes the ground with its march. 84 00:10:06,088 --> 00:10:08,784 So vast, it drinks the rivers dry. 85 00:10:08,958 --> 00:10:11,950 All the God-King Xerxes requires is this: 86 00:10:12,295 --> 00:10:15,526 A simple offering of earth and water... 87 00:10:15,698 --> 00:10:19,862 ...a token of Sparta's submission to the will of Xerxes. 88 00:10:30,913 --> 00:10:33,074 Submission. 89 00:10:35,251 --> 00:10:37,185 Now, that's a bit of a problem. 90 00:10:37,620 --> 00:10:38,848 See, rumor has it... 91 00:10:39,021 --> 00:10:41,649 ...the Athenians have already turned you down. 92 00:10:42,558 --> 00:10:47,791 And if those philosophers and boy-lovers have found that kind of nerve, then-- 93 00:10:47,963 --> 00:10:52,195 - We must be diplomatic. - And, of course, Spartans... 94 00:10:53,235 --> 00:10:55,294 ...have their reputation to consider. 95 00:10:55,471 --> 00:10:59,498 Choose your next words carefully, Leonidas. 96 00:10:59,742 --> 00:11:02,370 They may be your last as king. 97 00:11:42,852 --> 00:11:46,151 "Earth and water." 98 00:11:51,427 --> 00:11:53,520 Madman. You're a madman. 99 00:11:53,696 --> 00:11:55,357 Earth and water. 100 00:11:55,731 --> 00:11:57,892 You'll find plenty of both down there. 101 00:11:58,167 --> 00:12:01,603 No man, Persian or Greek, no man threatens a messenger. 102 00:12:02,071 --> 00:12:07,031 You bring the crowns and heads of conquered kings to my city steps. 103 00:12:07,209 --> 00:12:09,268 You insult my queen. 104 00:12:09,445 --> 00:12:13,176 You threaten my people with slavery and death. 105 00:12:13,349 --> 00:12:16,284 Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, Persian. 106 00:12:16,452 --> 00:12:18,420 Perhaps you should have done the same. 107 00:12:18,587 --> 00:12:22,250 This is blasphemy. This is madness! 108 00:12:39,642 --> 00:12:41,701 Madness? 109 00:12:42,344 --> 00:12:44,471 This is Sparta! 110 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,366 Welcome, Leonidas. 111 00:14:13,969 --> 00:14:17,132 We have been expecting you. 112 00:14:23,612 --> 00:14:28,948 The ephors, priests to the old gods. 113 00:14:29,351 --> 00:14:31,683 Inbred swine. 114 00:14:31,854 --> 00:14:34,618 More creature than man. 115 00:14:35,057 --> 00:14:40,495 Creatures whom even Leonidas must bribe and beg. 116 00:14:41,363 --> 00:14:46,198 For no Spartan king has gone to war without the ephors' blessing. 117 00:14:47,870 --> 00:14:51,931 The Persians claim their forces number in the millions. 118 00:14:52,575 --> 00:14:55,840 I hope, for our sake, they exaggerate. 119 00:14:56,312 --> 00:15:00,544 But there's no question, we face the most massive army ever assembled. 120 00:15:00,783 --> 00:15:04,116 Before your plan is heard... 121 00:15:04,286 --> 00:15:06,550 ...what do you offer? 122 00:15:16,098 --> 00:15:20,432 We will use our superior fighting skills... 123 00:15:20,603 --> 00:15:24,664 ...and the terrain of Greece herself to destroy them. 124 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:27,673 We will march north to the coast, where I will make sure-- 125 00:15:27,843 --> 00:15:32,746 It is August, Leonidas. The full moon approaches. 126 00:15:33,115 --> 00:15:36,312 The sacred and ancient festival. 127 00:15:36,485 --> 00:15:40,581 Sparta wages no war at the time of the Carneia. 128 00:15:40,756 --> 00:15:42,348 Sparta will burn! 129 00:15:42,791 --> 00:15:44,315 Her men will die at arms... 130 00:15:44,493 --> 00:15:48,156 ...and her women and children will be slaves or worse. 131 00:15:50,299 --> 00:15:55,362 Now, we will block the Persian coastal assault... 132 00:15:55,671 --> 00:15:57,969 ...by rebuilding the great Phocian Wall. 133 00:15:58,140 --> 00:16:02,839 And from there, we will funnel them into the mountain pass we call the Hot Gates. 134 00:16:03,012 --> 00:16:07,381 Now, in that narrow corridor, their numbers will count for nothing. 135 00:16:07,549 --> 00:16:10,143 And wave after wave of Persian attack... 136 00:16:10,319 --> 00:16:14,255 ...will smash against Spartan shields. 137 00:16:14,823 --> 00:16:19,123 Xerxes' losses will be so great, his men so demoralized... 138 00:16:19,294 --> 00:16:23,697 ...he will have no choice but to abandon his campaign. 139 00:16:23,866 --> 00:16:26,562 We must consult the oracle. 140 00:16:27,269 --> 00:16:29,863 Trust the gods, Leonidas. 141 00:16:30,039 --> 00:16:33,372 I'd prefer you trusted your reason. 142 00:16:33,542 --> 00:16:35,567 Your blasphemies... 143 00:16:35,744 --> 00:16:40,113 ...have cost us quite enough already. 144 00:16:40,849 --> 00:16:43,875 Don't compound them. 145 00:16:45,954 --> 00:16:50,755 We will consult the oracle. 146 00:16:52,895 --> 00:16:55,386 Diseased old mystics. 147 00:16:56,398 --> 00:17:01,028 Worthless remnants of a time before Sparta's ascent from darkness. 148 00:17:01,370 --> 00:17:04,635 Remnants of a senseless tradition. 149 00:17:04,807 --> 00:17:09,176 Tradition even Leonidas cannot defy... 150 00:17:09,344 --> 00:17:13,747 ...for he must respect the word of the ephors. 151 00:17:13,916 --> 00:17:15,850 That is the law. 152 00:17:18,887 --> 00:17:23,221 And no Spartan, subject or citizen, man or woman... 153 00:17:23,392 --> 00:17:27,419 ...slave or king, is above the law. 154 00:18:02,297 --> 00:18:06,563 The ephors choose only the most beautiful Spartan girls... 155 00:18:06,735 --> 00:18:09,226 ...to live among them as oracles. 156 00:18:09,404 --> 00:18:12,669 Their beauty is their curse... 157 00:18:12,841 --> 00:18:16,641 ...for the old wretches have the needs of men... 158 00:18:17,646 --> 00:18:21,742 ...and souls as black as hell. 159 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:27,917 "Pray to the winds... 160 00:18:30,425 --> 00:18:32,620 ...Sparta will fall. 161 00:18:35,564 --> 00:18:39,261 All Greece will fall. 162 00:18:41,436 --> 00:18:45,065 Trust not in men... 163 00:18:47,109 --> 00:18:50,374 ...honor the gods. 164 00:18:54,116 --> 00:18:57,779 Honor the Carneia." 165 00:18:59,588 --> 00:19:03,183 The king's climb down is harder. 166 00:19:03,358 --> 00:19:06,259 Pompous, inbred swine. 167 00:19:06,428 --> 00:19:09,659 Worthless, diseased, rotten... 168 00:19:09,832 --> 00:19:11,857 ...corrupt. 169 00:19:15,237 --> 00:19:18,866 Truly, you're in the god-king's favor now... 170 00:19:19,441 --> 00:19:21,534 ...O wise and holy men. 171 00:19:21,844 --> 00:19:23,277 Yes. 172 00:19:23,445 --> 00:19:28,405 And when Sparta burns, you shall bathe in gold. 173 00:19:28,584 --> 00:19:31,178 Fresh oracles shall be delivered to you... 174 00:19:31,653 --> 00:19:33,052 ...daily... 175 00:19:33,222 --> 00:19:37,022 ...from every corner of the empire. 176 00:20:12,694 --> 00:20:16,255 Your lips can finish what your fingers have started. 177 00:20:19,401 --> 00:20:21,869 Or has the oracle robbed you of your desire as well? 178 00:20:23,405 --> 00:20:26,431 It would take more than the words of a drunken adolescent girl... 179 00:20:26,608 --> 00:20:28,303 ...to rob me of my desire for you. 180 00:20:32,481 --> 00:20:33,948 Then why so distant? 181 00:20:37,085 --> 00:20:39,076 Because it seems... 182 00:20:39,254 --> 00:20:45,193 ...though a slave and captive of lecherous old men... 183 00:20:45,527 --> 00:20:48,758 ...the oracle's words could set fire to all that I love. 184 00:20:48,931 --> 00:20:52,594 So that is why my king loses sleep and is forced from the warmth of his bed? 185 00:20:55,570 --> 00:20:59,904 There's only one woman's words that should affect the mood of my husband. 