1 00:00:58,209 --> 00:01:00,168 [THUNDER RUMBLING] 2 00:01:05,216 --> 00:01:06,675 [BABY COOS] 3 00:01:08,344 --> 00:01:10,887 DILIOS: When the boy was born... 4 00:01:11,722 --> 00:01:13,848 ...like all Spartans, he was inspected. 5 00:01:15,643 --> 00:01:20,271 If he'd been small or puny or sickly or misshapen... 6 00:01:20,271 --> 00:01:22,774 ...he would have been discarded. 7 00:01:29,907 --> 00:01:35,578 From the time he could stand, he was baptized in the fire of combat. 8 00:01:37,331 --> 00:01:38,915 [GRUNTING] 9 00:01:57,643 --> 00:02:01,312 Taught never to retreat, never to surrender. 10 00:02:01,312 --> 00:02:06,359 Taught that death on the battlefield in service to Sparta... 11 00:02:06,569 --> 00:02:09,863 ...was the greatest glory he could achieve in his life. 12 00:02:25,004 --> 00:02:29,549 At age 7, as is customary in Sparta... 13 00:02:29,549 --> 00:02:34,804 ...the boy was taken from his mother and plunged into a world of violence. 14 00:02:34,804 --> 00:02:35,972 [GRUNTING] 15 00:02:35,972 --> 00:02:40,226 Manufactured by 300 years of Spartan warrior society... 16 00:02:41,270 --> 00:02:45,565 ...to create the finest soldiers the world has ever known. 17 00:02:45,565 --> 00:02:50,320 The agoge, as it's called, forces the boy to fight. 18 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:54,115 Starves them, forces them to steal... 19 00:02:54,115 --> 00:02:58,661 ...and if necessary, to kill. 20 00:02:59,705 --> 00:03:06,169 By rod and lash the boy was punished, taught to show no pain, no mercy. 21 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,382 Constantly tested, tossed into the wild. 22 00:03:11,382 --> 00:03:16,846 Left to pit his wits and will against nature's fury. 23 00:03:17,223 --> 00:03:19,432 It was his initiation... 24 00:03:19,432 --> 00:03:22,185 ...his time in the wild... 25 00:03:22,185 --> 00:03:26,856 ...for he would return to his people a Spartan... 26 00:03:26,856 --> 00:03:29,150 ...or not at all. 27 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:37,819 [WOLF GROWLING] 28 00:03:51,465 --> 00:03:54,342 The wolf begins to circle the boy. 29 00:03:54,342 --> 00:03:56,928 Claws of black steel... 30 00:03:56,928 --> 00:03:59,347 ...fur as dark night. 31 00:03:59,849 --> 00:04:01,182 Eyes glowing red... 32 00:04:01,182 --> 00:04:05,270 ...jewels from the pit of hell itself. 33 00:04:14,029 --> 00:04:18,032 The giant wolf sniffing... 34 00:04:18,032 --> 00:04:21,244 ...savoring the scent of the meal to come. 35 00:04:21,745 --> 00:04:23,288 [SNARLING] 36 00:04:34,175 --> 00:04:35,508 [WOLF WHIMPERS] 37 00:04:35,926 --> 00:04:37,260 [WOLF HOWLING] 38 00:04:45,436 --> 00:04:46,936 It's not fear that grips him... 39 00:04:47,563 --> 00:04:50,732 ...only a heightened sense of things. 40 00:04:51,066 --> 00:04:54,444 The cold air in his lungs. 41 00:04:54,987 --> 00:04:58,323 Windswept pines moving against the coming night. 42 00:05:00,242 --> 00:05:01,951 [HOWLING] 43 00:05:06,332 --> 00:05:08,750 His hands are steady. 44 00:05:08,750 --> 00:05:11,169 His form... 45 00:05:11,169 --> 00:05:13,463 ...perfect. 46 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,991 And so the boy, given up for dead... 47 00:05:41,991 --> 00:05:46,871 ...returns to his people, to sacred Sparta, a king! 48 00:05:47,331 --> 00:05:49,832 Our king, Leonidas! 49 00:05:49,832 --> 00:05:51,417 [SPARTANS CHANTING] 50 00:05:56,966 --> 00:06:00,718 It's been more than 30 years since the wolf and the winter cold. 51 00:06:02,137 --> 00:06:06,432 And now, as then, a beast approaches. 52 00:06:06,432 --> 00:06:11,521 Patient and confident, savoring the meal to come. 53 00:06:12,189 --> 00:06:15,483 But this beast is made of men and horses... 54 00:06:15,483 --> 00:06:18,444 ...swords and spears. 55 00:06:18,654 --> 00:06:23,616 An army of slaves, vast beyond imagining, ready to devour tiny Greece. 56 00:06:23,951 --> 00:06:28,705 Ready to snuff out the world's one hope for reason and justice. 57 00:06:31,458 --> 00:06:34,210 A beast approaches... 58 00:06:37,006 --> 00:06:42,552 ...and it was King Leonidas himself who provoked it. 59 00:07:36,273 --> 00:07:37,940 [HORSE NEIGHING] 60 00:07:53,165 --> 00:07:55,233 LEONIDAS: That's it. [PLEISTARCHOS GRUNTING] 61 00:07:55,233 --> 00:08:00,213 LEONIDAS: Now, the more you sweat here, the less you will bleed in battle. 62 00:08:01,423 --> 00:08:06,511 My father taught me, that fear is always a constant. 63 00:08:06,511 --> 00:08:08,221 But accepting it... 64 00:08:08,597 --> 00:08:09,722 ...makes you stronger. 65 00:08:09,722 --> 00:08:11,265 My queen. 66 00:08:11,265 --> 00:08:14,268 A Persian emissary awaits Leonidas. 67 00:08:16,814 --> 00:08:21,943 In the end, a Spartan's true strength is the warrior next to him. 68 00:08:22,694 --> 00:08:27,198 So give respect and honor to him, and it will be returned to you. 69 00:08:27,741 --> 00:08:29,242 First... 70 00:08:29,993 --> 00:08:32,954 ...you fight with your head. Then you fight with your heart. 71 00:08:35,290 --> 00:08:36,999 What is it? 72 00:08:37,209 --> 00:08:39,085 A Persian messenger awaits you. 73 00:08:41,380 --> 00:08:42,839 Do not forget today's lesson. 74 00:08:42,839 --> 00:08:45,716 Respect and honor. LEONIDAS: Respect and honor. 75 00:09:01,233 --> 00:09:05,695 Councilman Theron. You found yourself needed, for once. 76 00:09:06,780 --> 00:09:09,699 My king and queen, I was just entertaining your guests. 77 00:09:09,908 --> 00:09:11,159 I am sure. 78 00:09:12,369 --> 00:09:17,665 Before you speak, Persian, know that in Sparta everyone, even a King's messenger... 79 00:09:17,665 --> 00:09:20,418 ...is held accountable for the words of his voice. 80 00:09:21,420 --> 00:09:24,172 Now, what message do you bring? 81 00:09:25,257 --> 00:09:27,717 Earth and water. 82 00:09:30,012 --> 00:09:33,639 You rode all the way from Persia for earth and water? 83 00:09:35,225 --> 00:09:39,103 Do not be coy or stupid, Persian. You can afford neither in Sparta. 84 00:09:39,605 --> 00:09:42,064 What makes this woman think she can speak among men? 85 00:09:42,064 --> 00:09:45,067 Because only Spartan women give birth to real men. 86 00:09:46,570 --> 00:09:50,198 Let us walk to cool our tongues. 87 00:09:52,784 --> 00:09:57,788 If you value your lives over your complete annihilation listen carefully, Leonidas. 88 00:09:57,788 --> 00:10:02,668 Xerxes conquers and controls everything he rests his eyes upon. 89 00:10:02,668 --> 00:10:05,922 He leads an army so massive, it shakes the ground with its march. 90 00:10:05,922 --> 00:10:08,799 So vast, it drinks the rivers dry. 91 00:10:08,799 --> 00:10:11,969 All the God-King Xerxes requires is this: 92 00:10:12,304 --> 00:10:15,556 A simple offering of earth and water... 93 00:10:15,556 --> 00:10:19,894 ...a token of Sparta's submission to the will of Xerxes. 94 00:10:30,948 --> 00:10:33,115 Submission. 95 00:10:35,285 --> 00:10:37,203 Now, that's a bit of a problem. 96 00:10:37,621 --> 00:10:41,666 See, rumor has it the Athenians have already turned you down. 97 00:10:42,584 --> 00:10:47,757 And if those philosophers and boy-lovers have found that kind of nerve.... 98 00:10:47,757 --> 00:10:52,218 ....then.... We must be diplomatic. And, of course, Spartans... 99 00:10:53,262 --> 00:10:55,304 ...have their reputation to consider. 100 00:10:55,304 --> 00:10:59,517 Choose your next words carefully, Leonidas. 101 00:10:59,768 --> 00:11:02,395 They may be your last as king. 102 00:11:42,853 --> 00:11:46,188 LEONIDAS: "Earth and water." 103 00:11:51,445 --> 00:11:53,529 Madman. You're a madman. 104 00:11:53,529 --> 00:11:55,364 Earth and water. 105 00:11:55,741 --> 00:11:57,908 You will find plenty of both down there. 106 00:11:58,201 --> 00:12:01,621 No man, Persian or Greek, no man threatens a messenger. 107 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:07,043 You bring the crowns and heads of conquered kings to my city steps. 108 00:12:07,043 --> 00:12:09,295 You insult my queen. 109 00:12:09,295 --> 00:12:13,215 You threaten my people with slavery and death. 110 00:12:13,215 --> 00:12:16,302 Oh, I have chosen my words carefully, Persian. 111 00:12:16,302 --> 00:12:18,429 Perhaps you should have done the same. 112 00:12:18,429 --> 00:12:22,266 This is blasphemy. This is madness! 113 00:12:39,660 --> 00:12:41,744 Madness? 114 00:12:42,371 --> 00:12:44,497 This is Sparta! 