1 00:01:09,444 --> 00:01:11,989 DILIOS: When the boy was born... 2 00:01:12,823 --> 00:01:14,950 ...like all Spartans, he was inspected. 3 00:01:16,743 --> 00:01:21,373 If he'd been small or puny or sickly or misshapen... 4 00:01:21,540 --> 00:01:23,875 ...he would have been discarded. 5 00:01:31,008 --> 00:01:36,680 From the time he could stand, he was baptized in the fire of combat. 6 00:01:58,744 --> 00:02:02,414 Taught never to retreat, never to surrender. 7 00:02:02,581 --> 00:02:07,461 Taught that death on the battlefield in service to Sparta... 8 00:02:07,669 --> 00:02:10,964 ...was the greatest glory he could achieve in his life. 9 00:02:26,104 --> 00:02:30,651 At age 7, as is customary in Sparta... 10 00:02:30,817 --> 00:02:35,906 ...the boy was taken from his mother and plunged into a world of violence. 11 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:41,328 Manufactured by 300 years of Spartan warrior society... 12 00:02:42,371 --> 00:02:46,667 ...to create the finest soldiers the world has ever known. 13 00:02:46,833 --> 00:02:51,421 The agoge, as it's called, forces the boy to fight. 14 00:02:51,588 --> 00:02:55,217 Starves them, forces them to steal... 15 00:02:55,384 --> 00:02:59,763 ...and if necessary, to kill. 16 00:03:00,806 --> 00:03:03,809 By rod and lash the boy was punished... 17 00:03:03,975 --> 00:03:07,270 ...taught to show no pain, no mercy. 18 00:03:08,980 --> 00:03:12,484 Constantly tested, tossed into the wild. 19 00:03:12,651 --> 00:03:17,948 Left to pit his wits and will against nature's fury. 20 00:03:18,323 --> 00:03:20,534 It was his initiation... 21 00:03:20,701 --> 00:03:23,286 ...his time in the wild... 22 00:03:23,453 --> 00:03:27,958 ...for he would return to his people a Spartan... 23 00:03:28,125 --> 00:03:30,252 ...or not at all. 24 00:03:52,566 --> 00:03:55,444 The wolf begins to circle the boy. 25 00:03:55,610 --> 00:03:58,029 Claws of black steel... 26 00:03:58,196 --> 00:04:00,449 ...fur as dark night. 27 00:04:00,949 --> 00:04:02,284 Eyes glowing red... 28 00:04:02,451 --> 00:04:06,371 ...jewels from the pit of hell itself. 29 00:04:15,130 --> 00:04:19,134 The giant wolf sniffing... 30 00:04:19,301 --> 00:04:22,345 ...savoring the scent of the meal to come. 31 00:04:46,536 --> 00:04:48,038 It's not fear that grips him... 32 00:04:48,663 --> 00:04:51,833 ...only a heightened sense of things. 33 00:04:52,167 --> 00:04:55,545 The cold air in his lungs. 34 00:04:56,087 --> 00:04:59,424 Windswept pines moving against the coming night. 35 00:05:07,432 --> 00:05:09,851 His hands are steady. 36 00:05:10,018 --> 00:05:12,270 His form... 37 00:05:12,437 --> 00:05:14,564 ...perfect. 38 00:05:40,340 --> 00:05:43,093 And so the boy, given up for dead... 39 00:05:43,260 --> 00:05:47,973 ...returns to his people, to sacred Sparta, a king! 40 00:05:48,431 --> 00:05:50,934 Our king, Leonidas! 41 00:05:58,066 --> 00:06:01,820 It's been more than 30 years since the wolf and the winter cold. 42 00:06:03,238 --> 00:06:07,534 And now, as then, a beast approaches. 43 00:06:07,701 --> 00:06:12,622 Patient and confident, savoring the meal to come. 44 00:06:13,290 --> 00:06:16,585 But this beast is made of men and horses... 45 00:06:16,751 --> 00:06:19,546 ...swords and spears. 46 00:06:19,754 --> 00:06:24,718 An army of slaves, vast beyond imagining, ready to devour tiny Greece. 47 00:06:25,051 --> 00:06:29,806 Ready to snuff out the world's one hope for reason and justice. 48 00:06:32,559 --> 00:06:35,312 A beast approaches... 49 00:06:38,106 --> 00:06:43,653 ...and it was King Leonidas himself who provoked it. 50 00:07:54,265 --> 00:07:55,266 LEONIDAS: That's it. 51 00:07:56,601 --> 00:08:01,314 LEONIDAS: Now, the more you sweat here, the less you'll bleed in battle. 52 00:08:02,524 --> 00:08:04,985 My father taught me... 53 00:08:05,151 --> 00:08:07,612 ...that fear is always a constant. 54 00:08:07,779 --> 00:08:09,322 But accepting it... 55 00:08:09,698 --> 00:08:10,824 ...makes you stronger. 56 00:08:10,991 --> 00:08:12,367 My queen. 57 00:08:12,534 --> 00:08:15,370 A Persian emissary awaits Leonidas. 58 00:08:17,914 --> 00:08:19,290 In the end... 59 00:08:19,457 --> 00:08:23,044 ...a Spartan's true strength is the warrior next to him. 60 00:08:23,795 --> 00:08:28,299 So give respect and honor to him, and it will be returned to you. 61 00:08:28,842 --> 00:08:30,343 First... 62 00:08:31,094 --> 00:08:34,055 - ...you fight with your head. - Then you fight with your heart. 63 00:08:36,391 --> 00:08:38,101 What is it? 64 00:08:38,309 --> 00:08:40,186 A Persian messenger awaits you. 65 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:43,940 Do not forget today's lesson. 66 00:08:44,107 --> 00:08:46,818 - Respect and honor. - LEONIDAS: Respect and honor. 67 00:09:02,333 --> 00:09:06,796 Councilman Theron. You found yourself needed, for once. 68 00:09:07,881 --> 00:09:10,800 My king and queen, I was just entertaining your guests. 69 00:09:11,009 --> 00:09:12,260 I'm sure. 70 00:09:13,470 --> 00:09:15,305 Before you speak, Persian... 71 00:09:15,472 --> 00:09:18,767 ...know that in Sparta everyone, even a king's messenger... 72 00:09:18,933 --> 00:09:21,519 ...is held accountable for the words of his voice. 73 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,273 Now, what message do you bring? 74 00:09:26,357 --> 00:09:28,818 Earth and water. 75 00:09:31,112 --> 00:09:34,741 You rode all the way from Persia for earth and water? 76 00:09:36,326 --> 00:09:40,205 Do not be coy or stupid, Persian. You can afford neither in Sparta. 77 00:09:40,705 --> 00:09:43,166 What makes this woman think she can speak among men? 78 00:09:43,333 --> 00:09:46,169 Because only Spartan women give birth to real men. 79 00:09:47,670 --> 00:09:51,299 Let us walk to cool our tongues. 80 00:09:53,885 --> 00:09:57,055 If you value your lives over your complete annihilation... 81 00:09:57,222 --> 00:09:58,890 ...listen carefully, Leonidas. 82 00:09:59,057 --> 00:10:03,770 Xerxes conquers and controls everything he rests his eyes upon. 83 00:10:03,937 --> 00:10:07,023 He leads an army so massive, it shakes the ground with its march. 84 00:10:07,190 --> 00:10:09,901 So vast, it drinks the rivers dry. 85 00:10:10,068 --> 00:10:13,071 All the God-King Xerxes requires is this: 86 00:10:13,404 --> 00:10:16,658 A simple offering of earth and water... 87 00:10:16,825 --> 00:10:20,995 ...a token of Sparta's submission to the will of Xerxes. 88 00:10:32,048 --> 00:10:34,217 Submission. 89 00:10:36,386 --> 00:10:38,304 Now, that's a bit of a problem. 90 00:10:38,721 --> 00:10:39,973 See, rumor has it... 91 00:10:40,140 --> 00:10:42,767 ...the Athenians have already turned you down. 92 00:10:43,685 --> 00:10:48,898 And if those philosophers and boy-lovers have found that kind of nerve, then... 93 00:10:49,065 --> 00:10:53,319 - We must be diplomatic. - And, of course, Spartans... 94 00:10:54,362 --> 00:10:56,406 ...have their reputation to consider. 95 00:10:56,573 --> 00:11:00,618 Choose your next words carefully, Leonidas. 96 00:11:00,869 --> 00:11:03,496 They may be your last as king. 97 00:11:43,953 --> 00:11:47,290 LEONIDAS: "Earth and water." 98 00:11:52,545 --> 00:11:54,631 Madman. You're a madman. 99 00:11:54,797 --> 00:11:56,466 Earth and water. 100 00:11:56,841 --> 00:11:59,010 You'll find plenty of both down there. 101 00:11:59,302 --> 00:12:02,722 No man, Persian or Greek, no man threatens a messenger. 102 00:12:03,181 --> 00:12:08,144 You bring the crowns and heads of conquered kings to my city steps. 103 00:12:08,311 --> 00:12:10,396 You insult my queen. 104 00:12:10,563 --> 00:12:14,317 You threaten my people with slavery and death. 105 00:12:14,484 --> 00:12:17,403 Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, Persian. 106 00:12:17,570 --> 00:12:19,530 Perhaps you should have done the same. 107 00:12:19,697 --> 00:12:23,368 This is blasphemy. This is madness! 108 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:42,845 Madness? 109 00:12:43,471 --> 00:12:45,598 This is Sparta! 110 00:14:12,101 --> 00:14:14,479 EPHOR 1: Welcome, Leonidas. 111 00:14:15,104 --> 00:14:18,274 We have been expecting you. 112 00:14:24,739 --> 00:14:30,078 DILIOS: The ephors, priests to the old gods. 113 00:14:30,453 --> 00:14:32,789 Inbred swine. 