186 00:21:00,742 --> 00:21:02,300 Those are mine. 187 00:21:06,481 --> 00:21:08,881 Then what must a king do to save his world... 188 00:21:09,051 --> 00:21:13,488 ...when the very laws he is sworn to protect force him to do nothing? 189 00:21:16,425 --> 00:21:19,758 It is not a question of what a Spartan citizen should do... 190 00:21:19,928 --> 00:21:22,795 ...nor a husband, nor a king. 191 00:21:23,432 --> 00:21:26,128 Instead ask yourself, my dearest love... 192 00:21:27,769 --> 00:21:29,760 ...what should a free man do? 193 00:22:35,237 --> 00:22:39,401 - Is this all of them? - As you ordered. Three hundred. 194 00:22:40,409 --> 00:22:43,708 All with born sons to carry on their name. 195 00:22:54,456 --> 00:22:55,787 We are with you, sire. 196 00:22:56,158 --> 00:22:58,285 For Sparta. For freedom. 197 00:22:58,460 --> 00:23:00,428 To the death. 198 00:23:11,239 --> 00:23:12,900 He is your son. 199 00:23:13,708 --> 00:23:16,609 He is too young to have felt a woman's warmth. 200 00:23:16,778 --> 00:23:20,737 I have others to replace him. Astinos is as brave and ready as any. 201 00:23:21,083 --> 00:23:25,110 No younger than we were the first time you stood next to me in battle. 202 00:23:28,890 --> 00:23:31,017 You are a good friend... 203 00:23:31,193 --> 00:23:34,685 ...but a better captain, there is none. 204 00:23:40,202 --> 00:23:42,136 My good king. 205 00:23:43,071 --> 00:23:46,404 My good king, the oracle has spoken. 206 00:23:46,575 --> 00:23:49,442 The ephors have spoken. There must be no march. 207 00:23:49,611 --> 00:23:51,408 It is the law, my lord. 208 00:23:51,580 --> 00:23:55,573 - The Spartan army must not go to war. - Nor shall it. 209 00:23:56,485 --> 00:23:58,077 I've issued no such orders. 210 00:23:58,453 --> 00:24:01,980 I'm here just taking a stroll, stretching my legs. 211 00:24:02,224 --> 00:24:07,389 These 300 men are my personal bodyguard. 212 00:24:07,662 --> 00:24:09,823 Our army will stay in Sparta. 213 00:24:10,432 --> 00:24:11,763 Where will you go? 214 00:24:14,736 --> 00:24:16,966 I hadn't really thought about it... 215 00:24:17,772 --> 00:24:19,933 ...but now that you ask... 216 00:24:20,108 --> 00:24:22,838 ...I suppose I'll head north. 217 00:24:24,279 --> 00:24:25,371 The Hot Gates? 218 00:24:28,016 --> 00:24:30,416 Move out! 219 00:24:30,619 --> 00:24:32,678 Move out! 220 00:24:33,822 --> 00:24:35,414 What shall we do? 221 00:24:36,958 --> 00:24:38,289 What can we do? 222 00:24:38,994 --> 00:24:40,723 What can you do? 223 00:24:43,765 --> 00:24:47,599 Sparta will need sons. 224 00:25:35,383 --> 00:25:37,112 Spartan! 225 00:25:46,394 --> 00:25:47,622 Yes, milady? 226 00:26:03,712 --> 00:26:06,010 Come back with your shield... 227 00:26:06,948 --> 00:26:08,381 ...or on it. 228 00:26:09,851 --> 00:26:11,216 Yes, milady. 229 00:26:19,728 --> 00:26:22,026 "Goodbye, my love." 230 00:26:22,664 --> 00:26:24,859 He doesn't say it. 231 00:26:25,367 --> 00:26:27,597 There's no room for softness... 232 00:26:27,769 --> 00:26:29,760 ...not in Sparta. 233 00:26:29,938 --> 00:26:32,702 No place for weakness. 234 00:26:36,211 --> 00:26:40,409 Only the hard and strong may call themselves Spartans. 235 00:26:41,249 --> 00:26:45,743 Only the hard. Only the strong. 236 00:27:14,215 --> 00:27:16,080 We march... 237 00:27:16,785 --> 00:27:22,280 ...for our lands, for our families, for our freedoms. 238 00:27:23,058 --> 00:27:25,219 We march. 239 00:27:26,961 --> 00:27:28,622 Daxos. 240 00:27:28,797 --> 00:27:32,198 - What a pleasant surprise. - This morning's full of surprises, Leonidas. 241 00:27:32,367 --> 00:27:34,767 - We've been tricked. - Can't be more than a hundred. 242 00:27:34,936 --> 00:27:37,166 - This is a surprise. - Silence. 243 00:27:37,605 --> 00:27:39,573 This isn't their army. 244 00:27:39,741 --> 00:27:43,905 We heard Sparta was on the warpath and we were eager to join forces. 245 00:27:44,579 --> 00:27:48,675 If it is blood you seek, you are welcome to join us. 246 00:27:49,017 --> 00:27:52,248 But you bring only this handful of soldiers against Xerxes? 247 00:27:52,420 --> 00:27:56,015 I see I was wrong to expect Sparta's commitment to at least match our own. 248 00:27:57,192 --> 00:27:59,023 Doesn't it? 249 00:28:00,462 --> 00:28:02,157 You, there. 250 00:28:02,630 --> 00:28:03,824 What is your profession? 251 00:28:04,366 --> 00:28:06,493 I'm a potter, sir. 252 00:28:07,669 --> 00:28:11,435 And you, Arcadian. What is your profession? 253 00:28:11,806 --> 00:28:15,242 - Sculptor, sir. - Sculptor. 254 00:28:15,610 --> 00:28:17,544 - And you? - Blacksmith. 255 00:28:22,217 --> 00:28:25,516 Spartans! What is your profession? 256 00:28:32,694 --> 00:28:34,628 You see, old friend? 257 00:28:34,796 --> 00:28:37,697 I brought more soldiers than you did. 258 00:28:47,642 --> 00:28:49,439 No sleep tonight... 259 00:28:50,512 --> 00:28:52,980 ...not for the king. 260 00:28:53,148 --> 00:28:55,378 All his 40 years have been a straight road... 261 00:28:55,550 --> 00:28:59,111 ...to this one gleaming moment in destiny... 262 00:28:59,287 --> 00:29:02,051 ...this one radiant clash of shield and spear... 263 00:29:02,223 --> 00:29:05,818 ...sword and bone, and flesh and blood. 264 00:29:07,529 --> 00:29:09,326 His only regret... 265 00:29:09,497 --> 00:29:13,228 ...is that he has so few to sacrifice. 266 00:29:34,522 --> 00:29:36,513 We're being followed. 267 00:29:41,563 --> 00:29:43,758 It has followed us since Sparta. 268 00:29:48,703 --> 00:29:51,695 My king! Look! 269 00:30:12,660 --> 00:30:14,127 What happened here? 270 00:30:14,696 --> 00:30:16,027 Where are all the people? 271 00:30:17,131 --> 00:30:18,826 Persians. 272 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:20,797 I put their number at around 20. 273 00:30:23,171 --> 00:30:24,536 A scouting party. 274 00:30:27,909 --> 00:30:29,399 But these footprints.... 275 00:30:40,788 --> 00:30:42,255 Behind us! 276 00:30:56,304 --> 00:30:57,532 Child! 277 00:31:30,505 --> 00:31:33,235 It's quiet now. 278 00:31:33,708 --> 00:31:35,505 They.... 279 00:31:35,877 --> 00:31:39,904 They came with beasts from the blackness. 280 00:31:41,482 --> 00:31:43,746 With their claws and fangs... 281 00:31:43,918 --> 00:31:46,148 ...they grabbed them. 282 00:31:47,055 --> 00:31:49,216 Everyone... 283 00:31:50,224 --> 00:31:52,283 ...but me. 284 00:32:04,539 --> 00:32:06,097 The villagers. 285 00:32:06,641 --> 00:32:08,575 I found them. 286 00:32:20,088 --> 00:32:22,886 Have the gods no mercy? 287 00:32:24,058 --> 00:32:26,083 We are doomed. 288 00:32:26,260 --> 00:32:28,888 Quiet yourself. 289 00:32:32,300 --> 00:32:37,533 The child speaks of the Persian ghosts, known from the ancient times. 290 00:32:38,406 --> 00:32:41,102 They are the hunters of men's souls. 291 00:32:42,143 --> 00:32:44,771 They cannot be killed or defeated. 292 00:32:45,380 --> 00:32:49,544 Not this darkness. Not these Immortals. 293 00:32:51,719 --> 00:32:53,914 Immortals? 294 00:32:54,222 --> 00:32:57,282 We'll put their name to the test. 295 00:33:19,347 --> 00:33:22,111 Into the Hot Gates we march. 296 00:33:22,283 --> 00:33:25,582 Into that narrow corridor we march... 297 00:33:25,753 --> 00:33:28,017 ...where Xerxes' numbers count for nothing. 298 00:33:29,190 --> 00:33:33,126 Spartans, citizen-soldiers, freed slaves. 299 00:33:33,294 --> 00:33:35,194 Brave Greeks, all. 300 00:33:36,197 --> 00:33:39,291 Brothers, fathers, sons... 301 00:33:39,467 --> 00:33:41,458 ...we march. 