1 00:00:56,389 --> 00:00:59,626 The Oracle's words stand as a warning. 2 00:00:59,626 --> 00:01:01,594 A prophecy. 3 00:01:02,429 --> 00:01:04,597 Sparta will fall. 4 00:01:04,597 --> 00:01:07,701 All of Greece will fall. 5 00:01:14,307 --> 00:01:18,211 And Persian fire will reduce Athens to cinder. 6 00:01:18,645 --> 00:01:21,448 For Athens is a pile of stone and wood... 7 00:01:27,921 --> 00:01:30,290 Only the Athenians exist. 8 00:01:31,958 --> 00:01:34,861 And only stout wooden ships can save them. 9 00:01:36,229 --> 00:01:38,465 Wooden ships... 10 00:01:38,465 --> 00:01:42,102 ...and a tidal wave of heroes' blood. 11 00:01:50,343 --> 00:01:53,713 Leonidas, my husband... 12 00:01:53,713 --> 00:01:56,916 ...Leonidas, your king... 13 00:01:56,916 --> 00:02:01,221 ...Leonidas and the brave 300 are dead. 14 00:02:01,855 --> 00:02:03,656 The free men and women of Greece... 15 00:02:03,656 --> 00:02:06,826 ...are not bound by a beautiful Spartan death. 16 00:02:07,270 --> 00:02:09,229 War is not their love. 17 00:02:09,229 --> 00:02:11,631 Yet he lay down his life for them. 18 00:02:11,865 --> 00:02:14,668 For the promise Greece holds. 19 00:02:16,536 --> 00:02:21,740 'Tis our enemies who forged our freedom in the fires of war. 20 00:02:21,608 --> 00:02:25,211 It was King Darius who came to take our land. 21 00:02:25,812 --> 00:02:29,516 Ten years ago, when youth still burned in our eyes... 22 00:02:29,516 --> 00:02:34,120 ...before this bitter war forced our children to become men. 23 00:02:34,821 --> 00:02:38,792 Ten years ago, this war began... 24 00:02:38,792 --> 00:02:41,194 ...as all wars begin: 25 00:02:41,661 --> 00:02:43,697 With a grievance. 26 00:02:46,633 --> 00:02:48,201 Marathon. 27 00:02:49,536 --> 00:02:51,738 The Persian king, Darius... 28 00:02:51,738 --> 00:02:55,175 ...annoyed by the notion of Greek freedom... 29 00:02:55,175 --> 00:02:58,511 ...has come to Greece to bring us to heel. 30 00:03:00,130 --> 00:03:02,182 He makes landfall at the field of Marathon... 31 00:03:02,182 --> 00:03:04,117 ...with an invading force which outnumbers... 32 00:03:04,117 --> 00:03:07,320 Greek defenders three-to-one. 33 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,990 And so at dawn, the hopeless Athenians do the unthinkable. 34 00:03:10,990 --> 00:03:13,260 They attack. 35 00:03:13,260 --> 00:03:15,662 They attack the weary Persians as they disembark... 36 00:03:15,662 --> 00:03:19,366 ...their ships on shaky legs after a month at sea. 37 00:03:19,366 --> 00:03:22,102 They attack before they can establish their war cam... 38 00:03:22,102 --> 00:03:24,637 ...and supply their soldiers. 39 00:03:25,380 --> 00:03:26,272 And who... 40 00:03:26,272 --> 00:03:28,775 ...is the architect of this mad strategy? 41 00:03:29,376 --> 00:03:31,945 A little-known Athenian soldier. 42 00:03:32,946 --> 00:03:34,981 His men call him... 43 00:03:34,981 --> 00:03:36,916 Themistokles. 44 00:03:36,916 --> 00:03:40,387 He gives the Persians a taste of Athenian shock combat. 45 00:06:02,996 --> 00:06:05,932 All thoughts of glory are gone. 46 00:06:05,932 --> 00:06:07,801 Thousands dead. 47 00:06:07,801 --> 00:06:10,337 Hundreds of them their own. 48 00:06:12,238 --> 00:06:15,909 All for an idea: A free Greece... 49 00:06:15,909 --> 00:06:19,312 ...an Athenian experiment called "democracy." 50 00:06:22,449 --> 00:06:24,951 Gould this idea be warm it? 51 00:06:24,951 --> 00:06:28,880 Worth all this sacrifice? 52 00:06:29,122 --> 00:06:33,260 Themistokles would let the good King Darius decide. 53 00:06:35,261 --> 00:06:37,130 For through the chaos... 54 00:06:37,130 --> 00:06:39,990 ...a moment appeared. 55 00:06:42,402 --> 00:06:44,904 And Themistokles would seize it. 56 00:06:55,315 --> 00:06:58,752 A moment that would ring across the centuries. 57 00:06:58,752 --> 00:07:01,621 A moment that would raise him from simple soldier... 58 00:07:01,621 --> 00:07:04,357 ...to the height of Athenian political power. 59 00:07:04,357 --> 00:07:06,159 No! 60 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:12,999 A moment that would make Themistokles a legend. 61 00:07:31,651 --> 00:07:35,321 Yet even as the praise and glory were heaped upon him... 62 00:07:35,321 --> 00:07:39,225 Themistokles knew in his heart he had made a mistake. 63 00:07:39,492 --> 00:07:42,228 It was Darius' son, Xerxes... 64 00:07:42,228 --> 00:07:46,332 ...whose eyes had the stink of destiny about them. 65 00:07:46,966 --> 00:07:50,570 Themistokles knew he should have killed that boy. 66 00:07:51,271 --> 00:07:54,374 That glorious mistake would forever haunt him. 67 00:08:00,647 --> 00:08:02,782 And so it was Themistokles himself... 68 00:08:02,782 --> 00:08:05,652 ...who sent a ripple across the Persian empire... 69 00:08:05,652 --> 00:08:07,921 ...and set into motion... 70 00:08:07,921 --> 00:08:12,192 ...forces that would bring fire to the heart of Greece. 71 00:08:13,326 --> 00:08:15,795 For as the good king lay dying... 72 00:08:15,795 --> 00:08:17,430 ...all his greatest generals... 73 00:08:17,430 --> 00:08:20,467 ...and advisers were summoned to his bedside. 74 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:25,271 None greater than his finest naval commander, Artemisia. 75 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,750 Her ferocity bested only by her beauty. 76 00:08:29,750 --> 00:08:32,245 Her beauty matched only by her devotion to her king. 77 00:08:38,485 --> 00:08:40,820 Darius favored Artemisia among his generals... 78 00:08:40,820 --> 00:08:44,391 ...for she had brought him victory an the battlefield. 79 00:08:44,391 --> 00:08:45,825 In her... 80 00:08:45,825 --> 00:08:48,940 ...he had the perfect warrior protégée... 81 00:08:48,940 --> 00:08:51,598 ...that his son, Xerxes, would never be. 82 00:08:55,235 --> 00:08:58,705 So sweet, my child. 83 00:08:59,506 --> 00:09:01,775 My sweet... 84 00:09:01,775 --> 00:09:03,710 ...child. 85 00:09:12,185 --> 00:09:14,200 Father. 86 00:09:14,287 --> 00:09:16,890 Xerxes. 87 00:09:16,456 --> 00:09:20,160 Do not repeat your father's mistake. 88 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:24,531 Leave the ignoble Greeks to their ways. 89 00:09:25,899 --> 00:09:29,690 Only the gods can defeat them. 90 00:09:29,369 --> 00:09:32,906 Only the gods. 91 00:09:45,180 --> 00:09:47,420 For seven days, Xerxes mourned... 92 00:09:47,420 --> 00:09:49,656 ...paralyzed by grief. 93 00:09:49,656 --> 00:09:53,193 On the eighth day, Artemisia whispered the seed of madness... 94 00:09:53,193 --> 00:09:55,228 ...that would consume him. 95 00:09:55,228 --> 00:09:59,632 Your father's words were not a warning... 