115 00:12:44,956 --> 00:12:46,749 [MESSENGER SCREAMING] 116 00:12:56,843 --> 00:12:58,344 [PEOPLE SCREAMING] 117 00:13:46,601 --> 00:13:47,810 [GRUNTING] 118 00:13:51,273 --> 00:13:52,356 [THUNDER RUMBLING] 119 00:14:11,001 --> 00:14:13,377 EPHOR 1: Welcome, Leonidas. 120 00:14:14,004 --> 00:14:17,173 We have been expecting you. 121 00:14:23,638 --> 00:14:28,976 DILIOS: The ephors, priests to the old gods. 122 00:14:29,352 --> 00:14:31,687 Inbred swine. 123 00:14:31,687 --> 00:14:34,648 More creature than man. 124 00:14:35,066 --> 00:14:40,529 Creatures whom even Leonidas must bribe and beg. 125 00:14:41,364 --> 00:14:46,202 For no Spartan king has gone to war without the ephors' blessing. 126 00:14:47,871 --> 00:14:51,957 LEONIDAS: The Persians claim their forces number in the millions. 127 00:14:52,584 --> 00:14:55,878 I hope, for our sake, they exaggerate. 128 00:14:56,338 --> 00:15:00,549 But there's no question, we face the most massive army ever assembled. 129 00:15:00,801 --> 00:15:06,555 Before your plan is heard what do you offer? 130 00:15:16,107 --> 00:15:20,444 We will use our superior fighting skills... 131 00:15:20,444 --> 00:15:24,698 ...and the terrain of Greece herself to destroy them. 132 00:15:24,698 --> 00:15:27,101 We will march north to the coast, 133 00:15:27,101 --> 00:15:32,748 where I will make sure.... It is August, Leonidas. The full moon approaches. 134 00:15:33,124 --> 00:15:36,335 EPHOR 2: The sacred and ancient festival. 135 00:15:36,335 --> 00:15:40,589 Sparta wages no war at the time of the Carneia. 136 00:15:40,589 --> 00:15:42,383 Sparta will burn! 137 00:15:42,801 --> 00:15:48,180 Her men will die at arms and her women and children will be slaves or worse. 138 00:15:50,308 --> 00:15:55,396 Now, we will block the Persian coastal assault... 139 00:15:55,689 --> 00:15:57,982 ...by rebuilding the great Phocian Wall. 140 00:15:57,982 --> 00:16:02,862 And from there, we will funnel them into the mountain pass we call the Hot Gates. 141 00:16:02,862 --> 00:16:07,408 Now, in that narrow corridor, their numbers will count for nothing. 142 00:16:07,408 --> 00:16:14,290 And wave after wave of Persian attack will smash against Spartan shields. 143 00:16:14,833 --> 00:16:19,328 Xerxes' losses will be so great, his men so demoralized... 144 00:16:19,328 --> 00:16:23,716 ...he will have no choice but to abandon his campaign. 145 00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:26,594 We must consult the oracle. 146 00:16:27,304 --> 00:16:29,889 Trust the gods, Leonidas. 147 00:16:29,889 --> 00:16:33,392 I'd prefer you trusted your reason. 148 00:16:33,392 --> 00:16:35,603 Your blasphemies... 149 00:16:35,603 --> 00:16:40,149 ...have cost us quite enough already. 150 00:16:40,859 --> 00:16:43,903 Don't compound them. 151 00:16:45,989 --> 00:16:50,784 We will consult the oracle. 152 00:16:52,913 --> 00:16:55,414 DILIOS: Diseased old mystics. 153 00:16:56,416 --> 00:17:01,045 Worthless remnants of a time before Sparta's ascent from darkness. 154 00:17:01,379 --> 00:17:04,673 Remnants of a senseless tradition. 155 00:17:04,673 --> 00:17:09,178 Tradition even Leonidas cannot defy... 156 00:17:09,178 --> 00:17:13,766 ...for he must respect the word of the ephors. 157 00:17:13,766 --> 00:17:15,851 That is the law. 158 00:17:18,597 --> 00:17:23,233 And no Spartan, subject or citizen, man or woman... 159 00:17:23,233 --> 00:17:27,446 ...slave or king, is above the law. 160 00:18:02,315 --> 00:18:06,568 The ephors choose only the most beautiful Spartan girls... 161 00:18:06,568 --> 00:18:09,238 ...to live among them as oracles. 162 00:18:09,238 --> 00:18:12,700 Their beauty is their curse... 163 00:18:12,700 --> 00:18:16,662 ...for the old wretches have the needs of men... 164 00:18:17,664 --> 00:18:20,582 ...and souls as black as hell. 165 00:18:20,582 --> 00:18:22,501 [ORACLE WHISPERING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 166 00:18:24,754 --> 00:18:27,923 EPHOR: Pray to the winds... 167 00:18:30,427 --> 00:18:32,636 ...Sparta will fall. 168 00:18:35,598 --> 00:18:39,268 All Greece will fall. 169 00:18:41,438 --> 00:18:45,107 Trust not in men... 170 00:18:47,110 --> 00:18:50,404 ...honor the gods. 171 00:18:54,117 --> 00:18:57,786 Honor the Carneia. 172 00:18:59,622 --> 00:19:03,208 DILIOS: The king's climb down is harder. 173 00:19:03,208 --> 00:19:06,295 Pompous, inbred swine. 174 00:19:06,295 --> 00:19:09,673 Worthless, diseased, rotten... 175 00:19:09,673 --> 00:19:11,884 ...corrupt. 176 00:19:15,263 --> 00:19:18,891 THERON: Truly, you're in the god-king's favor now... 177 00:19:19,476 --> 00:19:21,560 ...O wise and holy men. 178 00:19:21,853 --> 00:19:23,312 Yes. 179 00:19:23,312 --> 00:19:28,442 And when Sparta burns, you shall bathe in gold. 180 00:19:28,442 --> 00:19:31,195 Fresh oracles shall be delivered to you... 181 00:19:31,654 --> 00:19:33,072 ...daily... 182 00:19:33,072 --> 00:19:37,034 ...from every corner of the empire. 183 00:19:41,122 --> 00:19:42,331 [CHUCKLING] 184 00:20:12,695 --> 00:20:16,281 GORGO: Your lips can finish what your fingers have started. 185 00:20:19,410 --> 00:20:21,870 Or has the oracle robbed you of your desire as well? 186 00:20:23,414 --> 00:20:26,458 It would take more than the words of a drunken adolescent girl... 187 00:20:26,458 --> 00:20:28,335 ...to rob me of my desire for you. 188 00:20:32,507 --> 00:20:33,966 Then why so distant? 189 00:20:37,095 --> 00:20:45,227 Because it seems though a slave and captive of lecherous old men... 190 00:20:45,562 --> 00:20:48,772 ...the oracle's words could set fire to all that I love. 191 00:20:48,772 --> 00:20:52,609 So that is why my king loses sleep and is forced from the warmth of his bed? 192 00:20:55,572 --> 00:20:59,908 There's only one woman's words that should affect the mood of my husband. 193 00:21:00,743 --> 00:21:02,327 Those are mine. 194 00:21:02,704 --> 00:21:04,079 [CHUCKLES] 195 00:21:06,499 --> 00:21:08,917 Then what must a king do to save his world... 196 00:21:08,917 --> 00:21:13,505 ...when the very laws he is sworn to protect force him to do nothing? 197 00:21:16,426 --> 00:21:22,806 It is not a question of what a Spartan citizen should do nor a husband, nor a king. 198 00:21:23,433 --> 00:21:26,143 Instead ask yourself, my dearest love... 199 00:21:27,770 --> 00:21:29,771 ...what should a free man do? 200 00:22:35,255 --> 00:22:39,424 - Is this all of them? - As you ordered. Three hundred. 201 00:22:40,426 --> 00:22:43,720 All with born sons to carry on their name. 202 00:22:54,482 --> 00:22:55,816 We are with you, sire. 203 00:22:56,192 --> 00:22:58,318 For Sparta. For freedom. 204 00:22:58,318 --> 00:23:00,445 To the death. 205 00:23:11,249 --> 00:23:12,916 LEONIDAS: He is your son. 206 00:23:13,710 --> 00:23:16,628 He is too young to have felt a woman's warmth. 207 00:23:16,628 --> 00:23:20,757 I have others to replace him. Astinos is as brave and ready as any. 208 00:23:21,092 --> 00:23:25,137 No younger than we were the first time you stood next to me in battle. 209 00:23:28,891 --> 00:23:34,730 You are a good friend, but a better captain, there is none. 210 00:23:40,236 --> 00:23:42,154 COUNCILMAN: My good king. 211 00:23:43,072 --> 00:23:46,408 My good king, the oracle has spoken. 212 00:23:46,408 --> 00:23:49,453 The ephors have spoken. There must be no march. 213 00:23:49,453 --> 00:23:51,413 It is the law, my lord. 214 00:23:51,413 --> 00:23:55,584 - The Spartan army must not go to war. - Nor shall it. 215 00:23:56,502 --> 00:23:58,086 I have issued no such orders. 216 00:23:58,463 --> 00:24:02,007 I am here just taking a stroll, stretching my legs. 217 00:24:02,258 --> 00:24:07,429 These 300 men are my personal bodyguard. 218 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,848 Our army will stay in Sparta. 219 00:24:10,433 --> 00:24:11,767 Where will you go? 220 00:24:14,771 --> 00:24:22,861 I hadn't really thought about it but, now that you ask, I suppose I will head north. 221 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:25,405 The Hot Gates? 222 00:24:28,034 --> 00:24:30,452 CAPTAIN: Move out! 223 00:24:30,452 --> 00:24:32,704 Move out! 224 00:24:33,831 --> 00:24:35,457 What shall we do? 225 00:24:36,959 --> 00:24:38,293 What can we do? 226 00:24:39,003 --> 00:24:40,754 What can you do? 227 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:47,636 Sparta will need sons. 228 00:25:35,393 --> 00:25:37,144 Spartan! 229 00:25:46,404 --> 00:25:47,654 Yes, milady? 230 00:26:03,713 --> 00:26:06,047 Come back with your shield... 