302 00:33:42,136 --> 00:33:46,334 For honor's sake, for duty's sake, for glory's sake, we march. 303 00:33:46,507 --> 00:33:49,601 Look! Persians. 304 00:33:54,749 --> 00:33:58,480 Into hell's mouth we march. 305 00:34:07,528 --> 00:34:09,587 Let's watch these motherless dogs... 306 00:34:09,831 --> 00:34:13,892 ...as they're embraced by the loving arms of Greece herself. Come. 307 00:34:16,704 --> 00:34:18,399 True. 308 00:34:22,610 --> 00:34:25,078 It does look like rain. 309 00:34:28,382 --> 00:34:31,613 Zeus stabs the sky with thunderbolts... 310 00:34:31,919 --> 00:34:35,946 ...and batters the Persian ships with hurricane wind. 311 00:34:37,091 --> 00:34:39,525 Glorious. 312 00:34:51,806 --> 00:34:54,673 Only one among us keeps his Spartan reserve. 313 00:35:00,615 --> 00:35:02,549 Only he. 314 00:35:02,717 --> 00:35:05,185 Only our king. 315 00:35:22,603 --> 00:35:24,537 My queen? 316 00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:31,041 My queen... 317 00:35:31,212 --> 00:35:34,545 ...the courtyard is a more fitting place for a married woman. 318 00:35:34,715 --> 00:35:36,376 I'm afraid gossip and protocol... 319 00:35:36,551 --> 00:35:39,076 ...are the least of my worries now, councilman. 320 00:35:40,755 --> 00:35:42,586 Is such secrecy needed? 321 00:35:42,757 --> 00:35:45,419 How am I to trust beyond the walls of my own home? 322 00:35:45,593 --> 00:35:49,324 Even here, Theron has eyes and ears which fuel Sparta with doubt and fear. 323 00:35:49,730 --> 00:35:53,131 You speak as if all Sparta conspires against you. 324 00:35:53,768 --> 00:35:55,827 I wish it were only against me. 325 00:35:58,472 --> 00:36:01,964 Many on our council would vote to give all we have... 326 00:36:02,143 --> 00:36:04,008 ...and follow Leonidas... 327 00:36:04,345 --> 00:36:06,313 ...but you must show them favor. 328 00:36:08,616 --> 00:36:11,084 And you can arrange for me to speak to the council? 329 00:36:11,252 --> 00:36:13,686 If it is reason they want, I will let them know. 330 00:36:13,855 --> 00:36:15,982 Know what, my queen? 331 00:36:16,357 --> 00:36:18,348 Freedom isn't free at all. 332 00:36:18,526 --> 00:36:21,859 That it comes with the highest of costs, the cost of blood. 333 00:36:24,131 --> 00:36:26,759 I will do my best to gather our council. 334 00:36:27,201 --> 00:36:31,035 And its chamber shall be filled with your voice. 335 00:36:31,372 --> 00:36:33,203 - I'm in your debt. - No. 336 00:36:33,541 --> 00:36:37,705 Leonidas is my king as well as yours. 337 00:37:02,503 --> 00:37:04,368 I saw those ships smash on the rocks. 338 00:37:05,473 --> 00:37:06,838 How can this be? 339 00:37:07,008 --> 00:37:10,307 We saw but a fraction of the monster that is Xerxes' army. 340 00:37:10,978 --> 00:37:13,378 There can be no victory here. 341 00:37:17,318 --> 00:37:19,013 Why do you smile? 342 00:37:20,721 --> 00:37:22,655 Arcadian... 343 00:37:22,823 --> 00:37:25,849 ...I have fought countless times... 344 00:37:26,127 --> 00:37:28,789 ...yet I've never met an adversary who could offer me... 345 00:37:28,963 --> 00:37:31,124 ...what we Spartans call "a beautiful death." 346 00:37:31,933 --> 00:37:33,594 I can only hope... 347 00:37:33,768 --> 00:37:36,498 ...with all the world's warriors gathered against us... 348 00:37:36,671 --> 00:37:40,334 ...there might be one down there who's up to the task. 349 00:37:51,786 --> 00:37:54,118 Move! 350 00:37:55,423 --> 00:37:58,358 Keep going, you dogs! 351 00:38:06,033 --> 00:38:08,058 Move! 352 00:38:09,503 --> 00:38:12,063 Forward, I say! 353 00:38:14,408 --> 00:38:16,000 Stop here! 354 00:38:16,844 --> 00:38:19,005 Who commands here? 355 00:38:21,215 --> 00:38:23,877 I am the emissary... 356 00:38:24,051 --> 00:38:26,315 ...to the ruler of all the world... 357 00:38:27,121 --> 00:38:31,023 ...the god of gods, king of kings... 358 00:38:31,192 --> 00:38:32,784 ...and by that authority... 359 00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:36,726 ...I demand that someone show me your commander. 360 00:38:40,501 --> 00:38:46,406 Listen. Do you think the paltry dozen you slew scares us? 361 00:38:46,574 --> 00:38:50,066 These hills swarm with our scouts. 362 00:38:50,244 --> 00:38:54,943 And do you think your pathetic wall will do anything... 363 00:38:55,116 --> 00:39:01,419 ...except fall like a heap of dry leaves in the face of...? 364 00:39:13,134 --> 00:39:15,432 Our ancestors built this wall... 365 00:39:16,170 --> 00:39:20,106 ...using ancient stones from the bosom of Greece herself. 366 00:39:20,541 --> 00:39:22,907 And with a little Spartan help... 367 00:39:23,210 --> 00:39:25,678 ...your Persian scouts supplied the mortar. 368 00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:30,239 You will pay for your barbarism! 369 00:39:49,403 --> 00:39:50,961 My arm! 370 00:39:53,541 --> 00:39:55,406 It's not yours anymore. 371 00:39:55,676 --> 00:40:00,306 Go now. Run along and tell your Xerxes he faces free men here... 372 00:40:00,681 --> 00:40:02,046 ...not slaves. 373 00:40:02,216 --> 00:40:03,444 Do it quickly... 374 00:40:03,684 --> 00:40:06,619 ...before we decide to make our wall just a little bit bigger. 375 00:40:07,121 --> 00:40:08,713 No. 376 00:40:08,889 --> 00:40:11,323 Not slaves. 377 00:40:13,127 --> 00:40:16,563 Your women will be slaves. 378 00:40:16,897 --> 00:40:19,730 Your sons, your daughters... 379 00:40:19,900 --> 00:40:22,232 ...your elders will be slaves! 380 00:40:22,403 --> 00:40:25,167 But not you, no. 381 00:40:25,339 --> 00:40:29,400 By noon this day you will be dead men. 382 00:40:30,578 --> 00:40:36,574 A thousand nations of the Persian Empire descend upon you. 383 00:40:36,984 --> 00:40:40,476 Our arrows will blot out the sun. 384 00:40:42,256 --> 00:40:44,952 Then we will fight in the shade. 385 00:40:46,494 --> 00:40:48,257 The wall is solid. 386 00:40:48,429 --> 00:40:51,592 It'll do the job of funneling the Persians into the Hot Gates. 387 00:40:51,932 --> 00:40:54,628 Have the men found any route through the hills to our back? 388 00:40:55,136 --> 00:40:57,161 None, sire. 389 00:40:57,438 --> 00:40:58,996 There is such a route, good king. 390 00:40:59,540 --> 00:41:01,269 Just pass that western ridge. 391 00:41:01,942 --> 00:41:03,637 It's an old goat path. 392 00:41:03,811 --> 00:41:06,644 The Persians could use it to outflank us. 393 00:41:06,814 --> 00:41:10,545 Not one step closer, monster! 394 00:41:12,186 --> 00:41:15,781 Wise king, I humbly request an audience. 395 00:41:15,956 --> 00:41:19,323 - I'll skewer you where you stand. - I gave no such order. 396 00:41:29,837 --> 00:41:31,065 Forgive the captain. 397 00:41:31,739 --> 00:41:33,229 He is a good soldier... 398 00:41:33,807 --> 00:41:36,435 ...but a bit short on manners. 399 00:41:36,610 --> 00:41:40,671 There is nothing to forgive, brave king. I know what I look like. 400 00:41:41,115 --> 00:41:43,140 You wear the crimson of a Spartan. 401 00:41:43,751 --> 00:41:49,383 I am Ephialtes, born of Sparta. 402 00:41:49,990 --> 00:41:54,051 My mother's love led my parents to flee Sparta... 403 00:41:54,228 --> 00:41:55,695 ...lest I be discarded. 404 00:41:56,230 --> 00:41:59,028 Your shield and armor? 405 00:41:59,934 --> 00:42:01,595 My father's, sir. 406 00:42:02,937 --> 00:42:06,998 I beg you, bold king, to permit me... 407 00:42:07,174 --> 00:42:12,202 ...to redeem my father's name by serving you in combat. 408 00:42:12,513 --> 00:42:18,383 My father trained me to feel no fear, to make spear and shield and sword... 