114 00:14:32,955 --> 00:14:35,750 More creature than man. 115 00:14:36,167 --> 00:14:41,631 Creatures whom even Leonidas must bribe and beg. 116 00:14:42,465 --> 00:14:47,303 For no Spartan king has gone to war without the ephors' blessing. 117 00:14:48,971 --> 00:14:53,059 LEONIDAS: The Persians claim their forces number in the millions. 118 00:14:53,684 --> 00:14:56,979 I hope, for our sake, they exaggerate. 119 00:14:57,438 --> 00:15:01,651 But there's no question, we face the most massive army ever assembled. 120 00:15:01,901 --> 00:15:05,238 Before your plan is heard... 121 00:15:05,405 --> 00:15:07,657 ...what do you offer? 122 00:15:17,208 --> 00:15:21,546 We will use our superior fighting skills... 123 00:15:21,712 --> 00:15:25,800 ...and the terrain of Greece herself to destroy them. 124 00:15:25,967 --> 00:15:28,803 We will march north to the coast, where I will make sure... 125 00:15:28,970 --> 00:15:33,850 It is August, Leonidas. The full moon approaches. 126 00:15:34,225 --> 00:15:37,437 EPHOR 2: The sacred and ancient festival. 127 00:15:37,603 --> 00:15:41,691 Sparta wages no war at the time of the Carneia. 128 00:15:41,858 --> 00:15:43,484 Sparta will burn! 129 00:15:43,901 --> 00:15:45,445 Her men will die at arms... 130 00:15:45,611 --> 00:15:49,282 ...and her women and children will be slaves or worse. 131 00:15:51,409 --> 00:15:56,497 Now, we will block the Persian coastal assault... 132 00:15:56,789 --> 00:15:59,083 ...by rebuilding the great Phocian Wall. 133 00:15:59,250 --> 00:16:03,963 And from there, we will funnel them into the mountain pass we call the Hot Gates. 134 00:16:04,130 --> 00:16:08,509 Now, in that narrow corridor, their numbers will count for nothing. 135 00:16:08,676 --> 00:16:11,262 And wave after wave of Persian attack... 136 00:16:11,429 --> 00:16:15,391 ...will smash against Spartan shields. 137 00:16:15,933 --> 00:16:20,229 Xerxes' losses will be so great, his men so demoralized... 138 00:16:20,396 --> 00:16:24,817 ...he will have no choice but to abandon his campaign. 139 00:16:24,984 --> 00:16:27,695 We must consult the oracle. 140 00:16:28,404 --> 00:16:30,990 Trust the gods, Leonidas. 141 00:16:31,157 --> 00:16:34,494 I'd prefer you trusted your reason. 142 00:16:34,660 --> 00:16:36,704 Your blasphemies... 143 00:16:36,871 --> 00:16:41,250 ...have cost us quite enough already. 144 00:16:41,959 --> 00:16:45,004 Don't compound them. 145 00:16:47,089 --> 00:16:51,886 We will consult the oracle. 146 00:16:54,013 --> 00:16:56,516 DILIOS: Diseased old mystics. 147 00:16:57,517 --> 00:17:02,146 Worthless remnants of a time before Sparta's ascent from darkness. 148 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,775 Remnants of a senseless tradition. 149 00:17:05,942 --> 00:17:10,279 Tradition even Leonidas cannot defy... 150 00:17:10,446 --> 00:17:14,867 ...for he must respect the word of the ephors. 151 00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:16,953 That is the law. 152 00:17:19,997 --> 00:17:24,335 And no Spartan, subject or citizen, man or woman... 153 00:17:24,502 --> 00:17:28,548 ...Slave or king, is above the law. 154 00:18:03,416 --> 00:18:07,670 The ephors choose only the most beautiful Spartan girls... 155 00:18:07,837 --> 00:18:10,339 ...to live among them as oracles. 156 00:18:10,506 --> 00:18:13,801 Their beauty is their curse... 157 00:18:13,968 --> 00:18:17,763 ...for the old wretches have the needs of men... 158 00:18:18,764 --> 00:18:21,684 ...and souls as black as hell. 159 00:18:25,855 --> 00:18:29,025 EPHOR: "Pray to the winds... 160 00:18:31,527 --> 00:18:33,738 ...Sparta will fall. 161 00:18:36,699 --> 00:18:40,369 All Greece will fall. 162 00:18:42,538 --> 00:18:46,208 Trust not in men... 163 00:18:48,210 --> 00:18:51,505 ...honor the gods. 164 00:18:55,217 --> 00:18:58,888 Honor the Carneia." 165 00:19:00,723 --> 00:19:04,310 DILIOS: The king's climb down is harder. 166 00:19:04,477 --> 00:19:07,396 Pompous, inbred swine. 167 00:19:07,563 --> 00:19:10,775 Worthless, diseased, rotten... 168 00:19:10,941 --> 00:19:12,985 ...corrupt. 169 00:19:16,364 --> 00:19:19,992 THERON: Truly, you're in the god-king's favor now... 170 00:19:20,576 --> 00:19:22,662 ...O wise and holy men. 171 00:19:22,953 --> 00:19:24,413 Yes. 172 00:19:24,580 --> 00:19:29,543 And when Sparta burns, you shall bathe in gold. 173 00:19:29,710 --> 00:19:32,296 Fresh oracles shall be delivered to you... 174 00:19:32,755 --> 00:19:34,173 ...daily... 175 00:19:34,340 --> 00:19:38,135 ...from every corner of the empire. 176 00:20:13,796 --> 00:20:17,383 GORGO: Your lips can finish what your fingers have started. 177 00:20:20,511 --> 00:20:22,972 Or has the oracle robbed you of your desire as well? 178 00:20:24,515 --> 00:20:27,560 It would take more than the words of a drunken adolescent girl... 179 00:20:27,727 --> 00:20:29,437 ...to rob me of my desire for you. 180 00:20:33,607 --> 00:20:35,067 Then why so distant? 181 00:20:38,195 --> 00:20:40,197 Because it seems... 182 00:20:40,364 --> 00:20:46,328 ...though a slave and captive of lecherous old men... 183 00:20:46,662 --> 00:20:49,874 ...the oracle's words could set fire to all that I love. 184 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,711 So that is why my king loses sleep and is forced from the warmth of his bed? 185 00:20:56,672 --> 00:21:01,010 There's only one woman's words that should affect the mood of my husband. 186 00:21:01,844 --> 00:21:03,429 Those are mine. 187 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,019 Then what must a king do to save his world... 188 00:21:10,186 --> 00:21:14,607 ...when the very laws he is sworn to protect force him to do nothing? 189 00:21:17,526 --> 00:21:20,863 It is not a question of what a Spartan citizen should do... 190 00:21:21,030 --> 00:21:23,908 ...nor a husband, nor a king. 191 00:21:24,533 --> 00:21:27,244 Instead ask yourself, my dearest love... 192 00:21:28,871 --> 00:21:30,873 ...what should a free man do? 193 00:22:36,355 --> 00:22:40,526 - Is this all of them? - As you ordered. Three hundred. 194 00:22:41,527 --> 00:22:44,822 All with born sons to carry on their name. 195 00:22:55,583 --> 00:22:56,917 We are with you, sire. 196 00:22:57,293 --> 00:22:59,420 For Sparta. For freedom. 197 00:22:59,587 --> 00:23:01,547 To the death. 198 00:23:12,349 --> 00:23:14,018 LEONIDAS: He is your son. 199 00:23:14,810 --> 00:23:17,730 He is too young to have felt a woman's warmth. 200 00:23:17,897 --> 00:23:21,859 I have others to replace him. Astinos is as brave and ready as any. 201 00:23:22,192 --> 00:23:26,238 No younger than we were the first time you stood next to me in battle. 202 00:23:29,992 --> 00:23:32,161 You are a good friend... 203 00:23:32,328 --> 00:23:35,831 ...but a better captain, there is none. 204 00:23:41,337 --> 00:23:43,255 COUNCILMAN: My good king. 205 00:23:44,173 --> 00:23:47,509 My good king, the oracle has spoken. 206 00:23:47,676 --> 00:23:50,554 The ephors have spoken. There must be no march. 207 00:23:50,721 --> 00:23:52,514 It is the law, my lord. 208 00:23:52,681 --> 00:23:56,685 - The Spartan army must not go to war. - Nor shall it. 209 00:23:57,603 --> 00:23:59,188 I've issued no such orders. 210 00:23:59,563 --> 00:24:03,108 I'm here just taking a stroll, stretching my legs. 211 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:08,530 These 300 men are my personal bodyguard. 212 00:24:08,781 --> 00:24:10,950 Our army will stay in Sparta. 213 00:24:11,533 --> 00:24:12,868 Where will you go? 214 00:24:15,871 --> 00:24:18,082 I hadn't really thought about it... 215 00:24:18,874 --> 00:24:21,043 ...but now that you ask... 216 00:24:21,210 --> 00:24:23,963 ...I suppose I'll head north. 217 00:24:25,381 --> 00:24:26,507 The Hot Gates? 218 00:24:29,134 --> 00:24:31,553 CAPTAIN: Move out! 219 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:33,806 Move out! 220 00:24:34,932 --> 00:24:36,558 What shall we do? 221 00:24:38,060 --> 00:24:39,395 What can we do? 222 00:24:40,104 --> 00:24:41,855 What can you do? 223 00:24:44,900 --> 00:24:48,737 Sparta will need sons. 224 00:25:36,493 --> 00:25:38,245 Spartan! 225 00:25:47,504 --> 00:25:48,756 Yes, milady? 226 00:26:04,813 --> 00:26:07,149 Come back with your shield... 227 00:26:08,067 --> 00:26:09,485 ...or on it. 228 00:26:10,986 --> 00:26:12,321 Yes, milady. 