96 00:09:59,632 --> 00:10:01,901 ...but a challenge. 97 00:10:02,969 --> 00:10:06,840 Only the gods can defeat the Greeks? 98 00:10:08,475 --> 00:10:13,460 You will be a god-king. 99 00:10:16,783 --> 00:10:19,352 Artemisia gathered the priests, wizards... 100 00:10:19,352 --> 00:10:22,789 ...and mystics from every corner of the empire. 101 00:10:22,922 --> 00:10:27,861 They wrapped the young king in Cimmerian gauze dipped in ancient potions... 102 00:10:27,861 --> 00:10:30,830 ...and set him to wander the desert... 103 00:10:30,830 --> 00:10:34,467 ...till in a delirium of heat and thirst, he stumbled upon... 104 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:36,703 ...a hermit's cave. 105 00:10:40,540 --> 00:10:43,143 Xerxes passed the vacant eyes... 106 00:10:43,143 --> 00:10:44,644 ...and empty souls... 107 00:10:44,644 --> 00:10:49,215 ...of the hollow creatures that dwell in the dark corners of all men's hearts. 108 00:10:51,384 --> 00:10:53,887 And in that darkness... 109 00:10:53,887 --> 00:10:56,890 ...he surrendered himself completely... 110 00:10:56,890 --> 00:11:00,600 ...to power so evil and perverse... 111 00:11:03,730 --> 00:11:05,732 ...that, as he emerged... 112 00:11:05,732 --> 00:11:09,402 ...no part of a human man that was Xerxes survived. 113 00:11:17,744 --> 00:11:21,348 His eyes blazed like scarlet coals. 114 00:11:22,816 --> 00:11:26,753 He was stripped, cleansed, glabrous... 115 00:11:26,753 --> 00:11:28,822 ...and smooth. 116 00:11:30,423 --> 00:11:33,260 Xerxes was reborn a god. 117 00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:41,368 Anemisia trusted no one. 118 00:11:41,368 --> 00:11:43,703 So in the cover of night... 119 00:11:43,703 --> 00:11:47,874 ...the palace was cleansed of all Xerxes' allies. 120 00:11:50,810 --> 00:11:52,846 All those he trusted... 121 00:11:57,830 --> 00:12:00,860 ...all those who had raised him... 122 00:12:04,157 --> 00:12:07,360 mall those he had once looked to for counsel... 123 00:12:08,361 --> 00:12:11,331 ...were quickly introduced to her wrath. 124 00:12:36,890 --> 00:12:40,760 And as the god-king stood before his people... 125 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:44,698 ...Artemisia watched her flawless manipulation take shape. 126 00:12:44,698 --> 00:12:47,300 - For glory's sake... - For glory's sake... 127 00:12:47,300 --> 00:12:50,637 -...for vengeance's sake... -...for vengeance's sake... 128 00:12:52,205 --> 00:12:53,807 ...war. 129 00:12:54,274 --> 00:12:55,709 ...war! 130 00:12:58,511 --> 00:13:01,214 War is naming to Greece... 131 00:13:01,214 --> 00:13:05,180 ...in the visage of a monster army over a million strong. 132 00:13:05,685 --> 00:13:09,550 It should be little more than a formality for Themistokles... 133 00:13:09,550 --> 00:13:11,910 ...the hero of Marathon... 134 00:13:11,910 --> 00:13:13,593 ...to finish what he began. 135 00:13:14,294 --> 00:13:18,310 Please! We must appeal to Xerxes' reason! 136 00:13:18,310 --> 00:13:19,232 Coward! 137 00:13:19,232 --> 00:13:21,401 Athens is a city of cowards! 138 00:13:21,401 --> 00:13:22,535 Shut your cock hole! 139 00:13:22,535 --> 00:13:23,636 Shut your own! 140 00:13:23,636 --> 00:13:25,772 I'll kill you! **** the Spartans! 141 00:13:25,772 --> 00:13:28,410 **** those muscle-bound boy-lovers! 142 00:13:28,410 --> 00:13:29,750 Silence! 143 00:13:29,750 --> 00:13:30,543 Silence for the hero of Marathon! 144 00:13:30,543 --> 00:13:33,480 This is a democracy, not a street fight. 145 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:35,715 Quiet! It's Themistokles. 146 00:13:35,715 --> 00:13:39,486 The Persian attack will come from both the north and the south. 147 00:13:39,486 --> 00:13:42,188 The city-states should negotiate a truce. 148 00:13:42,188 --> 00:13:45,580 Yes, yes, we must negotiate. 149 00:13:45,658 --> 00:13:48,280 Negotiate with tyranny? 150 00:13:48,495 --> 00:13:51,664 Give me one example of when that has ever profited a nation. 151 00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:55,350 - You're right. We must unite. - My fellow countrymen... 152 00:13:55,350 --> 00:13:58,400 ...we can only judge the future... 153 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,574 ...from what we have suffered in the past. 154 00:14:02,142 --> 00:14:05,578 Now, many of you here stood with me at Marathon. 155 00:14:05,912 --> 00:14:07,847 And for those of you who served... 156 00:14:07,847 --> 00:14:10,350 ...and faced the cut and thrust of battle... 157 00:14:10,350 --> 00:14:13,486 ...you know how true peace is forged. 158 00:14:13,987 --> 00:14:15,922 Do not be deceived. 159 00:14:15,922 --> 00:14:18,191 Xerxes, the son of Darius... 160 00:14:18,191 --> 00:14:20,927 ...is a wolf at our door. 161 00:14:21,161 --> 00:14:23,930 Right here, right now... 162 00:14:23,930 --> 00:14:26,660 ...we must choose: 163 00:14:26,660 --> 00:14:29,536 Do we stand and fight for Greece or not? 164 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:31,371 Argos... 165 00:14:31,371 --> 00:14:32,672 ...Corinth... 166 00:14:32,672 --> 00:14:34,207 ...Megara... 167 00:14:34,207 --> 00:14:35,675 ...Athens. 168 00:14:35,675 --> 00:14:38,845 Not even Sparta can match the Persians alone. 169 00:14:38,845 --> 00:14:41,448 We must persevere as one nation. 170 00:14:41,448 --> 00:14:44,951 Or we will perish clinging onto our own self-interests. 171 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:50,560 Send us the ships that we need to defend Greece. 172 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,792 Themistokles will need more than our cities' ships. 173 00:14:52,792 --> 00:14:55,950 He will need our children to join the fight. 174 00:14:57,630 --> 00:14:58,631 And what of Sparta? 175 00:14:58,631 --> 00:15:01,735 You send every ship that we have... 176 00:15:01,735 --> 00:15:04,771 ...to the northern coast of Euboea. 177 00:15:05,271 --> 00:15:09,409 I will go and seek the help of the great Spartans. 178 00:15:30,897 --> 00:15:32,165 Still no word... 179 00:15:32,165 --> 00:15:34,701 ...from the messenger you sent to Sparta. 180 00:15:35,201 --> 00:15:38,505 King Leonidas may have been insulted by your generous offer. 181 00:15:38,505 --> 00:15:42,642 Perhaps I need to march into Sparta myself and burn it to the ground. 182 00:15:44,511 --> 00:15:46,179 Remember... 183 00:15:46,179 --> 00:15:48,348 ...when a king is loved as I am... 184 00:15:49,315 --> 00:15:52,118 ...much can be accomplished. 185 00:15:53,286 --> 00:15:56,856 They would be fools to resist my divine power. 