1 00:00:49,282 --> 00:00:51,251 [THUNDER RUMBLING] 2 00:00:56,289 --> 00:00:57,757 [BABY COOS] 3 00:00:59,426 --> 00:01:01,961 DILIOS: When the boy was born... 4 00:01:02,796 --> 00:01:04,931 ... like all Spartans, he was inspected. 5 00:01:06,733 --> 00:01:11,371 If he'd been small or puny or sickly or misshapen... 6 00:01:11,538 --> 00:01:13,873 ... he would have been discarded. 7 00:01:20,980 --> 00:01:26,653 From the time he could stand, he was baptized in the fire of combat. 8 00:01:28,421 --> 00:01:29,989 [GRUNTING] 9 00:01:48,742 --> 00:01:52,412 Taught never to retreat, never to surrender. 10 00:01:52,579 --> 00:01:57,450 Taught that death on the battlefield in service to Sparta... 11 00:01:57,650 --> 00:02:00,954 ... was the greatest glory he could achieve in his life. 12 00:02:16,102 --> 00:02:20,640 At age 7, as is customary in Sparta... 13 00:02:20,807 --> 00:02:25,879 ... the boy was taken from his mother and plunged into a world of violence. 14 00:02:26,460 --> 00:02:27,470 [GRUNTING] 15 00:02:27,213 --> 00:02:31,317 Manufactured by 300 years of Spartan warrior society... 16 00:02:32,352 --> 00:02:36,656 ... to create the finest soldiers the world has ever known. 17 00:02:36,823 --> 00:02:41,394 The agoge, as it's called, forces the boy to fight. 18 00:02:41,561 --> 00:02:45,198 Starves them, forces them to steal... 19 00:02:45,365 --> 00:02:49,736 ... and if necessary, to kill. 20 00:02:50,804 --> 00:02:53,807 By rod and lash the boy was punished... 21 00:02:53,973 --> 00:02:57,243 ... taught to show no pain, no mercy. 22 00:02:58,978 --> 00:03:02,482 Constantly tested, tossed into the wild. 23 00:03:02,649 --> 00:03:07,921 Left to pit his wits and will against nature's fury. 24 00:03:08,321 --> 00:03:10,523 It was his initiation... 25 00:03:10,690 --> 00:03:13,259 ... his time in the wild... 26 00:03:13,426 --> 00:03:17,931 ... for he would return to his people a Spartan... 27 00:03:18,980 --> 00:03:20,233 ... or not at all. 28 00:03:20,700 --> 00:03:21,901 [WOLF GROWLING] 29 00:03:42,555 --> 00:03:45,425 The wolf begins to circle the boy. 30 00:03:45,592 --> 00:03:48,280 Claws of black steel... 31 00:03:48,194 --> 00:03:50,430 ... fur as dark night. 32 00:03:50,930 --> 00:03:52,265 Eyes glowing red... 33 00:03:52,432 --> 00:03:56,369 ... jewels from the pit of hell itself. 34 00:04:05,111 --> 00:04:09,115 The giant wolf sniffing... 35 00:04:09,282 --> 00:04:12,318 ... savoring the scent of the meal to come. 36 00:04:12,819 --> 00:04:14,387 [SNARLING] 37 00:04:25,265 --> 00:04:26,599 [WOLF WHIMPERS] 38 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,335 [WOLF HOWLING] 39 00:04:36,509 --> 00:04:38,110 It's not fear that grips him... 40 00:04:38,645 --> 00:04:41,815 ... only a heightened sense of things. 41 00:04:42,148 --> 00:04:45,518 The cold air in his lungs. 42 00:04:46,860 --> 00:04:49,422 Windswept pines moving against the coming night. 43 00:04:51,324 --> 00:04:53,260 [HOWLING] 44 00:04:57,430 --> 00:04:59,833 His hands are steady. 45 00:04:59,999 --> 00:05:02,268 His form... 46 00:05:02,435 --> 00:05:04,537 ... perfect. 47 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:33,660 And so the boy, given up for dead... 48 00:05:33,233 --> 00:05:37,971 ... returns to his people, to sacred Sparta, a king! 49 00:05:38,405 --> 00:05:40,907 Our king, Leonidas! 50 00:05:41,740 --> 00:05:42,509 [SPARTANS CHANTING] 51 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,818 It's been more than 30 years since the wolf and the winter cold. 52 00:05:53,219 --> 00:05:57,524 And now, as then, a beast approaches. 53 00:05:57,691 --> 00:06:02,595 Patient and confident, savoring the meal to come. 54 00:06:03,263 --> 00:06:06,566 But this beast is made of men and horses... 55 00:06:06,733 --> 00:06:09,536 ... swords and spears. 56 00:06:09,736 --> 00:06:14,708 An army of slaves, vast beyond imagining, ready to devour tiny Greece. 57 00:06:15,410 --> 00:06:19,779 Ready to snuff out the world's one hope for reason and justice. 58 00:06:22,549 --> 00:06:25,285 A beast approaches... 59 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:33,626 ... and it was King Leonidas himself who provoked it. 60 00:07:27,347 --> 00:07:29,150 [HORSE NEIGHING] 61 00:07:44,264 --> 00:07:45,265 LEONIDAS: That's it. 62 00:07:45,432 --> 00:07:46,433 [PLEISTARCHOS GRUNTING] 63 00:07:46,599 --> 00:07:51,304 LEONIDAS: Now, the more you sweat here, the less you'll bleed in battle. 64 00:07:52,505 --> 00:07:54,974 My father taught me... 65 00:07:55,141 --> 00:07:57,610 ... that fear is always a constant. 66 00:07:57,777 --> 00:07:59,312 But accepting it... 67 00:07:59,679 --> 00:08:00,814 ... makes you stronger. 68 00:08:00,980 --> 00:08:02,349 My queen. 69 00:08:02,515 --> 00:08:05,352 A Persian emissary awaits Leonidas. 70 00:08:07,887 --> 00:08:09,289 In the end... 71 00:08:09,456 --> 00:08:13,260 ... a Spartan's true strength is the warrior next to him. 72 00:08:13,793 --> 00:08:18,298 So give respect and honor to him, and it will be returned to you. 73 00:08:18,832 --> 00:08:20,333 First... 74 00:08:21,670 --> 00:08:24,370 - ... you fight with your head. - Then you fight with your heart. 75 00:08:26,373 --> 00:08:28,740 What is it? 76 00:08:28,308 --> 00:08:30,176 A Persian messenger awaits you. 77 00:08:32,479 --> 00:08:33,913 Do not forget today's lesson. 78 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:36,816 - Respect and honor. LEONIDAS: Respect and honor. 79 00:08:52,332 --> 00:08:56,770 Councilman Theron. You found yourself needed, for once. 80 00:08:57,871 --> 00:09:00,774 My king and queen, I was just entertaining your guests. 81 00:09:01,700 --> 00:09:02,242 I"m sure. 82 00:09:03,443 --> 00:09:05,278 Before you speak, Persian... 83 00:09:05,445 --> 00:09:08,748 ... know that in Sparta everyone, even a king's messenger... 84 00:09:08,915 --> 00:09:11,518 ... is held accountable for the words of his voice. 85 00:09:12,519 --> 00:09:15,255 Now, what message do you bring? 86 00:09:16,356 --> 00:09:18,792 Earth and water. 87 00:09:21,940 --> 00:09:24,731 You rode all the way from Persia for earth and water? 88 00:09:26,299 --> 00:09:30,203 Do not be coy or stupid, Persian. You can afford neither in Sparta. 89 00:09:30,704 --> 00:09:33,139 What makes this woman think she can speak among men? 90 00:09:33,306 --> 00:09:36,142 Because only Spartan women give birth to real men. 91 00:09:37,644 --> 00:09:41,281 Let us walk to cool our tongues. 92 00:09:43,883 --> 00:09:47,530 If you value your lives over your complete annihilation... 93 00:09:47,220 --> 00:09:48,888 ... listen carefully, Leonidas. 94 00:09:49,550 --> 00:09:53,760 Xerxes conquers and controls everything he rests his eyes upon. 95 00:09:53,927 --> 00:09:56,996 He leads an army so massive, it shakes the ground with its march. 96 00:09:57,163 --> 00:09:59,899 So vast, it drinks the rivers dry. 97 00:10:00,660 --> 00:10:03,690 All the God-King Xerxes requires is this: 98 00:10:03,403 --> 00:10:06,639 A simple offering of earth and water... 99 00:10:06,806 --> 00:10:10,977 ... a token of Sparta's submission to the will of Xerxes. 100 00:10:22,220 --> 00:10:24,190 Submission. 101 00:10:26,359 --> 00:10:28,294 Now, that's a bit of a problem. 102 00:10:28,695 --> 00:10:29,963 See, rumor has it... 103 00:10:30,130 --> 00:10:32,766 ... the Athenians have already turned you down. 104 00:10:33,666 --> 00:10:38,872 And if those philosophers and boy-lovers have found that kind of nerve, then-- 105 00:10:39,390 --> 00:10:43,309 - We must be diplomatic. - And, of course, Spartans... 106 00:10:44,344 --> 00:10:46,379 ... have their reputation to consider. 107 00:10:46,546 --> 00:10:50,617 Choose your next words carefully, Leonidas. 108 00:10:50,850 --> 00:10:53,486 They may be your last as king. 109 00:11:33,927 --> 00:11:37,263 LEONIDAS: "Earth and water." 110 00:11:42,535 --> 00:11:44,604 Madman. You"re a madman. 111 00:11:44,771 --> 00:11:46,439 Earth and water. 112 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,900 You'll find plenty of both down there. 113 00:11:49,275 --> 00:11:52,712 No man, Persian or Greek, no man threatens a messenger. 114 00:11:53,179 --> 00:11:58,118 You bring the crowns and heads of conquered kings to my city steps. 115 00:11:58,284 --> 00:12:00,387 You insult my queen. 