409 00:42:18,552 --> 00:42:21,282 ...as much a part of me as my own beating heart. 410 00:42:21,722 --> 00:42:25,021 I will earn my father's armor, noble king... 411 00:42:25,192 --> 00:42:27,353 ...by serving you in the battle. 412 00:42:32,533 --> 00:42:34,626 A fine thrust. 413 00:42:34,802 --> 00:42:36,394 I will kill many Persians. 414 00:42:42,276 --> 00:42:43,868 Raise your shield. 415 00:42:44,044 --> 00:42:46,706 - Sire? - Raise your shield as high as you can. 416 00:42:54,955 --> 00:42:57,981 Your father should have taught you how our phalanx works. 417 00:42:58,659 --> 00:42:59,956 We fight... 418 00:43:00,494 --> 00:43:03,395 ...as a single, impenetrable unit. 419 00:43:03,564 --> 00:43:06,499 That is the source of our strength. 420 00:43:07,334 --> 00:43:10,963 Each Spartan protects the man to his left... 421 00:43:11,138 --> 00:43:14,335 ...from thigh to neck with his shield. 422 00:43:14,508 --> 00:43:19,172 A single weak spot and the phalanx shatters. 423 00:43:20,581 --> 00:43:23,812 From thigh to neck, Ephialtes. 424 00:43:25,853 --> 00:43:28,253 I am sorry, my friend. 425 00:43:28,422 --> 00:43:31,016 - But not all of us were made to be soldiers. - But I-- 426 00:43:31,191 --> 00:43:33,625 - If you want to help in a Spartan victory... - Yes. 427 00:43:33,794 --> 00:43:38,959 ...clear the battlefield of the dead, tend the wounded, bring them water... 428 00:43:39,133 --> 00:43:40,760 ...but as for the fight itself... 429 00:43:42,136 --> 00:43:44,036 ...I cannot use you. 430 00:43:45,873 --> 00:43:47,306 You.... 431 00:43:55,182 --> 00:43:59,278 Mother! Father! You were wrong! 432 00:44:02,556 --> 00:44:04,319 You are wrong! 433 00:44:04,491 --> 00:44:09,019 Leonidas! You are wrong! 434 00:44:09,496 --> 00:44:11,964 Dispatch the Phocians to the goat path... 435 00:44:12,132 --> 00:44:16,660 ...and pray to the gods nobody tells the Persians about it. 436 00:44:22,376 --> 00:44:23,934 Earthquake. 437 00:44:24,478 --> 00:44:25,706 No, captain. 438 00:44:27,314 --> 00:44:29,248 Battle formations. 439 00:44:53,140 --> 00:44:56,337 This is where we hold them. 440 00:44:56,510 --> 00:44:58,774 This is where we fight! 441 00:44:59,346 --> 00:45:01,576 This is where they die! 442 00:45:01,915 --> 00:45:03,780 Earn these shields, boys! 443 00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:09,011 Remember this day, men... 444 00:45:09,189 --> 00:45:12,920 ...for it will be yours for all time. 445 00:45:24,037 --> 00:45:25,800 Spartans! 446 00:45:25,973 --> 00:45:28,100 Lay down your weapons! 447 00:45:44,992 --> 00:45:47,256 Persians! 448 00:45:47,828 --> 00:45:49,887 Come and get them! 449 00:46:11,385 --> 00:46:13,012 Hold! 450 00:46:15,856 --> 00:46:17,414 Give them nothing... 451 00:46:17,858 --> 00:46:21,453 ...but take from them everything! 452 00:46:23,163 --> 00:46:24,892 Steady! 453 00:46:35,676 --> 00:46:37,200 Push! 454 00:46:41,048 --> 00:46:43,448 Is that the best you can do? 455 00:46:45,652 --> 00:46:47,643 Push! Push! 456 00:46:57,731 --> 00:46:59,255 Now! 457 00:47:11,078 --> 00:47:12,568 Push! 458 00:47:56,123 --> 00:47:58,717 No prisoners! 459 00:47:59,059 --> 00:48:00,788 No mercy! 460 00:49:20,107 --> 00:49:22,234 They look thirsty. 461 00:49:23,343 --> 00:49:26,278 Well, let's give them something to drink. 462 00:49:29,182 --> 00:49:31,844 To the cliffs. 463 00:49:55,475 --> 00:49:57,636 Halt. 464 00:49:59,746 --> 00:50:01,839 Hell of a good start. 465 00:50:24,504 --> 00:50:26,972 Tuck tail! 466 00:50:32,446 --> 00:50:34,004 Persian cowards. 467 00:50:41,788 --> 00:50:44,723 - What the hell are you laughing at? - Well, you had to say it. 468 00:50:45,525 --> 00:50:49,188 - What? - "Fight in the shade." 469 00:51:02,709 --> 00:51:04,643 Recover. 470 00:51:27,934 --> 00:51:30,562 Today no Spartan dies. 471 00:51:55,695 --> 00:51:57,128 Easy, son. 472 00:52:23,356 --> 00:52:25,324 We do what we were trained to do... 473 00:52:25,492 --> 00:52:26,959 ...what we were bred to do... 474 00:52:27,127 --> 00:52:30,119 ...what we were born to do. 475 00:52:37,504 --> 00:52:40,496 No prisoners. No mercy. 476 00:52:40,674 --> 00:52:42,141 A good start. 477 00:53:51,611 --> 00:53:54,876 - I was afraid you might not come. - I'm sorry, my son is-- 478 00:53:55,048 --> 00:54:00,645 Is doing what children do best. Please, don't apologize. 479 00:54:01,655 --> 00:54:03,782 Your son starts the agoge next year. 480 00:54:04,391 --> 00:54:08,384 That is always a difficult time for a Spartan mother. 481 00:54:09,496 --> 00:54:14,058 Yes, it will be hard. But also necessary. 482 00:54:16,503 --> 00:54:20,735 You will speak before the council in two days' time. 483 00:54:22,609 --> 00:54:24,634 My husband does not have two days. 484 00:54:25,045 --> 00:54:27,013 Think of the two days as a gift. 485 00:54:29,082 --> 00:54:31,107 It's no secret... 486 00:54:31,284 --> 00:54:34,151 ...Theron wants what you control. 487 00:54:34,321 --> 00:54:37,154 It's his voice you must silence. 488 00:54:37,324 --> 00:54:39,417 Make him your ally... 489 00:54:39,726 --> 00:54:42,286 ...and you will have your victory. 490 00:54:43,096 --> 00:54:44,859 Thank you. 491 00:54:45,198 --> 00:54:47,598 You are wise as you are kind. 492 00:55:14,661 --> 00:55:16,424 There's your mother. 493 00:55:22,902 --> 00:55:26,338 You should keep a better eye on him if he's to be king one day. 494 00:55:26,539 --> 00:55:29,007 Be unfortunate if anything were to happen to him. 495 00:55:30,510 --> 00:55:32,375 Or to his beautiful mother. 496 00:55:33,846 --> 00:55:35,336 No! 497 00:55:53,584 --> 00:55:59,022 Our Greek comrades are begging for a crack at the Persians, sire. 498 00:55:59,323 --> 00:56:00,654 Good. 499 00:56:00,825 --> 00:56:03,589 I've got something I think they can handle. 500 00:56:04,094 --> 00:56:05,789 Tell Daxos that I want him... 501 00:56:05,963 --> 00:56:10,491 ...and 20 of his best eager, sober and ready for the next charge. 502 00:56:10,668 --> 00:56:12,499 King Leonidas. 503 00:56:15,005 --> 00:56:18,805 - Stelios, catch your breath, boy. - Yes, milord. 504 00:56:19,443 --> 00:56:21,570 The Persians are approaching. 505 00:56:22,947 --> 00:56:26,815 A small contingent. Too small for an attack. 506 00:56:30,554 --> 00:56:34,115 - Captain, I leave you in charge. - But sire-- 507 00:56:34,291 --> 00:56:35,519 Relax, old friend. 508 00:56:35,693 --> 00:56:40,255 If they assassinate me, all of Sparta goes to war. 509 00:56:41,198 --> 00:56:43,792 Pray they're that stupid. 510 00:56:44,902 --> 00:56:46,597 Pray... 511 00:56:47,137 --> 00:56:49,332 ...we're that lucky. 512 00:56:52,476 --> 00:56:54,239 Besides... 513 00:56:56,514 --> 00:56:59,847 ...there's no reason we can't be civil... 514 00:57:00,150 --> 00:57:01,742 ...is there? 515 00:57:03,087 --> 00:57:04,076 None, sire. 516 00:57:23,471 --> 00:57:25,701 Let me guess. 517 00:57:26,440 --> 00:57:29,432 You must be Xerxes. 518 00:57:41,455 --> 00:57:43,650 Come, Leonidas. 519 00:57:45,092 --> 00:57:46,855 Let us reason together. 520 00:57:47,128 --> 00:57:49,096 It would be a regrettable waste... 521 00:57:49,497 --> 00:57:52,694 ...it would be nothing short of madness were you, brave king... 522 00:57:52,867 --> 00:57:56,064 ...and your valiant troops to perish... 523 00:57:56,704 --> 00:57:58,763 ...all because of a simple misunderstanding. 524 00:57:59,373 --> 00:58:02,206 - There's much our cultures could share. - Haven't you noticed? 525 00:58:02,376 --> 00:58:04,776 We've been sharing our culture with you all morning. 