186 00:15:56,856 --> 00:15:59,759 Athens is attempting to assemble a coalition. 187 00:15:59,759 --> 00:16:03,960 It'll be nothing more than a patchwork of ships. 188 00:16:04,464 --> 00:16:08,601 Once these waters have been traversed, I will lead my force across the land. 189 00:16:08,601 --> 00:16:11,237 I will remind the cowards of Greece... 190 00:16:11,237 --> 00:16:14,674 ...that we have not forgotten their insolence. 191 00:16:24,451 --> 00:16:26,419 Rest and water the horses. 192 00:16:26,419 --> 00:16:28,880 It's best I go alone. 193 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,725 Spartans don't get along well with others. 194 00:17:23,176 --> 00:17:25,912 - Spartans. - Themistokles. 195 00:17:26,346 --> 00:17:27,981 You old snake. 196 00:17:27,981 --> 00:17:30,984 - What brings you this far south? - I've come to see Leonidas. 197 00:17:30,984 --> 00:17:34,287 - To warn him that the Persians are on the march. - You're too late. 198 00:17:34,287 --> 00:17:38,191 Persian messenger already presented his terms to Leonidas. 199 00:17:38,191 --> 00:17:41,270 Symbolic offering of earth and water. 200 00:17:49,135 --> 00:17:50,670 Spartans! 201 00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:52,605 Know this and know it well. 202 00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:56,876 That any Spartan's finest moment... 203 00:17:56,876 --> 00:18:00,280 ...the greatest fulfillment of all he holds dear... 204 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,150 ...is that moment... 205 00:18:02,150 --> 00:18:04,451 ...when he has fought his heart out... 206 00:18:04,451 --> 00:18:07,554 ...for the preservation of Sparta... 207 00:18:07,554 --> 00:18:10,824 ...and lies dead on the battlefield... 208 00:18:10,824 --> 00:18:12,826 ...victorious. 209 00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:15,962 Now... 210 00:18:16,363 --> 00:18:18,832 ...who is willing to die at our king's side? 211 00:18:18,832 --> 00:18:20,330 Ah-ooh! 212 00:18:20,330 --> 00:18:22,402 Ah-ooh! Ah-ooh! 213 00:18:22,802 --> 00:18:24,871 Themistokles. 214 00:18:26,439 --> 00:18:30,477 You've come a long way to stroke your cock whilst watching real men train. 215 00:18:30,477 --> 00:18:32,512 Queen Gorgo. 216 00:18:32,846 --> 00:18:36,383 Shouldn't he be training them to live at their king's side? 217 00:18:37,384 --> 00:18:40,286 A new age is dawning, Gorge. 218 00:18:40,687 --> 00:18:44,524 Won't be long before men rise up and shed the yoke of mysticism and tyranny. 219 00:18:44,524 --> 00:18:47,627 - That sounds like a threat. - No. 220 00:18:47,627 --> 00:18:52,465 An opportunity to join the rest of free Greece and stand against a true tyrant. 221 00:18:52,932 --> 00:18:56,703 Unless, of course, you and Leonidas have already made a deal with Xerxes. 222 00:18:56,703 --> 00:18:59,105 No terms were reached. 223 00:18:59,105 --> 00:19:01,740 Xerxes' messenger was... 224 00:19:01,740 --> 00:19:04,440 Well, he was rude and he lacked respect. 225 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:08,748 He didn't understand the same threats made in Thebes and Athens would not work here. 226 00:19:08,748 --> 00:19:12,652 This is the birthplace of the world's greatest warriors. 227 00:19:12,652 --> 00:19:17,791 Men whose king would stand and fight and die for any one of them. 228 00:19:17,791 --> 00:19:22,896 Xerxes' messenger did not understand this is no typical Greek city-state. 229 00:19:25,965 --> 00:19:27,967 This is Sparta. 230 00:19:29,169 --> 00:19:32,138 It was clear to the messenger there'd be no Spartan submission? 231 00:19:32,138 --> 00:19:33,573 It was clear. 232 00:19:33,573 --> 00:19:37,770 Even now Leonidas is in counsel with the Oracle over his battle plan. 233 00:19:37,770 --> 00:19:40,800 The Festival of the Carneia is all that stands in our way. 234 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:42,449 Surely the Oracle will see we must fight. 235 00:19:42,449 --> 00:19:44,851 Well, then my timing is perfect. 236 00:19:45,385 --> 00:19:48,822 I am commanding a fleet of ships that will represent a united Greece. 237 00:19:48,822 --> 00:19:51,524 I need Sparta to join me. 238 00:19:51,991 --> 00:19:53,660 Give me your ships, Gorgo. 239 00:19:53,660 --> 00:19:56,763 I'll make sure that Xerxes wishes he never crossed the Aegean. 240 00:19:56,763 --> 00:20:00,100 You'll receive no Spartan ships. We've no interest in a united Greece. 241 00:20:00,100 --> 00:20:03,403 That is your dream, Themistokles, not ours. 242 00:20:03,403 --> 00:20:07,107 All I am concerned with is the preservation of Sparta. 243 00:20:08,141 --> 00:20:10,176 My guards will see you out. 244 00:20:12,445 --> 00:20:15,849 It's funny that you mock freedom here in your selfish isolation. 245 00:20:17,150 --> 00:20:19,352 Yet freedom, in her wisdom... 246 00:20:19,352 --> 00:20:21,988 ...has chosen you to defend her. 247 00:20:24,858 --> 00:20:26,292 My queen. 248 00:20:29,462 --> 00:20:32,320 Will Sparta join our fight? 249 00:20:33,330 --> 00:20:36,169 Apparently the Persians have offered the Spartans something they cannot refuse. 250 00:20:36,169 --> 00:20:37,971 And what is that? 251 00:20:38,571 --> 00:20:40,807 A beautiful death. 252 00:20:58,825 --> 00:21:02,495 They say you are the bravest of our captives. 253 00:21:02,495 --> 00:21:06,499 They say you are a whore from the eastern seas. 254 00:21:09,436 --> 00:21:12,305 You're not the smartest. 255 00:21:14,374 --> 00:21:16,676 Your commander is a Greek. 256 00:21:16,676 --> 00:21:18,878 Just like me. 257 00:21:19,179 --> 00:21:23,416 You Persian men take your orders from a Greek woman. 258 00:21:23,416 --> 00:21:26,686 Yes, my brother, I am Greek by birth... 259 00:21:26,686 --> 00:21:30,824 ...and I have Greek blood running through my veins. 260 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:34,561 But my heart... 261 00:21:37,630 --> 00:21:38,732 ...is Persian. 262 00:22:03,890 --> 00:22:05,825 Within hours... 263 00:22:05,825 --> 00:22:08,528 ...the Greek fleet will be shattered. 264 00:22:08,528 --> 00:22:11,664 What of our master and the much-feared Spartans? 265 00:22:11,664 --> 00:22:14,000 There's nothing to fear. 266 00:22:14,334 --> 00:22:18,238 Only King Leonidas and his personal guard of 300... 267 00:22:18,238 --> 00:22:20,306 ...have marched to fight. 268 00:22:20,306 --> 00:22:22,142 They'll collapse. Instantly. 269 00:22:25,712 --> 00:22:26,946 You. 270 00:22:32,819 --> 00:22:34,754 Do you agree? 271 00:22:36,856 --> 00:22:39,920 Many will perish. 