116 00:12:00,553 --> 00:12:04,290 You threaten my people with slavery and death. 117 00:12:04,457 --> 00:12:07,394 Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, Persian. 118 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:09,529 Perhaps you should have done the same. 119 00:12:09,696 --> 00:12:13,366 This is blasphemy. This is madness! 120 00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:32,819 Madness? 121 00:12:33,453 --> 00:12:35,588 This is Sparta! 122 00:12:36,560 --> 00:12:37,824 [MESSENGER SCREAMING] 123 00:12:47,934 --> 00:12:49,436 [PEOPLE SCREAMING] 124 00:13:37,684 --> 00:13:38,885 [GRUNTING] 125 00:13:42,355 --> 00:13:43,456 [THUNDER RUMBLING] 126 00:14:02,750 --> 00:14:04,477 EPHOR 1: Welcome, Leonidas. 127 00:14:05,780 --> 00:14:08,248 We have been expecting you. 128 00:14:14,721 --> 00:14:20,600 DILIOS: The ephors, priests to the old gods. 129 00:14:20,427 --> 00:14:22,762 Inbred swine. 130 00:14:22,929 --> 00:14:25,732 More creature than man. 131 00:14:26,166 --> 00:14:31,604 Creatures whom even Leonidas must bribe and beg. 132 00:14:32,439 --> 00:14:37,277 For no Spartan king has gone to war without the ephors' blessing. 133 00:14:38,945 --> 00:14:43,490 LEONIDAS: The Persians claim their forces number in the millions. 134 00:14:43,683 --> 00:14:46,953 I hope, for our sake, they exaggerate. 135 00:14:47,420 --> 00:14:51,624 But there's no question, we face the most massive army ever assembled. 136 00:14:51,891 --> 00:14:55,228 Before your plan is heard... 137 00:14:55,395 --> 00:14:57,630 ... what do you offer? 138 00:15:07,207 --> 00:15:11,544 We will use our superior fighting skills... 139 00:15:11,711 --> 00:15:15,782 ... and the terrain of Greece herself to destroy them. 140 00:15:15,949 --> 00:15:18,785 We will march north to the coast, where I will make sure-- 141 00:15:18,952 --> 00:15:23,823 It is August, Leonidas. The full moon approaches. 142 00:15:24,224 --> 00:15:27,427 EPHOR 2: The sacred and ancient festival. 143 00:15:27,594 --> 00:15:31,664 Sparta wages no war at the time of the Carneia. 144 00:15:31,831 --> 00:15:33,466 Sparta will burn! 145 00:15:33,900 --> 00:15:35,435 Her men will die at arms... 146 00:15:35,602 --> 00:15:39,272 ... and her women and children will be slaves or worse. 147 00:15:41,408 --> 00:15:46,479 Now, we will block the Persian coastal assault... 148 00:15:46,780 --> 00:15:49,820 ... by rebuilding the great Phocian Wall. 149 00:15:49,249 --> 00:15:53,953 And from there, we will funnel them into the mountain pass we call the Hot Gates. 150 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:58,491 Now, in that narrow corridor, their numbers will count for nothing. 151 00:15:58,658 --> 00:16:01,261 And wave after wave of Persian attack... 152 00:16:01,428 --> 00:16:05,365 ... will smash against Spartan shields. 153 00:16:05,932 --> 00:16:10,203 Xerxes' losses will be so great, his men so demoralized... 154 00:16:10,370 --> 00:16:14,808 ... he will have no choice but to abandon his campaign. 155 00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:17,677 We must consult the oracle. 156 00:16:18,378 --> 00:16:20,980 Trust the gods, Leonidas. 157 00:16:21,147 --> 00:16:24,484 I'd prefer you trusted your reason. 158 00:16:24,651 --> 00:16:26,686 Your blasphemies... 159 00:16:26,853 --> 00:16:31,224 ... have cost us quite enough already. 160 00:16:31,958 --> 00:16:34,994 Don't compound them. 161 00:16:37,630 --> 00:16:41,868 We will consult the oracle. 162 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,506 DILIOS: Diseased old mystics. 163 00:16:55,582 --> 00:16:58,752 EPHOR: "Pray to the winds... 164 00:17:01,254 --> 00:17:03,490 ... Sparta will fall. 165 00:17:06,426 --> 00:17:10,960 All Greece will fall. 166 00:17:12,265 --> 00:17:15,935 Trust not in men... 167 00:17:17,937 --> 00:17:21,241 ... honor the gods. 168 00:17:24,944 --> 00:17:28,615 Honor the Carneia." 169 00:17:30,450 --> 00:17:34,540 DILIOS: The king's climb down is harder. 170 00:17:34,220 --> 00:17:37,123 Pompous, inbred swine. 171 00:17:37,290 --> 00:17:40,527 Worthless, diseased, rotten... 172 00:17:40,694 --> 00:17:42,729 ... corrupt. 173 00:17:46,990 --> 00:17:49,736 THERON: Truly, you"re in the god-king's favor now... 174 00:17:50,303 --> 00:17:52,405 ... O wise and holy men. 175 00:17:52,706 --> 00:17:54,140 Yes. 176 00:17:54,307 --> 00:17:59,279 And when Sparta burns, you shall bathe in gold. 177 00:17:59,446 --> 00:18:02,480 Fresh oracles shall be delivered to you... 178 00:18:02,482 --> 00:18:03,917 ... daily... 179 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,887 ... from every corner of the empire. 180 00:18:11,958 --> 00:18:13,159 [CHUCKLING] 181 00:18:22,102 --> 00:18:26,272 - Is this all of them? - As you ordered. Three hundred. 182 00:18:27,273 --> 00:18:30,577 All with born sons to carry on their name. 183 00:18:41,321 --> 00:18:42,655 We are with you, sire. 184 00:18:43,230 --> 00:18:45,158 For Sparta. For freedom. 185 00:18:45,325 --> 00:18:47,293 To the death. 186 00:18:58,104 --> 00:18:59,773 LEONIDAS: He is your son. 187 00:19:00,540 --> 00:19:03,476 He is too young to have felt a woman's warmth. 188 00:19:03,643 --> 00:19:07,614 I have others to replace him. Astinos is as brave and ready as any. 189 00:19:07,947 --> 00:19:11,985 No younger than we were the first time you stood next to me in battle. 190 00:19:15,722 --> 00:19:17,891 You are a good friend... 191 00:19:18,580 --> 00:19:21,561 ... but a better captain, there is none. 192 00:19:27,670 --> 00:19:29,200 COUNCILMAN: My good king. 193 00:19:29,903 --> 00:19:33,239 My good king, the oracle has spoken. 194 00:19:33,406 --> 00:19:36,309 The ephors have spoken. There must be no march. 195 00:19:36,476 --> 00:19:38,244 It is the law, my lord. 196 00:19:38,411 --> 00:19:42,415 - The Spartan army must not go to war. - Nor shall it. 197 00:19:43,350 --> 00:19:44,918 I've issued no such orders. 198 00:19:45,318 --> 00:19:48,855 I"m here just taking a stroll, stretching my legs. 199 00:19:49,890 --> 00:19:54,260 These 300 men are my personal bodyguard. 200 00:19:54,527 --> 00:19:56,696 Our army will stay in Sparta. 201 00:19:57,263 --> 00:19:58,598 Where will you go? 202 00:20:01,601 --> 00:20:03,837 I hadn't really thought about it... 203 00:20:04,604 --> 00:20:06,773 ... but now that you ask... 204 00:20:06,940 --> 00:20:09,709 ... I suppose I'll head north. 205 00:20:11,111 --> 00:20:12,245 The Hot Gates? 206 00:20:14,881 --> 00:20:17,283 CAPTAIN: Move out! 207 00:20:17,450 --> 00:20:19,552 Move out! 208 00:20:20,687 --> 00:20:22,288 What shall we do? 209 00:20:23,790 --> 00:20:25,125 What can we do? 210 00:20:25,859 --> 00:20:27,594 What can you do? 211 00:20:30,630 --> 00:20:34,467 Sparta will need sons. 212 00:21:18,712 --> 00:21:20,447 Spartan! 213 00:21:29,723 --> 00:21:30,957 Yes, milady? 214 00:21:47,700 --> 00:21:49,342 Come back with your shield... 215 00:21:50,276 --> 00:21:51,678 ... or on it. 216 00:21:53,179 --> 00:21:54,514 Yes, milady. 217 00:22:03,230 --> 00:22:05,358 DILIOS: "Goodbye, my love." 218 00:22:05,992 --> 00:22:08,194 He doesn't say it. 219 00:22:08,695 --> 00:22:10,930 There's no room for softness... 220 00:22:11,970 --> 00:22:13,990 ... not in Sparta. 221 00:22:13,266 --> 00:22:16,360 No place for weakness. 222 00:22:19,539 --> 00:22:23,710 Only the hard and strong may call themselves Spartans. 223 00:22:24,544 --> 00:22:29,490 Only the hard. Only the strong. 224 00:22:57,544 --> 00:22:59,412 We march... 225 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:05,585 ... for our lands, for our families, for our freedoms. 226 00:23:06,386 --> 00:23:08,555 We march. 227 00:23:10,256 --> 00:23:11,925 LEONIDAS: Daxos. 228 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:15,528 - What a pleasant surprise. - This morning's full of surprises, Leonidas. 229 00:23:15,695 --> 00:23:18,980 - We've been tricked. - Can't be more than a hundred. 230 00:23:18,264 --> 00:23:20,500 BAKER: This is a surprise. DAXOS: Silence. 231 00:23:20,934 --> 00:23:22,902 ARCADIAN: This isn't their army. 232 00:23:23,690 --> 00:23:27,240 We heard Sparta was on the warpath and we were eager to join forces. 