526 00:58:05,379 --> 00:58:07,643 Yours is a fascinating tribe. 527 00:58:07,815 --> 00:58:09,976 Even now you are defiant... 528 00:58:10,151 --> 00:58:14,281 ...in the face of annihilation and the presence of a god. 529 00:58:14,455 --> 00:58:16,480 It isn't wise to stand against me, Leonidas. 530 00:58:17,158 --> 00:58:19,388 Imagine what a horrible fate awaits my enemies... 531 00:58:19,560 --> 00:58:22,461 ...when I would gladly kill any of my own men for victory. 532 00:58:22,630 --> 00:58:25,258 And I would die for any one of mine. 533 00:58:25,433 --> 00:58:29,665 You Greeks take pride in your logic. I suggest you employ it. 534 00:58:29,837 --> 00:58:33,398 Consider the beautiful land you so vigorously defend. 535 00:58:33,574 --> 00:58:36,065 Picture it reduced to ash at my whim. 536 00:58:36,310 --> 00:58:37,777 Consider the fate of your women. 537 00:58:38,379 --> 00:58:40,904 Clearly you don't know our women. 538 00:58:41,082 --> 00:58:44,609 I might as well have marched them up here, judging by what I've seen. 539 00:58:45,720 --> 00:58:48,245 You have many slaves, Xerxes... 540 00:58:49,190 --> 00:58:51,488 ...but few warriors. 541 00:58:51,659 --> 00:58:55,595 It won't be long before they fear my spears... 542 00:58:55,997 --> 00:58:58,431 ...more than your whips. 543 00:59:02,269 --> 00:59:05,136 It's not the lash they fear... 544 00:59:07,875 --> 00:59:09,536 ...it is my divine power. 545 00:59:10,277 --> 00:59:14,771 But I am a generous god. I can make you rich beyond all measure. 546 00:59:15,216 --> 00:59:17,616 I will make you warlord of all Greece. 547 00:59:18,252 --> 00:59:22,154 You will carry my battle standard to the heart of Europa. 548 00:59:22,323 --> 00:59:24,917 Your Athenian rivals... 549 00:59:25,226 --> 00:59:27,387 ...will kneel at your feet... 550 00:59:28,095 --> 00:59:30,893 ...if you will but kneel at mine. 551 00:59:31,732 --> 00:59:33,996 You are generous... 552 00:59:34,568 --> 00:59:36,968 ...as you are divine... 553 00:59:37,705 --> 00:59:39,332 ...O king of kings. 554 00:59:39,507 --> 00:59:43,409 Such an offer only a madman would refuse. 555 00:59:44,011 --> 00:59:46,002 But the.... 556 00:59:46,914 --> 00:59:49,747 The idea of kneeling, it's.... 557 00:59:49,917 --> 00:59:54,445 You see, slaughtering all those men of yours has.... 558 00:59:54,622 --> 00:59:58,456 Well, it's left a nasty cramp in my leg... 559 00:59:58,626 --> 01:00:00,719 ...so kneeling will be hard for me. 560 01:00:00,995 --> 01:00:04,362 There will be no glory in your sacrifice. 561 01:00:04,532 --> 01:00:08,127 I will erase even the memory of Sparta from the histories. 562 01:00:08,302 --> 01:00:11,499 Every piece of Greek parchment shall be burned. 563 01:00:11,672 --> 01:00:15,005 Every Greek historian and every scribe shall have their eyes put out... 564 01:00:15,176 --> 01:00:17,440 ...and their tongues cut from their mouths. 565 01:00:17,611 --> 01:00:23,607 Why, uttering the very name of Sparta or Leonidas will be punishable by death. 566 01:00:24,251 --> 01:00:27,516 The world will never know you existed at all. 567 01:00:29,657 --> 01:00:34,253 The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant. 568 01:00:34,462 --> 01:00:37,954 That few stood against many. 569 01:00:38,365 --> 01:00:41,493 And before this battle was over... 570 01:00:41,769 --> 01:00:44,738 ...that even a god-king can bleed. 571 01:00:52,113 --> 01:00:54,308 You fought well today... 572 01:00:55,649 --> 01:00:57,549 ...for a woman. 573 01:00:58,719 --> 01:01:00,380 As did you. 574 01:01:00,554 --> 01:01:03,648 Maybe if I'm injured, you'll be able to keep up with me. 575 01:01:04,158 --> 01:01:09,118 Perhaps I was so far ahead you couldn't see me. 576 01:01:09,730 --> 01:01:12,927 More likely offering your backside to the Thespians. 577 01:01:13,868 --> 01:01:15,495 Jealousy... 578 01:01:15,669 --> 01:01:18,160 ...does not become you, my friend. 579 01:01:20,908 --> 01:01:23,240 Move it, men! 580 01:01:25,346 --> 01:01:27,576 Pile those Persians high. 581 01:01:30,718 --> 01:01:33,516 For unless I miss my guess... 582 01:01:34,088 --> 01:01:37,080 ...we're in for one wild night. 583 01:02:01,015 --> 01:02:06,180 They have served the dark will of Persian kings for 500 years. 584 01:02:06,353 --> 01:02:08,685 Eyes as dark as night. 585 01:02:08,856 --> 01:02:10,847 Teeth filed to fangs. 586 01:02:12,960 --> 01:02:15,224 Soulless. 587 01:02:22,636 --> 01:02:27,403 The personal guard to King Xerxes himself. The Persian warrior elite. 588 01:02:29,210 --> 01:02:32,304 The deadliest fighting force in all of Asia: 589 01:02:33,080 --> 01:02:35,139 The Immortals. 590 01:02:43,357 --> 01:02:46,758 The god-king has betrayed a fatal flaw: 591 01:02:47,261 --> 01:02:49,024 Hubris. 592 01:02:51,265 --> 01:02:54,029 Easy to taunt, easy to trick. 593 01:02:54,702 --> 01:02:57,136 Before wounds and weariness have taken their toll... 594 01:02:57,304 --> 01:03:00,831 ...the mad king throws the best he has at us. 595 01:03:01,342 --> 01:03:03,037 Xerxes has taken the bait. 596 01:03:03,210 --> 01:03:05,007 Spartans, push! 597 01:03:15,689 --> 01:03:17,281 Immortals. 598 01:03:17,758 --> 01:03:20,727 We put their name to the test. 599 01:04:04,905 --> 01:04:06,338 Father! 600 01:05:52,012 --> 01:05:53,274 My king! 601 01:07:06,053 --> 01:07:08,021 Arcadians, now! 602 01:07:10,324 --> 01:07:13,088 Go! Show the Spartans what we can do. 603 01:07:13,694 --> 01:07:15,127 Go! 604 01:07:24,538 --> 01:07:26,438 They shout and curse... 605 01:07:26,607 --> 01:07:29,804 ...stabbing wildly, more brawlers than warriors. 606 01:07:30,944 --> 01:07:33,504 They make a wondrous mess of things. 607 01:07:34,548 --> 01:07:37,312 Brave amateurs, they do their part. 608 01:08:24,932 --> 01:08:26,797 Immortals. 609 01:08:26,967 --> 01:08:29,561 They fail our king's test. 610 01:08:29,736 --> 01:08:32,671 And a man who fancies himself a god... 611 01:08:33,407 --> 01:08:38,344 ...feels a very human chill crawl up his spine. 612 01:08:45,452 --> 01:08:47,579 To our king! 613 01:08:47,955 --> 01:08:49,946 And our honored dead. 614 01:08:50,123 --> 01:08:52,921 Whom will Xerxes dare to send next? Whom?! 615 01:08:53,260 --> 01:08:55,956 There's nothing that can stop us now! 616 01:08:56,830 --> 01:09:00,357 Even the king allows himself to hope for more than glory. 617 01:09:00,534 --> 01:09:03,867 Such mad hope, but there it is: 618 01:09:04,304 --> 01:09:09,708 "Against Asia's endless hordes, against all odds, we can do it. 619 01:09:09,876 --> 01:09:12,606 We can hold the Hot Gates. 620 01:09:12,779 --> 01:09:14,906 We can win." 621 01:09:22,489 --> 01:09:24,252 Dawn. 622 01:09:24,858 --> 01:09:28,885 Whips crack. Barbarians howl. 623 01:09:29,062 --> 01:09:32,964 Those behind cry, "Forward!" 624 01:09:34,835 --> 01:09:38,635 Those in front cry, "Back!" 625 01:09:44,745 --> 01:09:47,270 Our eyes bear witness to the grotesque spectacle... 626 01:09:47,447 --> 01:09:51,543 ...coughed forth from the darkest corner of Xerxes' empire. 627 01:10:41,768 --> 01:10:43,292 When muscle failed... 628 01:10:43,737 --> 01:10:46,399 ...they turned to their magic. 629 01:10:47,441 --> 01:10:52,242 One hundred nations descend upon us, the armies of all Asia. 630 01:10:52,412 --> 01:10:56,872 Funneled into this narrow corridor, their numbers count for nothing. 631 01:11:31,251 --> 01:11:33,219 They fall by the hundreds. 