272 00:22:39,626 --> 00:22:43,363 Your confidence leaves me with a strong impression. 273 00:22:44,264 --> 00:22:46,700 It's a curious thing for a simple ship guard... 274 00:22:46,700 --> 00:22:49,803 ...to not lower his eyes when questioned by me. 275 00:22:50,470 --> 00:22:53,406 That could've been just a lack of discipline. 276 00:22:54,541 --> 00:22:57,210 But a man's hands do not lie. 277 00:22:57,210 --> 00:23:02,615 They can reveal every imperfection and flaw in his character. 278 00:23:03,550 --> 00:23:05,585 You see, your hands are not rough enough... 279 00:23:05,585 --> 00:23:07,754 ...to work the rigging of this ship. 280 00:23:09,222 --> 00:23:12,225 I know every single man beneath my lash. 281 00:23:12,225 --> 00:23:15,962 Can you explain to me how I don't know you? 282 00:23:17,964 --> 00:23:20,200 Forgive me, commander. 283 00:23:22,869 --> 00:23:25,338 Let me introduce myself. 284 00:23:26,673 --> 00:23:27,974 Seize the spy. 285 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,528 Coward. 286 00:23:49,696 --> 00:23:51,898 Storm is upon us. 287 00:23:54,670 --> 00:23:57,203 It's just some mad Greek weather. 288 00:24:09,683 --> 00:24:13,420 - Themistokles. - Come. 289 00:24:15,522 --> 00:24:16,990 Calisto. 290 00:24:17,570 --> 00:24:19,926 What is spoken here must not be repeated. 291 00:24:19,926 --> 00:24:21,795 Anywhere. 292 00:24:24,230 --> 00:24:27,400 My son has not earned the right to sit at the table of combat veterans. 293 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,970 - But you can trust him. - Very well. 294 00:24:31,938 --> 00:24:33,306 Tell me. 295 00:24:33,306 --> 00:24:37,310 A Greek woman commands all of Xerxes' ships to the south. 296 00:24:37,811 --> 00:24:39,412 Artemisia. 297 00:24:40,413 --> 00:24:41,781 I know of her. 298 00:24:41,781 --> 00:24:45,518 Artemisia is murderous by trade with true skill on the sea... 299 00:24:45,518 --> 00:24:48,154 ...and she has thirst for vengeance. 300 00:24:48,154 --> 00:24:52,959 Rumors are her entire family was murdered by a squad of Greek hoplites. 301 00:24:52,959 --> 00:24:55,562 I have heard all the stories. 302 00:24:56,730 --> 00:24:59,499 And the hoplites spared no one on that day. 303 00:25:14,180 --> 00:25:17,250 And then they turned their attention towards her. 304 00:25:39,973 --> 00:25:43,576 After years of being kept in the bowels of a Greek slave ship... 305 00:25:44,644 --> 00:25:48,114 ...she was discarded and left for dead... 306 00:25:48,114 --> 00:25:52,619 ...where she was found near death by a Persian emissary. 307 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,641 Artemisia vowed that day to return to Greece... 308 00:26:15,875 --> 00:26:18,578 ...only when she could watch it burn. 309 00:26:28,922 --> 00:26:33,393 She was fed, clothed, trained by the finest warriors of the Persian empire... 310 00:26:36,830 --> 00:26:38,665 ...until no match could be found... 311 00:26:38,665 --> 00:26:41,601 ...for her skills and gift with the sword. 312 00:27:08,128 --> 00:27:11,131 The great King Darius was impressed by her commitment. 313 00:27:11,931 --> 00:27:14,534 And she quickly ruse to command at his side. 314 00:27:17,837 --> 00:27:19,506 She has sold her soul... 315 00:27:19,506 --> 00:27:21,307 ...to Death himself. 316 00:27:22,575 --> 00:27:25,445 Well, some could say that I've sold mine to Greece. 317 00:27:29,149 --> 00:27:30,450 And what do you think? 318 00:27:30,450 --> 00:27:32,285 - Me? - Yes. 319 00:27:32,285 --> 00:27:35,121 You are the future of this country. 320 00:27:35,121 --> 00:27:37,557 I'm ready to fight. 321 00:27:40,260 --> 00:27:43,163 I like him. He reminds me of you. 322 00:27:43,430 --> 00:27:45,198 We will need every last man. 323 00:27:45,198 --> 00:27:46,499 He is still just a boy. 324 00:27:46,499 --> 00:27:48,501 Much younger have defended our country. 325 00:27:48,501 --> 00:27:49,969 Enough! 326 00:27:50,570 --> 00:27:54,307 You are a dreamer and will speak of this no more. 327 00:27:57,143 --> 00:27:59,145 Themistokles, I've set your plan in motion. 328 00:27:59,145 --> 00:28:02,515 And my land force will be assembled by the second day. 329 00:28:02,515 --> 00:28:06,720 You will be needed. I can assure you of that. 330 00:28:09,189 --> 00:28:11,291 And there is bad news. 331 00:28:11,291 --> 00:28:15,228 Leonidas has marched north to the Hot Gates. 332 00:28:16,129 --> 00:28:18,164 Bad news? With the Spartans... 333 00:28:18,164 --> 00:28:22,535 - ...at the Hot Gates, our victory is assured. - If the army were with him. 334 00:28:22,535 --> 00:28:24,637 But between the Oracle and the Carneia... 335 00:28:24,637 --> 00:28:28,808 ...Leonidas has marched to Thermopylae with just 300 men. 336 00:28:29,142 --> 00:28:32,278 So the only thing standing between Athens... 337 00:28:32,278 --> 00:28:34,414 ...and total annihilation... 338 00:28:34,414 --> 00:28:37,851 ...is Leonidas and 300 Spartans. 339 00:28:42,655 --> 00:28:45,125 I will search out the veterans among them. 340 00:28:45,125 --> 00:28:48,328 - Establish some order among the volunteers. - Good. 341 00:28:48,328 --> 00:28:52,165 There's little time to teach these farmhands strategy. 342 00:28:52,165 --> 00:28:54,968 Just keep them well fed... 343 00:28:54,968 --> 00:28:57,700 ...and sober. 344 00:28:57,237 --> 00:28:59,720 Anything else? 345 00:28:59,339 --> 00:29:02,175 Wouldn't hurt if they could swing a sword. 346 00:29:04,177 --> 00:29:06,479 Well, I'll be damned. 347 00:29:07,347 --> 00:29:08,581 Shit. 348 00:29:08,581 --> 00:29:11,818 - Does your father know that you're here? - No, sir. 349 00:29:11,818 --> 00:29:13,987 And this shield and sword? 350 00:29:13,987 --> 00:29:15,789 My grandfather's. 351 00:29:15,789 --> 00:29:18,958 My mother entrusted them to me this morning. 352 00:29:18,958 --> 00:29:22,929 - When she gave you her blessing? - Yes, sir. 353 00:29:22,929 --> 00:29:26,166 With a sharp blade, no less. 354 00:29:27,670 --> 00:29:30,103 Your father is preparing a surprise for our enemy tomorrow. 355 00:29:30,103 --> 00:29:33,807 I choose to fight here. Now. 356 00:29:35,575 --> 00:29:37,677 Come aboard my ship. 357 00:29:37,944 --> 00:29:39,612 That is where you will fight. 358 00:29:39,612 --> 00:29:41,140 Yes, sir. 359 00:29:44,651 --> 00:29:46,619 We've just over 50 ships. 360 00:29:46,619 --> 00:29:49,222 Persian forces reported a number in the thousands. 361 00:29:49,222 --> 00:29:52,192 - Those ships appear hardly seaworthy. - Nothing like the monster ships... 362 00:29:52,192 --> 00:29:56,629 -...of the Persian fleet. - We have the advantage. Speed, maneuverability. 