233 00:23:27,907 --> 00:23:32,120 If it is blood you seek, you are welcome to join us. 234 00:23:32,345 --> 00:23:35,582 But you bring only this handful of soldiers against Xerxes? 235 00:23:35,749 --> 00:23:39,352 I see I was wrong to expect Sparta's commitment to at least match our own. 236 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,355 Doesn't it? 237 00:23:43,790 --> 00:23:45,458 You, there. 238 00:23:45,959 --> 00:23:47,127 What is your profession? 239 00:23:47,694 --> 00:23:49,796 I"m a potter, sir. 240 00:23:50,964 --> 00:23:54,768 And you, Arcadian. What is your profession? 241 00:23:55,135 --> 00:23:58,571 - Sculptor, sir. - Sculptor. 242 00:23:58,938 --> 00:24:00,874 - And you? - Blacksmith. 243 00:24:05,545 --> 00:24:08,815 Spartans! What is your profession? 244 00:24:09,315 --> 00:24:10,717 [SPARTANS CHANTING] 245 00:24:15,989 --> 00:24:17,957 You see, old friend? 246 00:24:18,124 --> 00:24:20,994 I brought more soldiers than you did. 247 00:24:30,970 --> 00:24:32,772 DILIOS: No sleep tonight... 248 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,309 ... not for the king. 249 00:24:36,476 --> 00:24:38,678 All his 40 years have been a straight road... 250 00:24:38,845 --> 00:24:42,449 ... to this one gleaming moment in destiny... 251 00:24:42,615 --> 00:24:45,352 ... this one radiant clash of shield and spear... 252 00:24:45,518 --> 00:24:49,155 ... sword and bone, and flesh and blood. 253 00:24:50,857 --> 00:24:52,659 His only regret... 254 00:24:52,826 --> 00:24:56,529 ... is that he has so few to sacrifice. 255 00:25:17,851 --> 00:25:19,853 We"re being followed. 256 00:25:24,891 --> 00:25:27,600 It has followed us since Sparta. 257 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:35,350 STELIOS: My king! Look! 258 00:25:55,989 --> 00:25:57,424 STELIOS: What happened here? 259 00:25:58,240 --> 00:25:59,359 Where are all the people? 260 00:26:00,427 --> 00:26:02,162 Persians. 261 00:26:02,328 --> 00:26:04,970 I put their number at around 20. 262 00:26:06,499 --> 00:26:07,867 A scouting party. 263 00:26:11,237 --> 00:26:12,739 But these footprints... . 264 00:26:17,210 --> 00:26:18,545 [CLATTERING] 265 00:26:24,117 --> 00:26:25,585 STELIOS: Behind us! 266 00:26:39,632 --> 00:26:40,867 Child! 267 00:27:13,833 --> 00:27:16,569 CHILD [WHISPERING]: It's quiet now. 268 00:27:17,300 --> 00:27:18,838 They... . 269 00:27:19,172 --> 00:27:23,243 They came with beasts from the blackness. 270 00:27:24,811 --> 00:27:27,800 With their claws and fangs... 271 00:27:27,247 --> 00:27:29,482 ... they grabbed them. 272 00:27:30,350 --> 00:27:32,519 Everyone... 273 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,622 ... but me. 274 00:27:47,867 --> 00:27:49,436 DILIOS: The villagers. 275 00:27:49,969 --> 00:27:51,871 I found them. 276 00:28:03,383 --> 00:28:06,219 Have the gods no mercy? 277 00:28:07,387 --> 00:28:09,389 We are doomed. 278 00:28:09,556 --> 00:28:12,225 Quiet yourself. 279 00:28:15,628 --> 00:28:20,867 The child speaks of the Persian ghosts, known from the ancient times. 280 00:28:21,735 --> 00:28:24,404 They are the hunters of men's souls. 281 00:28:25,472 --> 00:28:28,740 They cannot be killed or defeated. 282 00:28:28,708 --> 00:28:32,879 Not this darkness. Not these Immortals. 283 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:37,250 Immortals? 284 00:28:37,550 --> 00:28:40,587 We'll put their name to the test. 285 00:28:43,723 --> 00:28:46,493 DILIOS: Into the Hot Gates we march. 286 00:28:46,659 --> 00:28:49,963 Into that narrow corridor we march... 287 00:28:50,130 --> 00:28:52,399 ... where Xerxes' numbers count for nothing. 288 00:28:53,566 --> 00:28:57,504 Spartans, citizen-soldiers, freed slaves. 289 00:28:57,671 --> 00:28:59,572 Brave Greeks, all. 290 00:29:00,573 --> 00:29:03,677 Brothers, fathers, sons... 291 00:29:03,843 --> 00:29:05,845 ... we march. 292 00:29:06,513 --> 00:29:10,684 For honor´s sake, for duty's sake, for glory's sake, we march. 293 00:29:10,850 --> 00:29:13,987 Look! Persians. 294 00:29:19,125 --> 00:29:22,862 DILIOS: Into hell's mouth we march. 295 00:29:29,369 --> 00:29:30,603 [THUNDER RUMBLING] 296 00:29:31,871 --> 00:29:33,973 Let's watch these motherless dogs... 297 00:29:34,207 --> 00:29:38,278 ... as they"re embraced by the loving arms of Greece herself. Come. 298 00:29:41,470 --> 00:29:42,782 True. 299 00:29:46,986 --> 00:29:49,456 It does look like rain. 300 00:29:52,726 --> 00:29:55,995 DILIOS: Zeus stabs the sky with thunderbolts... 301 00:29:56,296 --> 00:30:00,333 ... and batters the Persian ships with hurricane wind. 302 00:30:01,468 --> 00:30:03,903 Glorious. 303 00:30:05,405 --> 00:30:07,730 [SHOUTING] 304 00:30:16,182 --> 00:30:19,520 DILIOS: Only one among us keeps his Spartan reserve. 305 00:30:24,991 --> 00:30:26,926 Only he. 306 00:30:27,930 --> 00:30:29,562 Only our king. 307 00:30:46,946 --> 00:30:48,915 My queen? 308 00:30:54,870 --> 00:30:55,422 My queen... 309 00:30:55,588 --> 00:30:58,925 ... the courtyard is a more fitting place for a married woman. 310 00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:00,760 I"m afraid gossip and protocol... 311 00:31:00,927 --> 00:31:03,463 ... are the least of my worries now, councilman. 312 00:31:05,131 --> 00:31:06,966 Is such secrecy needed? 313 00:31:07,133 --> 00:31:09,803 How am I to trust beyond the walls of my own home? 314 00:31:09,969 --> 00:31:13,707 Even here, Theron has eyes and ears which fuel Sparta with doubt and fear. 315 00:31:14,107 --> 00:31:17,477 You speak as if all Sparta conspires against you. 316 00:31:18,144 --> 00:31:20,213 I wish it were only against me. 317 00:31:22,816 --> 00:31:26,319 LOYALIST: Many on our council would vote to give all we have... 318 00:31:26,486 --> 00:31:28,388 ... and follow Leonidas... 319 00:31:28,722 --> 00:31:30,657 ... but you must show them favor. 320 00:31:32,992 --> 00:31:35,462 And you can arrange for me to speak to the council? 321 00:31:35,628 --> 00:31:38,640 If it is reason they want, I will let them know. 322 00:31:38,231 --> 00:31:40,333 LOYALIST: Know what, my queen? 323 00:31:40,734 --> 00:31:42,736 Freedom isn't free at all. 324 00:31:42,902 --> 00:31:46,239 That it comes with the highest of costs, the cost of blood. 325 00:31:48,508 --> 00:31:51,144 I will do my best to gather our council. 326 00:31:51,578 --> 00:31:55,415 And its chamber shall be filled with your voice. 327 00:31:55,749 --> 00:31:57,584 GORGO: I"m in your debt. -No. 328 00:31:57,917 --> 00:32:02,880 Leonidas is my king as well as yours. 329 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:28,715 I saw those ships smash on the rocks. 330 00:32:29,849 --> 00:32:31,217 How can this be? 331 00:32:31,384 --> 00:32:34,688 We saw but a fraction of the monster that is Xerxes' army. 332 00:32:35,355 --> 00:32:37,724 DAXOS: There can be no victory here. 333 00:32:41,695 --> 00:32:43,396 Why do you smile? 334 00:32:45,650 --> 00:32:47,330 Arcadian... 335 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,236 ... I have fought countless times... 336 00:32:50,503 --> 00:32:53,173 ... yet I've never met an adversary who could offer me... 337 00:32:53,340 --> 00:32:55,508 ... what we Spartans call "a beautiful death." 338 00:32:56,309 --> 00:32:57,977 I can only hope... 339 00:32:58,144 --> 00:33:00,880 ... with all the world's warriors gathered against us... 340 00:33:01,470 --> 00:33:04,718 ... there might be one down there who's up to the task. 341 00:33:08,254 --> 00:33:09,489 [LAUGHING] 342 00:33:16,162 --> 00:33:18,310 PERSIAN EMISSARY: Move! 343 00:33:18,198 --> 00:33:19,232 [WHIP CRACKING] 344 00:33:19,766 --> 00:33:22,736 Keep going, you dogs! 345 00:33:30,410 --> 00:33:32,445 Move! 346 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:36,449 Forward, I say! 347 00:33:38,785 --> 00:33:40,387 Stop here! 348 00:33:41,221 --> 00:33:43,390 Who commands here? 349 00:33:45,592 --> 00:33:48,261 I am the emissary... 350 00:33:48,428 --> 00:33:50,697 ... to the ruler of all the world... 351 00:33:51,464 --> 00:33:55,402 ... the god of gods, king of kings... 352 00:33:55,568 --> 00:33:57,137 ... and by that authority... 353 00:33:57,303 --> 00:34:01,107 ... I demand that someone show me your commander. 354 00:34:04,878 --> 00:34:10,784 Listen. Do you think the paltry dozen you slew scares us? 355 00:34:10,950 --> 00:34:14,454 These hills swarm with our scouts. 