632 01:11:33,386 --> 01:11:38,983 We send the severed bodies and the fragile hearts back to Xerxes' feet. 633 01:11:55,609 --> 01:11:59,773 King Xerxes is displeased with his generals. 634 01:11:59,946 --> 01:12:02,506 He disciplines them. 635 01:12:19,399 --> 01:12:23,802 Xerxes dispatches his monsters from half the world away. 636 01:12:34,781 --> 01:12:36,874 They're clumsy beasts... 637 01:12:37,050 --> 01:12:39,416 ...and the piled Persian dead are slippery. 638 01:13:15,856 --> 01:13:18,290 - You still here? - Somebody's gotta watch your back. 639 01:13:18,458 --> 01:13:20,050 Not now, I'm a little busy. 640 01:14:00,333 --> 01:14:02,858 Regroup! 641 01:14:06,072 --> 01:14:07,699 Astinos! 642 01:14:07,908 --> 01:14:09,603 My son! 643 01:14:18,551 --> 01:14:20,178 Astinos! 644 01:14:20,353 --> 01:14:23,117 No! 645 01:14:46,379 --> 01:14:48,506 Day wears on. 646 01:14:48,848 --> 01:14:51,009 We lose few... 647 01:14:51,184 --> 01:14:54,415 ...but each felled is a friend, or dearest blood. 648 01:14:56,623 --> 01:15:00,525 And upon seeing the headless body of his own young son... 649 01:15:00,694 --> 01:15:02,559 ...the captain breaks rank. 650 01:15:02,729 --> 01:15:06,165 He goes wild, blood-drunk. 651 01:15:30,790 --> 01:15:33,281 The captain's cries of pain at the loss of his son... 652 01:15:33,460 --> 01:15:37,191 ...are more frightening to the enemy than the deepest battle drums. 653 01:15:37,364 --> 01:15:41,357 It takes three men to restrain him and bring him back to our own. 654 01:15:41,701 --> 01:15:44,033 The day is ours. 655 01:15:44,437 --> 01:15:47,099 No songs are sung. 656 01:16:27,213 --> 01:16:31,809 Your gods were cruel to shape you so, friend Ephialtes. 657 01:16:34,220 --> 01:16:35,517 The Spartans, too... 658 01:16:36,256 --> 01:16:39,157 ...were cruel to reject you. 659 01:16:41,995 --> 01:16:44,429 But I am kind. 660 01:16:50,937 --> 01:16:53,064 Everything you could ever desire... 661 01:16:54,307 --> 01:16:56,070 ...every happiness you can imagine... 662 01:16:58,278 --> 01:17:02,874 ...every pleasure your fellow Greeks and your false gods have denied you... 663 01:17:03,683 --> 01:17:05,947 ...I will grant you. 664 01:17:07,220 --> 01:17:09,620 For I am kind. 665 01:17:23,570 --> 01:17:26,869 Embrace me as your king and as your god. 666 01:17:28,007 --> 01:17:29,702 Yes. 667 01:17:31,177 --> 01:17:35,978 Lead my soldiers to the hidden path that enters behind the cursed Spartans... 668 01:17:36,149 --> 01:17:38,413 ...and your joys will be endless. 669 01:17:46,860 --> 01:17:50,023 Yes! I want it all. 670 01:17:50,463 --> 01:17:54,024 Wealth. Women. 671 01:17:56,035 --> 01:17:57,730 And one more thing... 672 01:18:00,907 --> 01:18:03,569 ...I want a uniform. 673 01:18:08,081 --> 01:18:09,776 Done. 674 01:18:11,417 --> 01:18:13,112 You will find... 675 01:18:13,720 --> 01:18:15,654 ...I am kind. 676 01:18:16,789 --> 01:18:21,021 Unlike the cruel Leonidas, who demanded that you stand... 677 01:18:23,129 --> 01:18:24,824 ...I require only... 678 01:18:25,565 --> 01:18:26,998 ...that you kneel. 679 01:18:54,661 --> 01:18:56,595 Beautiful night. 680 01:18:58,031 --> 01:19:02,024 Yes, but I did not ask you here for small talk, Theron. 681 01:19:02,669 --> 01:19:04,762 You can be sure of that. 682 01:19:06,172 --> 01:19:08,834 You never spared words with me. 683 01:19:09,409 --> 01:19:12,674 Can I offer you something? A drink, perhaps? 684 01:19:12,845 --> 01:19:14,676 Is it poison? 685 01:19:15,081 --> 01:19:17,845 I'm sorry to disappoint you, it's only water. 686 01:19:27,627 --> 01:19:30,790 I'm told it's been arranged for you to go before the council. 687 01:19:31,464 --> 01:19:33,193 Yes. 688 01:19:33,399 --> 01:19:36,732 I need your help in winning votes to send the army north to our king. 689 01:19:37,303 --> 01:19:38,930 Yes. 690 01:19:39,606 --> 01:19:42,166 I can see it, the two of us standing together. 691 01:19:42,342 --> 01:19:46,711 Me, politician. You, warrior. Our voices as one. 692 01:19:48,047 --> 01:19:49,514 But why would I want to do that? 693 01:19:50,483 --> 01:19:54,442 It proves you care for a king who right now fights for the very water we drink. 694 01:19:54,787 --> 01:19:56,379 True. 695 01:19:56,756 --> 01:19:59,384 But this is politics, not war. 696 01:19:59,692 --> 01:20:01,216 Leonidas is an idealist. 697 01:20:01,628 --> 01:20:05,564 I know your kind too well. You send men to slaughter for your own gain. 698 01:20:05,732 --> 01:20:10,635 Your husband, our king, has taken 300 of our finest to slaughter. 699 01:20:10,803 --> 01:20:15,433 He's broken our laws and left without the council's consent. 700 01:20:15,942 --> 01:20:18,934 - I'm simply a realist. - You're an opportunist. 701 01:20:19,912 --> 01:20:24,212 You're as foolish as Leonidas if you think men don't have a price in this world. 702 01:20:24,384 --> 01:20:28,946 All men are not created equal. That's the Spartan code, my little queen. 703 01:20:32,625 --> 01:20:35,025 I admire your passion. 704 01:20:36,362 --> 01:20:38,091 But don't think that you... 705 01:20:38,531 --> 01:20:40,863 ...a woman, even a queen... 706 01:20:41,034 --> 01:20:44,970 ...can walk into the council chamber and sway the minds of men. 707 01:20:45,138 --> 01:20:47,572 I own that chamber... 708 01:20:47,740 --> 01:20:49,799 ...as if it were built with these hands. 709 01:20:54,280 --> 01:20:57,807 I could crush the life out of you right now. 710 01:20:58,885 --> 01:21:02,548 You will go before the council, but your words will fall on deaf ears. 711 01:21:02,722 --> 01:21:08,490 Leonidas will receive no reinforcements, and if he returns, without my help... 712 01:21:08,661 --> 01:21:11,630 ...he will go to jail or worse. 713 01:21:15,368 --> 01:21:16,835 Do you love your Sparta? 714 01:21:17,337 --> 01:21:19,032 Yes. 715 01:21:19,205 --> 01:21:21,469 - And your king? - I do. 716 01:21:27,313 --> 01:21:31,010 Your husband fights for his land and his love. 717 01:21:31,684 --> 01:21:33,982 What do you have to offer... 718 01:21:34,754 --> 01:21:37,723 ...in return for my word that I'll help you send our army north? 719 01:21:41,694 --> 01:21:44,356 What does a realist want with his queen? 720 01:21:48,968 --> 01:21:50,697 I think you know. 721 01:22:05,151 --> 01:22:07,847 This will not be over quickly. 722 01:22:08,888 --> 01:22:11,379 You will not enjoy this. 723 01:22:11,924 --> 01:22:14,188 I'm not your king. 724 01:22:38,985 --> 01:22:40,782 Dilios. 725 01:22:42,789 --> 01:22:46,816 I trust that scratch hasn't made you useless? 726 01:22:46,993 --> 01:22:50,019 Hardly, my lord. It's just an eye. 727 01:22:50,196 --> 01:22:53,393 The gods saw fit to grace me with a spare. 728 01:22:55,268 --> 01:22:57,202 My captain? 729 01:22:58,504 --> 01:23:02,304 Curses the gods and mourns alone. 730 01:23:04,277 --> 01:23:06,245 Leonidas! 731 01:23:07,447 --> 01:23:10,439 We are undone. Undone, I tell you. Destroyed. 732 01:23:10,616 --> 01:23:12,049 Daxos, calm yourself. 733 01:23:12,218 --> 01:23:15,813 Our hunchback traitor led Xerxes' Immortals to the hidden goat path behind us. 734 01:23:16,222 --> 01:23:19,055 The Phocians you posted there were scattered without a fight. 735 01:23:19,225 --> 01:23:24,458 - This battle is over, Leonidas. - This battle is over when I say it is over. 736 01:23:24,630 --> 01:23:28,999 By morning, the Immortals will surround us. The Hot Gates will fall. 737 01:23:29,635 --> 01:23:34,004 Spartans! Prepare for glory! 