363 00:29:56,663 --> 00:29:59,699 The rest of the city-states have sent anywhere from a handful to a single ship. 364 00:29:59,699 --> 00:30:03,703 - Of course, Athens supplied the balance. - We have report... 365 00:30:03,703 --> 00:30:08,575 ...a small advance force of Persian ships have taken refuge from the storm across the strait. 366 00:30:08,575 --> 00:30:11,945 If the weather breaks, we could hit them at dawn. 367 00:30:12,779 --> 00:30:14,180 An early Greek victory. 368 00:30:14,180 --> 00:30:16,149 The gods have given us an opportunity... 369 00:30:16,149 --> 00:30:19,586 ...to wound the Persians, strengthen Greek morale. 370 00:30:20,253 --> 00:30:21,755 A tempting distraction. 371 00:30:21,755 --> 00:30:23,823 But we'll stick to the battle plan. 372 00:30:23,823 --> 00:30:27,293 Today at sundown, we will sail out to meet the main Persian fleet. 373 00:30:27,293 --> 00:30:30,430 We'll attack in the open water with no shore to narrow the battle. 374 00:30:30,430 --> 00:30:32,432 To attack a force of over 1000 ships... 375 00:30:32,432 --> 00:30:35,468 ...with our meager force is suicide. 376 00:30:36,690 --> 00:30:38,471 Such is my plan. 377 00:30:42,175 --> 00:30:45,478 Look at their excuse for a navy. 378 00:30:45,478 --> 00:30:48,415 Their ships are of little threat. 379 00:30:48,548 --> 00:30:51,284 I need a second in command, Artaphernes. 380 00:30:51,284 --> 00:30:55,255 And whoever proves their excellence will earn a place beside me. 381 00:30:56,322 --> 00:30:59,759 General Bandari has offered to lead the first attack. 382 00:30:59,759 --> 00:31:01,394 Bandari. 383 00:31:03,630 --> 00:31:05,165 Commander. 384 00:31:05,265 --> 00:31:07,434 If I let you lead our first offensive... 385 00:31:07,434 --> 00:31:10,437 ...what guarantee do I have that you'll bring me a quick victory? 386 00:31:10,437 --> 00:31:13,173 My word and my life. 387 00:31:13,173 --> 00:31:14,541 Good. 388 00:31:14,541 --> 00:31:16,643 My rules of engagement? 389 00:31:16,643 --> 00:31:20,747 Humiliate the Greeks and lay waste to their tiny ships. 390 00:31:21,514 --> 00:31:24,317 They'll be dead to the last man. 391 00:31:34,661 --> 00:31:36,296 My brothers. 392 00:31:36,796 --> 00:31:38,798 Steady your hearts. 393 00:31:40,633 --> 00:31:43,269 Look deep into your souls. 394 00:31:46,539 --> 00:31:49,876 For your mettle is to be tested this day. 395 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:56,149 If in the heat of battle... 396 00:31:57,830 --> 00:32:00,186 you need a reason to fight on... 397 00:32:00,887 --> 00:32:03,990 ...an idea for which you will give up... 398 00:32:03,990 --> 00:32:06,626 ...all that you will ever have... 399 00:32:07,694 --> 00:32:11,640 ...you need only to look at the man who fights at your side. 400 00:32:12,599 --> 00:32:15,435 This is the "why" of battle. 401 00:32:15,435 --> 00:32:18,672 This is the brotherhood of men-at-arms. 402 00:32:19,500 --> 00:32:20,874 An unbreakable bond... 403 00:32:20,874 --> 00:32:24,444 ...made stronger by the crucible of combat. 404 00:32:25,378 --> 00:32:29,749 You will never be closer than with those who you shed your blood with. 405 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:33,420 For there is no noble! cause... 406 00:32:33,420 --> 00:32:36,923 ...than to fight for those who will lay down their life for you. 407 00:32:38,758 --> 00:32:41,628 So you fight strong today. 408 00:32:42,162 --> 00:32:44,497 You fight for your brothers. 409 00:32:45,699 --> 00:32:48,168 Fight for your families. 410 00:32:48,168 --> 00:32:50,670 Most of all, you fight for Greece! 411 00:32:50,770 --> 00:32:51,871 Greece! 412 00:32:52,839 --> 00:32:54,740 Yeah! 413 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,612 And there is only one thing to make sure of when the fighting starts. 414 00:32:59,612 --> 00:33:01,448 What's that? 415 00:33:01,681 --> 00:33:03,950 Don't get killed on the first day. 416 00:33:04,951 --> 00:33:07,620 That goes for the rest of you. 417 00:33:39,219 --> 00:33:41,821 Persian ships are strong at the front. 418 00:33:41,821 --> 00:33:43,990 But they are weak in the middle. 419 00:33:43,990 --> 00:33:46,559 We attack them there. 420 00:33:56,770 --> 00:33:58,438 Now! 421 00:34:19,459 --> 00:34:20,927 Attack! 422 00:34:48,722 --> 00:34:50,900 Ram them! 423 00:35:01,340 --> 00:35:04,137 Archers, now! Now! 424 00:35:13,380 --> 00:35:14,848 Reverse! 425 00:35:15,148 --> 00:35:16,583 Now! 426 00:35:23,390 --> 00:35:25,191 Go through them! 427 00:36:19,646 --> 00:36:21,114 The enemy's tactics... 428 00:36:21,114 --> 00:36:22,649 ...are creative. 429 00:36:22,649 --> 00:36:25,752 The defensive circle leaves no front to assault. 430 00:36:25,752 --> 00:36:27,120 We are losing. 431 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:29,122 No, you are losing. 432 00:36:35,495 --> 00:36:37,163 Pull back. 433 00:36:37,163 --> 00:36:39,699 Let them have this day. 434 00:36:39,699 --> 00:36:42,602 I'm bored with your failures, Bandari. 435 00:36:47,907 --> 00:36:50,310 I'll not let this wound slow me. 436 00:36:50,310 --> 00:36:52,445 Heh. Somehow I believe you. 437 00:36:52,445 --> 00:36:55,181 My blade will be sharp and ready by the morning. 438 00:36:55,181 --> 00:36:59,185 Good. Tomorrow you will fight alongside your father. 439 00:37:00,787 --> 00:37:02,756 Not bad for a bunch of farmers. 440 00:37:02,756 --> 00:37:05,392 And poets and sculptors. 441 00:37:05,658 --> 00:37:07,527 Who'd have known untrained men... 442 00:37:07,527 --> 00:37:11,264 ...would do so well against such a considerable adversary? 443 00:37:12,532 --> 00:37:16,136 We're going to need all of our strength for tomorrows fight. 444 00:37:16,136 --> 00:37:19,339 How long do you think we can hold them? 445 00:37:21,574 --> 00:37:24,244 If my plan is to work... 446 00:37:25,679 --> 00:37:28,815 ...long enough for the Spartans to unite Greece. 447 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:31,451 Men! 448 00:37:31,851 --> 00:37:33,386 Who will share their wine with me? 449 00:37:47,330 --> 00:37:48,168 Report. 450 00:37:48,168 --> 00:37:50,503 We are still tallying the losses. 451 00:37:50,503 --> 00:37:54,307 But you must understand, it is extremely difficult... 452 00:37:54,307 --> 00:37:56,543 ...given the sea and the darkness... 453 00:37:56,543 --> 00:37:58,478 ...to get an accurate-- 454 00:38:08,988 --> 00:38:10,457 Report? 455 00:38:10,757 --> 00:38:12,392 Seventy-five ships lost. 456 00:38:12,392 --> 00:38:13,993 Thirty damaged beyond repair. 