356 00:34:14,621 --> 00:34:19,325 And do you think your pathetic wall will do anything... 357 00:34:19,492 --> 00:34:25,799 ... except fall like a heap of dry leaves in the face of... ? 358 00:34:37,510 --> 00:34:39,813 STELIOS: Our ancestors built this wall... 359 00:34:40,513 --> 00:34:44,484 ... using ancient stones from the bosom of Greece herself. 360 00:34:44,918 --> 00:34:47,287 And with a little Spartan help... 361 00:34:47,587 --> 00:34:50,230 ... your Persian scouts supplied the mortar. 362 00:34:50,657 --> 00:34:54,627 You will pay for your barbarism! 363 00:35:13,780 --> 00:35:15,348 My arm! 364 00:35:17,884 --> 00:35:19,786 STELIOS: It's not yours anymore. 365 00:35:20,530 --> 00:35:24,691 Go now. Run along and tell your Xerxes he faces free men here... 366 00:35:25,580 --> 00:35:26,393 ... not slaves. 367 00:35:26,559 --> 00:35:27,827 Do it quickly... 368 00:35:28,610 --> 00:35:30,997 ... before we decide to make our wall just a little bit bigger. 369 00:35:31,498 --> 00:35:33,660 No. 370 00:35:33,233 --> 00:35:35,301 Not slaves. 371 00:35:35,468 --> 00:35:36,636 [CHUCKLING] 372 00:35:37,504 --> 00:35:40,907 Your women will be slaves. 373 00:35:41,241 --> 00:35:44,770 Your sons, your daughters... 374 00:35:44,244 --> 00:35:46,579 ... your elders will be slaves! 375 00:35:46,746 --> 00:35:49,549 But not you, no. 376 00:35:49,716 --> 00:35:53,753 By noon this day you will be dead men. 377 00:35:54,921 --> 00:36:00,927 A thousand nations of the Persian Empire descend upon you. 378 00:36:01,361 --> 00:36:04,864 Our arrows will blot out the sun. 379 00:36:06,599 --> 00:36:09,336 Then we will fight in the shade. 380 00:36:10,870 --> 00:36:12,605 CAPTAIN: The wall is solid. 381 00:36:12,772 --> 00:36:15,942 It'll do the job of funneling the Persians into the Hot Gates. 382 00:36:16,276 --> 00:36:19,120 Have the men found any route through the hills to our back? 383 00:36:19,512 --> 00:36:21,548 CAPTAIN: None, sire. 384 00:36:21,781 --> 00:36:23,383 There is such a route, good king. 385 00:36:23,917 --> 00:36:25,618 Just pass that western ridge. 386 00:36:26,286 --> 00:36:28,210 It's an old goat path. 387 00:36:28,188 --> 00:36:31,240 The Persians could use it to outflank us. 388 00:36:31,191 --> 00:36:34,928 Not one step closer, monster! 389 00:36:36,563 --> 00:36:40,133 Wise king, I humbly request an audience. 390 00:36:40,300 --> 00:36:43,703 - I'll skewer you where you stand. - I gave no such order. 391 00:36:54,214 --> 00:36:55,448 Forgive the captain. 392 00:36:56,116 --> 00:36:57,617 He is a good soldier... 393 00:36:58,151 --> 00:37:00,820 ... but a bit short on manners. 394 00:37:00,987 --> 00:37:05,580 There is nothing to forgive, brave king. I know what I look like. 395 00:37:05,492 --> 00:37:07,494 You wear the crimson of a Spartan. 396 00:37:08,128 --> 00:37:13,767 I am Ephialtes, born of Sparta. 397 00:37:14,334 --> 00:37:18,438 My mother's love led my parents to flee Sparta... 398 00:37:18,605 --> 00:37:20,730 ... lest I be discarded. 399 00:37:20,607 --> 00:37:23,410 Your shield and armor? 400 00:37:24,310 --> 00:37:25,979 My father's, sir. 401 00:37:27,313 --> 00:37:31,351 I beg you, bold king, to permit me... 402 00:37:31,518 --> 00:37:36,589 ... to redeem my father's name by serving you in combat. 403 00:37:36,856 --> 00:37:42,762 My father trained me to feel no fear, to make spear and shield and sword... 404 00:37:42,929 --> 00:37:45,665 ... as much a part of me as my own beating heart. 405 00:37:46,990 --> 00:37:49,369 I will earn my father's armor, noble king... 406 00:37:49,536 --> 00:37:51,705 ... by serving you in the battle. 407 00:37:52,138 --> 00:37:53,540 [GRUNTING] 408 00:37:56,876 --> 00:37:59,120 A fine thrust. 409 00:37:59,179 --> 00:38:00,780 I will kill many Persians. 410 00:38:06,653 --> 00:38:08,221 Raise your shield. 411 00:38:08,388 --> 00:38:11,570 - Sire? - Raise your shield as high as you can. 412 00:38:14,994 --> 00:38:16,329 [GRUNTING] 413 00:38:19,332 --> 00:38:22,369 Your father should have taught you how our phalanx works. 414 00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:24,337 We fight... 415 00:38:24,871 --> 00:38:27,741 ... as a single, impenetrable unit. 416 00:38:27,907 --> 00:38:30,877 That is the source of our strength. 417 00:38:31,711 --> 00:38:35,348 Each Spartan protects the man to his left... 418 00:38:35,515 --> 00:38:38,718 ... from thigh to neck with his shield. 419 00:38:38,885 --> 00:38:43,556 A single weak spot and the phalanx shatters. 420 00:38:44,924 --> 00:38:48,194 From thigh to neck, Ephialtes. 421 00:38:50,230 --> 00:38:52,599 I am sorry, my friend. 422 00:38:52,766 --> 00:38:55,402 - But not all of us were made to be soldiers. - But I-- 423 00:38:55,568 --> 00:38:58,400 - If you want to help in a Spartan victory... - Yes. 424 00:38:58,171 --> 00:39:03,343 ... clear the battlefield of the dead, tend the wounded, bring them water... 425 00:39:03,510 --> 00:39:05,111 ... but as for the fight itself... 426 00:39:06,513 --> 00:39:08,415 ... I cannot use you. 427 00:39:10,250 --> 00:39:11,685 EPHIALTES: You... . 428 00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:14,554 [CRIES] 429 00:39:16,523 --> 00:39:17,791 [GRUNTING] 430 00:39:19,559 --> 00:39:23,630 Mother! Father! You were wrong! 431 00:39:26,933 --> 00:39:28,702 You are wrong! 432 00:39:28,868 --> 00:39:33,406 Leonidas! You are wrong! 433 00:39:33,873 --> 00:39:36,309 Dispatch the Phocians to the goat path... 434 00:39:36,476 --> 00:39:41,470 ... and pray to the gods nobody tells the Persians about it. 435 00:39:41,214 --> 00:39:42,482 [RUMBLING] 436 00:39:46,753 --> 00:39:48,321 Earthquake. 437 00:39:48,822 --> 00:39:50,900 LEONIDAS: No, captain. 438 00:39:51,658 --> 00:39:53,626 Battle formations. 439 00:40:09,843 --> 00:40:11,344 [SHOUTING AND GRUNTING] 440 00:40:17,517 --> 00:40:20,687 This is where we hold them. 441 00:40:20,854 --> 00:40:23,156 This is where we fight! 442 00:40:23,690 --> 00:40:25,959 This is where they die! 443 00:40:26,292 --> 00:40:28,161 Earn these shields, boys! 444 00:40:28,661 --> 00:40:30,263 [SPARTANS CHANT] 445 00:40:30,864 --> 00:40:33,366 Remember this day, men... 446 00:40:33,533 --> 00:40:37,303 ... for it will be yours for all time. 447 00:40:48,381 --> 00:40:50,183 Spartans! 448 00:40:50,350 --> 00:40:52,485 Lay down your weapons! 449 00:41:06,499 --> 00:41:07,734 [HORSE NEIGHS] 450 00:41:09,369 --> 00:41:11,638 Persians! 451 00:41:12,205 --> 00:41:14,240 Come and get them! 452 00:41:14,808 --> 00:41:15,909 [HORN BLOWING] 453 00:41:17,577 --> 00:41:18,645 [PERSIANS SHOUTING] 454 00:41:35,762 --> 00:41:37,397 Hold! 455 00:41:40,233 --> 00:41:41,768 Give them nothing... 456 00:41:42,235 --> 00:41:45,839 ... but take from them everything! 457 00:41:47,540 --> 00:41:49,275 Steady! 458 00:41:51,111 --> 00:41:53,790 [SHOUTING AND GRUNTING] 459 00:42:00,530 --> 00:42:01,588 Push! 460 00:42:05,425 --> 00:42:07,794 Is that the best you can do? 461 00:42:10,300 --> 00:42:12,320 Push! Push! 462 00:42:14,901 --> 00:42:16,690 [GRUNTING IN PAIN] 463 00:42:22,108 --> 00:42:23,643 Now! 464 00:42:35,455 --> 00:42:36,956 Push! 465 00:43:20,500 --> 00:43:23,103 No prisoners! 466 00:43:23,436 --> 00:43:25,171 No mercy! 467 00:44:44,451 --> 00:44:46,619 They look thirsty. 468 00:44:47,721 --> 00:44:50,623 Well, let's give them something to drink. 469 00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:56,229 To the cliffs. 470 00:45:15,148 --> 00:45:16,483 [SCREAMING] 471 00:45:19,819 --> 00:45:21,988 Halt. 472 00:45:24,124 --> 00:45:26,226 Hell of a good start. 473 00:45:27,930 --> 00:45:28,561 [CHANTING] 474 00:45:48,848 --> 00:45:51,351 Tuck tail! 475 00:45:56,823 --> 00:45:58,358 Persian cowards. 476 00:46:02,295 --> 00:46:04,130 [LAUGHING] 477 00:46:06,166 --> 00:46:09,102 - What the hell are you laughing at? - Well, you had to say it. 478 00:46:09,869 --> 00:46:13,540 - What? - "Fight in the shade." 479 00:46:13,873 --> 00:46:15,175 [LAUGHING] 480 00:46:27,530 --> 00:46:29,220 LEONIDAS: Recover. 481 00:46:52,312 --> 00:46:54,914 Today no Spartan dies. 482 00:47:20,730 --> 00:47:21,508 Easy, son. 483 00:47:22,242 --> 00:47:23,443 [HORSES NEIGHING] 484 00:47:29,282 --> 00:47:30,550 [GRUNTING] 485 00:47:47,734 --> 00:47:49,703 DILIOS: We do what we were trained to do... 486 00:47:49,869 --> 00:47:51,304 ... what we were bred to do... 487 00:47:51,471 --> 00:47:54,474 ... what we were born to do. 488 00:48:01,881 --> 00:48:04,884 No prisoners. No mercy. 