231 00:26:06,966 --> 00:26:08,383 ...or on it. 232 00:26:09,886 --> 00:26:11,219 Yes, milady. 233 00:26:19,729 --> 00:26:22,063 DILIOS: "Goodbye, my love." 234 00:26:22,690 --> 00:26:24,900 He doesn't say it. 235 00:26:25,401 --> 00:26:27,611 There's no room for softness... 236 00:26:27,611 --> 00:26:29,779 ...not in Sparta. 237 00:26:29,779 --> 00:26:32,741 No place for weakness. 238 00:26:36,245 --> 00:26:40,415 Only the hard and strong may call themselves Spartans. 239 00:26:41,250 --> 00:26:45,754 Only the hard. Only the strong. 240 00:27:14,242 --> 00:27:16,117 We march... 241 00:27:16,786 --> 00:27:22,290 ...for our lands, for our families, for our freedoms. 242 00:27:23,084 --> 00:27:25,252 We march. 243 00:27:26,963 --> 00:27:28,630 LEONIDAS: Daxos. 244 00:27:28,630 --> 00:27:32,517 - What a pleasant surprise. - This morning's full of surprises, Leonidas. 245 00:27:32,517 --> 00:27:34,803 - We have been tricked. - Can't be more than a few hundred. 246 00:27:34,803 --> 00:27:37,180 BAKER: This is a surprise. DAXOS: Silence. 247 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:39,599 ARCADIAN: This isn't their army. 248 00:27:39,599 --> 00:27:43,937 We heard Sparta was on the warpath and we were eager to join forces. 249 00:27:44,605 --> 00:27:48,692 If it is blood you seek, you are welcome to join us. 250 00:27:49,026 --> 00:27:52,279 But you bring only this handful of soldiers against Xerxes? 251 00:27:52,279 --> 00:27:56,032 I see I was wrong to expect Sparta's commitment to at least match our own. 252 00:27:57,201 --> 00:27:59,035 Doesn't it? 253 00:28:00,496 --> 00:28:02,163 You, there. 254 00:28:02,665 --> 00:28:03,832 What is your profession? 255 00:28:04,375 --> 00:28:06,501 I am a potter, sir. 256 00:28:07,670 --> 00:28:11,464 And you, Arcadian. What is your profession? 257 00:28:11,841 --> 00:28:15,260 - Sculptor, sir. - Sculptor. 258 00:28:15,636 --> 00:28:17,554 - And you? - Blacksmith. 259 00:28:22,226 --> 00:28:25,520 Spartans! What is your profession? 260 00:28:26,022 --> 00:28:27,397 [SPARTANS CHANTING] 261 00:28:32,695 --> 00:28:34,654 You see, old friend? 262 00:28:34,654 --> 00:28:37,699 I brought more soldiers than you did. 263 00:28:47,668 --> 00:28:49,461 DILIOS: No sleep tonight... 264 00:28:50,546 --> 00:28:53,006 ...not for the king. 265 00:28:53,006 --> 00:28:59,137 All his 40 years have been a straight road to this one gleaming moment in destiny... 266 00:28:59,137 --> 00:29:02,057 ...this one radiant clash of shield and spear... 267 00:29:02,057 --> 00:29:05,852 ...sword and bone, and flesh and blood. 268 00:29:07,563 --> 00:29:09,356 His only regret... 269 00:29:09,356 --> 00:29:13,234 ...is that he has so few to sacrifice. 270 00:29:34,548 --> 00:29:36,549 We're being followed. 271 00:29:41,597 --> 00:29:43,765 It has followed us since Sparta. 272 00:29:48,729 --> 00:29:51,731 STELIOS: My king! Look! 273 00:30:12,670 --> 00:30:14,129 STELIOS: What happened here? 274 00:30:14,714 --> 00:30:16,047 Where are all the people? 275 00:30:17,133 --> 00:30:18,842 Persians. 276 00:30:18,842 --> 00:30:20,802 I put their number at around 20. 277 00:30:23,180 --> 00:30:24,556 A scouting party. 278 00:30:27,935 --> 00:30:29,436 But these footprints.... 279 00:30:33,899 --> 00:30:35,233 [CLATTERING] 280 00:30:40,823 --> 00:30:42,282 STELIOS: Behind us! 281 00:30:56,338 --> 00:30:57,547 Child! 282 00:31:30,539 --> 00:31:33,249 CHILD [WHISPERING]: It's quiet now. 283 00:31:33,709 --> 00:31:35,543 They.... 284 00:31:35,878 --> 00:31:39,923 They came with beasts from the blackness. 285 00:31:41,509 --> 00:31:43,760 With their claws and fangs... 286 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,179 ...they grabbed them. 287 00:31:47,056 --> 00:31:49,224 Everyone... 288 00:31:50,226 --> 00:31:52,310 ...but me. 289 00:32:04,573 --> 00:32:06,115 DILIOS: The villagers. 290 00:32:06,659 --> 00:32:08,576 I found them. 291 00:32:20,089 --> 00:32:22,924 Have the gods no mercy? 292 00:32:24,093 --> 00:32:26,094 We are doomed. 293 00:32:26,094 --> 00:32:28,930 Quiet yourself. 294 00:32:32,309 --> 00:32:37,564 The child speaks of the Persian ghosts, known from the ancient times. 295 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:41,109 They are the hunters of men's souls. 296 00:32:42,152 --> 00:32:44,779 They cannot be killed or defeated. 297 00:32:45,406 --> 00:32:49,576 Not this darkness. Not these Immortals. 298 00:32:51,745 --> 00:32:53,955 Immortals? 299 00:32:54,248 --> 00:32:57,292 We will put their name to the test. 300 00:33:19,356 --> 00:33:22,150 DILIOS: Into the Hot Gates we march. 301 00:33:22,150 --> 00:33:25,612 Into that narrow corridor we march... 302 00:33:25,612 --> 00:33:28,031 ...where Xerxes' numbers count for nothing. 303 00:33:29,199 --> 00:33:33,161 Spartans, citizen-soldiers, freed slaves. 304 00:33:33,161 --> 00:33:35,204 Brave Greeks, all. 305 00:33:36,206 --> 00:33:39,334 Brothers, fathers, sons... 306 00:33:39,334 --> 00:33:41,502 ...we march. 307 00:33:42,171 --> 00:33:46,341 For honor's sake, for duty's sake, for glory's sake, we march. 308 00:33:46,341 --> 00:33:49,636 Look! Persians. 309 00:33:54,767 --> 00:33:58,519 DILIOS: Into hell's mouth we march. 310 00:34:05,027 --> 00:34:06,235 [THUNDER RUMBLING] 311 00:34:07,529 --> 00:34:09,614 Let's watch these motherless dogs... 312 00:34:09,865 --> 00:34:13,910 ...as they're embraced by the loving arms of Greece herself. Come. 313 00:34:16,705 --> 00:34:18,414 True. 314 00:34:22,628 --> 00:34:25,088 It does look like rain. 315 00:34:28,384 --> 00:34:31,636 DILIOS: Zeus stabs the sky with thunderbolts... 316 00:34:31,929 --> 00:34:35,974 ...and batters the Persian ships with hurricane wind. 317 00:34:37,101 --> 00:34:39,560 Glorious. 318 00:34:41,063 --> 00:34:42,730 [SHOUTING] 319 00:34:51,824 --> 00:34:54,701 DILIOS: Only one among us keeps his Spartan reserve. 320 00:35:00,624 --> 00:35:02,583 Only he. 321 00:35:02,583 --> 00:35:05,211 Only our king. 322 00:35:22,604 --> 00:35:24,564 My queen? 323 00:35:29,737 --> 00:35:34,574 My queen the courtyard is a more fitting place for a married woman. 324 00:35:34,574 --> 00:35:39,120 I am afraid gossip and protocol are the least of my worries now, councilman. 325 00:35:40,789 --> 00:35:42,623 Is such secrecy needed? 326 00:35:42,623 --> 00:35:45,460 How am I to trust beyond the walls of my own home? 327 00:35:45,460 --> 00:35:49,338 Even here, Theron has eyes and ears which fuel Sparta with doubt and fear. 328 00:35:49,757 --> 00:35:53,134 You speak as if all Sparta conspires against you. 329 00:35:53,802 --> 00:35:55,845 I wish it were only against me. 330 00:35:58,474 --> 00:36:01,976 LOYALIST: Many on our council would vote to give all we have... 331 00:36:01,976 --> 00:36:04,020 ...and follow Leonidas... 332 00:36:04,354 --> 00:36:06,314 ...but you must show them favor. 333 00:36:08,650 --> 00:36:11,110 And you can arrange for me to speak to the council? 334 00:36:11,110 --> 00:36:13,696 If it is reason they want, I will let them know. 335 00:36:13,696 --> 00:36:15,990 LOYALIST: Know what, my queen? 336 00:36:16,366 --> 00:36:18,367 Freedom isn't free at all. 337 00:36:18,367 --> 00:36:21,871 That it comes with the highest of costs, the cost of blood. 338 00:36:24,166 --> 00:36:26,793 I will do my best to gather our council. 339 00:36:27,211 --> 00:36:31,047 And its chamber shall be filled with your voice. 340 00:36:31,381 --> 00:36:33,216 GORGO: I am in your debt. No. 341 00:36:33,550 --> 00:36:37,720 Leonidas is my king as well as yours. 342 00:37:02,538 --> 00:37:04,372 I saw those ships smash on the rocks. 343 00:37:05,499 --> 00:37:06,874 How can this be? 344 00:37:06,874 --> 00:37:10,336 We saw but a fraction of the monster that is Xerxes' army. 345 00:37:11,004 --> 00:37:13,381 DAXOS: There can be no victory here. 346 00:37:17,344 --> 00:37:19,053 Why do you smile? 347 00:37:20,722 --> 00:37:25,893 Arcadian, I have fought countless times... 348 00:37:26,145 --> 00:37:28,513 ...yet I have never met an adversary who could offer me... 349 00:37:28,513 --> 00:37:31,149 ...what we Spartans call "a beautiful death." 350 00:37:31,942 --> 00:37:36,529 I can only hope with all the world's warriors gathered against us... 351 00:37:36,529 --> 00:37:40,366 ...there might be one down there who's up to the task. 352 00:37:43,912 --> 00:37:45,121 [LAUGHING] 353 00:37:51,795 --> 00:37:53,671 PERSIAN EMISSARY: Move! 354 00:37:53,671 --> 00:37:54,881 [WHIP CRACKING] 355 00:37:55,424 --> 00:37:58,384 Keep going, you dogs! 356 00:38:06,059 --> 00:38:08,102 Move! 357 00:38:09,521 --> 00:38:12,106 Forward, I say! 358 00:38:14,443 --> 00:38:16,027 Stop here! 359 00:38:16,862 --> 00:38:19,030 Who commands here? 360 00:38:21,241 --> 00:38:23,910 I am the emissary... 