229 00:26:20,829 --> 00:26:23,165 DILIOS: "Goodbye, my love.” 230 00:26:23,791 --> 00:26:26,001 He doesn't say it. 231 00:26:26,502 --> 00:26:28,712 There's no room for softness... 232 00:26:28,879 --> 00:26:30,881 ...not in Sparta. 233 00:26:31,048 --> 00:26:33,842 No place for weakness. 234 00:26:37,346 --> 00:26:41,517 Only the hard and strong may call themselves Spartans. 235 00:26:42,351 --> 00:26:46,855 Only the hard. Only the strong. 236 00:27:15,342 --> 00:27:17,219 We march... 237 00:27:17,886 --> 00:27:23,392 ...for our lands, for our families, for our freedoms. 238 00:27:24,184 --> 00:27:26,353 We march. 239 00:27:28,063 --> 00:27:29,731 LEONIDAS: Daxos. 240 00:27:29,898 --> 00:27:33,318 - What a pleasant surprise. - This morning's full of surprises, Leonidas. 241 00:27:33,485 --> 00:27:35,904 - We've been tricked. - Can't be more than a hundred. 242 00:27:36,071 --> 00:27:38,282 BAKER: This is a surprise. DAXOS: Silence. 243 00:27:38,740 --> 00:27:40,701 ARCADIAN: This isn't their army. 244 00:27:40,868 --> 00:27:45,038 We heard Sparta was on the warpath and we were eager to join forces. 245 00:27:45,706 --> 00:27:49,793 If it is blood you seek, you are welcome to join us. 246 00:27:50,127 --> 00:27:53,380 But you bring only this handful of soldiers against Xerxes? 247 00:27:53,547 --> 00:27:57,134 I see I was wrong to expect Sparta's commitment to at least match our own. 248 00:27:58,302 --> 00:28:00,137 Doesn't it? 249 00:28:01,597 --> 00:28:03,265 You, there. 250 00:28:03,765 --> 00:28:04,933 What is your profession? 251 00:28:05,475 --> 00:28:07,603 I'm a potter, sir. 252 00:28:08,770 --> 00:28:12,566 And you, Arcadian. What is your profession? 253 00:28:12,941 --> 00:28:16,361 - Sculptor, sir. - Sculptor. 254 00:28:16,737 --> 00:28:18,655 - And you? - Blacksmith. 255 00:28:23,327 --> 00:28:26,622 Spartans! What is your profession? 256 00:28:33,795 --> 00:28:35,756 You see, old friend? 257 00:28:35,923 --> 00:28:38,800 I brought more soldiers than you did. 258 00:28:48,769 --> 00:28:50,562 DILIOS: No sleep tonight... 259 00:28:51,647 --> 00:28:54,107 ...not for the king. 260 00:28:54,274 --> 00:28:56,485 All his 40 years have been a straight road... 261 00:28:56,652 --> 00:29:00,239 ...to this one gleaming moment in destiny... 262 00:29:00,405 --> 00:29:03,158 ...this one radiant clash of shield and spear... 263 00:29:03,325 --> 00:29:06,954 ...Sword and bone, and flesh and blood. 264 00:29:08,664 --> 00:29:10,457 His only regret... 265 00:29:10,624 --> 00:29:14,336 ...Is that he has so few to sacrifice. 266 00:29:35,649 --> 00:29:37,651 We're being followed. 267 00:29:42,698 --> 00:29:44,866 It has followed us since Sparta. 268 00:29:49,830 --> 00:29:52,833 STELIOS: My king! Look! 269 00:30:13,770 --> 00:30:15,230 STELIOS: What happened here? 270 00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:17,149 Where are all the people? 271 00:30:18,233 --> 00:30:19,943 Persians. 272 00:30:20,110 --> 00:30:21,903 I put their number at around 20. 273 00:30:24,281 --> 00:30:25,657 A scouting party. 274 00:30:29,036 --> 00:30:30,537 But these footprints... 275 00:30:41,923 --> 00:30:43,383 STELIOS: Behind us! 276 00:30:57,439 --> 00:30:58,648 Child! 277 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,351 CHILD: It's quiet now. 278 00:31:34,810 --> 00:31:36,645 They... 279 00:31:36,978 --> 00:31:41,024 They came with beasts from the blackness. 280 00:31:42,609 --> 00:31:44,861 With their claws and fangs... 281 00:31:45,028 --> 00:31:47,280 ...they grabbed them. 282 00:31:48,156 --> 00:31:50,325 Everyone... 283 00:31:51,326 --> 00:31:53,412 ...but me. 284 00:32:05,674 --> 00:32:07,217 DILIOS: The villagers. 285 00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:09,678 I found them. 286 00:32:21,189 --> 00:32:24,025 Have the gods no mercy? 287 00:32:25,193 --> 00:32:27,195 We are doomed. 288 00:32:27,362 --> 00:32:30,031 Quiet yourself. 289 00:32:33,410 --> 00:32:38,665 The child speaks of the Persian ghosts, known from the ancient times. 290 00:32:39,541 --> 00:32:42,210 They are the hunters of men's souls. 291 00:32:43,253 --> 00:32:45,881 They cannot be killed or defeated. 292 00:32:46,506 --> 00:32:50,677 Not this darkness. Not these Immortals. 293 00:32:52,846 --> 00:32:55,056 Immortals? 294 00:32:55,348 --> 00:32:58,393 We'll put their name to the test. 295 00:33:20,457 --> 00:33:23,251 DILIOS: Into the Hot Gates we march. 296 00:33:23,418 --> 00:33:26,713 Into that narrow corridor we march... 297 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:29,132 ...where Xerxes' numbers count for nothing. 298 00:33:30,300 --> 00:33:34,262 Spartans, citizen-soldiers, freed slaves. 299 00:33:34,429 --> 00:33:36,306 Brave Greeks, all. 300 00:33:37,307 --> 00:33:40,435 Brothers, fathers, sons... 301 00:33:40,602 --> 00:33:42,604 ...we march. 302 00:33:43,271 --> 00:33:47,442 For honor's sake, for duty's sake, for glory's sake, we march. 303 00:33:47,609 --> 00:33:50,737 Look! Persians. 304 00:33:55,867 --> 00:33:59,621 DILIOS: Into hell's mouth we march. 305 00:34:08,630 --> 00:34:10,715 Let's watch these motherless dogs... 306 00:34:10,966 --> 00:34:15,011 ...as they're embraced by the loving arms of Greece herself. Come. 307 00:34:17,806 --> 00:34:19,516 True. 308 00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:26,189 It does look like rain. 309 00:34:29,484 --> 00:34:32,737 DILIOS: Zeus stabs the sky with thunderbolts... 310 00:34:33,029 --> 00:34:37,075 ...and batters the Persian ships with hurricane wind. 311 00:34:38,201 --> 00:34:40,662 Glorious. 312 00:34:52,924 --> 00:34:55,802 DILIOS: Only one among us keeps his Spartan reserve. 313 00:35:01,725 --> 00:35:03,685 Only he. 314 00:35:03,852 --> 00:35:06,313 Only our king. 315 00:35:23,705 --> 00:35:25,665 My queen? 316 00:35:30,837 --> 00:35:32,172 My queen... 317 00:35:32,339 --> 00:35:35,675 ...the courtyard is a more fitting place for a married woman. 318 00:35:35,842 --> 00:35:37,510 I'm afraid gossip and protocol... 319 00:35:37,677 --> 00:35:40,221 ...are the least of my worries now, councilman. 320 00:35:41,890 --> 00:35:43,725 Is such secrecy needed? 321 00:35:43,892 --> 00:35:46,561 How am I to trust beyond the walls of my own home? 322 00:35:46,728 --> 00:35:50,440 Even here, Theron has eyes and ears which fuel Sparta with doubt and fear. 323 00:35:50,857 --> 00:35:54,235 You speak as if all Sparta conspires against you. 324 00:35:54,903 --> 00:35:56,946 I wish it were only against me. 325 00:35:59,574 --> 00:36:03,078 LOYALIST: Many on our council would vote to give all we have... 326 00:36:03,244 --> 00:36:05,121 ...and follow Leonidas... 327 00:36:05,455 --> 00:36:07,415 ...but you must show them favor. 328 00:36:09,751 --> 00:36:12,212 And you can arrange for me to speak to the council? 329 00:36:12,379 --> 00:36:14,798 If it is reason they want, I will let them know. 330 00:36:14,964 --> 00:36:17,092 LOYALIST: Know what, my queen? 331 00:36:17,467 --> 00:36:19,469 Freedom isn't free at all. 332 00:36:19,636 --> 00:36:22,972 That it comes with the highest of costs, the cost of blood. 333 00:36:25,266 --> 00:36:27,894 I will do my best to gather our council. 334 00:36:28,311 --> 00:36:32,148 And its chamber shall be filled with your voice. 335 00:36:32,482 --> 00:36:34,317 - GORGO: I'm in your debt. - No. 336 00:36:34,651 --> 00:36:38,822 Leonidas is my king as well as yours. 337 00:37:03,638 --> 00:37:05,473 I saw those ships smash on the rocks. 338 00:37:06,599 --> 00:37:07,976 How can this be? 339 00:37:08,143 --> 00:37:11,438 We saw but a fraction of the monster that is Xerxes' army. 340 00:37:12,105 --> 00:37:14,482 DAXOS: There can be no victory here. 341 00:37:18,445 --> 00:37:20,155 Why do you smile? 342 00:37:21,823 --> 00:37:23,783 Arcadian... 343 00:37:23,950 --> 00:37:26,995 ...I have fought countless times... 344 00:37:27,245 --> 00:37:29,914 ...yet I've never met an adversary who could offer me... 345 00:37:30,081 --> 00:37:32,250 ...what we Spartans call "a beautiful death." 346 00:37:33,042 --> 00:37:34,711 I can only hope... 347 00:37:34,878 --> 00:37:37,630 ...with all the world's warriors gathered against us... 348 00:37:37,797 --> 00:37:41,468 ...there might be one down there who's up to the task. 349 00:37:52,896 --> 00:37:54,773 PERSIAN EMISSARY: Move! 350 00:37:56,524 --> 00:37:59,486 Keep going, you dogs! 351 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:09,204 Move! 352 00:38:10,622 --> 00:38:13,208 Forward, I say! 353 00:38:15,543 --> 00:38:17,128 Stop here! 354 00:38:17,962 --> 00:38:20,131 Who commands here? 355 00:38:22,342 --> 00:38:25,011 I am the emissary... 