489 00:48:05,510 --> 00:48:06,486 A good start. 490 00:49:08,348 --> 00:49:10,216 LOYALIST: I was afraid you might not come. 491 00:49:10,383 --> 00:49:11,584 GORGO: I"m sorry, my son is-- 492 00:49:11,751 --> 00:49:17,390 Is doing what children do best. Please, don't apologize. 493 00:49:18,391 --> 00:49:20,527 Your son starts the agoge next year. 494 00:49:21,940 --> 00:49:25,980 That is always a difficult time for a Spartan mother. 495 00:49:26,232 --> 00:49:30,770 Yes, it will be hard. But also necessary. 496 00:49:33,239 --> 00:49:37,444 You will speak before the council in two days' time. 497 00:49:39,346 --> 00:49:41,381 My husband does not have two days. 498 00:49:41,781 --> 00:49:43,750 Think of the two days as a gift. 499 00:49:45,785 --> 00:49:47,854 It's no secret... 500 00:49:48,210 --> 00:49:50,890 ... Theron wants what you control. 501 00:49:51,570 --> 00:49:53,893 It's his voice you must silence. 502 00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:56,129 Make him your ally... 503 00:49:56,463 --> 00:49:59,320 ... and you will have your victory. 504 00:49:59,799 --> 00:50:01,601 Thank you. 505 00:50:01,935 --> 00:50:04,304 You are wise as you are kind. 506 00:50:31,131 --> 00:50:33,166 THERON: Ah, there's your mother. 507 00:50:39,639 --> 00:50:43,760 You should keep a better eye on him if he's to be king one day. 508 00:50:43,276 --> 00:50:45,745 Be unfortunate if anything were to happen to him. 509 00:50:47,247 --> 00:50:49,115 Or to his beautiful mother. 510 00:51:05,165 --> 00:51:06,666 PERSIAN: No! Ahh! 511 00:51:09,869 --> 00:51:15,342 Our Greek comrades are begging for a crack at the Persians, sire. 512 00:51:15,642 --> 00:51:16,976 Good. 513 00:51:17,143 --> 00:51:19,879 I've got something I think they can handle. 514 00:51:20,380 --> 00:51:22,115 Tell Daxos that I want him... 515 00:51:22,282 --> 00:51:26,820 ... and 20 of his best eager, sober and ready for the next charge. 516 00:51:26,986 --> 00:51:28,822 King Leonidas. 517 00:51:31,324 --> 00:51:35,128 - Stelios, catch your breath, boy. - Yes, milord. 518 00:51:35,729 --> 00:51:37,897 The Persians are approaching. 519 00:51:39,232 --> 00:51:43,136 A small contingent. Too small for an attack. 520 00:51:46,873 --> 00:51:50,410 LEONIDAS: Captain, I leave you in charge. CAPTAIN: But sire-- 521 00:51:50,577 --> 00:51:51,845 LEONIDAS: Relax, old friend. 522 00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:56,583 If they assassinate me, all of Sparta goes to war. 523 00:51:57,517 --> 00:52:00,860 Pray they"re that stupid. 524 00:52:01,221 --> 00:52:02,922 Pray... 525 00:52:03,423 --> 00:52:05,658 ... we"re that lucky. 526 00:52:08,762 --> 00:52:10,563 Besides... 527 00:52:12,832 --> 00:52:16,169 ... there's no reason we can't be civil... 528 00:52:16,436 --> 00:52:18,710 ... is there? 529 00:52:18,505 --> 00:52:19,506 [PERSIAN GRUNTS IN PAIN] 530 00:52:19,673 --> 00:52:21,174 None, sire. 531 00:52:39,793 --> 00:52:42,280 Let me guess. 532 00:52:42,762 --> 00:52:45,765 You must be Xerxes. 533 00:52:57,777 --> 00:52:59,979 Come, Leonidas. 534 00:53:01,414 --> 00:53:03,149 Let us reason together. 535 00:53:03,450 --> 00:53:05,418 It would be a regrettable waste... 536 00:53:05,819 --> 00:53:08,988 ... it would be nothing short of madness were you, brave king... 537 00:53:09,155 --> 00:53:12,392 ... and your valiant troops to perish... 538 00:53:12,992 --> 00:53:15,950 ... all because of a simple misunderstanding. 539 00:53:15,662 --> 00:53:18,498 - There's much our cultures could share. - Haven't you noticed? 540 00:53:18,665 --> 00:53:21,101 We've been sharing our culture with you all morning. 541 00:53:21,668 --> 00:53:23,970 Yours is a fascinating tribe. 542 00:53:24,137 --> 00:53:26,306 Even now you are defiant... 543 00:53:26,473 --> 00:53:30,610 ... in the face of annihilation and the presence of a god. 544 00:53:30,777 --> 00:53:32,812 It isn't wise to stand against me, Leonidas. 545 00:53:33,480 --> 00:53:35,682 Imagine what a horrible fate awaits my enemies... 546 00:53:35,849 --> 00:53:38,785 ... when I would gladly kill any of my own men for victory. 547 00:53:38,952 --> 00:53:41,588 And I would die for any one of mine. 548 00:53:41,755 --> 00:53:45,992 You Greeks take pride in your logic. I suggest you employ it. 549 00:53:46,159 --> 00:53:49,696 Consider the beautiful land you so vigorously defend. 550 00:53:49,863 --> 00:53:52,365 Picture it reduced to ash at my whim. 551 00:53:52,632 --> 00:53:54,100 Consider the fate of your women. 552 00:53:54,701 --> 00:53:57,203 Clearly you don't know our women. 553 00:53:57,370 --> 00:54:00,940 I might as well have marched them up here, judging by what I've seen. 554 00:54:02,420 --> 00:54:04,544 You have many slaves, Xerxes... 555 00:54:05,512 --> 00:54:07,814 ... but few warriors. 556 00:54:07,981 --> 00:54:11,885 It won't be long before they fear my spears... 557 00:54:12,318 --> 00:54:14,721 ... more than your whips. 558 00:54:18,558 --> 00:54:21,461 It's not the lash they fear... 559 00:54:24,197 --> 00:54:25,865 ... it is my divine power. 560 00:54:26,566 --> 00:54:31,710 But I am a generous god. I can make you rich beyond all measure. 561 00:54:31,538 --> 00:54:33,907 I will make you warlord of all Greece. 562 00:54:34,574 --> 00:54:38,478 You will carry my battle standard to the heart of Europa. 563 00:54:38,645 --> 00:54:41,247 Your Athenian rivals... 564 00:54:41,548 --> 00:54:43,717 ... will kneel at your feet... 565 00:54:44,417 --> 00:54:47,220 ... if you will but kneel at mine. 566 00:54:48,540 --> 00:54:50,323 You are generous... 567 00:54:50,890 --> 00:54:53,259 ... as you are divine... 568 00:54:54,270 --> 00:54:55,662 ... O king of kings. 569 00:54:55,829 --> 00:54:59,733 Such an offer only a madman would refuse. 570 00:55:00,333 --> 00:55:02,335 But the... . 571 00:55:03,236 --> 00:55:06,720 The idea of kneeling, it's... . 572 00:55:06,239 --> 00:55:10,777 You see, slaughtering all those men of yours has... . 573 00:55:10,944 --> 00:55:14,781 Well, it's left a nasty cramp in my leg... 574 00:55:14,948 --> 00:55:17,500 ... so kneeling will be hard for me. 575 00:55:17,283 --> 00:55:20,687 There will be no glory in your sacrifice. 576 00:55:20,854 --> 00:55:24,457 I will erase even the memory of Sparta from the histories. 577 00:55:24,624 --> 00:55:27,794 Every piece of Greek parchment shall be burned. 578 00:55:27,961 --> 00:55:31,297 Every Greek historian and every scribe shall have their eyes put out... 579 00:55:31,464 --> 00:55:33,767 ... and their tongues cut from their mouths. 580 00:55:33,933 --> 00:55:39,939 Why, uttering the very name of Sparta or Leonidas will be punishable by death. 581 00:55:40,573 --> 00:55:43,810 The world will never know you existed at all. 582 00:55:45,979 --> 00:55:50,583 The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant. 583 00:55:50,784 --> 00:55:54,287 That few stood against many. 584 00:55:54,654 --> 00:55:57,824 And before this battle was over... 585 00:55:58,910 --> 00:56:01,610 ... that even a god-king can bleed. 586 00:56:08,435 --> 00:56:10,637 You fought well today... 587 00:56:11,971 --> 00:56:13,840 ... for a woman. 588 00:56:15,800 --> 00:56:16,676 As did you. 589 00:56:16,843 --> 00:56:19,979 Maybe if I"m injured, you'll be able to keep up with me. 590 00:56:20,480 --> 00:56:25,452 STELIOS: Perhaps I was so far ahead you couldn't see me. 591 00:56:26,190 --> 00:56:29,255 More likely offering your backside to the Thespians. 592 00:56:30,190 --> 00:56:31,825 Jealousy... 593 00:56:31,991 --> 00:56:34,494 ... does not become you, my friend. 594 00:56:37,197 --> 00:56:39,532 Move it, men! 595 00:56:41,668 --> 00:56:43,870 Pile those Persians high. 596 00:56:47,400 --> 00:56:49,843 For unless I miss my guess... 597 00:56:50,377 --> 00:56:53,380 ... we"re in for one wild night. 598 00:57:12,232 --> 00:57:13,900 [BIRD CRYING] 599 00:57:17,337 --> 00:57:22,509 DILIOS: They have served the dark will of Persian kings for 500 years. 600 00:57:22,676 --> 00:57:25,110 Eyes as dark as night. 601 00:57:25,178 --> 00:57:27,180 Teeth filed to fangs. 