361 00:38:23,910 --> 00:38:26,329 ...to the ruler of all the world... 362 00:38:27,122 --> 00:38:31,042 ...the god of gods, king of kings... 363 00:38:31,042 --> 00:38:32,793 ...and by that authority... 364 00:38:32,793 --> 00:38:36,756 ...I demand that someone show me your commander. 365 00:38:40,510 --> 00:38:46,432 Listen. Do you think the paltry dozen you slew scares us? 366 00:38:46,432 --> 00:38:50,102 These hills swarm with our scouts. 367 00:38:50,102 --> 00:38:55,182 And do you think your pathetic wall will do anything... 368 00:38:55,182 --> 00:39:01,447 ...except fall like a heap of dry leaves in the face of...? 369 00:39:13,168 --> 00:39:15,461 STELIOS: Our ancestors built this wall... 370 00:39:16,171 --> 00:39:20,132 ...using ancient stones from the bosom of Greece herself. 371 00:39:20,550 --> 00:39:22,927 And with a little Spartan help... 372 00:39:23,220 --> 00:39:25,680 ...your Persian scouts supplied the mortar. 373 00:39:26,306 --> 00:39:30,268 You will pay for your barbarism! 374 00:39:49,413 --> 00:39:50,997 My arm! 375 00:39:53,542 --> 00:39:55,418 STELIOS: It's not yours anymore. 376 00:39:55,711 --> 00:40:00,339 Go now. Run along and tell your Xerxes he faces free men here... 377 00:40:00,716 --> 00:40:02,049 ...not slaves. 378 00:40:02,049 --> 00:40:03,467 Do it quickly... 379 00:40:03,719 --> 00:40:06,637 ...before we decide to make our wall just a little bit bigger. 380 00:40:07,139 --> 00:40:07,889 No... 381 00:40:08,890 --> 00:40:10,933 Not slaves. 382 00:40:10,933 --> 00:40:12,268 [CHUCKLING] 383 00:40:13,145 --> 00:40:16,564 Your women will be slaves. 384 00:40:16,898 --> 00:40:22,236 Your sons, your daughters, your elders will be slaves! 385 00:40:22,236 --> 00:40:25,197 But not you, no. 386 00:40:25,197 --> 00:40:29,410 By noon this day you will be dead men. 387 00:40:30,579 --> 00:40:36,584 A thousand nations of the Persian Empire descend upon you. 388 00:40:37,002 --> 00:40:40,504 Our arrows will blot out the sun. 389 00:40:42,257 --> 00:40:44,967 Then we will fight in the shade. 390 00:40:46,511 --> 00:40:48,262 CAPTAIN: The wall is solid. 391 00:40:48,262 --> 00:40:51,599 It will do the job of funneling the Persians into the Hot Gates. 392 00:40:51,933 --> 00:40:54,993 Captain, have the men found any route through the hills to our back? 393 00:40:54,993 --> 00:40:57,188 CAPTAIN: None, sire. 394 00:40:57,439 --> 00:40:59,023 There is such a route, good king. 395 00:40:59,566 --> 00:41:01,275 Just pass that western ridge. 396 00:41:01,943 --> 00:41:03,652 It's an old goat path. 397 00:41:03,652 --> 00:41:06,655 The Persians could use it to outflank us. 398 00:41:06,655 --> 00:41:10,576 Not one step closer, monster! 399 00:41:12,204 --> 00:41:15,790 Wise king, I humbly request an audience. 400 00:41:15,790 --> 00:41:19,335 - I will skewer you where you stand. - I gave no such order. 401 00:41:29,846 --> 00:41:31,097 Forgive the captain. 402 00:41:31,765 --> 00:41:33,265 He is a good soldier... 403 00:41:33,809 --> 00:41:36,477 ...but a bit short on manners. 404 00:41:36,477 --> 00:41:40,989 There is nothing to forgive, brave king. I know what I look like. 405 00:41:40,989 --> 00:41:43,150 You wear the crimson of a Spartan. 406 00:41:43,777 --> 00:41:49,407 I am Ephialtes, born of Sparta. 407 00:41:49,991 --> 00:41:55,704 My mother's love led my parents to flee Sparta lest I be discarded. 408 00:41:56,248 --> 00:41:59,041 Your shield and armor? 409 00:41:59,960 --> 00:42:01,627 My father's, sir. 410 00:42:02,963 --> 00:42:07,007 I beg you, bold king, to permit me... 411 00:42:07,007 --> 00:42:12,221 ...to redeem my father's name by serving you in combat. 412 00:42:12,514 --> 00:42:18,394 My father trained me to feel no fear, to make spear and shield and sword... 413 00:42:18,394 --> 00:42:21,313 ...as much a part of me as my own beating heart. 414 00:42:21,731 --> 00:42:27,361 I will earn my father's armor, noble king, by serving you in the battle. 415 00:42:27,779 --> 00:42:29,196 [GRUNTING] 416 00:42:32,534 --> 00:42:34,660 A fine thrust. 417 00:42:34,660 --> 00:42:36,412 I will kill many Persians. 418 00:42:42,294 --> 00:42:43,878 Raise your shield. 419 00:42:43,878 --> 00:42:47,114 - Sire? - Raise your shield as high as you can. 420 00:42:50,635 --> 00:42:51,969 [GRUNTING] 421 00:42:54,973 --> 00:42:58,017 Your father should have taught you how our phalanx works. 422 00:42:58,685 --> 00:42:59,977 We fight... 423 00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:03,397 ...as a single, impenetrable unit. 424 00:43:03,397 --> 00:43:06,525 That is the source of our strength. 425 00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:14,366 Each Spartan protects the man to his left from thigh to neck with his shield. 426 00:43:14,366 --> 00:43:19,205 A single weak spot and the phalanx shatters. 427 00:43:20,582 --> 00:43:23,834 From thigh to neck, Ephialtes. 428 00:43:25,879 --> 00:43:28,255 I am sorry, my friend. 429 00:43:28,255 --> 00:43:30,750 But not all of us were made to be soldiers. 430 00:43:30,750 --> 00:43:33,836 But I.... If you want to help in a Spartan victory... Yes. 431 00:43:33,836 --> 00:43:38,974 ...clear the battlefield of the dead, tend the wounded, bring them water... 432 00:43:38,974 --> 00:43:40,768 ...but as for the fight itself... 433 00:43:42,145 --> 00:43:44,063 ...I cannot use you. 434 00:43:45,899 --> 00:43:47,316 EPHIALTES: You.... 435 00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:50,194 [CRIES] 436 00:43:52,155 --> 00:43:53,447 [GRUNTING] 437 00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:59,286 - Mother! Father! - You were wrong! 438 00:44:02,582 --> 00:44:04,333 You are wrong! 439 00:44:04,333 --> 00:44:09,046 Leonidas! You are wrong! 440 00:44:09,506 --> 00:44:16,679 Dispatch the Phocians to the goat path and pray to the gods nobody tells the Persians about it. 441 00:44:16,679 --> 00:44:18,138 [RUMBLING] 442 00:44:22,394 --> 00:44:23,978 Earthquake. 443 00:44:24,479 --> 00:44:25,729 LEONIDAS: No, captain. 444 00:44:27,315 --> 00:44:29,275 Battle formations. 445 00:44:45,500 --> 00:44:47,001 [SHOUTING AND GRUNTING] 446 00:44:53,174 --> 00:44:56,343 This is where we hold them. 447 00:44:56,343 --> 00:44:58,804 This is where we fight! 448 00:44:59,347 --> 00:45:01,599 This is where they die! 449 00:45:01,933 --> 00:45:03,809 Earn these shields, boys! 450 00:45:04,311 --> 00:45:05,894 [SPARTANS CHANT] 451 00:45:06,521 --> 00:45:12,943 Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time. 452 00:45:24,039 --> 00:45:25,831 Spartans! 453 00:45:25,831 --> 00:45:28,125 Lay down your weapons! 454 00:45:42,140 --> 00:45:43,390 [HORSE NEIGHS] 455 00:45:45,018 --> 00:45:47,269 Persians! 456 00:45:47,854 --> 00:45:49,897 Come and get them! 457 00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:51,565 [HORN BLOWING] 458 00:45:53,234 --> 00:45:54,276 [PERSIANS SHOUTING] 459 00:46:11,419 --> 00:46:13,045 Hold! 460 00:46:15,882 --> 00:46:17,424 Give them nothing... 461 00:46:17,884 --> 00:46:21,470 ...but take from them everything! 462 00:46:23,181 --> 00:46:24,932 Steady! 463 00:46:26,768 --> 00:46:28,727 [SHOUTING AND GRUNTING] 464 00:46:35,694 --> 00:46:37,236 Push! 465 00:46:41,074 --> 00:46:43,450 Is that the best you can do? 466 00:46:45,662 --> 00:46:48,663 - Push... - Push..... 467 00:46:50,542 --> 00:46:51,709 [GRUNTING IN PAIN] 468 00:46:57,757 --> 00:46:59,299 Now! 469 00:47:11,104 --> 00:47:12,604 Push! 470 00:47:56,149 --> 00:47:58,734 No prisoners! 471 00:47:59,068 --> 00:48:00,819 No mercy! 472 00:49:20,108 --> 00:49:22,276 They look thirsty. 473 00:49:23,361 --> 00:49:26,280 Well, let's give them something to drink. 474 00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:31,869 To the cliffs. 475 00:49:50,805 --> 00:49:52,139 [SCREAMING] 476 00:49:55,476 --> 00:49:57,644 Halt. 477 00:49:59,772 --> 00:50:01,857 Hell of a good start. 478 00:50:02,734 --> 00:50:04,192 [CHANTING] 479 00:50:24,505 --> 00:50:27,007 Tuck tail! 480 00:50:32,472 --> 00:50:34,014 Persian cowards. 481 00:50:37,936 --> 00:50:39,770 [LAUGHING] 482 00:50:41,814 --> 00:50:44,733 - What the hell are you laughing at? - Well, you had to say it. 483 00:50:45,526 --> 00:50:49,196 - What? - "Fight in the shade." 