356 00:38:25,178 --> 00:38:27,430 ...to the ruler of all the world... 357 00:38:28,223 --> 00:38:32,143 ...the god of gods, king of kings... 358 00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:33,895 ...and by that authority... 359 00:38:34,062 --> 00:38:37,857 ...I demand that someone show me your commander. 360 00:38:41,611 --> 00:38:47,534 Listen. Do you think the paltry dozen you slew scares us? 361 00:38:47,700 --> 00:38:51,204 These hills swarm with our scouts. 362 00:38:51,371 --> 00:38:56,084 And do you think your pathetic wall will do anything... 363 00:38:56,251 --> 00:39:02,549 ...except fall like a heap of dry leaves in the face of...? 364 00:39:14,269 --> 00:39:16,563 STELIOS: Our ancestors built this wall... 365 00:39:17,272 --> 00:39:21,234 ...using ancient stones from the bosom of Greece herself. 366 00:39:21,651 --> 00:39:24,028 And with a little Spartan help... 367 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,781 ...your Persian scouts supplied the mortar. 368 00:39:27,407 --> 00:39:31,369 You will pay for your barbarism! 369 00:39:50,513 --> 00:39:52,098 My arm! 370 00:39:54,642 --> 00:39:56,519 STELIOS: It's not yours anymore. 371 00:39:56,811 --> 00:40:01,441 Go now. Run along and tell your Xerxes he faces free men here... 372 00:40:01,816 --> 00:40:03,151 ...not slaves. 373 00:40:03,318 --> 00:40:04,569 Do it quickly... 374 00:40:04,819 --> 00:40:07,739 ...before we decide to make our wall just a little bit bigger. 375 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:09,824 No. 376 00:40:09,991 --> 00:40:12,035 Not slaves. 377 00:40:14,245 --> 00:40:17,665 Your women will be slaves. 378 00:40:17,999 --> 00:40:20,835 Your sons, your daughters... 379 00:40:21,002 --> 00:40:23,338 ...your elders will be slaves! 380 00:40:23,504 --> 00:40:26,299 But not you, no. 381 00:40:26,466 --> 00:40:30,511 By noon this day you will be dead men. 382 00:40:31,679 --> 00:40:37,685 A thousand nations of the Persian Empire descend upon you. 383 00:40:38,102 --> 00:40:41,606 Our arrows will blot out the sun. 384 00:40:43,358 --> 00:40:46,069 Then we will fight in the shade. 385 00:40:47,612 --> 00:40:49,364 CAPTAIN: The wall is solid. 386 00:40:49,530 --> 00:40:52,700 It'll do the job of funneling the Persians into the Hot Gates. 387 00:40:53,034 --> 00:40:55,745 Have the men found any route through the hills to our back? 388 00:40:56,245 --> 00:40:58,289 CAPTAIN: None, sire. 389 00:40:58,539 --> 00:41:00,124 There is such a route, good king. 390 00:41:00,667 --> 00:41:02,377 Just pass that western ridge. 391 00:41:03,044 --> 00:41:04,754 It's an old goat path. 392 00:41:04,921 --> 00:41:07,757 The Persians could use it to outflank us. 393 00:41:07,924 --> 00:41:11,678 Not one step closer, monster! 394 00:41:13,304 --> 00:41:16,891 Wise king, I humbly request an audience. 395 00:41:17,058 --> 00:41:20,436 - I'll skewer you where you stand. - I gave no such order. 396 00:41:30,947 --> 00:41:32,198 Forgive the captain. 397 00:41:32,865 --> 00:41:34,367 He is a good soldier... 398 00:41:34,909 --> 00:41:37,578 ...but a bit short on manners. 399 00:41:37,745 --> 00:41:41,791 There is nothing to forgive, brave king. I know what I look like. 400 00:41:42,250 --> 00:41:44,252 You wear the crimson of a Spartan. 401 00:41:44,877 --> 00:41:50,508 I am Ephialtes, born of Sparta. 402 00:41:51,092 --> 00:41:55,179 My mother's love led my parents to flee Sparta... 403 00:41:55,346 --> 00:41:56,806 ...lest I be discarded. 404 00:41:57,348 --> 00:42:00,143 Your shield and armor? 405 00:42:01,060 --> 00:42:02,729 My father's, sir. 406 00:42:04,063 --> 00:42:08,109 I beg you, bold king, to permit me... 407 00:42:08,276 --> 00:42:13,322 ...to redeem my father's name by serving you in combat. 408 00:42:13,614 --> 00:42:19,495 My father trained me to feel no fear, to make spear and shield and sword... 409 00:42:19,662 --> 00:42:22,415 ...as much a part of me as my own beating heart. 410 00:42:22,832 --> 00:42:26,127 I will earn my father's armor, noble king... 411 00:42:26,294 --> 00:42:28,463 ...by serving you in the battle. 412 00:42:33,634 --> 00:42:35,762 A fine thrust. 413 00:42:35,928 --> 00:42:37,513 I will kill many Persians. 414 00:42:43,394 --> 00:42:44,979 Raise your shield. 415 00:42:45,146 --> 00:42:47,815 - Sire? - Raise your shield as high as you can. 416 00:42:56,074 --> 00:42:59,118 Your father should have taught you how our phalanx works. 417 00:42:59,786 --> 00:43:01,079 We fight... 418 00:43:01,621 --> 00:43:04,499 ...as a single, impenetrable unit. 419 00:43:04,665 --> 00:43:07,627 That is the source of our strength. 420 00:43:08,461 --> 00:43:12,090 Each Spartan protects the man to his left... 421 00:43:12,256 --> 00:43:15,468 ...from thigh to neck with his shield. 422 00:43:15,635 --> 00:43:20,306 A single weak spot and the phalanx shatters. 423 00:43:21,682 --> 00:43:24,936 From thigh to neck, Ephialtes. 424 00:43:26,979 --> 00:43:29,357 I am sorry, my friend. 425 00:43:29,524 --> 00:43:32,151 - But not all of us were made to be soldiers. - But I... 426 00:43:32,318 --> 00:43:34,737 - If you want to help in a Spartan victory... - Yes. 427 00:43:34,904 --> 00:43:40,076 ...Clear the battlefield of the dead, tend the wounded, bring them water... 428 00:43:40,243 --> 00:43:41,869 ...but as for the fight itself... 429 00:43:43,246 --> 00:43:45,164 ...I cannot use you. 430 00:43:46,999 --> 00:43:48,417 EPHIALTES: You... 431 00:43:56,300 --> 00:44:00,388 Mother! Father! You were wrong! 432 00:44:03,683 --> 00:44:05,434 You are wrong! 433 00:44:05,601 --> 00:44:10,148 Leonidas! You are wrong! 434 00:44:10,606 --> 00:44:13,067 Dispatch the Phocians to the goat path... 435 00:44:13,234 --> 00:44:17,780 ...and pray to the gods nobody tells the Persians about it. 436 00:44:23,494 --> 00:44:25,079 Earthquake. 437 00:44:25,580 --> 00:44:26,831 LEONIDAS: No, captain. 438 00:44:28,416 --> 00:44:30,376 Battle formations. 439 00:44:54,275 --> 00:44:57,445 This is where we hold them. 440 00:44:57,612 --> 00:44:59,906 This is where we fight! 441 00:45:00,448 --> 00:45:02,700 This is where they die! 442 00:45:03,034 --> 00:45:04,911 Earn these shields, boys! 443 00:45:07,622 --> 00:45:10,124 Remember this day, men... 444 00:45:10,291 --> 00:45:14,045 ...for it will be yours for all time. 445 00:45:25,139 --> 00:45:26,933 Spartans! 446 00:45:27,099 --> 00:45:29,227 Lay down your weapons! 447 00:45:46,118 --> 00:45:48,371 Persians! 448 00:45:48,955 --> 00:45:50,998 Come and get them! 449 00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:14,146 Hold! 450 00:46:16,983 --> 00:46:18,526 Give them nothing... 451 00:46:18,985 --> 00:46:22,571 ...but take from them everything! 452 00:46:24,282 --> 00:46:26,033 Steady! 453 00:46:36,794 --> 00:46:38,337 Push! 454 00:46:42,174 --> 00:46:44,552 Is that the best you can do? 455 00:46:46,762 --> 00:46:48,764 Push! Push! 456 00:46:58,858 --> 00:47:00,401 Now! 457 00:47:12,204 --> 00:47:13,706 Push! 458 00:47:57,249 --> 00:47:59,835 No prisoners! 459 00:48:00,169 --> 00:48:01,921 No mercy! 460 00:49:21,208 --> 00:49:23,377 They look thirsty. 461 00:49:24,462 --> 00:49:27,381 Well, let's give them something to drink. 462 00:49:30,301 --> 00:49:32,970 To the cliffs. 463 00:49:56,577 --> 00:49:58,746 Halt. 464 00:50:00,873 --> 00:50:02,958 Hell of a good start. 465 00:50:25,606 --> 00:50:28,108 Tuck tail! 466 00:50:33,572 --> 00:50:35,115 Persian cowards. 467 00:50:42,915 --> 00:50:45,834 - What the hell are you laughing at? - Well, you had to say it. 468 00:50:46,627 --> 00:50:50,297 - What? - "Fight in the shade." 469 00:51:03,811 --> 00:51:05,771 LEONIDAS: Recover. 470 00:51:29,044 --> 00:51:31,672 Today no Spartan dies. 471 00:51:56,822 --> 00:51:58,240 Easy, son. 472 00:52:24,475 --> 00:52:26,435 DILIOS: We do what we were trained to do... 473 00:52:26,602 --> 00:52:28,062 ...what we were bred to do... 474 00:52:28,228 --> 00:52:31,231 ...what we were born to do. 475 00:52:38,614 --> 00:52:41,617 No prisoners. No mercy. 476 00:52:41,784 --> 00:52:43,243 A good start. 