602 00:57:29,249 --> 00:57:31,551 Soulless. 603 00:57:38,925 --> 00:57:43,730 The personal guard to King Xerxes himself. The Persian warrior elite. 604 00:57:45,532 --> 00:57:48,601 The deadliest fighting force in all of Asia: 605 00:57:49,402 --> 00:57:51,438 The Immortals. 606 00:57:59,679 --> 00:58:03,830 The god-king has betrayed a fatal flaw: 607 00:58:03,583 --> 00:58:05,352 Hubris. 608 00:58:07,587 --> 00:58:10,357 Easy to taunt, easy to trick. 609 00:58:11,240 --> 00:58:13,460 Before wounds and weariness have taken their toll... 610 00:58:13,626 --> 00:58:17,130 ... the mad king throws the best he has at us. 611 00:58:17,630 --> 00:58:19,366 Xerxes has taken the bait. 612 00:58:19,532 --> 00:58:21,301 Spartans, push! 613 00:58:22,302 --> 00:58:24,370 [GRUNTING] 614 00:58:31,978 --> 00:58:33,613 DILIOS: Immortals. 615 00:58:34,800 --> 00:58:37,500 We put their name to the test. 616 00:58:38,618 --> 00:58:40,530 [GRUNTING] 617 00:59:03,643 --> 00:59:05,311 [IMMORTAL GROWLING] 618 00:59:21,194 --> 00:59:22,662 STELIOS: Father! 619 00:59:31,805 --> 00:59:33,206 [IMMORTAL GROWLING] 620 01:00:55,588 --> 01:00:57,570 [SNARLING] 621 01:01:08,301 --> 01:01:09,602 SPARTAN: My king! 622 01:01:52,946 --> 01:01:54,481 [SNARLING] 623 01:02:07,270 --> 01:02:08,528 [GRUNTING] 624 01:02:22,375 --> 01:02:24,344 Arcadians, now! 625 01:02:26,646 --> 01:02:29,382 Go! Show the Spartans what we can do. 626 01:02:30,160 --> 01:02:31,451 Go! 627 01:02:31,618 --> 01:02:32,886 [ARCADIANS SHOUTING AND GRUNTING] 628 01:02:40,860 --> 01:02:42,729 DILIOS: They shout and curse... 629 01:02:42,896 --> 01:02:46,132 ... stabbing wildly, more brawlers than warriors. 630 01:02:47,233 --> 01:02:49,836 They make a wondrous mess of things. 631 01:02:50,870 --> 01:02:53,640 Brave amateurs, they do their part. 632 01:03:41,254 --> 01:03:43,123 Immortals. 633 01:03:43,289 --> 01:03:45,892 They fail our king's test. 634 01:03:46,590 --> 01:03:48,962 And a man who fancies himself a god... 635 01:03:49,729 --> 01:03:54,634 ... feels a very human chill crawl up his spine. 636 01:04:01,775 --> 01:04:03,910 To our king! 637 01:04:04,277 --> 01:04:06,279 And our honored dead. 638 01:04:06,446 --> 01:04:09,249 Whom will Xerxes dare to send next? Whom?! 639 01:04:09,582 --> 01:04:12,285 There's nothing that can stop us now! 640 01:04:13,153 --> 01:04:16,656 Even the king allows himself to hope for more than glory. 641 01:04:16,823 --> 01:04:20,160 Such mad hope, but there it is: 642 01:04:20,627 --> 01:04:25,999 "Against Asia's endless hordes, against all odds, we can do it. 643 01:04:26,166 --> 01:04:28,935 We can hold the Hot Gates. 644 01:04:29,102 --> 01:04:31,237 We can win." 645 01:04:38,812 --> 01:04:40,580 Dawn. 646 01:04:41,181 --> 01:04:45,185 Whips crack. Barbarians howl. 647 01:04:45,352 --> 01:04:49,289 Those behind cry, '"Forward!'" 648 01:04:51,157 --> 01:04:54,961 Those in front cry, "Back!" 649 01:05:01,340 --> 01:05:03,603 Our eyes bear witness to the grotesque spectacle... 650 01:05:03,770 --> 01:05:07,874 ... coughed forth from the darkest corner of Xerxes' empire. 651 01:05:58,910 --> 01:05:59,592 When muscle failed... 652 01:06:00,600 --> 01:06:02,729 ... they turned to their magic. 653 01:06:03,763 --> 01:06:08,568 One hundred nations descend upon us, the armies of all Asia. 654 01:06:08,735 --> 01:06:13,206 Funneled into this narrow corridor, their numbers count for nothing. 655 01:06:47,574 --> 01:06:49,542 They fall by the hundreds. 656 01:06:49,709 --> 01:06:55,315 We send the severed bodies and the fragile hearts back to Xerxes' feet. 657 01:07:11,931 --> 01:07:16,102 King Xerxes is displeased with his generals. 658 01:07:16,269 --> 01:07:18,838 He disciplines them. 659 01:07:35,689 --> 01:07:40,126 Xerxes dispatches his monsters from half the world away. 660 01:07:51,104 --> 01:07:53,206 They"re clumsy beasts... 661 01:07:53,373 --> 01:07:55,709 ... and the piled Persian dead are slippery. 662 01:08:32,178 --> 01:08:34,581 - You still here? - Somebody's gotta watch your back. 663 01:08:34,748 --> 01:08:36,383 Not now, I"m a little busy. 664 01:09:16,623 --> 01:09:19,192 Regroup! 665 01:09:22,395 --> 01:09:24,300 Astinos! 666 01:09:24,230 --> 01:09:25,932 My son! 667 01:09:34,874 --> 01:09:36,476 Astinos! 668 01:09:36,643 --> 01:09:39,446 No! 669 01:10:02,669 --> 01:10:04,838 Day wears on. 670 01:10:05,171 --> 01:10:07,340 We lose few... 671 01:10:07,507 --> 01:10:10,744 ... but each felled is a friend, or dearest blood. 672 01:10:12,946 --> 01:10:16,850 And upon seeing the headless body of his own young son... 673 01:10:17,170 --> 01:10:18,852 ... the captain breaks rank. 674 01:10:19,190 --> 01:10:22,489 He goes wild, blood-drunk. 675 01:10:47,113 --> 01:10:49,616 The captain's cries of pain at the loss of his son... 676 01:10:49,783 --> 01:10:53,520 ... are more frightening to the enemy than the deepest battle drums. 677 01:10:53,687 --> 01:10:57,691 It takes three men to restrain him and bring him back to our own. 678 01:10:58,240 --> 01:11:00,360 The day is ours. 679 01:11:00,727 --> 01:11:03,396 No songs are sung. 680 01:11:09,903 --> 01:11:14,708 Lead my soldiers to the hidden path that empties behind the cursed Spartans... 681 01:11:19,913 --> 01:11:22,582 ... I want a uniform. 682 01:11:28,955 --> 01:11:30,890 ... I am kind. 683 01:11:32,250 --> 01:11:36,262 Unlike the cruel Leonidas, who demanded that you stand... 684 01:11:38,365 --> 01:11:40,660 ... I require only... 685 01:11:40,800 --> 01:11:42,235 ... that you kneel. 686 01:12:01,921 --> 01:12:03,857 Beautiful night. 687 01:12:05,291 --> 01:12:09,295 Yes, but I did not ask you here for small talk, Theron. 688 01:12:09,929 --> 01:12:12,320 You can be sure of that. 689 01:12:13,433 --> 01:12:16,102 You never spared words with me. 690 01:12:16,669 --> 01:12:19,939 Can I offer you something? A drink, perhaps? 691 01:12:20,106 --> 01:12:21,941 Is it poison? 692 01:12:22,342 --> 01:12:25,111 I"m sorry to disappoint you, it's only water. 693 01:12:34,888 --> 01:12:38,580 I"m told it's been arranged for you to go before the council. 694 01:12:38,725 --> 01:12:40,460 Yes. 695 01:12:40,660 --> 01:12:43,997 I need your help in winning votes to send the army north to our king. 696 01:12:44,564 --> 01:12:46,199 Yes. 697 01:12:46,866 --> 01:12:49,402 I can see it, the two of us standing together. 698 01:12:49,569 --> 01:12:53,973 Me, politician. You, warrior. Our voices as one. 699 01:12:55,308 --> 01:12:56,743 But why would I want to do that? 700 01:12:57,744 --> 01:13:01,715 It proves you care for a king who right now fights for the very water we drink. 701 01:13:02,480 --> 01:13:03,650 True. 702 01:13:04,170 --> 01:13:06,653 But this is politics, not war. 703 01:13:06,920 --> 01:13:08,488 Leonidas is an idealist. 704 01:13:08,888 --> 01:13:12,826 I know your kind too well. You send men to slaughter for your own gain. 705 01:13:12,992 --> 01:13:17,897 Your husband, our king, has taken 300 of our finest to slaughter. 706 01:13:18,640 --> 01:13:22,702 He's broken our laws and left without the council's consent. 707 01:13:23,203 --> 01:13:26,206 - I"m simply a realist. - You"re an opportunist. 708 01:13:27,173 --> 01:13:31,444 You"re as foolish as Leonidas if you think men don't have a price in this world. 709 01:13:31,611 --> 01:13:36,216 All men are not created equal. That's the Spartan code, my little queen. 710 01:13:39,886 --> 01:13:42,288 I admire your passion. 711 01:13:43,623 --> 01:13:45,358 But don't think that you... 712 01:13:45,792 --> 01:13:48,128 ... a woman, even a queen... 713 01:13:48,294 --> 01:13:52,232 ... can walk into the council chamber and sway the minds of men. 714 01:13:52,399 --> 01:13:54,801 I own that chamber... 715 01:13:54,968 --> 01:13:57,700 ... as if it were built with these hands. 716 01:14:01,541 --> 01:14:05,780 I could crush the life out of you right now. 717 01:14:06,146 --> 01:14:09,816 You will go before the council, but your words will fall on deaf ears. 718 01:14:09,983 --> 01:14:15,755 Leonidas will receive no reinforcements, and if he returns, without my help... 719 01:14:15,922 --> 01:14:18,892 ... he will go to jail or worse. 720 01:14:22,629 --> 01:14:24,970 Do you love your Sparta? 