457 00:38:13,993 --> 00:38:17,997 Twenty could return with a few weeks' work in a safe harbor. 458 00:38:21,101 --> 00:38:24,204 The commander of the Greek force is named Themistokles. 459 00:38:24,204 --> 00:38:26,840 Yes, he is an Athenian general. 460 00:38:27,273 --> 00:38:31,678 He's rumored to have loosed the arrow that felled the great King Darius himself. 461 00:38:44,457 --> 00:38:46,726 No! 462 00:39:01,700 --> 00:39:05,745 This Themistokles has shown himself to be quite brilliant in battle. 463 00:39:06,579 --> 00:39:10,160 Which is more than I can say for any of you. 464 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:13,720 Do you gentlemen find my command unreasonable? 465 00:39:13,720 --> 00:39:16,589 Is it too much to ask for victory? 466 00:39:16,589 --> 00:39:20,427 Your disappointment in yesterdays losses is warranted. 467 00:39:21,661 --> 00:39:23,930 My disappointment. 468 00:39:24,998 --> 00:39:27,667 My disappointment is not with my losses. 469 00:39:27,667 --> 00:39:31,738 The meager number of damaged ships and dead slaves means nothing to me. 470 00:39:31,738 --> 00:39:36,900 No, my disappointment... 471 00:39:37,677 --> 00:39:39,879 ...is in these men. 472 00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:42,820 For though I stand... 473 00:39:42,820 --> 00:39:44,150 ...among 10,000... 474 00:39:44,150 --> 00:39:46,419 ...I am alone. 475 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:51,691 I long for a soul who would stand by my side. 476 00:39:51,691 --> 00:39:53,960 Who I could trust. 477 00:39:58,965 --> 00:40:01,634 Tell me, General Kashani. 478 00:40:01,634 --> 00:40:04,204 Are you that man? 479 00:40:05,572 --> 00:40:09,142 You will taste your victory by the day's end. 480 00:40:09,142 --> 00:40:12,278 I will make certain of it. 481 00:40:12,712 --> 00:40:14,914 I hope so. 482 00:41:46,272 --> 00:41:48,441 Advance! 483 00:41:55,548 --> 00:41:59,119 Now! 484 00:42:22,809 --> 00:42:25,111 Don't lose sight of them. 485 00:42:39,459 --> 00:42:40,860 The Greeks are retreating. 486 00:42:40,860 --> 00:42:43,363 He's got him right where he wants him. 487 00:42:43,363 --> 00:42:45,665 Kashani is a fine tactician. 488 00:42:45,665 --> 00:42:48,435 I was speaking of Themistokles. 489 00:42:58,545 --> 00:42:59,913 Rocks! 490 00:43:02,749 --> 00:43:04,384 Stop, stop! 491 00:43:04,384 --> 00:43:06,119 Stop! 492 00:43:06,886 --> 00:43:08,388 Brace yourselves! 493 00:45:54,540 --> 00:45:55,655 What are you doing here? 494 00:45:55,655 --> 00:45:59,592 A man's responsibility is to protect his family and his nation. 495 00:45:59,592 --> 00:46:02,629 - Who told you this? - My father. 496 00:47:04,791 --> 00:47:08,962 You see how Themistokles employs deception with such grace? 497 00:47:08,962 --> 00:47:11,631 Why is it so much to ask for victory? 498 00:47:11,631 --> 00:47:14,401 - How can I make amends? - Silence. 499 00:47:17,170 --> 00:47:19,673 You will carry a message for me. 500 00:47:20,774 --> 00:47:22,442 Now they will fear us! 501 00:47:22,442 --> 00:47:26,346 Now they will fear the Greek men-at-arms! Hup! 502 00:47:27,647 --> 00:47:28,782 He's right. 503 00:47:29,416 --> 00:47:31,451 Fear the Greek fighting man. 504 00:47:31,451 --> 00:47:32,919 Fear his sword. 505 00:47:32,919 --> 00:47:34,587 His shield. 506 00:47:34,587 --> 00:47:37,257 Fear his love for Mother Greece. 507 00:47:37,257 --> 00:47:39,426 But most of all... 508 00:47:39,426 --> 00:47:41,161 ...fear his freedom! 509 00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:49,269 Don't be angry with the boy. 510 00:47:49,269 --> 00:47:50,970 I took him under my command. 511 00:47:50,970 --> 00:47:54,908 Anger is something I reserve for my enemies. 512 00:48:02,349 --> 00:48:03,950 Themistokles. 513 00:48:24,237 --> 00:48:27,941 Artemisia's ship is being anchored in neutral waters. 514 00:48:27,941 --> 00:48:29,943 She'd like to meet with Themistokles. 515 00:48:29,943 --> 00:48:33,646 - How can you guarantee his safe return? - Well, boy... 516 00:48:33,646 --> 00:48:35,849 ...the only honor for her now... 517 00:48:35,849 --> 00:48:39,552 ...will be when she watches your crushed and broken fleet... 518 00:48:39,552 --> 00:48:41,788 ...sinking to the bottom of the Aegean... 519 00:48:41,788 --> 00:48:43,790 ...and is able to recognize you... 520 00:48:43,790 --> 00:48:46,793 ...nailed to the mast of your ship with her sword... 521 00:48:46,793 --> 00:48:50,263 ...as you descend to a watery grave. 522 00:48:55,350 --> 00:48:57,737 Why didn't you just say that to begin with? 523 00:49:24,964 --> 00:49:27,767 Welcome to my humble barge. 524 00:49:27,767 --> 00:49:30,837 We are honored by your presence. 525 00:49:32,739 --> 00:49:35,308 Your barge and you... 526 00:49:35,308 --> 00:49:37,777 ...are quite impressive. 527 00:49:41,981 --> 00:49:44,217 Kind words. 528 00:49:45,585 --> 00:49:49,255 Now come, Themistokles. We have much to discuss. 529 00:49:50,457 --> 00:49:53,226 Do you believe the Greeks are descended from the gods? 530 00:49:53,226 --> 00:49:55,280 I have heard some say that. 531 00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:58,798 And what of you? Is there a god in your lineage? 532 00:49:58,798 --> 00:50:02,402 My men say so, and based on the last two days' battle... 533 00:50:02,736 --> 00:50:06,639 ...I'd say there's a spark of the divine in you. 534 00:50:07,730 --> 00:50:10,343 Now who's using kind words? 535 00:50:16,649 --> 00:50:18,451 My men also say that it was you... 536 00:50:18,451 --> 00:50:21,688 ...who slayed the good King Darius at Marathon. 537 00:50:21,688 --> 00:50:24,257 Many heroic deeds occurred on that day. 538 00:50:24,257 --> 00:50:26,393 But it was 10 years ago... 539 00:50:26,393 --> 00:50:28,795 ...and the facts of battle are often embellished. 540 00:50:28,795 --> 00:50:31,798 This deed, you would remember. 541 00:50:32,298 --> 00:50:35,568 I do what I must to defend Greece. 542 00:50:35,568 --> 00:50:39,339 And I do what I must to defeat her. 543 00:50:41,374 --> 00:50:45,145 For every one Greek killed, you must kill a thousand Persians. 544 00:50:46,179 --> 00:50:48,682 For every ship I sink... 545 00:50:48,682 --> 00:50:51,351 ...you must sink a hundred. 546 00:50:51,851 --> 00:50:54,120 I can sustain losses for weeks. 547 00:50:54,120 --> 00:50:56,589 Months, if need be. 548 00:50:56,589 --> 00:50:58,324 My numbers will defeat you... 549 00:50:58,324 --> 00:51:01,361 ...and I will take your precious boats with my sword. 550 00:51:01,361 --> 00:51:03,596 I will take your Greek freedom. 551 00:51:03,596 --> 00:51:06,466 Are you asking me to negotiate a surrender? 