477 00:53:52,730 --> 00:53:54,606 LOYALIST: I was afraid you might not come. 478 00:53:54,773 --> 00:53:55,983 GORGO: I'm sorry, my son is... 479 00:53:56,150 --> 00:54:01,780 Is doing what children do best. Please, don't apologize. 480 00:54:02,781 --> 00:54:04,908 Your son starts the agoge next year. 481 00:54:05,492 --> 00:54:09,496 That is always a difficult time for a Spartan mother. 482 00:54:10,622 --> 00:54:15,169 Yes, it will be hard. But also necessary. 483 00:54:17,629 --> 00:54:21,842 You will speak before the council in two days' time. 484 00:54:23,719 --> 00:54:25,763 My husband does not have two days. 485 00:54:26,180 --> 00:54:28,140 Think of the two days as a gift. 486 00:54:30,184 --> 00:54:32,227 It's no secret... 487 00:54:32,394 --> 00:54:35,272 ...Theron wants what you control. 488 00:54:35,439 --> 00:54:38,275 It's his voice you must silence. 489 00:54:38,442 --> 00:54:40,527 Make him your ally... 490 00:54:40,861 --> 00:54:43,405 ...and you will have your victory. 491 00:54:44,198 --> 00:54:45,991 Thank you. 492 00:54:46,325 --> 00:54:48,702 You are wise as you are kind. 493 00:55:15,521 --> 00:55:17,564 THERON: Ah, there's your mother. 494 00:55:24,029 --> 00:55:27,449 You should keep a better eye on him if he's to be king one day. 495 00:55:27,658 --> 00:55:30,118 Be unfortunate if anything were to happen to him. 496 00:55:31,620 --> 00:55:33,497 Or to his beautiful mother. 497 00:55:49,555 --> 00:55:51,056 PERSIAN: No! Ahh! 498 00:55:54,268 --> 00:55:59,731 Our Greek comrades are begging for a crack at the Persians, sire. 499 00:56:00,023 --> 00:56:01,358 Good. 500 00:56:01,525 --> 00:56:04,278 I've got something I think they can handle. 501 00:56:04,778 --> 00:56:06,488 Tell Daxos that I want him... 502 00:56:06,655 --> 00:56:11,201 ...and 20 of his best eager, sober and ready for the next charge. 503 00:56:11,368 --> 00:56:13,203 King Leonidas. 504 00:56:15,706 --> 00:56:19,501 - Stelios, catch your breath, boy. - Yes, milord. 505 00:56:20,127 --> 00:56:22,296 The Persians are approaching. 506 00:56:23,630 --> 00:56:27,509 A small contingent. Too small for an attack. 507 00:56:31,263 --> 00:56:34,808 LEONIDAS: Captain, I leave you in charge. CAPTAIN: But sire... 508 00:56:34,975 --> 00:56:36,226 LEONIDAS: Relax, old friend. 509 00:56:36,393 --> 00:56:40,981 If they assassinate me, all of Sparta goes to war. 510 00:56:41,899 --> 00:56:44,484 Pray they're that stupid. 511 00:56:45,611 --> 00:56:47,321 Pray... 512 00:56:47,821 --> 00:56:50,032 ...we're that lucky. 513 00:56:53,160 --> 00:56:54,953 Besides... 514 00:56:57,205 --> 00:57:00,542 ...there's no reason we can't be civil... 515 00:57:00,834 --> 00:57:02,461 ...is there? 516 00:57:04,046 --> 00:57:05,547 None, sire. 517 00:57:24,191 --> 00:57:26,401 Let me guess. 518 00:57:27,152 --> 00:57:30,155 You must be Xerxes. 519 00:57:42,167 --> 00:57:44,378 Come, Leonidas. 520 00:57:45,796 --> 00:57:47,547 Let us reason together. 521 00:57:47,839 --> 00:57:49,800 It would be a regrettable waste... 522 00:57:50,217 --> 00:57:53,387 ...it would be nothing short of madness were you, brave king... 523 00:57:53,553 --> 00:57:56,765 ...and your valiant troops to perish... 524 00:57:57,391 --> 00:57:59,476 ...all because of a simple misunderstanding. 525 00:58:00,060 --> 00:58:02,896 - There's much our cultures could share. - Haven't you noticed? 526 00:58:03,063 --> 00:58:05,482 We've been sharing our culture with you all morning. 527 00:58:06,066 --> 00:58:08,360 Yours is a fascinating tribe. 528 00:58:08,527 --> 00:58:10,696 Even now you are defiant... 529 00:58:10,862 --> 00:58:14,992 ...in the face of annihilation and the presence of a god. 530 00:58:15,158 --> 00:58:17,202 It isn't wise to stand against me, Leonidas. 531 00:58:17,869 --> 00:58:20,080 Imagine what a horrible fate awaits my enemies... 532 00:58:20,247 --> 00:58:23,166 ...when I would gladly Kill any of my own men for victory. 533 00:58:23,333 --> 00:58:25,961 And I would die for any one of mine. 534 00:58:26,128 --> 00:58:30,382 You Greeks take pride in your logic. I suggest you employ it. 535 00:58:30,549 --> 00:58:34,094 Consider the beautiful land you so vigorously defend. 536 00:58:34,261 --> 00:58:36,763 Picture it reduced to ash at my whim. 537 00:58:37,014 --> 00:58:38,473 Consider the fate of your women. 538 00:58:39,099 --> 00:58:41,601 Clearly you don't know our women. 539 00:58:41,768 --> 00:58:45,313 I might as well have marched them up here, judging by what I've seen. 540 00:58:46,440 --> 00:58:48,942 You have many slaves, Xerxes... 541 00:58:49,901 --> 00:58:52,195 ...but few warriors. 542 00:58:52,362 --> 00:58:56,283 It won't be long before they fear my spears... 543 00:58:56,700 --> 00:58:59,119 ...more than your whips. 544 00:59:02,956 --> 00:59:05,834 It's not the lash they fear... 545 00:59:08,587 --> 00:59:10,255 ...it is my divine power. 546 00:59:10,964 --> 00:59:15,469 But I am a generous god. I can make you rich beyond all measure. 547 00:59:15,927 --> 00:59:18,305 I will make you warlord of all Greece. 548 00:59:18,972 --> 00:59:22,851 You will carry my battle standard to the heart of Europa. 549 00:59:23,018 --> 00:59:25,645 Your Athenian rivals... 550 00:59:25,937 --> 00:59:28,106 ...will kneel at your feet... 551 00:59:28,815 --> 00:59:31,610 ...if you will but kneel at mine. 552 00:59:32,444 --> 00:59:34,696 You are generous... 553 00:59:35,280 --> 00:59:37,657 ...as you are divine... 554 00:59:38,408 --> 00:59:40,035 ...O king of kings. 555 00:59:40,202 --> 00:59:44,122 Such an offer only a madman would refuse. 556 00:59:44,706 --> 00:59:46,708 But the... 557 00:59:47,626 --> 00:59:50,462 The idea of kneeling, it's... 558 00:59:50,629 --> 00:59:55,175 You see, slaughtering all those men of yours has... 559 00:59:55,342 --> 00:59:59,179 Well, it's left a nasty cramp in my leg... 560 00:59:59,346 --> 01:00:01,431 ...So kneeling will be hard for me. 561 01:00:01,681 --> 01:00:05,060 There will be no glory in your sacrifice. 562 01:00:05,227 --> 01:00:08,855 I will erase even the memory of Sparta from the histories. 563 01:00:09,022 --> 01:00:12,192 Every piece of Greek parchment shall be burned. 564 01:00:12,359 --> 01:00:15,695 Every Greek historian and every scribe shall have their eyes put out... 565 01:00:15,862 --> 01:00:18,156 ...and their tongues cut from their mouths. 566 01:00:18,323 --> 01:00:24,329 Why, uttering the very name of Sparta or Leonidas will be punishable by death. 567 01:00:24,955 --> 01:00:28,208 The world will never know you existed at all. 568 01:00:30,377 --> 01:00:34,965 The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant. 569 01:00:35,173 --> 01:00:38,677 That few stood against many. 570 01:00:39,052 --> 01:00:42,222 And before this battle was over... 571 01:00:42,472 --> 01:00:45,433 ...that even a god-king can bleed. 572 01:00:52,816 --> 01:00:55,026 You fought well today... 573 01:00:56,361 --> 01:00:58,238 ...for a woman. 574 01:00:59,406 --> 01:01:01,074 As did you. 575 01:01:01,241 --> 01:01:04,369 Maybe if I'm injured, you'll be able to keep up with me. 576 01:01:04,870 --> 01:01:09,833 STELIOS: Perhaps I was so far ahead you couldn't see me. 577 01:01:10,417 --> 01:01:13,628 More likely offering your backside to the Thespians. 578 01:01:14,588 --> 01:01:16,214 Jealousy... 579 01:01:16,381 --> 01:01:18,884 ...does not become you, my friend. 580 01:01:21,595 --> 01:01:23,930 Move it, men! 581 01:01:26,057 --> 01:01:28,268 Pile those Persians high. 582 01:01:31,438 --> 01:01:34,232 For unless I miss my guess... 583 01:01:34,774 --> 01:01:37,777 ...we're in for one wild night. 584 01:02:01,718 --> 01:02:06,890 DILIOS: They have served the dark will of Persian kings for 500 years. 585 01:02:07,057 --> 01:02:09,392 Eyes as dark as night. 586 01:02:09,559 --> 01:02:11,561 Teeth filed to fangs. 587 01:02:13,647 --> 01:02:15,941 Soulless. 588 01:02:23,323 --> 01:02:28,119 The personal guard to King Xerxes himself. The Persian warrior elite. 589 01:02:29,913 --> 01:02:32,999 The deadliest fighting force in all of Asia: 590 01:02:33,792 --> 01:02:35,835 The Immortals. 591 01:02:44,052 --> 01:02:47,472 The god-king has betrayed a fatal flaw: 592 01:02:47,973 --> 01:02:49,724 Hubris. 593 01:02:51,977 --> 01:02:54,729 Easy to taunt, easy to trick. 