721 01:14:24,597 --> 01:14:26,299 Yes. 722 01:14:26,466 --> 01:14:28,735 - And your king? - I do. 723 01:14:34,574 --> 01:14:38,278 Your husband fights for his land and his love. 724 01:14:38,945 --> 01:14:41,247 What do you have to offer... 725 01:14:42,150 --> 01:14:44,984 ... in return for my word that I'll help you send our army north? 726 01:14:48,955 --> 01:14:51,624 What does a realist want with his queen? 727 01:14:56,196 --> 01:14:57,964 I think you know. 728 01:15:18,918 --> 01:15:20,720 Dilios. 729 01:15:22,722 --> 01:15:26,760 I trust that scratch hasn't made you useless? 730 01:15:26,926 --> 01:15:29,929 Hardly, my lord. It's just an eye. 731 01:15:30,960 --> 01:15:33,333 The gods saw fit to grace me with a spare. 732 01:15:35,201 --> 01:15:37,103 My captain? 733 01:15:38,438 --> 01:15:42,242 Curses the gods and mourns alone. 734 01:15:44,210 --> 01:15:46,179 Leonidas! 735 01:15:47,380 --> 01:15:50,383 We are undone. Undone, I tell you. Destroyed. 736 01:15:50,550 --> 01:15:51,951 Daxos, calm yourself. 737 01:15:52,118 --> 01:15:55,755 Our hunchback traitor led Xerxes' Immortals to the hidden goat path behind us. 738 01:15:56,122 --> 01:15:58,958 The Phocians you posted there were scattered without a fight. 739 01:15:59,125 --> 01:16:04,397 - This battle is over, Leonidas. - This battle is over when I say it is over. 740 01:16:04,564 --> 01:16:08,935 By morning, the Immortals will surround us. The Hot Gates will fall. 741 01:16:09,569 --> 01:16:13,940 Spartans! Prepare for glory! 742 01:16:14,107 --> 01:16:17,310 Glory? Have you gone mad? 743 01:16:17,477 --> 01:16:19,450 There is no glory to be had now. 744 01:16:19,646 --> 01:16:23,249 Only retreat or surrender. Or death. 745 01:16:23,416 --> 01:16:26,586 Well, that's an easy choice for us, Arcadian. 746 01:16:26,753 --> 01:16:32,258 Spartans never retreat. Spartans never surrender. 747 01:16:32,826 --> 01:16:34,961 Go spread the word. 748 01:16:35,161 --> 01:16:38,832 Let every Greek assembled know the truth of this. 749 01:16:38,998 --> 01:16:41,835 Let each among them search his own soul. 750 01:16:43,570 --> 01:16:47,674 And while you"re at it, search your own. 751 01:16:55,181 --> 01:16:57,484 My men will leave with me. 752 01:17:02,822 --> 01:17:05,250 Godspeed, Leonidas. 753 01:17:11,364 --> 01:17:12,966 Children! 754 01:17:13,933 --> 01:17:15,268 Children. 755 01:17:16,302 --> 01:17:18,304 Gather round. 756 01:17:20,173 --> 01:17:23,443 No retreat, no surrender. 757 01:17:23,610 --> 01:17:27,480 That is Spartan law. 758 01:17:27,714 --> 01:17:32,786 And by Spartan law, we will stand and fight... 759 01:17:32,952 --> 01:17:34,954 ... and die. 760 01:17:38,391 --> 01:17:41,895 A new age has begun. 761 01:17:43,630 --> 01:17:46,733 An age of freedom. 762 01:17:47,834 --> 01:17:51,504 And all will know that 300 Spartans... 763 01:17:51,671 --> 01:17:54,908 ... gave their last breath to defend it. 764 01:18:15,228 --> 01:18:16,996 My friend. 765 01:18:20,533 --> 01:18:26,106 I have lived my entire life without regret until now. 766 01:18:29,442 --> 01:18:35,415 It's not that my son gave up his life for his country. 767 01:18:37,283 --> 01:18:41,187 It's just that I never told him that I loved him the most. 768 01:18:42,789 --> 01:18:45,625 That he stood by me with honor. 769 01:18:47,930 --> 01:18:50,300 That he was all that was best in me. 770 01:18:59,139 --> 01:19:01,641 My heart is broken for your loss. 771 01:19:02,409 --> 01:19:04,110 Heart? 772 01:19:09,149 --> 01:19:12,285 I have filled my heart... 773 01:19:12,452 --> 01:19:14,154 ... with hate. 774 01:19:18,324 --> 01:19:19,993 Good. 775 01:19:29,135 --> 01:19:30,970 Dilios... 776 01:19:32,672 --> 01:19:34,808 ... let's take a walk. 777 01:19:36,276 --> 01:19:38,345 Yes, my lord. 778 01:19:40,747 --> 01:19:43,416 But, sire, I am fit and ready for battle. 779 01:19:43,583 --> 01:19:46,686 That you are, one of the finest. 780 01:19:47,200 --> 01:19:50,623 But you have another talent unlike any other Spartan. 781 01:19:53,326 --> 01:19:56,763 You will deliver my final orders to the council... 782 01:19:56,930 --> 01:19:59,432 ... with force and verve. 783 01:20:01,935 --> 01:20:04,204 Tell them our story. 784 01:20:04,371 --> 01:20:08,875 Make every Greek know what happened here. 785 01:20:09,709 --> 01:20:12,379 You'll have a grand tale to tell. 786 01:20:14,180 --> 01:20:15,882 A tale of victory. 787 01:20:16,549 --> 01:20:18,118 Victory. 788 01:20:22,155 --> 01:20:24,157 Yes, my lord. 789 01:20:29,829 --> 01:20:32,198 Sire, any message... ? 790 01:20:35,680 --> 01:20:36,403 For the queen? 791 01:20:58,892 --> 01:21:01,327 None that need be spoken. 792 01:21:16,443 --> 01:21:18,845 Hundreds leave. 793 01:21:19,446 --> 01:21:21,915 A handful stay. 794 01:21:27,870 --> 01:21:29,723 Only one looks back. 795 01:21:40,330 --> 01:21:42,235 Spartans! 796 01:21:43,303 --> 01:21:46,473 Ready your breakfast and eat hearty... 797 01:21:46,639 --> 01:21:50,577 ... for tonight we dine in hell! 798 01:21:59,452 --> 01:22:02,122 May I give the floor now... 799 01:22:02,288 --> 01:22:06,726 ... to the wife of Leonidas and queen of Sparta. 800 01:22:18,438 --> 01:22:20,173 - What's this? - This is nothing. 801 01:22:20,340 --> 01:22:22,175 Councilmen... 802 01:22:22,342 --> 01:22:26,112 ... I stand before you not only as your queen. 803 01:22:26,980 --> 01:22:29,683 I come to you as a mother. 804 01:22:30,984 --> 01:22:33,353 I come to you as a wife. 805 01:22:35,188 --> 01:22:37,691 I come to you as a Spartan woman. 806 01:22:42,696 --> 01:22:45,832 I come to you with great humility. 807 01:22:49,269 --> 01:22:51,671 I am not here to represent Leonidas. 808 01:22:51,838 --> 01:22:54,607 His actions speak louder than my words ever could. 809 01:22:54,941 --> 01:22:57,344 I am here for all those voices which cannot be heard. 810 01:22:57,510 --> 01:23:00,460 Mothers, daughters, fathers, sons. 811 01:23:00,213 --> 01:23:03,183 Three hundred families that bleed for our rights... 812 01:23:03,616 --> 01:23:06,820 ... and for the very principles this room was built upon. 813 01:23:07,387 --> 01:23:09,522 We are at war, gentlemen. 814 01:23:09,956 --> 01:23:12,492 We must send the entire Spartan army to aid our king... 815 01:23:12,659 --> 01:23:15,729 ... in the preservation of not just ourselves, but of our children. 816 01:23:16,329 --> 01:23:19,466 Send the army for the preservation of liberty. 817 01:23:19,632 --> 01:23:21,968 Send it for justice. 818 01:23:22,135 --> 01:23:23,737 Send it for law and order. 819 01:23:24,304 --> 01:23:26,506 Send it for reason. 820 01:23:26,673 --> 01:23:30,744 But most importantly, send our army for hope. 821 01:23:30,910 --> 01:23:34,514 Hope that a king and his men have not been wasted to the pages of history. 822 01:23:35,348 --> 01:23:38,752 That their courage bonds us together. 823 01:23:39,850 --> 01:23:42,255 That we are made stronger by their actions... 824 01:23:43,256 --> 01:23:47,394 ... and that your choices today reflect their bravery. 825 01:23:49,329 --> 01:23:50,997 Three hundred. 826 01:23:53,333 --> 01:23:55,168 We must send them. 827 01:23:58,938 --> 01:24:00,774 Moving... 828 01:24:01,107 --> 01:24:04,100 ... eloquent, passionate. 829 01:24:04,411 --> 01:24:08,581 But it doesn't change the fact that your husband has brought war upon us. 830 01:24:08,748 --> 01:24:11,184 You are wrong. Xerxes brought it forth... 831 01:24:11,351 --> 01:24:13,787 ... and before that, his father Darius at Marathon. 832 01:24:13,953 --> 01:24:15,722 The Persians will not stop... 833 01:24:15,889 --> 01:24:19,259 ... until the only shelter we will find is rubble and chaos. 834 01:24:19,626 --> 01:24:23,396 This chamber needs no history lesson, my queen. 835 01:24:23,897 --> 01:24:26,990 Then what is the lesson you would like to leave? 836 01:24:26,266 --> 01:24:28,368 Shall I begin to enumerate all of them? 837 01:24:28,768 --> 01:24:32,205 Honor. Duty. Glory. 838 01:24:32,472 --> 01:24:37,477 You speak of honor, duty and glory? 839 01:24:38,812 --> 01:24:40,460 But what of adultery? 840 01:24:40,213 --> 01:24:42,649 - How dare you. - How dare l? 841 01:24:43,116 --> 01:24:46,119 Watch her carefully. 842 01:24:46,286 --> 01:24:49,255 She is a trickster in true form. 843 01:24:49,422 --> 01:24:52,592 Do not play with the members of this sacred chamber, my queen. 