738 01:23:34,173 --> 01:23:37,370 Glory? Have you gone mad? 739 01:23:37,543 --> 01:23:39,101 There is no glory to be had now. 740 01:23:39,712 --> 01:23:43,307 Only retreat or surrender. Or death. 741 01:23:43,483 --> 01:23:46,646 Well, that's an easy choice for us, Arcadian. 742 01:23:46,819 --> 01:23:52,314 Spartans never retreat. Spartans never surrender. 743 01:23:52,925 --> 01:23:55,018 Go spread the word. 744 01:23:55,261 --> 01:23:58,924 Let every Greek assembled know the truth of this. 745 01:23:59,098 --> 01:24:01,931 Let each among them search his own soul. 746 01:24:03,636 --> 01:24:07,766 And while you're at it, search your own. 747 01:24:15,281 --> 01:24:17,545 My men will leave with me. 748 01:24:22,889 --> 01:24:25,119 Godspeed, Leonidas. 749 01:24:31,430 --> 01:24:33,022 Children! 750 01:24:34,000 --> 01:24:35,331 Children. 751 01:24:36,369 --> 01:24:38,360 Gather round. 752 01:24:40,239 --> 01:24:43,504 No retreat, no surrender. 753 01:24:43,676 --> 01:24:47,544 That is Spartan law. 754 01:24:47,780 --> 01:24:52,843 And by Spartan law, we will stand and fight... 755 01:24:53,019 --> 01:24:55,010 ...and die. 756 01:24:58,457 --> 01:25:01,949 A new age has begun. 757 01:25:03,696 --> 01:25:06,824 An age of freedom. 758 01:25:07,900 --> 01:25:11,563 And all will know that 300 Spartans... 759 01:25:11,737 --> 01:25:15,002 ...gave their last breath to defend it. 760 01:25:35,294 --> 01:25:37,057 My friend. 761 01:25:40,600 --> 01:25:46,163 I have lived my entire life without regret until now. 762 01:25:49,542 --> 01:25:55,481 It's not that my son gave up his life for his country. 763 01:25:57,383 --> 01:26:01,251 It's just that I never told him that I loved him the most. 764 01:26:02,855 --> 01:26:05,722 That he stood by me with honor. 765 01:26:07,159 --> 01:26:10,094 That he was all that was best in me. 766 01:26:19,205 --> 01:26:21,730 My heart is broken for your loss. 767 01:26:22,475 --> 01:26:24,170 Heart? 768 01:26:29,248 --> 01:26:32,342 I have filled my heart... 769 01:26:32,518 --> 01:26:34,247 ...with hate. 770 01:26:38,391 --> 01:26:40,052 Good. 771 01:26:49,201 --> 01:26:51,032 Dilios... 772 01:26:52,738 --> 01:26:54,865 ...let's take a walk. 773 01:26:56,342 --> 01:26:58,401 Yes, my lord. 774 01:27:00,813 --> 01:27:03,475 But, sire, I am fit and ready for battle. 775 01:27:03,649 --> 01:27:06,777 That you are, one of the finest. 776 01:27:07,086 --> 01:27:10,681 But you have another talent unlike any other Spartan. 777 01:27:13,392 --> 01:27:16,828 You will deliver my final orders to the council... 778 01:27:16,996 --> 01:27:19,487 ...with force and verve. 779 01:27:22,001 --> 01:27:24,265 Tell them our story. 780 01:27:24,437 --> 01:27:28,965 Make every Greek know what happened here. 781 01:27:29,809 --> 01:27:32,437 You'll have a grand tale to tell. 782 01:27:34,246 --> 01:27:35,941 A tale of victory. 783 01:27:36,615 --> 01:27:38,173 Victory. 784 01:27:42,221 --> 01:27:44,212 Yes, my lord. 785 01:27:49,895 --> 01:27:52,261 Sire, any message...? 786 01:27:55,134 --> 01:27:56,499 For the queen? 787 01:28:18,958 --> 01:28:21,392 None that need be spoken. 788 01:28:36,509 --> 01:28:38,909 Hundreds leave. 789 01:28:39,545 --> 01:28:41,979 A handful stay. 790 01:28:47,153 --> 01:28:49,781 Only one looks back. 791 01:29:00,099 --> 01:29:02,294 Spartans! 792 01:29:03,369 --> 01:29:06,532 Ready your breakfast and eat hearty... 793 01:29:06,705 --> 01:29:10,641 ...for tonight we dine in hell! 794 01:29:19,518 --> 01:29:22,180 May I give the floor now... 795 01:29:22,354 --> 01:29:26,791 ...to the wife of Leonidas and queen of Sparta. 796 01:29:38,504 --> 01:29:40,233 - What's this? - This is nothing. 797 01:29:40,406 --> 01:29:42,237 Councilmen... 798 01:29:42,408 --> 01:29:46,174 ...I stand before you not only as your queen. 799 01:29:47,046 --> 01:29:49,776 I come to you as a mother. 800 01:29:51,050 --> 01:29:53,450 I come to you as a wife. 801 01:29:55,254 --> 01:29:57,779 I come to you as a Spartan woman. 802 01:30:02,795 --> 01:30:05,889 I come to you with great humility. 803 01:30:09,335 --> 01:30:11,735 I am not here to represent Leonidas. 804 01:30:11,904 --> 01:30:14,668 His actions speak louder than my words ever could. 805 01:30:15,007 --> 01:30:17,407 I am here for all those voices which cannot be heard. 806 01:30:17,576 --> 01:30:20,101 Mothers, daughters, fathers, sons. 807 01:30:20,279 --> 01:30:23,248 Three hundred families that bleed for our rights... 808 01:30:23,682 --> 01:30:26,879 ...and for the very principles this room was built upon. 809 01:30:27,486 --> 01:30:29,579 We are at war, gentlemen. 810 01:30:30,022 --> 01:30:32,547 We must send the entire Spartan army to aid our king... 811 01:30:32,725 --> 01:30:35,819 ...in the preservation of not just ourselves, but of our children. 812 01:30:36,395 --> 01:30:39,523 Send the army for the preservation of liberty. 813 01:30:39,698 --> 01:30:42,030 Send it for justice. 814 01:30:42,201 --> 01:30:43,828 Send it for law and order. 815 01:30:44,370 --> 01:30:46,565 Send it for reason. 816 01:30:46,739 --> 01:30:50,835 But most importantly, send our army for hope. 817 01:30:51,010 --> 01:30:54,571 Hope that a king and his men have not been wasted to the pages of history. 818 01:30:55,414 --> 01:30:58,850 That their courage bonds us together. 819 01:30:59,151 --> 01:31:02,348 That we are made stronger by their actions... 820 01:31:03,355 --> 01:31:07,451 ...and that your choices today reflect their bravery. 821 01:31:09,395 --> 01:31:11,056 Three hundred. 822 01:31:13,399 --> 01:31:15,230 We must send them. 823 01:31:19,004 --> 01:31:20,835 Moving... 824 01:31:21,173 --> 01:31:24,074 ...eloquent, passionate. 825 01:31:24,476 --> 01:31:28,640 But it doesn't change the fact that your husband has brought war upon us. 826 01:31:28,814 --> 01:31:31,248 You are wrong. Xerxes brought it forth... 827 01:31:31,417 --> 01:31:33,885 ...and before that, his father Darius at Marathon. 828 01:31:34,053 --> 01:31:35,782 The Persians will not stop... 829 01:31:35,955 --> 01:31:39,322 ...until the only shelter we will find is rubble and chaos. 830 01:31:39,725 --> 01:31:43,456 This chamber needs no history lesson, my queen. 831 01:31:43,963 --> 01:31:46,158 Then what is the lesson you would like to leave? 832 01:31:46,332 --> 01:31:48,425 Shall I begin to enumerate all of them? 833 01:31:48,834 --> 01:31:52,270 Honor. Duty. Glory. 834 01:31:52,538 --> 01:31:57,566 You speak of honor, duty and glory? 835 01:31:58,877 --> 01:32:00,105 But what of adultery? 836 01:32:00,279 --> 01:32:02,747 - How dare you. - How dare I? 837 01:32:03,182 --> 01:32:06,174 Watch her carefully. 838 01:32:06,352 --> 01:32:09,321 She is a trickster in true form. 839 01:32:09,488 --> 01:32:12,651 Do not play with the members of this sacred chamber, my queen. 840 01:32:12,825 --> 01:32:15,919 Just hours ago, you offered yourself to me. 841 01:32:16,095 --> 01:32:20,532 Were I a weaker man, I would have her scent on me still. 842 01:32:20,699 --> 01:32:23,691 - This is outrage. - Oh, the hypocrite speaks! 843 01:32:23,869 --> 01:32:26,861 Did you not receive a similar payment, which you took... 844 01:32:27,039 --> 01:32:30,270 ...in exchange for her having an audience with these noble men? 845 01:32:30,442 --> 01:32:32,205 - That is a lie. - Is it? 846 01:32:32,378 --> 01:32:36,144 Was he not, by your invitation, asked to come to the king's bedchamber? 847 01:32:36,682 --> 01:32:41,312 The very bed where you attempted to negotiate with me so vigorously? 848 01:32:43,956 --> 01:32:47,414 You look shocked. A bribe of the flesh, gentlemen... 