594 01:02:55,397 --> 01:02:57,857 Before wounds and weariness have taken their toll... 595 01:02:58,024 --> 01:03:01,528 ...the mad king throws the best he has at us. 596 01:03:02,028 --> 01:03:03,738 Xerxes has taken the bait. 597 01:03:03,905 --> 01:03:05,699 Spartans, push! 598 01:03:16,376 --> 01:03:18,003 DILIOS: Immortals. 599 01:03:18,461 --> 01:03:21,423 We put their name to the test. 600 01:04:05,592 --> 01:04:07,052 STELIOS: Father! 601 01:05:52,699 --> 01:05:53,992 SPARTAN: My king! 602 01:07:06,773 --> 01:07:08,733 Arcadians, now! 603 01:07:11,027 --> 01:07:13,780 Go! Show the Spartans what we can do. 604 01:07:14,405 --> 01:07:15,823 Go! 605 01:07:25,250 --> 01:07:27,126 DILIOS: They shout and curse... 606 01:07:27,293 --> 01:07:30,505 ...Stabbing wildly, more brawlers than warriors. 607 01:07:31,631 --> 01:07:34,217 They make a wondrous mess of things. 608 01:07:35,260 --> 01:07:38,012 Brave amateurs, they do their part. 609 01:08:25,643 --> 01:08:27,520 Immortals. 610 01:08:27,687 --> 01:08:30,273 They fail our king's test. 611 01:08:30,440 --> 01:08:33,359 And a man who fancies himself a god... 612 01:08:34,110 --> 01:08:39,032 ...feels a very human chill crawl up his spine. 613 01:08:46,164 --> 01:08:48,291 To our king! 614 01:08:48,666 --> 01:08:50,668 And our honored dead. 615 01:08:50,835 --> 01:08:53,630 Whom will Xerxes dare to send next? Whom?! 616 01:08:53,963 --> 01:08:56,674 There's nothing that can stop us now! 617 01:08:57,550 --> 01:09:01,054 Even the king allows himself to hope for more than glory. 618 01:09:01,220 --> 01:09:04,557 Such mad hope, but there it is: 619 01:09:05,016 --> 01:09:10,396 "Against Asia's endless hordes, against all odds, we can do It. 620 01:09:10,563 --> 01:09:13,316 We can hold the Hot Gates. 621 01:09:13,483 --> 01:09:15,610 We can win." 622 01:09:23,201 --> 01:09:24,952 Dawn. 623 01:09:25,578 --> 01:09:29,582 Whips crack. Barbarians howl. 624 01:09:29,749 --> 01:09:33,670 Those behind cry, "Forward!" 625 01:09:35,546 --> 01:09:39,342 Those in front cry, "Back!" 626 01:09:45,431 --> 01:09:47,975 Our eyes bear witness to the grotesque spectacle... 627 01:09:48,142 --> 01:09:52,271 ...coughed forth from the darkest corner of Xerxes' empire. 628 01:10:42,488 --> 01:10:43,990 When muscle failed... 629 01:10:44,449 --> 01:10:47,118 ...they turned to their magic. 630 01:10:48,161 --> 01:10:52,957 One hundred nations descend upon us, the armies of all Asia. 631 01:10:53,124 --> 01:10:57,587 Funneled into this narrow corridor, their numbers count for nothing. 632 01:11:31,954 --> 01:11:33,915 They fall by the hundreds. 633 01:11:34,081 --> 01:11:39,712 We send the severed bodies and the fragile hearts back to Xerxes' feet. 634 01:11:56,312 --> 01:12:00,483 King Xerxes is displeased with his generals. 635 01:12:00,650 --> 01:12:03,236 He disciplines them. 636 01:12:20,086 --> 01:12:24,507 Xerxes dispatches his monsters from half the world away. 637 01:12:35,476 --> 01:12:37,603 They're clumsy beasts... 638 01:12:37,770 --> 01:12:40,106 ...and the piled Persian dead are slippery. 639 01:13:16,559 --> 01:13:18,978 - You still here? - Somebody's gotta watch your back. 640 01:13:19,145 --> 01:13:20,771 Not now, I'm a little busy. 641 01:14:01,020 --> 01:14:03,564 Regroup! 642 01:14:06,776 --> 01:14:08,402 Astinos! 643 01:14:08,611 --> 01:14:10,321 My son! 644 01:14:19,246 --> 01:14:20,873 Astinos! 645 01:14:21,040 --> 01:14:23,834 No! 646 01:14:47,066 --> 01:14:49,235 Day wears on. 647 01:14:49,568 --> 01:14:51,737 We lose few... 648 01:14:51,904 --> 01:14:55,116 ...but each felled is a friend, or dearest blood. 649 01:14:57,326 --> 01:15:01,247 And upon seeing the headless body of his own young son... 650 01:15:01,414 --> 01:15:03,249 ...the captain breaks rank. 651 01:15:03,416 --> 01:15:06,877 He goes wild, blood-drunk. 652 01:15:31,485 --> 01:15:33,988 The captain's cries of pain at the loss of his son... 653 01:15:34,155 --> 01:15:37,908 ...are more frightening to the enemy than the deepest battle drums. 654 01:15:38,075 --> 01:15:42,079 It takes three men to restrain him and bring him back to our own. 655 01:15:42,413 --> 01:15:44,749 The day is ours. 656 01:15:45,124 --> 01:15:47,793 No songs are sung. 657 01:16:27,917 --> 01:16:32,505 Your gods were cruel to shape you so, friend Ephialtes. 658 01:16:34,924 --> 01:16:36,217 The Spartans, too... 659 01:16:36,967 --> 01:16:39,845 ...were cruel to reject you. 660 01:16:42,681 --> 01:16:45,142 But I am kind. 661 01:16:51,649 --> 01:16:53,776 Everything you could ever desire... 662 01:16:55,027 --> 01:16:56,779 ...every happiness you can imagine... 663 01:16:58,989 --> 01:17:03,577 ...every pleasure your fellow Greeks and your false gods have denied you... 664 01:17:04,370 --> 01:17:06,664 ...I will grant you. 665 01:17:07,915 --> 01:17:10,334 For I am kind. 666 01:17:24,265 --> 01:17:27,560 Embrace me as your king and as your god. 667 01:17:28,727 --> 01:17:30,396 Yes. 668 01:17:31,897 --> 01:17:36,694 Lead my soldiers to the hidden path that empties behind the cursed Spartans... 669 01:17:36,861 --> 01:17:39,113 ...and your joys will be endless. 670 01:17:47,580 --> 01:17:50,749 Yes! I want it all. 671 01:17:51,167 --> 01:17:54,753 Wealth. Women. 672 01:17:56,755 --> 01:17:58,424 And one more thing... 673 01:18:01,594 --> 01:18:04,263 ...I want a uniform. 674 01:18:08,767 --> 01:18:10,477 Done. 675 01:18:12,104 --> 01:18:13,814 You will find... 676 01:18:14,440 --> 01:18:16,358 ...I am kind. 677 01:18:17,484 --> 01:18:21,739 Unlike the cruel Leonidas, who demanded that you stand... 678 01:18:23,824 --> 01:18:25,534 ...I require only... 679 01:18:26,285 --> 01:18:27,703 ...that you kneel. 680 01:18:55,356 --> 01:18:57,316 Beautiful night. 681 01:18:58,734 --> 01:19:02,738 Yes, but I did not ask you here for small talk, Theron. 682 01:19:03,364 --> 01:19:05,491 You can be sure of that. 683 01:19:06,867 --> 01:19:09,536 You never spared words with me. 684 01:19:10,120 --> 01:19:13,374 Can I offer you something? A drink, perhaps? 685 01:19:13,540 --> 01:19:15,376 Is it poison? 686 01:19:15,793 --> 01:19:18,545 I'm sorry to disappoint you, it's only water. 687 01:19:28,347 --> 01:19:31,517 I'm told it's been arranged for you to go before the council. 688 01:19:32,184 --> 01:19:33,894 Yes. 689 01:19:34,103 --> 01:19:37,439 I need your help in winning votes to send the army north to our king. 690 01:19:38,023 --> 01:19:39,650 Yes. 691 01:19:40,317 --> 01:19:42,861 I can see it, the two of us standing together. 692 01:19:43,028 --> 01:19:47,408 Me, politician. You, warrior. Our voices as one. 693 01:19:48,742 --> 01:19:50,202 But why would I want to do that? 694 01:19:51,203 --> 01:19:55,165 It proves you care for a king who right now fights for the very water we drink. 695 01:19:55,499 --> 01:19:57,084 True. 696 01:19:57,459 --> 01:20:00,087 But this is politics, not war. 697 01:20:00,379 --> 01:20:01,922 Leonidas is an idealist. 698 01:20:02,339 --> 01:20:06,260 I know your kind too well. You send men to slaughter for your own gain. 699 01:20:06,427 --> 01:20:11,348 Your husband, our king, has taken 300 of our finest to slaughter. 700 01:20:11,515 --> 01:20:16,145 He's broken our laws and left without the council's consent. 701 01:20:16,645 --> 01:20:19,648 - I'm simply a realist. - You're an opportunist. 702 01:20:20,607 --> 01:20:24,903 You're as foolish as Leonidas if you think men don't have a price in this world. 703 01:20:25,070 --> 01:20:29,658 All men are not created equal. That's the Spartan code, my little queen. 704 01:20:33,329 --> 01:20:35,748 I admire your passion. 705 01:20:37,082 --> 01:20:38,792 But don't think that you... 706 01:20:39,251 --> 01:20:41,587 ...a Woman, even a queen... 707 01:20:41,754 --> 01:20:45,674 ...can walk into the council chamber and sway the minds of men. 708 01:20:45,841 --> 01:20:48,260 I own that chamber... 709 01:20:48,427 --> 01:20:50,512 ...as if it were built with these hands. 710 01:20:54,975 --> 01:20:58,520 I could crush the life out of you right now. 711 01:20:59,605 --> 01:21:03,275 You will go before the council, but your words will fall on deaf ears. 712 01:21:03,442 --> 01:21:09,198 Leonidas will receive no reinforcements, and if he returns, without my help... 713 01:21:09,365 --> 01:21:12,326 ...he will go to jail or worse. 714 01:21:16,080 --> 01:21:17,539 Do you love your Sparta? 