844 01:24:52,759 --> 01:24:55,829 Just hours ago, you offered yourself to me. 845 01:24:55,995 --> 01:25:00,467 Were I a weaker man, I would have her scent on me still. 846 01:25:00,633 --> 01:25:03,636 - This is outrage. - Oh, the hypocrite speaks! 847 01:25:03,803 --> 01:25:06,806 Did you not receive a similar payment, which you took... 848 01:25:06,973 --> 01:25:10,176 ... in exchange for her having an audience with these noble men? 849 01:25:10,343 --> 01:25:12,145 - That is a lie. - Is it? 850 01:25:12,312 --> 01:25:16,820 Was he not, by your invitation, asked to come to the king's bedchamber? 851 01:25:16,616 --> 01:25:21,254 The very bed where you attempted to negotiate with me so vigorously? 852 01:25:23,857 --> 01:25:27,360 You look shocked. A bribe of the flesh, gentlemen... 853 01:25:27,527 --> 01:25:30,830 ... while her husband promotes anarchy and war. 854 01:25:33,767 --> 01:25:34,968 He speaks truth. 855 01:25:35,535 --> 01:25:38,772 Words escape even the most cunning tongue... 856 01:25:38,938 --> 01:25:41,700 ... my little ***** queen. 857 01:25:45,712 --> 01:25:47,547 What queen-like behavior. 858 01:25:49,282 --> 01:25:52,385 Remove her from this chamber before she infects us further... 859 01:25:52,552 --> 01:25:55,555 ... with her inglorious and shabby self. 860 01:26:02,395 --> 01:26:03,997 This will not be over quickly. 861 01:26:05,331 --> 01:26:08,868 You will not enjoy this. I am not your queen. 862 01:26:31,240 --> 01:26:32,926 Traitor. 863 01:26:33,493 --> 01:26:38,264 Traitor! Traitor! Traitor! 864 01:26:38,565 --> 01:26:40,834 Traitor! 865 01:27:17,871 --> 01:27:23,877 Leonidas, my compliments and congratulations. 866 01:27:24,440 --> 01:27:27,714 You surely have turned calamity into victory. 867 01:27:27,881 --> 01:27:30,884 Despite your insufferable arrogance... 868 01:27:31,510 --> 01:27:35,221 ... the god-king has come to admire Spartan valor and fighting skill. 869 01:27:35,955 --> 01:27:37,323 You will make a mighty ally. 870 01:27:37,490 --> 01:27:39,225 Yield, Leonidas. 871 01:27:40,393 --> 01:27:43,263 Use your reason. Think of your men. 872 01:27:46,990 --> 01:27:47,734 I beg you. 873 01:27:48,301 --> 01:27:50,270 Listen to your fellow Greek. 874 01:27:50,437 --> 01:27:54,140 He can attest to the divine one's generosity. 875 01:27:54,307 --> 01:27:58,778 Despite your several insults, despite your horrid blasphemies... 876 01:27:59,679 --> 01:28:02,849 ... the lord of hosts is prepared to forgive all... 877 01:28:03,116 --> 01:28:06,152 ... and more, to reward your service. 878 01:28:06,419 --> 01:28:07,754 You fight for your lands. 879 01:28:08,455 --> 01:28:10,290 Keep them. 880 01:28:10,990 --> 01:28:12,959 You fight for Sparta. 881 01:28:13,126 --> 01:28:17,130 She will be wealthier and more powerful than ever before. 882 01:28:17,330 --> 01:28:19,265 You fight for your kingship. 883 01:28:20,166 --> 01:28:23,136 You will be proclaimed warlord of all Greece... 884 01:28:23,303 --> 01:28:27,607 ... answerable only to the one true master of the world. 885 01:28:27,974 --> 01:28:32,712 Leonidas, your victory will be complete... 886 01:28:32,879 --> 01:28:35,482 ... if you but lay down your arms... 887 01:28:35,648 --> 01:28:38,818 ... and kneel to holy Xerxes. 888 01:29:09,315 --> 01:29:14,254 It's been more than 30 years since the wolf in the winter cold. 889 01:29:14,421 --> 01:29:18,992 And now, as then, it's not fear that grips him... 890 01:29:19,159 --> 01:29:24,330 ... only restlessness. A heightened sense of things. 891 01:29:25,980 --> 01:29:29,903 The seaborne breeze coolly kissing the sweat at his chest and neck. 892 01:29:30,700 --> 01:29:31,571 Gulls cawing... 893 01:29:31,738 --> 01:29:35,942 ... complaining even as they feast on the thousands of floating dead. 894 01:29:37,577 --> 01:29:42,615 The steady breathing of the 300 at his back... 895 01:29:43,416 --> 01:29:46,886 ... ready to die for him without a moment's pause. 896 01:29:49,456 --> 01:29:50,857 Every one of them... 897 01:29:52,292 --> 01:29:54,260 ... ready to die. 898 01:30:09,776 --> 01:30:12,712 His helmet is stifling. 899 01:30:33,400 --> 01:30:36,236 His shield is heavy. 900 01:30:43,843 --> 01:30:45,178 Your spear. 901 01:30:54,200 --> 01:30:55,455 You there... 902 01:30:55,855 --> 01:30:57,857 ... Ephialtes. 903 01:31:02,996 --> 01:31:05,265 May you live forever. 904 01:31:12,672 --> 01:31:14,974 Leonidas, your spear. 905 01:32:05,692 --> 01:32:07,260 Stelios! 906 01:32:17,270 --> 01:32:18,905 Slaughter them! 907 01:32:22,275 --> 01:32:23,877 His helmet was stifling. 908 01:32:24,440 --> 01:32:27,180 It narrowed his vision, and he must see far. 909 01:32:28,448 --> 01:32:32,352 His shield was heavy. It threw him off balance... 910 01:32:32,519 --> 01:32:36,189 ... and his target is far away. 911 01:33:40,754 --> 01:33:45,325 The old ones say we Spartans are descended from Hercules himself. 912 01:33:46,793 --> 01:33:51,131 Bold Leonidas gives testament to our bloodline. 913 01:33:51,297 --> 01:33:55,435 His roar is long and loud. 914 01:34:25,532 --> 01:34:27,133 My king. 915 01:34:39,379 --> 01:34:43,160 It's an honor to die at your side. 916 01:34:44,584 --> 01:34:49,890 It's an honor to have lived at yours. 917 01:35:10,100 --> 01:35:12,112 My queen! 918 01:35:20,353 --> 01:35:22,880 My wife. 919 01:35:33,533 --> 01:35:35,301 My love. 920 01:38:01,748 --> 01:38:03,883 "Remember us." 921 01:38:05,552 --> 01:38:08,955 As simple an order as a king can give. 922 01:38:10,557 --> 01:38:13,760 "Remember why we died." 923 01:38:15,762 --> 01:38:19,799 For he did not wish tribute or song... 924 01:38:21,634 --> 01:38:25,805 ... nor monuments, nor poems of war and valor. 925 01:38:28,708 --> 01:38:30,977 His wish was simple. 926 01:38:36,383 --> 01:38:38,451 "Remember us"... 927 01:38:39,486 --> 01:38:41,221 ... he said to me. 928 01:38:42,889 --> 01:38:45,910 That was his hope. 929 01:38:45,291 --> 01:38:48,995 Should any free soul come across that place... 930 01:38:49,796 --> 01:38:53,133 ... in all the countless centuries yet to be... 931 01:38:53,566 --> 01:38:56,136 ... may all our voices... 932 01:38:56,302 --> 01:39:00,340 ... whisper to you from the ageless stones. 933 01:39:01,341 --> 01:39:04,978 Go tell the Spartans, passerby... 934 01:39:05,311 --> 01:39:11,184 ... that here, by Spartan law, we lie. 935 01:39:13,953 --> 01:39:16,656 And so my king died... 936 01:39:17,524 --> 01:39:20,160 ... and my brothers died... 937 01:39:22,529 --> 01:39:24,998 ... barely a year ago. 938 01:39:28,935 --> 01:39:34,174 Long I pondered my king's cryptic talk of victory. 939 01:39:34,374 --> 01:39:37,430 Time has proven him wise. 940 01:39:37,944 --> 01:39:40,980 For from free Greek to free Greek... 941 01:39:41,147 --> 01:39:45,719 ... the word was spread that bold Leonidas and his 300... 942 01:39:45,885 --> 01:39:47,887 ... so far from home... 943 01:39:48,540 --> 01:39:51,491 ... laid down their lives not just for Sparta... 944 01:39:51,658 --> 01:39:55,428 ... but for all Greece and the promise this country holds. 945 01:39:56,363 --> 01:40:01,401 Now, here on this rugged patch of earth called Plataea... 946 01:40:01,568 --> 01:40:06,573 ... Xerxes' hordes face obliteration! 947 01:40:08,241 --> 01:40:11,678 Just there the barbarians huddle... 948 01:40:11,845 --> 01:40:16,716 ... sheer terror gripping tight their hearts... 949 01:40:16,883 --> 01:40:18,752 ... with icy fingers... 950 01:40:18,918 --> 01:40:22,188 ... knowing full well what merciless horrors they suffered... 951 01:40:22,355 --> 01:40:24,891 ... at the swords and spears of 300. 952 01:40:26,259 --> 01:40:31,865 Yet they stare now across the plain at 10,000 Spartans... 953 01:40:32,320 --> 01:40:35,335 ... commanding 30,000 free Greeks! 954 01:40:42,108 --> 01:40:46,460 The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one. 955 01:40:46,346 --> 01:40:48,348 Good odds for any Greek. 956 01:40:49,490 --> 01:40:53,753 This day, we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny... 957 01:40:53,920 --> 01:40:58,291 ... and usher in a future brighter than anything we can imagine. 958 01:41:02,729 --> 01:41:04,230 Give thanks, men... 959 01:41:04,931 --> 01:41:08,702 ... to Leonidas and the brave 300. 960 01:41:08,868 --> 01:41:11,604 To victory!