552 00:51:06,833 --> 00:51:08,168 No. 553 00:51:08,768 --> 00:51:12,505 I offer you a chance to avoid such misery and join me. 554 00:51:13,340 --> 00:51:16,509 I'm in need of a commander such as you. 555 00:51:16,843 --> 00:51:19,946 Look at the defense you've mounted. 556 00:51:20,647 --> 00:51:22,716 A handful of triremes. 557 00:51:22,716 --> 00:51:25,418 Leonidas with 300 Spartans. 558 00:51:26,820 --> 00:51:28,388 It's insulting, frankly... 559 00:51:28,388 --> 00:51:32,959 ...that the mightiest empire the world has ever seen is met by this. 560 00:51:33,693 --> 00:51:36,663 I don't blame you, Themistokles. 561 00:51:36,663 --> 00:51:39,766 You fought as if the blood of Poseidon himself... 562 00:51:39,766 --> 00:51:41,935 ...was coursing through your veins. 563 00:51:41,935 --> 00:51:44,404 No, I blame Greece. 564 00:51:44,904 --> 00:51:47,807 The squabbling bureaucrats protecting their political hides... 565 00:51:47,807 --> 00:51:51,411 ...by sending you here to die. 566 00:51:54,414 --> 00:51:56,983 And yet you still fight. 567 00:51:58,284 --> 00:52:00,553 So there must be... 568 00:52:01,654 --> 00:52:03,356 What? 569 00:52:04,257 --> 00:52:08,828 Family back home in Athens that compels you... 570 00:52:08,828 --> 00:52:12,732 ...to battle with such passion? 571 00:52:14,100 --> 00:52:16,936 Truth is, I've had no time for family. 572 00:52:16,936 --> 00:52:19,839 I have spent my entire adult life... 573 00:52:19,839 --> 00:52:22,442 ...with my one true love... 574 00:52:22,442 --> 00:52:24,911 ...the Greek fleet... 575 00:52:24,911 --> 00:52:27,470 ...and my one passion... 576 00:52:27,470 --> 00:52:29,582 ...readying it for you. 577 00:52:32,886 --> 00:52:34,688 Now, that brings me pleasure... 578 00:52:34,688 --> 00:52:38,458 ...the thought of you pining away for me... 579 00:52:39,590 --> 00:52:41,895 ...forsaking family and love... 580 00:52:41,895 --> 00:52:45,965 ...for the promise of a deeper ecstasy. 581 00:52:52,305 --> 00:52:56,509 The ecstasy of steel and flesh... 582 00:52:56,509 --> 00:52:59,946 ...death and life... 583 00:53:01,514 --> 00:53:03,750 ...of rage... 584 00:53:03,750 --> 00:53:07,870 ...and sweat of muscle... 585 00:53:07,870 --> 00:53:10,900 ...of pure joy... 586 00:53:10,900 --> 00:53:12,659 ...and deepest sorrow. 587 00:53:13,727 --> 00:53:17,997 Die with me each night and be born again with me each morning... 588 00:53:17,997 --> 00:53:22,168 ...as you plant your sword into the hearts of our enemies. 589 00:53:26,390 --> 00:53:28,108 You fight for freedom. 590 00:53:28,108 --> 00:53:32,450 I offer freedom without consequence or responsibility. 591 00:53:59,873 --> 00:54:01,274 Well? 592 00:54:01,608 --> 00:54:03,843 What have you learned? 593 00:54:10,750 --> 00:54:13,186 Can Artemisia be beaten? 594 00:54:14,487 --> 00:54:16,823 The next time that we face her... 595 00:54:16,823 --> 00:54:19,959 ...she's going to bring all of hell with her. 596 00:55:13,580 --> 00:55:16,160 Hold! Hold! 597 00:55:27,494 --> 00:55:30,196 Send in my personal guard. 598 00:55:56,756 --> 00:55:57,757 Pull back! 599 00:55:57,757 --> 00:55:58,792 Retreat! 600 00:55:58,792 --> 00:56:00,627 - Retreat! - Retreat! 601 00:56:00,627 --> 00:56:02,629 - Retreat! - Retreat! 602 00:56:02,629 --> 00:56:04,970 Themistokles! 603 00:56:04,970 --> 00:56:06,366 In the water! 604 00:56:08,968 --> 00:56:11,438 Archers on deck now! 605 00:56:11,438 --> 00:56:14,474 Archers on deck now! Quickly! 606 00:56:14,474 --> 00:56:15,709 Starboard side! 607 00:56:15,709 --> 00:56:17,310 Fire at will! 608 00:57:33,586 --> 00:57:35,221 Fight on, boy. 609 00:57:35,221 --> 00:57:36,356 Uh-huh. 610 00:57:36,356 --> 00:57:38,324 Fight on! 611 00:57:57,711 --> 00:57:59,646 Aim for the men on top! 612 00:57:59,646 --> 00:58:01,414 Up there! 613 00:59:11,418 --> 00:59:14,721 Abandon ship! Abandon ship! 614 00:59:14,721 --> 00:59:17,570 Abandon ship! 615 01:01:02,162 --> 01:01:04,831 The dead have no guilt. 616 01:01:04,831 --> 01:01:07,634 No responsibility. 617 01:01:08,535 --> 01:01:11,370 Themistokles watches the bodies of his men... 618 01:01:11,370 --> 01:01:14,274 ...turn the Aegean red with blood. 619 01:01:14,708 --> 01:01:17,677 Were they sacrificed for his ego? 620 01:01:18,211 --> 01:01:22,615 Or to relieve the guilt of the long-ago mistake at Marathon? 621 01:01:25,218 --> 01:01:27,287 How many men would have been saved... 622 01:01:27,287 --> 01:01:30,890 ...if Themistokles had killed that boy? 623 01:01:32,859 --> 01:01:36,620 Not even his own soul can be sure. 624 01:01:37,263 --> 01:01:39,132 My friend. 625 01:01:39,699 --> 01:01:42,135 We faced the odds. 626 01:01:42,936 --> 01:01:44,971 Together. 627 01:01:46,606 --> 01:01:48,141 Listen to me... 628 01:01:48,141 --> 01:01:50,210 ...Themistokles. 629 01:01:53,246 --> 01:01:55,815 You will have to fight... 630 01:01:55,815 --> 01:01:59,152 ...with twice as much strength in the morning. 631 01:01:59,152 --> 01:02:01,654 We will fight shoulder-to-shoulder. 632 01:02:01,654 --> 01:02:03,823 No, my son. 633 01:02:04,557 --> 01:02:07,627 You will carry on for both of us. 634 01:03:06,619 --> 01:03:08,355 What did he say? 635 01:03:10,557 --> 01:03:13,930 I will tell you in time, boy. 636 01:03:14,961 --> 01:03:16,563 Quiet now. 637 01:03:17,764 --> 01:03:20,567 You go and be with your father's spirit. 638 01:03:28,541 --> 01:03:32,112 How many times do you think we will repeat such a tragedy? 639 01:03:33,646 --> 01:03:36,160 As many times as we must. 640 01:03:36,160 --> 01:03:38,885 We are turning young men into memories. 641 01:03:41,388 --> 01:03:43,757 Do you think I enjoy this? 642 01:03:44,691 --> 01:03:47,360 Witnessing my friend's final breath? 643 01:03:50,563 --> 01:03:53,967 Every widow that is made by my decision... 644 01:03:55,168 --> 01:03:58,405 ...every child that will grow without a father... 645 01:03:59,472 --> 01:04:02,800 ...they are my choices. 646 01:04:02,442 --> 01:04:06,379 This is the burden of my command. 647 01:04:29,903 --> 01:04:32,720 How easy it is to silence... 648 01:04:32,720 --> 01:04:35,410 ...the strong and self-disciplined. 649 01:04:35,308 --> 01:04:38,978 Let my army witness the great warriors of Sparta. 650 01:04:41,648 --> 01:04:44,551 March them past these corpses. 651 01:04:44,551 --> 01:04:48,822 Let them see the cost of daring to challenge the god-king. 652 01:04:51,825 --> 01:04:53,326 King Leonidas... 653 01:04:53,326 --> 01:04:57,997 ...and his brave 300 were the finest Greece has to offer. 654 01:04:57,997 --> 01:04:59,466 There will be no saviors... 