484 00:50:49,530 --> 00:50:50,822 [LAUGHING] 485 00:51:02,710 --> 00:51:04,670 LEONIDAS: Recover. 486 00:51:27,944 --> 00:51:30,570 Today no Spartan dies. 487 00:51:55,722 --> 00:51:57,139 Easy, son. 488 00:51:57,890 --> 00:51:59,099 [HORSES NEIGHING] 489 00:52:04,939 --> 00:52:06,189 [GRUNTING] 490 00:52:23,374 --> 00:52:25,333 DILIOS: We do what we were trained to do... 491 00:52:25,333 --> 00:52:26,960 ...what we were bred to do... 492 00:52:26,960 --> 00:52:30,130 ...what we were born to do. 493 00:52:37,513 --> 00:52:40,515 - No prisoners. - No mercy. 494 00:52:40,515 --> 00:52:42,142 A good start. 495 00:53:51,629 --> 00:53:53,505 LOYALIST: I was afraid you might not come. 496 00:53:53,505 --> 00:53:55,081 GORGO: I am sorry, my son is.... 497 00:53:55,081 --> 00:54:00,679 Is doing what children do best. Please, don't apologize. 498 00:54:01,681 --> 00:54:03,807 Your son starts the agoge next year. 499 00:54:04,392 --> 00:54:08,395 That is always a difficult time for a Spartan mother. 500 00:54:09,522 --> 00:54:14,067 Yes, it will be hard. But also necessary. 501 00:54:16,529 --> 00:54:20,740 You will speak before the council in two days' time. 502 00:54:22,618 --> 00:54:24,661 My husband does not have two days. 503 00:54:25,079 --> 00:54:27,038 Think of the two days as a gift. 504 00:54:29,083 --> 00:54:34,171 It's no secret Theron wants what you control. 505 00:54:34,171 --> 00:54:37,174 It's his voice you must silence. 506 00:54:37,174 --> 00:54:39,426 Make him your ally... 507 00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:42,304 ...and you will have your victory. 508 00:54:43,097 --> 00:54:44,890 Thank you. 509 00:54:45,224 --> 00:54:47,601 You are wise as you are kind. 510 00:55:14,120 --> 00:55:16,463 THERON: Ah, there's your mother. 511 00:55:22,929 --> 00:55:26,348 You should keep a better eye on him if he's to be king one day. 512 00:55:26,557 --> 00:55:29,017 Be unfortunate if anything were to happen to him. 513 00:55:30,519 --> 00:55:32,395 Or to his beautiful mother. 514 00:55:48,454 --> 00:55:49,955 PERSIAN: No! Ahh! 515 00:55:53,167 --> 00:55:58,630 Our Greek comrades are begging for a crack at the Persians, sire. 516 00:55:58,923 --> 00:56:00,257 Good. 517 00:56:00,257 --> 00:56:03,176 I have got something I think they can handle. 518 00:56:03,678 --> 00:56:05,387 Tell Daxos that I want him... 519 00:56:05,387 --> 00:56:10,100 ...and 20 of his best eager, sober and ready for the next charge. 520 00:56:10,100 --> 00:56:12,102 King Leonidas. 521 00:56:14,605 --> 00:56:18,400 - Stelios, catch your breath, boy. - Yes, milord. 522 00:56:19,026 --> 00:56:21,194 The Persians are approaching. 523 00:56:22,530 --> 00:56:26,408 A small contingent. Too small for an attack. 524 00:56:30,162 --> 00:56:33,857 LEONIDAS: Captain, I leave you in charge. CAPTAIN: But sire.... 525 00:56:33,857 --> 00:56:35,125 LEONIDAS: Relax, old friend. 526 00:56:35,125 --> 00:56:39,879 If they assassinate me, all of Sparta goes to war. 527 00:56:40,798 --> 00:56:43,383 Pray they're that stupid. 528 00:56:44,510 --> 00:56:46,219 Pray... 529 00:56:46,721 --> 00:56:48,930 ...we're that lucky. 530 00:56:52,059 --> 00:56:53,852 Besides... 531 00:56:56,105 --> 00:56:59,441 ...there's no reason we can't be civil... 532 00:56:59,734 --> 00:57:01,359 ...is there? 533 00:57:01,777 --> 00:57:02,777 [PERSIAN GRUNTS IN PAIN] 534 00:57:02,777 --> 00:57:04,446 None, sire. 535 00:57:23,090 --> 00:57:25,300 Let me guess. 536 00:57:26,052 --> 00:57:29,054 You must be Xerxes. 537 00:57:41,067 --> 00:57:43,276 Come, Leonidas. 538 00:57:44,695 --> 00:57:46,446 Let us reason together. 539 00:57:46,739 --> 00:57:48,698 It would be a regrettable waste... 540 00:57:49,116 --> 00:57:52,285 ...it would be nothing short of madness were you, brave king... 541 00:57:52,285 --> 00:57:55,663 ...and your valiant troops to perish... 542 00:57:56,290 --> 00:57:58,375 ...all because of a simple misunderstanding. 543 00:57:58,959 --> 00:58:01,995 - There's much our cultures could share. - Haven't you noticed? 544 00:58:01,995 --> 00:58:04,381 We have been sharing our culture with you all morning. 545 00:58:04,965 --> 00:58:07,258 Yours is a fascinating tribe. 546 00:58:07,258 --> 00:58:13,890 Even now you are defiant in the face of annihilation and the presence of a god. 547 00:58:13,890 --> 00:58:16,101 It isn't wise to stand against me, Leonidas. 548 00:58:16,769 --> 00:58:18,978 Imagine what a horrible fate awaits my enemies... 549 00:58:18,978 --> 00:58:22,065 ...when I would gladly kill any of my own men for victory. 550 00:58:22,065 --> 00:58:24,859 And I would die for any one of mine. 551 00:58:24,859 --> 00:58:29,280 You Greeks take pride in your logic. I suggest you employ it. 552 00:58:29,280 --> 00:58:32,992 Consider the beautiful land you so vigorously defend. 553 00:58:32,992 --> 00:58:35,662 Picture it reduced to ash at my whim. 554 00:58:35,913 --> 00:58:37,372 Consider the fate of your women. 555 00:58:37,998 --> 00:58:40,500 Clearly you don't know our women. 556 00:58:40,500 --> 00:58:44,212 I might as well have marched them up here, judging by what I have seen. 557 00:58:45,339 --> 00:58:47,841 You have many slaves, Xerxes... 558 00:58:48,801 --> 00:58:51,094 ...but few warriors. 559 00:58:51,094 --> 00:58:55,181 It won't be long before they fear my spears... 560 00:58:55,599 --> 00:58:58,017 ...more than your whips. 561 00:59:01,856 --> 00:59:04,732 It's not the lash they fear... 562 00:59:07,486 --> 00:59:09,154 ...it is my divine power. 563 00:59:09,864 --> 00:59:14,367 But I am a generous god. I can make you rich beyond all measure. 564 00:59:14,827 --> 00:59:17,203 I will make you warlord of all Greece. 565 00:59:17,872 --> 00:59:21,749 You will carry my battle standard to the heart of Europa. 566 00:59:21,749 --> 00:59:24,544 Your Athenian rivals... 567 00:59:24,837 --> 00:59:27,005 ...will kneel at your feet... 568 00:59:27,715 --> 00:59:30,508 ...if you will but kneel at mine. 569 00:59:31,343 --> 00:59:33,595 You are generous... 570 00:59:34,180 --> 00:59:36,556 ...as you are divine... 571 00:59:37,308 --> 00:59:38,933 ...O king of kings. 572 00:59:38,933 --> 00:59:43,021 Such an offer only a madman would refuse. 573 00:59:43,606 --> 00:59:45,607 But the.... 574 00:59:46,525 --> 00:59:49,360 The idea of kneeling, it's.... 575 00:59:49,360 --> 00:59:54,073 You see, slaughtering all those men of yours has.... 576 00:59:54,073 --> 01:00:00,330 Well, it's left a nasty cramp in my leg, so kneeling will be hard for me. 577 01:00:00,581 --> 01:00:03,958 There will be no glory in your sacrifice. 578 01:00:03,958 --> 01:00:07,754 I will erase even the memory of Sparta from the histories. 579 01:00:07,754 --> 01:00:11,090 Every piece of Greek parchment shall be burned. 580 01:00:11,090 --> 01:00:14,594 Every Greek historian and every scribe shall have their eyes... 581 01:00:14,594 --> 01:00:17,055 ...put out and their tongues cut from their mouths. 582 01:00:17,055 --> 01:00:23,228 Why, uttering the very name of Sparta or Leonidas will be punishable by death. 583 01:00:23,854 --> 01:00:27,106 The world will never know you existed at all. 584 01:00:29,276 --> 01:00:33,863 The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant. 585 01:00:34,073 --> 01:00:37,575 That few stood against many. 586 01:00:37,952 --> 01:00:41,120 And before this battle was over... 587 01:00:41,372 --> 01:00:44,332 ...that even a god-king can bleed. 588 01:00:51,715 --> 01:00:53,925 You fought well today... 589 01:00:55,261 --> 01:00:57,136 ...for a woman. 590 01:00:58,305 --> 01:00:59,973 As did you. 591 01:00:59,973 --> 01:01:03,268 Maybe if I am injured, you will be able to keep up with me. 592 01:01:03,769 --> 01:01:08,731 STELIOS: Perhaps I was so far ahead you couldn't see me. 593 01:01:09,316 --> 01:01:12,527 More likely offering your backside to the Thespians. 594 01:01:13,487 --> 01:01:15,113 Jealousy... 595 01:01:15,113 --> 01:01:17,782 ...does not become you, my friend. 596 01:01:20,494 --> 01:01:22,829 Move it, men! 597 01:01:24,957 --> 01:01:27,166 Pile those Persians high. 598 01:01:30,337 --> 01:01:33,131 For unless I miss my guess... 599 01:01:33,674 --> 01:01:36,676 ...we're in for one wild night. 600 01:01:55,529 --> 01:01:57,196 [BIRD CRYING] 601 01:02:00,618 --> 01:02:05,788 DILIOS: They have served the dark will of Persian kings for 500 years. 602 01:02:05,788 --> 01:02:08,291 Eyes as dark as night. 603 01:02:08,291 --> 01:02:10,460 Teeth filed to fangs. 