849 01:32:47,593 --> 01:32:50,892 ...while her husband promotes anarchy and war. 850 01:32:53,832 --> 01:32:55,026 He speaks truth. 851 01:32:55,634 --> 01:32:58,831 Words escape even the most cunning tongue... 852 01:32:59,004 --> 01:33:01,063 ...my little whore queen. 853 01:33:05,811 --> 01:33:07,642 What queen-like behavior. 854 01:33:09,348 --> 01:33:12,476 Remove her from this chamber before she infects us further... 855 01:33:12,651 --> 01:33:15,643 ...with her inglorious and shabby self. 856 01:33:22,461 --> 01:33:24,053 This will not be over quickly. 857 01:33:25,397 --> 01:33:28,924 You will not enjoy this. I am not your queen. 858 01:33:51,090 --> 01:33:53,024 Traitor. 859 01:33:53,559 --> 01:33:58,360 Traitor! Traitor! Traitor! 860 01:33:58,630 --> 01:34:00,894 Traitor! 861 01:34:37,936 --> 01:34:43,932 Leonidas, my compliments and congratulations. 862 01:34:44,109 --> 01:34:47,772 You surely have turned calamity into victory. 863 01:34:47,946 --> 01:34:50,938 Despite your insufferable arrogance... 864 01:34:51,116 --> 01:34:55,280 ...the god-king has come to admire Spartan valor and fighting skill. 865 01:34:56,021 --> 01:34:57,386 You will make a mighty ally. 866 01:34:57,556 --> 01:34:59,285 Yield, Leonidas. 867 01:35:00,459 --> 01:35:03,326 Use your reason. Think of your men. 868 01:35:06,165 --> 01:35:07,792 I beg you. 869 01:35:08,367 --> 01:35:10,335 Listen to your fellow Greek. 870 01:35:10,502 --> 01:35:14,199 He can attest to the divine one's generosity. 871 01:35:14,373 --> 01:35:18,833 Despite your several insults, despite your horrid blasphemies... 872 01:35:19,745 --> 01:35:22,942 ...the lord of hosts is prepared to forgive all... 873 01:35:23,182 --> 01:35:26,208 ...and more, to reward your service. 874 01:35:26,485 --> 01:35:27,816 You fight for your lands. 875 01:35:28,520 --> 01:35:30,351 Keep them. 876 01:35:31,056 --> 01:35:33,024 You fight for Sparta. 877 01:35:33,192 --> 01:35:37,185 She will be wealthier and more powerful than ever before. 878 01:35:37,396 --> 01:35:39,330 You fight for your kingship. 879 01:35:40,232 --> 01:35:43,201 You will be proclaimed warlord of all Greece... 880 01:35:43,368 --> 01:35:47,668 ...answerable only to the one true master of the world. 881 01:35:48,040 --> 01:35:52,773 Leonidas, your victory will be complete... 882 01:35:52,945 --> 01:35:55,539 ...if you but lay down your arms... 883 01:35:55,714 --> 01:35:58,877 ...and kneel to holy Xerxes. 884 01:36:29,381 --> 01:36:34,318 It's been more than 30 years since the wolf in the winter cold. 885 01:36:34,486 --> 01:36:39,048 And now, as then, it's not fear that grips him... 886 01:36:39,224 --> 01:36:44,389 ...only restlessness. A heightened sense of things. 887 01:36:45,163 --> 01:36:49,964 The seaborne breeze coolly kissing the sweat at his chest and neck. 888 01:36:50,135 --> 01:36:51,625 Gulls cawing... 889 01:36:51,803 --> 01:36:56,035 ...complaining even as they feast on the thousands of floating dead. 890 01:36:57,643 --> 01:37:02,706 The steady breathing of the 300 at his back... 891 01:37:03,482 --> 01:37:06,940 ...ready to die for him without a moment's pause. 892 01:37:09,554 --> 01:37:10,919 Every one of them... 893 01:37:12,391 --> 01:37:14,325 ...ready to die. 894 01:37:29,841 --> 01:37:32,776 His helmet is stifling. 895 01:37:53,465 --> 01:37:56,298 His shield is heavy. 896 01:38:03,909 --> 01:38:05,274 Your spear. 897 01:38:14,086 --> 01:38:15,519 You there... 898 01:38:15,954 --> 01:38:17,945 ...Ephialtes. 899 01:38:23,061 --> 01:38:25,325 May you live forever. 900 01:38:32,738 --> 01:38:35,036 Leonidas, your spear. 901 01:39:42,274 --> 01:39:43,866 Stelios! 902 01:39:53,885 --> 01:39:55,477 Slaughter them! 903 01:39:58,857 --> 01:40:00,449 His helmet was stifling. 904 01:40:00,625 --> 01:40:03,753 It narrowed his vision, and he must see far. 905 01:40:05,063 --> 01:40:08,931 His shield was heavy. It threw him off balance... 906 01:40:09,100 --> 01:40:12,763 ...and his target is far away. 907 01:41:17,335 --> 01:41:21,897 The old ones say we Spartans are descended from Hercules himself. 908 01:41:23,375 --> 01:41:27,709 Bold Leonidas gives testament to our bloodline. 909 01:41:27,879 --> 01:41:32,009 His roar is long and loud. 910 01:42:02,113 --> 01:42:03,705 My king. 911 01:42:15,961 --> 01:42:19,590 It's an honor to die at your side. 912 01:42:21,166 --> 01:42:25,660 It's an honor to have lived at yours. 913 01:42:46,591 --> 01:42:48,684 My queen! 914 01:42:56,935 --> 01:42:58,664 My wife. 915 01:43:10,115 --> 01:43:11,912 My love. 916 01:45:38,329 --> 01:45:40,456 "Remember us." 917 01:45:42,133 --> 01:45:45,569 As simple an order as a king can give. 918 01:45:47,138 --> 01:45:50,335 "Remember why we died." 919 01:45:52,343 --> 01:45:56,370 For he did not wish tribute or song... 920 01:45:58,216 --> 01:46:02,414 ...nor monuments, nor poems of war and valor. 921 01:46:05,290 --> 01:46:07,588 His wish was simple. 922 01:46:12,964 --> 01:46:15,023 "Remember us"... 923 01:46:16,067 --> 01:46:17,796 ...he said to me. 924 01:46:19,470 --> 01:46:21,665 That was his hope. 925 01:46:21,873 --> 01:46:25,604 Should any free soul come across that place... 926 01:46:26,377 --> 01:46:29,710 ...in all the countless centuries yet to be... 927 01:46:30,148 --> 01:46:32,708 ...may all our voices... 928 01:46:32,884 --> 01:46:36,945 ...whisper to you from the ageless stones. 929 01:46:37,922 --> 01:46:41,551 Go tell the Spartans, passerby... 930 01:46:41,893 --> 01:46:47,763 ...that here, by Spartan law, we lie. 931 01:46:50,535 --> 01:46:53,231 And so my king died... 932 01:46:54,105 --> 01:46:56,733 ...and my brothers died... 933 01:46:59,110 --> 01:47:01,578 ...barely a year ago. 934 01:47:05,516 --> 01:47:10,749 Long I pondered my king's cryptic talk of victory. 935 01:47:10,989 --> 01:47:13,617 Time has proven him wise. 936 01:47:14,525 --> 01:47:17,551 For from free Greek to free Greek... 937 01:47:17,729 --> 01:47:22,325 ...the word was spread that bold Leonidas and his 300... 938 01:47:22,500 --> 01:47:24,491 ...so far from home... 939 01:47:24,669 --> 01:47:28,070 ...laid down their lives not just for Sparta... 940 01:47:28,239 --> 01:47:32,039 ...but for all Greece and the promise this country holds. 941 01:47:32,944 --> 01:47:38,007 Now, here on this rugged patch of earth called Plataea... 942 01:47:38,182 --> 01:47:43,176 ...Xerxes' hordes face obliteration! 943 01:47:44,856 --> 01:47:48,257 Just there the barbarians huddle... 944 01:47:48,426 --> 01:47:53,295 ...sheer terror gripping tight their hearts... 945 01:47:53,464 --> 01:47:55,364 ...with icy fingers... 946 01:47:55,533 --> 01:47:58,764 ...knowing full well what merciless horrors they suffered... 947 01:47:58,937 --> 01:48:01,462 ...at the swords and spears of 300. 948 01:48:02,874 --> 01:48:08,437 Yet they stare now across the plain at 10,000 Spartans... 949 01:48:08,613 --> 01:48:11,912 ...commanding 30,000 free Greeks! 950 01:48:18,723 --> 01:48:22,625 The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one. 951 01:48:22,927 --> 01:48:24,918 Good odds for any Greek. 952 01:48:25,630 --> 01:48:30,329 This day, we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny... 953 01:48:30,501 --> 01:48:34,870 ...and usher in a future brighter than anything we can imagine. 954 01:48:39,310 --> 01:48:40,800 Give thanks, men... 955 01:48:41,512 --> 01:48:45,278 ...to Leonidas and the brave 300!. 956 01:48:45,450 --> 01:48:48,180 To Victory!