715 01:21:18,040 --> 01:21:19,750 Yes. 716 01:21:19,917 --> 01:21:22,169 - And your king? - I do. 717 01:21:28,008 --> 01:21:31,720 Your husband fights for his land and his love. 718 01:21:32,388 --> 01:21:34,681 What do you have to offer... 719 01:21:35,474 --> 01:21:38,435 ...in return for my word that I'll help you send our army north? 720 01:21:42,398 --> 01:21:45,067 What does a realist want with his queen? 721 01:21:49,655 --> 01:21:51,407 I think you know. 722 01:22:05,838 --> 01:22:08,549 This will not be over quickly. 723 01:22:09,591 --> 01:22:12,094 You will not enjoy this. 724 01:22:12,636 --> 01:22:14,888 I'm not your king. 725 01:22:39,705 --> 01:22:41,498 Dilios. 726 01:22:43,500 --> 01:22:47,546 I trust that scratch hasn't made you useless? 727 01:22:47,713 --> 01:22:50,716 Hardly, my lord. It's just an eye. 728 01:22:50,883 --> 01:22:54,094 The gods saw fit to grace me with a spare. 729 01:22:55,971 --> 01:22:57,890 My captain? 730 01:22:59,224 --> 01:23:03,020 Curses the gods and mourns alone. 731 01:23:04,980 --> 01:23:06,940 Leonidas! 732 01:23:08,150 --> 01:23:11,153 We are undone. Undone, I tell you. Destroyed. 733 01:23:11,320 --> 01:23:12,738 Daxos, calm yourself. 734 01:23:12,905 --> 01:23:16,533 Our hunchback traitor led Xerxes' Immortals to the hidden goat path behind us. 735 01:23:16,909 --> 01:23:19,745 The Phocians you posted there were scattered without a fight. 736 01:23:19,912 --> 01:23:25,167 - This battle is over, Leonidas. - This battle is over when I say it is over. 737 01:23:25,334 --> 01:23:29,713 By morning, the Immortals will surround us. The Hot Gates will fall. 738 01:23:30,339 --> 01:23:34,718 Spartans! Prepare for glory! 739 01:23:34,885 --> 01:23:38,096 Glory? Have you gone mad? 740 01:23:38,263 --> 01:23:39,806 There is no glory to be had now. 741 01:23:40,432 --> 01:23:44,019 Only retreat or surrender. Or death. 742 01:23:44,186 --> 01:23:47,356 Well, that's an easy choice for us, Arcadian. 743 01:23:47,523 --> 01:23:53,028 Spartans never retreat. Spartans never surrender. 744 01:23:53,612 --> 01:23:55,739 Go spread the word. 745 01:23:55,948 --> 01:23:59,618 Let every Greek assembled know the truth of this. 746 01:23:59,785 --> 01:24:02,621 Let each among them search his own soul. 747 01:24:04,331 --> 01:24:08,460 And while you're at it, search your own. 748 01:24:15,968 --> 01:24:18,262 My men will leave with me. 749 01:24:23,600 --> 01:24:25,811 Godspeed, Leonidas. 750 01:24:32,150 --> 01:24:33,735 Children! 751 01:24:34,695 --> 01:24:36,029 Children. 752 01:24:37,072 --> 01:24:39,074 Gather round. 753 01:24:40,951 --> 01:24:44,204 No retreat, no surrender. 754 01:24:44,371 --> 01:24:48,250 That is Spartan law. 755 01:24:48,500 --> 01:24:53,547 And by Spartan law, we will stand and fight... 756 01:24:53,714 --> 01:24:55,716 ...and die. 757 01:24:59,177 --> 01:25:02,681 A new age has begun. 758 01:25:04,391 --> 01:25:07,519 An age of freedom. 759 01:25:08,604 --> 01:25:12,274 And all will know that 300 Spartans... 760 01:25:12,441 --> 01:25:15,694 ...gave their last breath to defend it. 761 01:25:36,006 --> 01:25:37,758 My friend. 762 01:25:41,303 --> 01:25:46,892 I have lived my entire life without regret until now. 763 01:25:50,228 --> 01:25:56,193 It's not that my son gave up his life for his country. 764 01:25:58,070 --> 01:26:01,948 It's just that I never told him that I loved him the most. 765 01:26:03,575 --> 01:26:06,411 That he stood by me with honor. 766 01:26:07,871 --> 01:26:10,791 That he was all that was best in me. 767 01:26:19,925 --> 01:26:22,427 My heart is broken for your loss. 768 01:26:23,178 --> 01:26:24,888 Heart? 769 01:26:29,935 --> 01:26:33,063 I have filled my heart... 770 01:26:33,230 --> 01:26:34,940 ...with hate. 771 01:26:39,111 --> 01:26:40,779 Good. 772 01:26:49,913 --> 01:26:51,748 Dilios... 773 01:26:53,458 --> 01:26:55,585 ...let's take a walk. 774 01:26:57,045 --> 01:26:59,131 Yes, my lord. 775 01:27:01,508 --> 01:27:04,177 But, sire, I am fit and ready for battle. 776 01:27:04,344 --> 01:27:07,472 That you are, one of the finest. 777 01:27:07,806 --> 01:27:11,393 But you have another talent unlike any other Spartan. 778 01:27:14,104 --> 01:27:17,524 You will deliver my final orders to the council... 779 01:27:17,691 --> 01:27:20,193 ...with force and verve. 780 01:27:22,696 --> 01:27:24,990 Tell them our story. 781 01:27:25,157 --> 01:27:29,661 Make every Greek know what happened here. 782 01:27:30,495 --> 01:27:33,165 You'll have a grand tale to tell. 783 01:27:34,958 --> 01:27:36,668 A tale of victory. 784 01:27:37,335 --> 01:27:38,879 Victory. 785 01:27:42,924 --> 01:27:44,926 Yes, my lord. 786 01:27:50,599 --> 01:27:52,976 Sire, any message...? 787 01:27:55,854 --> 01:27:57,189 For the queen? 788 01:28:19,669 --> 01:28:22,088 None that need be spoken. 789 01:28:37,229 --> 01:28:39,606 Hundreds leave. 790 01:28:40,232 --> 01:28:42,692 A handful stay. 791 01:28:47,864 --> 01:28:50,492 Only one looks back. 792 01:29:00,794 --> 01:29:03,004 Spartans! 793 01:29:04,089 --> 01:29:07,259 Ready your breakfast and eat hearty... 794 01:29:07,425 --> 01:29:11,346 ...for tonight we dine in hell! 795 01:29:20,230 --> 01:29:22,899 May I give the floor now... 796 01:29:23,066 --> 01:29:27,487 ...to the wife of Leonidas and queen of Sparta. 797 01:29:39,207 --> 01:29:40,959 - What's this? - This is nothing. 798 01:29:41,126 --> 01:29:42,961 Councilmen... 799 01:29:43,128 --> 01:29:46,882 ...I stand before you not only as your queen. 800 01:29:47,757 --> 01:29:50,468 I come to you as a mother. 801 01:29:51,761 --> 01:29:54,139 I come to you as a wife. 802 01:29:55,974 --> 01:29:58,476 I come to you as a Spartan woman. 803 01:30:03,481 --> 01:30:06,610 I come to you with great humility. 804 01:30:10,030 --> 01:30:12,449 I am not here to represent Leonidas. 805 01:30:12,616 --> 01:30:15,368 His actions speak louder than my words ever could. 806 01:30:15,702 --> 01:30:18,121 I am here for all those voices which cannot be heard. 807 01:30:18,288 --> 01:30:20,832 Mothers, daughters, fathers, sons. 808 01:30:20,999 --> 01:30:23,960 Three hundred families that bleed for our rights... 809 01:30:24,377 --> 01:30:27,589 ...and for the very principles this room was built upon. 810 01:30:28,173 --> 01:30:30,300 We are at war, gentlemen. 811 01:30:30,717 --> 01:30:33,261 We must send the entire Spartan army to aid our king... 812 01:30:33,428 --> 01:30:36,514 ...in the preservation of not just ourselves, but of our children. 813 01:30:37,098 --> 01:30:40,226 Send the army for the preservation of liberty. 814 01:30:40,393 --> 01:30:42,729 Send it for justice. 815 01:30:42,896 --> 01:30:44,522 Send it for law and order. 816 01:30:45,065 --> 01:30:47,275 Send it for reason. 817 01:30:47,442 --> 01:30:51,529 But most importantly, send our army for hope. 818 01:30:51,696 --> 01:30:55,283 Hope that a king and his men have not been wasted to the pages of history. 819 01:30:56,117 --> 01:30:59,537 That their courage bonds us together. 820 01:30:59,871 --> 01:31:03,041 That we are made stronger by their actions... 821 01:31:04,042 --> 01:31:08,171 ...and that your choices today reflect their bravery. 822 01:31:10,090 --> 01:31:11,758 Three hundred. 823 01:31:14,094 --> 01:31:15,929 We must send them. 824 01:31:19,724 --> 01:31:21,559 Moving... 825 01:31:21,893 --> 01:31:24,771 ...eloquent, passionate. 826 01:31:25,188 --> 01:31:29,359 But it doesn't change the fact that your husband has brought war upon us. 827 01:31:29,526 --> 01:31:31,945 You are wrong. Xerxes brought it forth... 828 01:31:32,112 --> 01:31:34,572 ...and before that, his father Darius at Marathon. 829 01:31:34,739 --> 01:31:36,491 The Persians will not stop... 830 01:31:36,658 --> 01:31:40,036 ...until the only shelter we will find is rubble and chaos. 831 01:31:40,412 --> 01:31:44,165 This chamber needs no history lesson, my queen. 832 01:31:44,666 --> 01:31:46,876 Then what is the lesson you would like to leave? 833 01:31:47,043 --> 01:31:49,129 Shall I begin to enumerate all of them? 834 01:31:49,546 --> 01:31:52,966 Honor. Duty. Glory. 835 01:31:53,258 --> 01:31:58,263 You speak of honor, duty and glory? 836 01:31:59,597 --> 01:32:00,807 But what of adultery? 837 01:32:00,974 --> 01:32:03,435 - How dare you. - How dare I? 838 01:32:03,893 --> 01:32:06,896 Watch her carefully. 