604 01:02:12,546 --> 01:02:14,839 Soulless. 605 01:02:22,222 --> 01:02:27,018 The personal guard to King Xerxes himself. The Persian warrior elite. 606 01:02:28,812 --> 01:02:31,898 The deadliest fighting force in all of Asia: 607 01:02:32,691 --> 01:02:34,734 The Immortals. 608 01:02:42,951 --> 01:02:46,371 The god-king has betrayed a fatal flaw: 609 01:02:46,872 --> 01:02:48,623 Hubris. 610 01:02:50,876 --> 01:02:53,628 Easy to taunt, easy to trick. 611 01:02:54,296 --> 01:02:56,756 Before wounds and weariness have taken their toll... 612 01:02:56,756 --> 01:03:00,426 ...the mad king throws the best he has at us. 613 01:03:00,928 --> 01:03:02,637 Xerxes has taken the bait. 614 01:03:02,637 --> 01:03:04,597 Spartans, push! 615 01:03:05,599 --> 01:03:07,308 [GRUNTING] 616 01:03:15,275 --> 01:03:16,901 DILIOS: Immortals. 617 01:03:17,361 --> 01:03:20,321 We put their name to the test. 618 01:03:21,907 --> 01:03:23,324 [GRUNTING] 619 01:03:46,932 --> 01:03:48,599 [IMMORTAL GROWLING] 620 01:04:04,491 --> 01:04:05,950 STELIOS: Father! 621 01:04:15,085 --> 01:04:16,502 [IMMORTAL GROWLING] 622 01:05:38,877 --> 01:05:40,336 [SNARLING] 623 01:05:51,398 --> 01:05:52,890 SPARTAN: My King! 624 01:06:36,226 --> 01:06:37,768 [SNARLING] 625 01:06:50,324 --> 01:06:51,824 [GRUNTING] 626 01:07:05,672 --> 01:07:07,632 Arcadians, now! 627 01:07:09,927 --> 01:07:12,678 Go! Show the Spartans what we can do. 628 01:07:13,305 --> 01:07:14,055 Go! 629 01:07:14,890 --> 01:07:16,182 [ARCADIANS SHOUTING AND GRUNTING] 630 01:07:24,149 --> 01:07:29,403 DILIOS: They shout and curse stabbing wildly, more brawlers than warriors. 631 01:07:30,530 --> 01:07:33,115 They make a wondrous mess of things. 632 01:07:34,159 --> 01:07:36,911 Brave amateurs, they do their part. 633 01:08:24,543 --> 01:08:26,419 Immortals. 634 01:08:26,419 --> 01:08:29,171 They fail our king's test. 635 01:08:29,171 --> 01:08:32,258 And a man who fancies himself a god... 636 01:08:33,010 --> 01:08:37,930 ...feels a very human chill crawl up his spine. 637 01:08:45,063 --> 01:08:47,189 To our king! 638 01:08:47,566 --> 01:08:49,567 And our honored dead. 639 01:08:49,567 --> 01:08:52,828 Whom will Xerxes dare to send next? Whom? 640 01:08:52,828 --> 01:08:55,573 There's nothing that can stop us now! 641 01:08:56,450 --> 01:08:59,952 Even the king allows himself to hope for more than glory. 642 01:08:59,952 --> 01:09:03,456 Such mad hope, but there it is: 643 01:09:03,915 --> 01:09:09,295 "Against Asia's endless hordes, against all odds, we can do it." 644 01:09:09,295 --> 01:09:12,214 "We can hold the Hot Gates." 645 01:09:12,214 --> 01:09:14,508 "We can win." 646 01:09:22,100 --> 01:09:23,851 Dawn. 647 01:09:24,478 --> 01:09:28,481 Whips crack. Barbarians howl. 648 01:09:28,481 --> 01:09:32,568 Those behind cry, "Forward." 649 01:09:34,446 --> 01:09:38,240 Those in front cry, "Back." 650 01:09:44,331 --> 01:09:46,874 Our eyes bear witness to the grotesque spectacle... 651 01:09:46,874 --> 01:09:51,170 ...coughed forth from the darkest corner of Xerxes' empire. 652 01:10:41,388 --> 01:10:42,888 When muscle failed... 653 01:10:43,348 --> 01:10:46,016 ...they turned to their magic. 654 01:10:47,060 --> 01:10:51,856 One hundred nations descend upon us, the armies of all Asia. 655 01:10:51,856 --> 01:10:56,485 Funneled into this narrow corridor, their numbers count for nothing. 656 01:11:30,854 --> 01:11:32,813 They fall by the hundreds. 657 01:11:32,813 --> 01:11:38,611 We send the severed bodies and the fragile hearts back to Xerxes' feet. 658 01:11:55,212 --> 01:11:59,381 King Xerxes is displeased with his generals. 659 01:11:59,381 --> 01:12:02,134 He disciplines them. 660 01:12:18,985 --> 01:12:23,405 Xerxes dispatches his monsters from half the world away. 661 01:12:34,376 --> 01:12:39,004 They're clumsy beasts and the piled Persian dead are slippery. 662 01:13:15,458 --> 01:13:17,876 - You still here? - Somebody's got to watch your back. 663 01:13:17,876 --> 01:13:19,670 Not now, I am a little busy. 664 01:13:59,919 --> 01:14:02,463 Regroup! 665 01:14:05,675 --> 01:14:07,301 Astinos! 666 01:14:07,510 --> 01:14:09,219 My son! 667 01:14:18,146 --> 01:14:19,772 Astinos! 668 01:14:19,772 --> 01:14:20,522 No! 669 01:14:45,965 --> 01:14:48,133 Day wears on. 670 01:14:48,468 --> 01:14:54,014 We lose few but each felled is a friend, or dearest blood. 671 01:14:56,226 --> 01:15:02,147 And upon seeing the headless body of his own young son the captain breaks rank. 672 01:15:02,147 --> 01:15:05,776 He goes wild, blood-drunk. 673 01:15:30,385 --> 01:15:32,886 The captain's cries of pain at the loss of his son... 674 01:15:32,886 --> 01:15:36,807 ...are more frightening to the enemy than the deepest battle drums. 675 01:15:36,807 --> 01:15:40,978 It takes three men to restrain him and bring him back to our own. 676 01:15:41,312 --> 01:15:43,647 The day is ours. 677 01:15:44,023 --> 01:15:46,692 No songs are sung. 678 01:16:26,816 --> 01:16:31,403 Your gods were cruel to shape you so, friend Ephialtes. 679 01:16:33,823 --> 01:16:35,115 The Spartans, too... 680 01:16:35,867 --> 01:16:38,744 ...were cruel to reject you. 681 01:16:41,581 --> 01:16:44,041 But I am kind. 682 01:16:50,548 --> 01:16:52,674 Everything you could ever desire... 683 01:16:53,927 --> 01:16:55,677 ...every happiness you can imagine... 684 01:16:57,889 --> 01:17:02,476 ...every pleasure your fellow Greeks and your false gods have denied you... 685 01:17:03,269 --> 01:17:05,562 ...I will grant you. 686 01:17:06,814 --> 01:17:09,233 For I am kind. 687 01:17:23,164 --> 01:17:26,458 Embrace me as your king and as your god. 688 01:17:27,627 --> 01:17:29,294 Yes. 689 01:17:30,797 --> 01:17:35,592 Lead my soldiers to the hidden path that empties behind the cursed Spartans... 690 01:17:35,592 --> 01:17:38,011 ...and your joys will be endless. 691 01:17:46,479 --> 01:17:49,648 Yes! I want it all. 692 01:17:50,066 --> 01:17:53,652 - Wealth. - Women. 693 01:17:55,655 --> 01:17:57,322 And one more thing... 694 01:18:00,493 --> 01:18:03,161 ...I want a uniform. 695 01:18:07,667 --> 01:18:09,376 Done. 696 01:18:11,004 --> 01:18:12,713 You will find... 697 01:18:13,339 --> 01:18:15,257 ...I am kind. 698 01:18:16,384 --> 01:18:20,637 Unlike the cruel Leonidas, who demanded that you stand... 699 01:18:22,724 --> 01:18:24,433 ...I require only... 700 01:18:25,184 --> 01:18:26,602 ...that you kneel. 701 01:18:54,255 --> 01:18:56,214 Beautiful night. 702 01:18:57,634 --> 01:19:01,637 Yes, but I did not ask you here for small talk, Theron. 703 01:19:02,263 --> 01:19:04,389 You can be sure of that. 704 01:19:05,767 --> 01:19:08,435 You never spared words with me. 705 01:19:09,020 --> 01:19:12,272 Can I offer you something? A drink, perhaps? 706 01:19:12,272 --> 01:19:14,274 Is it poison? 707 01:19:14,692 --> 01:19:17,444 I am sorry to disappoint you, it's only water. 708 01:19:27,246 --> 01:19:30,415 I am told it's been arranged for you to go before the council. 709 01:19:31,084 --> 01:19:32,793 Yes. 710 01:19:33,002 --> 01:19:36,338 I need your help in winning votes to send the army north to our king. 711 01:19:36,923 --> 01:19:38,548 Yes. 712 01:19:39,217 --> 01:19:41,760 I can see it, the two of us standing together. 713 01:19:41,760 --> 01:19:46,306 Me, politician. You, warrior. Our voices as one. 714 01:19:47,642 --> 01:19:49,101 But why would I want to do that? 715 01:19:50,103 --> 01:19:54,064 It proves you care for a king who right now fights for the very water we drink. 716 01:19:54,399 --> 01:19:55,982 True. 717 01:19:56,359 --> 01:19:58,985 But this is politics, not war. 718 01:19:59,278 --> 01:20:00,821 Leonidas is an idealist. 719 01:20:01,239 --> 01:20:05,298 I know your kind too well. You send men to slaughter for your own gain. 720 01:20:05,298 --> 01:20:10,247 Your husband, our king, has taken 300 of our finest to slaughter. 721 01:20:10,247 --> 01:20:15,043 He's broken our laws and left without the council's consent. 722 01:20:15,545 --> 01:20:18,547 - I am simply a realist. - You're an opportunist. 723 01:20:19,507 --> 01:20:23,802 You're as foolish as Leonidas if you think men don't have a price in this world. 724 01:20:23,802 --> 01:20:28,557 All men are not created equal. That's the Spartan code, my little queen. 725 01:20:32,228 --> 01:20:34,646 I admire your passion. 726 01:20:35,982 --> 01:20:37,691 But don't think that you... 727 01:20:38,151 --> 01:20:40,485 ...a woman, even a queen... 728 01:20:40,485 --> 01:20:44,573 ...can walk into the council chamber and sway the minds of men. 729 01:20:44,573 --> 01:20:49,411 I own that chamber, as if it were built with these hands. 730 01:20:53,875 --> 01:20:57,419 I could crush the life out of you right now. 731 01:20:58,504 --> 01:21:02,174 You will go before the council, but your words will fall on deaf ears. 732 01:21:02,174 --> 01:21:08,096 Leonidas will receive no reinforcements, and if he returns, without my help... 733 01:21:08,096 --> 01:21:11,224 ...he will go to jail or worse. 734 01:21:14,979 --> 01:21:16,438 Do you love your Sparta? 735 01:21:16,939 --> 01:21:18,648 Yes. 736 01:21:18,648 --> 01:21:21,067 - And your king? - I do. 737 01:21:26,908 --> 01:21:30,619 Your husband fights for his land and his love. 738 01:21:31,287 --> 01:21:33,580 What do you have to offer... 739 01:21:34,373 --> 01:21:37,334 ...in return for my word that I will help you send our army north? 740 01:21:41,297 --> 01:21:43,965 What does a realist want with his queen? 741 01:21:48,554 --> 01:21:50,305 I think you know. 742 01:22:04,737 --> 01:22:07,447 This will not be over quickly. 743 01:22:08,491 --> 01:22:10,992 You will not enjoy this. 744 01:22:11,536 --> 01:22:13,787 I am not your king. 745 01:22:38,604 --> 01:22:40,397 Dilios. 746 01:22:42,400 --> 01:22:46,444 I trust that scratch hasn't made you useless? 747 01:22:46,444 --> 01:22:49,614 Hardly, my lord. It's just an eye. 748 01:22:49,614 --> 01:22:52,993 The gods saw fit to grace me with a spare. 749 01:22:54,871 --> 01:22:56,788 My captain? 750 01:22:58,124 --> 01:23:01,918 Curses the gods and mourns alone. 751 01:23:03,880 --> 01:23:05,839 Leonidas! 752 01:23:07,049 --> 01:23:10,051 We are undone. Undone, I tell you. Destroyed. 753 01:23:10,051 --> 01:23:11,636 Daxos, calm yourself. 754 01:23:11,636 --> 01:23:15,432 Our hunchback traitor led Xerxes' Immortals to the hidden goat path behind us. 755 01:23:15,808 --> 01:23:18,643 The Phocians you posted there were scattered without a fight. 756 01:23:18,643 --> 01:23:24,065 - This battle is over, Leonidas. - This battle is over when I say it is over. 757 01:23:24,065 --> 01:23:28,612 By morning, the Immortals will surround us. The Hot Gates will fall. 758 01:23:29,238 --> 01:23:33,617 Spartans! Prepare for glory! 759 01:23:33,617 --> 01:23:36,995 Glory? Have you gone mad? 760 01:23:36,995 --> 01:23:38,705 There is no glory to be had now. 761 01:23:39,332 --> 01:23:42,918 Only retreat or surrender. Or death. 762 01:23:42,918 --> 01:23:46,254 Well, that's an easy choice for us, Arcadian. 763 01:23:46,254 --> 01:23:51,927 Spartans never retreat. Spartans never surrender. 764 01:23:52,511 --> 01:23:54,638 Go spread the word. 765 01:23:54,847 --> 01:23:58,516 Let every Greek assembled know the truth of this. 766 01:23:58,516 --> 01:24:01,519 Let each among them search his own soul. 767 01:24:03,230 --> 01:24:07,359 And while you're at it, search your own. 768 01:24:14,867 --> 01:24:17,160 My men will leave with me. 769 01:24:22,500 --> 01:24:24,709 Godspeed, Leonidas. 770 01:24:31,050 --> 01:24:32,634 Children! 771 01:24:33,594 --> 01:24:34,928 Children. 772 01:24:35,972 --> 01:24:37,973 Gather round. 773 01:24:39,850 --> 01:24:43,103 No retreat, no surrender. 774 01:24:43,103 --> 01:24:47,148 That is Spartan law. 775 01:24:47,400 --> 01:24:54,614 And by Spartan law, we will stand and fight and die. 776 01:24:58,077 --> 01:25:01,579 A new age has begun. 777 01:25:03,290 --> 01:25:06,418 An age of freedom. 778 01:25:07,503 --> 01:25:14,592 And all will know that 300 Spartans gave their last breath to defend it. 779 01:25:34,905 --> 01:25:36,656 My friend. 780 01:25:40,202 --> 01:25:45,790 I have lived my entire life without regret until now. 781 01:25:49,128 --> 01:25:55,091 It's not that my son gave up his life for his country. 782 01:25:56,969 --> 01:26:00,847 It's just that I never told him that I loved him the most. 783 01:26:02,475 --> 01:26:05,310 That he stood by me with honor. 784 01:26:06,771 --> 01:26:09,689 That he was all that was best in me. 785 01:26:18,824 --> 01:26:21,326 My heart is broken for your loss. 786 01:26:22,078 --> 01:26:23,787 Heart? 787 01:26:28,834 --> 01:26:31,961 I have filled my heart... 788 01:26:31,961 --> 01:26:33,838 ...with hate. 789 01:26:38,010 --> 01:26:39,677 Good. 790 01:26:48,813 --> 01:26:50,647 Dilios... 791 01:26:52,358 --> 01:26:54,484 ...let's take a walk. 792 01:26:55,945 --> 01:26:58,029 Yes, my lord. 793 01:27:00,407 --> 01:27:03,076 But, sire, I am fit and ready for battle. 794 01:27:03,076 --> 01:27:06,371 That you are, one of the finest. 795 01:27:06,705 --> 01:27:10,291 But you have another talent unlike any other Spartan. 796 01:27:13,003 --> 01:27:19,092 You will deliver my final orders to the council with force and verve. 797 01:27:21,595 --> 01:27:23,888 Tell them our story. 798 01:27:23,888 --> 01:27:28,560 Make every Greek know what happened here. 799 01:27:29,395 --> 01:27:32,063 You will have a grand tale to tell. 800 01:27:33,858 --> 01:27:35,567 A tale of victory. 801 01:27:36,235 --> 01:27:37,777 Victory. 802 01:27:41,824 --> 01:27:43,825 Yes, my lord. 803 01:27:49,498 --> 01:27:51,875 Sire, any message...? 804 01:27:54,753 --> 01:27:56,087 For the queen? 805 01:28:18,569 --> 01:28:20,987 None that need be spoken. 806 01:28:36,128 --> 01:28:38,504 Hundreds leave. 807 01:28:39,131 --> 01:28:41,591 A handful stay. 808 01:28:46,764 --> 01:28:49,390 Only one looks back. 809 01:28:59,693 --> 01:29:01,903 Spartans! 810 01:29:02,988 --> 01:29:06,157 Ready your breakfast and eat hearty... 811 01:29:06,157 --> 01:29:10,245 ...for tonight we dine in hell! 812 01:29:18,829 --> 01:29:26,386 May I give the floor now to the wife of Leonidas and queen of Sparta. 813 01:29:38,107 --> 01:29:39,857 - What's this? - This is nothing. 814 01:29:39,857 --> 01:29:45,780 Councilmen, I stand before you not only as your queen. 815 01:29:46,657 --> 01:29:49,367 I come to you as a mother. 816 01:29:50,661 --> 01:29:53,037 I come to you as a wife. 817 01:29:54,873 --> 01:29:57,375 I come to you as a Spartan woman. 818 01:30:02,381 --> 01:30:05,508 I come to you with great humility. 819 01:30:08,929 --> 01:30:11,347 I am not here to represent Leonidas. 820 01:30:11,347 --> 01:30:14,267 His actions speak louder than my words ever could. 821 01:30:14,601 --> 01:30:17,020 I am here for all those voices which cannot be heard. 822 01:30:17,020 --> 01:30:19,731 Mothers, daughters, fathers, sons. 823 01:30:19,731 --> 01:30:22,859 Three hundred families that bleed for our rights... 824 01:30:23,277 --> 01:30:26,487 ...and for the very principles this room was built upon. 825 01:30:27,072 --> 01:30:29,198 We are at war, gentlemen. 826 01:30:29,616 --> 01:30:32,399 We must send the entire Spartan army to aid our king... 827 01:30:32,399 --> 01:30:35,413 ...in the preservation of not just ourselves, but of our children. 828 01:30:35,998 --> 01:30:39,125 Send the army for the preservation of liberty. 829 01:30:39,125 --> 01:30:41,627 Send it for justice. 830 01:30:41,627 --> 01:30:43,421 Send it for law and order. 831 01:30:43,964 --> 01:30:46,174 Send it for reason. 832 01:30:46,174 --> 01:30:50,428 But most importantly, send our army for hope. 833 01:30:50,428 --> 01:30:54,182 Hope that a king and his men have not been wasted to the pages of history. 834 01:30:55,017 --> 01:30:58,436 That their courage bonds us together. 835 01:30:58,771 --> 01:31:01,939 That we are made stronger by their actions... 836 01:31:02,941 --> 01:31:07,070 ...and that your choices today reflect their bravery. 837 01:31:08,989 --> 01:31:10,656 Three hundred. 838 01:31:12,993 --> 01:31:14,827 We must send them. 839 01:31:18,624 --> 01:31:20,458 Moving... 840 01:31:20,793 --> 01:31:23,669 ...eloquent, passionate. 841 01:31:24,088 --> 01:31:28,257 But it doesn't change the fact that your husband has brought war upon us. 842 01:31:28,257 --> 01:31:30,843 You are wrong. Xerxes brought it forth... 843 01:31:30,843 --> 01:31:33,471 ...and before that, his father Darius at Marathon. 844 01:31:33,471 --> 01:31:38,935 The Persians will not stop until the only shelter we will find is rubble and chaos. 845 01:31:39,311 --> 01:31:43,064 This chamber needs no history lesson, my queen. 846 01:31:43,565 --> 01:31:45,775 Then what is the lesson you would like to leave? 847 01:31:45,775 --> 01:31:48,027 Shall I begin to enumerate all of them? 848 01:31:48,445 --> 01:31:51,864 - Honor. - Duty. Glory. 