839 01:32:07,063 --> 01:32:10,025 She is a trickster in true form. 840 01:32:10,191 --> 01:32:13,361 Do not play with the members of this sacred chamber, my queen. 841 01:32:13,528 --> 01:32:16,614 Just hours ago, you offered yourself to me. 842 01:32:16,781 --> 01:32:21,244 Were I a weaker man, I would have her scent on me still. 843 01:32:21,411 --> 01:32:24,414 - This is outrage. - Oh, the hypocrite speaks! 844 01:32:24,581 --> 01:32:27,584 Did you not receive a similar payment, which you took... 845 01:32:27,751 --> 01:32:30,962 ...in exchange for her having an audience with these noble men? 846 01:32:31,129 --> 01:32:32,922 - That is a lie. - Is it? 847 01:32:33,089 --> 01:32:36,843 Was he not, by your invitation, asked to come to the king's bedchamber? 848 01:32:37,385 --> 01:32:42,015 The very bed where you attempted to negotiate with me so vigorously? 849 01:32:44,642 --> 01:32:48,146 You look shocked. A bribe of the flesh, gentlemen... 850 01:32:48,313 --> 01:32:51,608 ...while her husband promotes anarchy and war. 851 01:32:54,527 --> 01:32:55,737 He speaks truth. 852 01:32:56,321 --> 01:32:59,532 Words escape even the most cunning tongue... 853 01:32:59,699 --> 01:33:01,785 ...my little whore queen. 854 01:33:06,498 --> 01:33:08,333 What queen-like behavior. 855 01:33:10,043 --> 01:33:13,171 Remove her from this chamber before she infects us further... 856 01:33:13,338 --> 01:33:16,341 ...with her inglorious and shabby self. 857 01:33:23,181 --> 01:33:24,766 This will not be over quickly. 858 01:33:26,101 --> 01:33:29,646 You will not enjoy this. I am not your queen. 859 01:33:51,793 --> 01:33:53,711 Traitor. 860 01:33:54,254 --> 01:33:59,050 Traitor! Traitor! Traitor! 861 01:33:59,342 --> 01:34:01,594 Traitor! 862 01:34:38,631 --> 01:34:44,637 Leonidas, my compliments and congratulations. 863 01:34:44,804 --> 01:34:48,474 You surely have turned calamity into victory. 864 01:34:48,641 --> 01:34:51,644 Despite your insufferable arrogance... 865 01:34:51,811 --> 01:34:55,982 ...the god-king has come to admire Spartan valor and fighting skill. 866 01:34:56,733 --> 01:34:58,109 You will make a mighty ally. 867 01:34:58,276 --> 01:34:59,986 Yield, Leonidas. 868 01:35:01,154 --> 01:35:04,032 Use your reason. Think of your men. 869 01:35:06,868 --> 01:35:08,494 I beg you. 870 01:35:09,078 --> 01:35:11,039 Listen to your fellow Greek. 871 01:35:11,206 --> 01:35:14,918 He can attest to the divine one's generosity. 872 01:35:15,084 --> 01:35:19,547 Despite your several insults, despite your horrid blasphemies... 873 01:35:20,465 --> 01:35:23,635 ...the lord of hosts is prepared to forgive all... 874 01:35:23,885 --> 01:35:26,930 ...and more, to reward your service. 875 01:35:27,180 --> 01:35:28,514 You fight for your lands. 876 01:35:29,224 --> 01:35:31,059 Keep them. 877 01:35:31,768 --> 01:35:33,728 You fight for Sparta. 878 01:35:33,895 --> 01:35:37,899 She will be wealthier and more powerful than ever before. 879 01:35:38,107 --> 01:35:40,026 You fight for your kingship. 880 01:35:40,944 --> 01:35:43,905 You will be proclaimed warlord of all Greece... 881 01:35:44,072 --> 01:35:48,368 ...answerable only to the one true master of the world. 882 01:35:48,743 --> 01:35:53,498 Leonidas, your victory will be complete... 883 01:35:53,665 --> 01:35:56,251 ...if you but lay down your arms... 884 01:35:56,417 --> 01:35:59,587 ...and kneel to holy Xerxes. 885 01:36:30,076 --> 01:36:35,039 It's been more than 30 years since the wolf in the winter cold. 886 01:36:35,206 --> 01:36:39,752 And now, as then, it's not fear that grips him... 887 01:36:39,919 --> 01:36:45,091 ...only restlessness. A heightened sense of things. 888 01:36:45,883 --> 01:36:50,680 The seaborne breeze coolly kissing the sweat at his chest and neck. 889 01:36:50,847 --> 01:36:52,348 Gulls cawing... 890 01:36:52,515 --> 01:36:56,728 ...complaining even as they feast on the thousands of floating dead. 891 01:36:58,354 --> 01:37:03,401 The steady breathing of the 300 at his back... 892 01:37:04,193 --> 01:37:07,655 ...ready to die for him without a moment's pause. 893 01:37:10,241 --> 01:37:11,617 Every one of them... 894 01:37:13,077 --> 01:37:15,038 ...ready to die. 895 01:37:30,553 --> 01:37:33,473 His helmet is stifling. 896 01:37:54,160 --> 01:37:56,996 His shield is heavy. 897 01:38:04,629 --> 01:38:05,963 Your spear. 898 01:38:14,806 --> 01:38:16,224 You there... 899 01:38:16,641 --> 01:38:18,643 ...Ephialtes. 900 01:38:23,773 --> 01:38:26,025 May you live forever. 901 01:38:33,449 --> 01:38:35,743 Leonidas, your spear. 902 01:39:42,977 --> 01:39:44,562 Stelios! 903 01:39:54,572 --> 01:39:56,199 Slaughter them! 904 01:39:59,577 --> 01:40:01,162 His helmet was stifling. 905 01:40:01,329 --> 01:40:04,457 It narrowed his vision, and he must see far. 906 01:40:05,750 --> 01:40:09,629 His shield was heavy. It threw him off balance... 907 01:40:09,795 --> 01:40:13,466 ...and his target is far away. 908 01:41:18,030 --> 01:41:22,618 The old ones say we Spartans are descended from Hercules himself. 909 01:41:24,078 --> 01:41:28,416 Bold Leonidas gives testament to our bloodline. 910 01:41:28,583 --> 01:41:32,712 His roar is long and loud. 911 01:42:02,825 --> 01:42:04,410 My king. 912 01:42:16,672 --> 01:42:20,301 It's an honor to die at your side. 913 01:42:21,886 --> 01:42:26,390 It's an honor to have lived at yours. 914 01:42:47,286 --> 01:42:49,413 My queen! 915 01:42:57,630 --> 01:42:59,382 My wife. 916 01:43:10,810 --> 01:43:12,603 My love. 917 01:45:39,041 --> 01:45:41,168 "Remember us." 918 01:45:42,837 --> 01:45:46,257 As simple an order as a king can give. 919 01:45:47,842 --> 01:45:51,053 "Remember why we died." 920 01:45:53,055 --> 01:45:57,101 For he did not wish tribute or song... 921 01:45:58,936 --> 01:46:03,107 ...nor monuments, nor poems of war and valor. 922 01:46:05,985 --> 01:46:08,279 His wish was simple. 923 01:46:13,659 --> 01:46:15,744 "Remember us"... 924 01:46:16,787 --> 01:46:18,497 ...he said to me. 925 01:46:20,165 --> 01:46:22,376 That was his hope. 926 01:46:22,585 --> 01:46:26,297 Should any free soul come across that place... 927 01:46:27,089 --> 01:46:30,426 ...in all the countless centuries yet to be... 928 01:46:30,843 --> 01:46:33,429 ...may all our voices... 929 01:46:33,596 --> 01:46:37,641 ...whisper to you from the ageless stones. 930 01:46:38,642 --> 01:46:42,271 Go tell the Spartans, passerby... 931 01:46:42,605 --> 01:46:48,485 ...that here, by Spartan law, we lie. 932 01:46:51,238 --> 01:46:53,949 And so my king died... 933 01:46:54,825 --> 01:46:57,453 ...and my brothers died... 934 01:46:59,830 --> 01:47:02,291 ...barely a year ago. 935 01:47:06,211 --> 01:47:11,467 Long I pondered my king's cryptic talk of victory. 936 01:47:11,675 --> 01:47:14,345 Time has proven him wise. 937 01:47:15,220 --> 01:47:18,265 For from free Greek to free Greek... 938 01:47:18,432 --> 01:47:23,020 ...the word was spread that bold Leonidas and his 300... 939 01:47:23,187 --> 01:47:25,189 ...so far from home... 940 01:47:25,356 --> 01:47:28,776 ...laid down their lives not just for Sparta... 941 01:47:28,943 --> 01:47:32,738 ...but for all Greece and the promise this country holds. 942 01:47:33,656 --> 01:47:38,702 Now, here on this rugged patch of earth called Plataea... 943 01:47:38,869 --> 01:47:43,874 ...Xerxes' hordes face obliteration! 944 01:47:45,542 --> 01:47:48,963 Just there the barbarians huddle... 945 01:47:49,129 --> 01:47:54,009 ...sheer terror gripping tight their hearts... 946 01:47:54,176 --> 01:47:56,053 ...with icy fingers... 947 01:47:56,220 --> 01:47:59,473 ...knowing full well what merciless horrors they suffered... 948 01:47:59,640 --> 01:48:02,184 ...at the swords and spears of 300. 949 01:48:03,560 --> 01:48:09,149 Yet they stare now across the plain at 10,000 Spartans... 950 01:48:09,316 --> 01:48:12,611 ...commanding 30,000 free Greeks! 951 01:48:19,410 --> 01:48:23,330 The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one. 952 01:48:23,622 --> 01:48:25,624 Good odds for any Greek. 953 01:48:26,333 --> 01:48:31,046 This day, we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny... 954 01:48:31,213 --> 01:48:35,592 ...and usher in a future brighter than anything we can imagine. 955 01:48:40,014 --> 01:48:41,515 Give thanks, men... 956 01:48:42,224 --> 01:48:45,978 ...to Leonidas and the brave 300. 957 01:48:46,145 --> 01:48:48,897 To victory!