849 01:31:52,157 --> 01:31:57,161 You speak of honor, duty and glory? 850 01:31:58,497 --> 01:31:59,705 But what of adultery? 851 01:31:59,705 --> 01:32:02,333 - How dare you. - How dare l? 852 01:32:02,793 --> 01:32:05,795 Watch her carefully. 853 01:32:05,795 --> 01:32:08,923 She is a trickster in true form. 854 01:32:08,923 --> 01:32:12,260 Do not play with the members of this sacred chamber, my queen. 855 01:32:12,260 --> 01:32:15,513 Just hours ago, you offered yourself to me. 856 01:32:15,513 --> 01:32:20,143 Were I a weaker man, I would have her scent on me still. 857 01:32:20,143 --> 01:32:23,312 - This is outrage. - Oh, the hypocrite speaks! 858 01:32:23,312 --> 01:32:26,482 Did you not receive a similar payment, which you took... 859 01:32:26,482 --> 01:32:29,861 ...in exchange for her having an audience with these noble men? 860 01:32:29,861 --> 01:32:31,821 - That is a lie. - Is it? 861 01:32:31,821 --> 01:32:35,741 Was he not, by your invitation, asked to come to the king's bedchamber? 862 01:32:36,285 --> 01:32:40,913 The very bed where you attempted to negotiate with me so vigorously? 863 01:32:43,542 --> 01:32:47,044 You look shocked. A bribe of the flesh, gentlemen... 864 01:32:47,044 --> 01:32:50,506 ...while her husband promotes anarchy and war. 865 01:32:53,427 --> 01:32:54,635 He speaks truth. 866 01:32:55,220 --> 01:33:00,683 Words escape even the most cunning tongue my little whore queen. 867 01:33:05,397 --> 01:33:07,231 What queen-like behavior. 868 01:33:08,942 --> 01:33:12,069 Remove her from this chamber before she infects us further... 869 01:33:12,069 --> 01:33:15,239 ...with her inglorious and shabby self. 870 01:33:22,080 --> 01:33:23,664 This will not be over quickly. 871 01:33:25,000 --> 01:33:28,544 You will not enjoy this. I am not your queen. 872 01:33:50,692 --> 01:33:52,610 Traitor. 873 01:33:53,153 --> 01:33:57,949 - Traitor! - Traitor! Traitor! 874 01:33:58,242 --> 01:34:00,493 Traitor! 875 01:34:37,531 --> 01:34:43,536 Leonidas, my compliments and congratulations. 876 01:34:43,536 --> 01:34:47,373 You surely have turned calamity into victory. 877 01:34:47,373 --> 01:34:50,543 Despite your insufferable arrogance... 878 01:34:50,543 --> 01:34:54,880 ...the god-king has come to admire Spartan valor and fighting skill. 879 01:34:55,632 --> 01:34:57,008 You will make a mighty ally. 880 01:34:57,008 --> 01:34:58,884 Yield, Leonidas. 881 01:35:00,053 --> 01:35:02,930 Use your reason. Think of your men. 882 01:35:05,767 --> 01:35:07,393 I beg you. 883 01:35:07,978 --> 01:35:09,937 Listen to your fellow Greek. 884 01:35:09,937 --> 01:35:13,816 He can attest to the divine one's generosity. 885 01:35:13,816 --> 01:35:18,446 Despite your several insults, despite your horrid blasphemies... 886 01:35:19,364 --> 01:35:22,533 ...the lord of hosts is prepared to forgive all... 887 01:35:22,784 --> 01:35:25,828 ...and more, to reward your service. 888 01:35:26,079 --> 01:35:27,413 You fight for your lands. 889 01:35:28,123 --> 01:35:29,957 Keep them. 890 01:35:30,667 --> 01:35:32,627 You fight for Sparta. 891 01:35:32,627 --> 01:35:36,797 She will be wealthier and more powerful than ever before. 892 01:35:37,007 --> 01:35:38,924 You fight for your kingship. 893 01:35:39,843 --> 01:35:42,803 You will be proclaimed warlord of all Greece... 894 01:35:42,803 --> 01:35:47,266 ...answerable only to the one true master of the world. 895 01:35:47,643 --> 01:35:55,149 Leonidas, your victory will be complete if you but lay down your arms... 896 01:35:55,149 --> 01:35:58,486 ...and kneel to holy Xerxes. 897 01:36:28,975 --> 01:36:33,938 It's been more than 30 years since the wolf in the winter cold. 898 01:36:33,938 --> 01:36:38,651 And now, as then, it's not fear that grips him... 899 01:36:38,651 --> 01:36:43,989 ...only restlessness. A heightened sense of things. 900 01:36:44,783 --> 01:36:49,578 The seaborne breeze coolly kissing the sweat at his chest and neck. 901 01:36:49,578 --> 01:36:55,626 Gulls cawing complaining even as they feast on the thousands of floating dead. 902 01:36:57,254 --> 01:37:02,299 The steady breathing of the 300 at his back... 903 01:37:03,093 --> 01:37:06,554 ...ready to die for him without a moment's pause. 904 01:37:09,141 --> 01:37:10,516 Every one of them... 905 01:37:11,977 --> 01:37:13,936 ...ready to die. 906 01:37:29,453 --> 01:37:32,371 His helmet is stifling. 907 01:37:53,059 --> 01:37:55,895 His shield is heavy. 908 01:38:03,528 --> 01:38:04,862 Your spear. 909 01:38:13,705 --> 01:38:15,122 You there... 910 01:38:15,540 --> 01:38:17,541 ...Ephialtes. 911 01:38:22,672 --> 01:38:24,924 May you live forever. 912 01:38:32,349 --> 01:38:34,642 Leonidas, your spear. 913 01:39:41,877 --> 01:39:43,460 Stelios! 914 01:39:53,471 --> 01:39:55,097 Slaughter them! 915 01:39:58,476 --> 01:40:00,060 His helmet was stifling. 916 01:40:00,060 --> 01:40:03,355 It narrowed his vision, and he must see far. 917 01:40:04,649 --> 01:40:08,527 His shield was heavy. It threw him off balance... 918 01:40:08,527 --> 01:40:12,364 ...and his target is far away. 919 01:41:16,930 --> 01:41:21,517 The old ones say we Spartans are descended from Hercules himself. 920 01:41:22,978 --> 01:41:27,314 Bold Leonidas gives testament to our bloodline. 921 01:41:27,314 --> 01:41:31,610 His roar is long and loud. 922 01:42:01,725 --> 01:42:03,308 My king. 923 01:42:15,572 --> 01:42:19,199 It's an honor to die at your side. 924 01:42:20,785 --> 01:42:25,289 It's an honor to have lived at yours. 925 01:42:46,186 --> 01:42:48,312 My queen! 926 01:42:56,529 --> 01:42:58,280 My wife. 927 01:43:09,709 --> 01:43:11,502 My love. 928 01:45:37,941 --> 01:45:40,067 "Remember us." 929 01:45:41,736 --> 01:45:45,155 As simple an order as a king can give. 930 01:45:46,741 --> 01:45:49,952 "Remember why we died." 931 01:45:51,955 --> 01:45:55,999 For he did not wish tribute or song... 932 01:45:57,835 --> 01:46:02,005 ...nor monuments, nor poems of war and valor. 933 01:46:04,884 --> 01:46:07,177 His wish was simple. 934 01:46:12,558 --> 01:46:14,643 "Remember us". 935 01:46:15,687 --> 01:46:17,396 He said to me. 936 01:46:19,065 --> 01:46:21,275 That was his hope. 937 01:46:21,484 --> 01:46:25,195 Should any free soul come across that place... 938 01:46:25,989 --> 01:46:29,324 ...in all the countless centuries yet to be... 939 01:46:29,742 --> 01:46:32,327 ...may all our voices... 940 01:46:32,327 --> 01:46:36,540 ...whisper to you from the ageless stones. 941 01:46:37,542 --> 01:46:41,169 Go tell the Spartans, passerby... 942 01:46:41,504 --> 01:46:47,384 ...that here, by Spartan law, we lie. 943 01:46:50,138 --> 01:46:52,848 And so my king died... 944 01:46:53,725 --> 01:46:56,351 ...and my brothers died... 945 01:46:58,730 --> 01:47:01,189 ...barely a year ago. 946 01:47:05,111 --> 01:47:10,365 Long I pondered my king's cryptic talk of victory. 947 01:47:10,575 --> 01:47:13,243 Time has proven him wise. 948 01:47:14,120 --> 01:47:17,164 For from free Greek to free Greek... 949 01:47:17,164 --> 01:47:24,087 ...the word was spread that bold Leonidas and his 300 so far from home... 950 01:47:24,087 --> 01:47:27,674 ...laid down their lives not just for Sparta... 951 01:47:27,674 --> 01:47:31,636 ...but for all Greece and the promise this country holds. 952 01:47:32,555 --> 01:47:37,601 Now, here on this rugged patch of earth called Plataea... 953 01:47:37,601 --> 01:47:42,773 ...Xerxes' hordes face obliteration! 954 01:47:44,442 --> 01:47:52,908 Just there the barbarians huddle sheer terror gripping tight their hearts... 955 01:47:52,908 --> 01:47:54,951 ...with icy fingers... 956 01:47:54,951 --> 01:47:58,372 ...knowing full well what merciless horrors they suffered... 957 01:47:58,372 --> 01:48:01,083 ...at the swords and spears of 300. 958 01:48:02,460 --> 01:48:08,048 Yet they stare now across the plain at 10,000 Spartans... 959 01:48:08,048 --> 01:48:11,510 ...commanding 30,000 free Greeks! 960 01:48:18,309 --> 01:48:22,229 The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one. 961 01:48:22,522 --> 01:48:24,523 Good odds for any Greek. 962 01:48:25,233 --> 01:48:29,945 This day, we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny... 963 01:48:29,945 --> 01:48:34,491 ...and usher in a future brighter than anything we can imagine. 964 01:48:38,913 --> 01:48:40,414 Give thanks, men... 965 01:48:41,124 --> 01:48:44,876 ...to Leonidas and the brave 300. 966 01:48:44,876 --> 01:48:47,796 To victory! 967 01:56:27,131 --> 01:56:29,132 [ENGLISH SDH]