655 01:04:59,466 --> 01:05:02,235 ...to rise up and vanquish us. 656 01:05:02,669 --> 01:05:05,839 Nothing will stop the march of my empire. 657 01:05:07,474 --> 01:05:09,409 Your Majesty. 658 01:05:11,878 --> 01:05:15,515 You, take this dead king's sword to Athens. 659 01:05:15,515 --> 01:05:19,352 Let them know that I am coming next for them. 660 01:05:19,686 --> 01:05:21,588 Let them know... 661 01:05:21,588 --> 01:05:23,523 ...Athens... 662 01:05:23,523 --> 01:05:26,893 ...their prize jewel of a city... 663 01:05:27,494 --> 01:05:30,430 ...will disappear from the histories. 664 01:05:33,633 --> 01:05:35,301 Themistokles! 665 01:05:38,204 --> 01:05:39,906 I bring word from Thermopylae. 666 01:05:39,906 --> 01:05:42,275 Leonidas was betrayed by a hunchback. 667 01:05:42,275 --> 01:05:44,440 The Spartans have been slaughtered. 668 01:05:44,440 --> 01:05:46,579 The Hot Gates have fallen. 669 01:05:48,181 --> 01:05:50,684 Such a sacrifice. 670 01:05:54,454 --> 01:05:57,257 Now Greece has her martyrs. 671 01:05:57,857 --> 01:06:01,828 Daxos, take that message from the Hot Gates... 672 01:06:01,828 --> 01:06:04,731 ...to every city, every village. 673 01:06:04,731 --> 01:06:07,667 Let every countryman hear your words. 674 01:06:07,667 --> 01:06:09,769 But they are dead. All of them. 675 01:06:09,769 --> 01:06:12,906 Sparta's sacrifice will be what unites us. 676 01:06:12,906 --> 01:06:14,641 Now go. 677 01:06:15,342 --> 01:06:16,343 Hyah! 678 01:06:16,576 --> 01:06:19,546 Move all of our ships and men back; to the safety of Salamis. 679 01:06:19,546 --> 01:06:21,470 And you? 680 01:06:21,470 --> 01:06:23,750 I will take Daxos' message to Athens. 681 01:06:25,218 --> 01:06:29,589 I was told a hunchback was accountable for the fall of the Hot Gates. 682 01:06:29,889 --> 01:06:32,225 That he sold out his country... 683 01:06:32,225 --> 01:06:37,300 ...pulled the crimson from his back and replaced it with Persian gold. 684 01:06:38,998 --> 01:06:42,680 What is your name, traitor? 685 01:06:42,680 --> 01:06:44,838 Ephialtes of Trachis. 686 01:06:57,117 --> 01:07:01,121 I should wet this noble blade with your blood. 687 01:07:02,555 --> 01:07:05,258 You would be right to do so. 688 01:07:05,258 --> 01:07:08,128 There is little beauty about me. 689 01:07:08,461 --> 01:07:12,966 There is little beauty in what I have done. 690 01:07:17,303 --> 01:07:19,472 Say what you must. 691 01:07:19,472 --> 01:07:21,508 I beg of you... 692 01:07:21,508 --> 01:07:23,810 ...and all of Athens! 693 01:07:23,810 --> 01:07:27,447 The god-king will burn this city to the ground! 694 01:07:27,447 --> 01:07:29,182 What does he mean? 695 01:07:29,182 --> 01:07:31,184 Quiet yourselves! 696 01:07:31,418 --> 01:07:36,356 Leonidas' and Sparta's great sacrifice was no defeat. 697 01:07:38,858 --> 01:07:41,394 It was a beautiful victory. 698 01:07:44,197 --> 01:07:46,866 This simple act of valor... 699 01:07:46,866 --> 01:07:49,669 ...will allow us to rally each of our city-states... 700 01:07:49,669 --> 01:07:52,500 ...and unite Greece... 701 01:07:52,605 --> 01:07:54,674 ...for one purpose... 702 01:07:54,674 --> 01:07:56,976 ...against one enemy! 703 01:07:57,577 --> 01:07:58,845 And you. 704 01:07:58,845 --> 01:08:01,715 You take this message to your god-king. 705 01:08:01,715 --> 01:08:05,485 That we will take whatever ships we have left... 706 01:08:05,485 --> 01:08:08,755 ...and finish this in the Bay of Salamis. 707 01:08:08,755 --> 01:08:11,591 But there will be death and destruction. 708 01:08:11,591 --> 01:08:15,261 Yes, there will be. 709 01:08:22,168 --> 01:08:24,104 Themistokles. 710 01:08:25,872 --> 01:08:28,675 I'm here to speak to your queen. 711 01:08:28,708 --> 01:08:30,510 A warning, Athenian. 712 01:08:30,510 --> 01:08:33,713 You may not receive a warm welcome. 713 01:09:00,140 --> 01:09:02,742 May I offer my deepest sympathies. 714 01:09:04,310 --> 01:09:07,280 I cannot change what has happened to Leonidas... 715 01:09:07,280 --> 01:09:10,884 ...but his sacrifice will not be forgotten. 716 01:09:11,184 --> 01:09:15,488 Do not lecture me on sacrifice, and be quick with your words, Athenian. 717 01:09:17,524 --> 01:09:21,194 I request of you the entire Spartan navy. 718 01:09:21,428 --> 01:09:22,929 Every man, every ship... 719 01:09:22,929 --> 01:09:25,198 -...that you can spare. - Have I not given enough... 720 01:09:25,198 --> 01:09:27,767 ...for your dream of a united Greece? 721 01:09:27,767 --> 01:09:31,504 Shall I put swords in the hands of my son? Our children? 722 01:09:31,504 --> 01:09:33,773 Would that please you? 723 01:09:34,240 --> 01:09:38,111 Have I not given enough for your ambitions, Themistokles? 724 01:09:38,445 --> 01:09:40,113 A king. 725 01:09:40,113 --> 01:09:42,916 Husbands, fathers, brothers. 726 01:09:42,916 --> 01:09:45,618 Sparta will give no more. 727 01:10:01,134 --> 01:10:03,603 This belongs with you. 728 01:10:12,812 --> 01:10:14,547 Avenge him. 729 01:10:32,365 --> 01:10:35,435 The Oracle's words stood as a warning. 730 01:10:35,435 --> 01:10:38,710 All of Greece will fall... 731 01:10:38,710 --> 01:10:41,908 ...as Persian fire reduces Athens ta cinder. 732 01:10:43,760 --> 01:10:45,779 For Athens is a pile of stone and wood... 733 01:10:45,779 --> 01:10:48,815 ...and cloth and dust... 734 01:10:48,815 --> 01:10:51,718 ...and, as dust, will vanish into the wind. 735 01:10:53,687 --> 01:10:56,856 Only the Athenians themselves exist. 736 01:10:57,590 --> 01:11:01,528 And the fate of the world hangs on their every syllable. 737 01:11:02,128 --> 01:11:04,731 Only the Athenians exist. 738 01:11:04,731 --> 01:11:08,340 And only stout wooden ships can save them. 739 01:11:08,268 --> 01:11:10,437 Wooden ships... 740 01:11:10,437 --> 01:11:14,700 ...and a tidal wave of heroes' blood. 741 01:11:20,880 --> 01:11:24,500 The Greeks were fools to stand against us. 742 01:11:24,500 --> 01:11:25,985 Leonidas and his pride... 743 01:11:25,985 --> 01:11:29,656 ...were no match for the will of a god. 744 01:11:30,790 --> 01:11:35,128 Themistokles was a worthless coward. 745 01:11:35,128 --> 01:11:36,896 And now... 746 01:11:36,896 --> 01:11:41,201 ...this pathetic navy is barely worth our attention. 747 01:11:41,201 --> 01:11:43,703 If that worthless coward had stood at my side... 748 01:11:43,703 --> 01:11:46,840 ...we would have laid the world at your feet. 749 01:11:47,540 --> 01:11:48,908 My king. 750 01:11:49,776 --> 01:11:53,380 Your humble servant brings you news. 751 01:11:54,714 --> 01:11:57,217 The Greek fleet are defenseless... 752 01:11:57,217 --> 01:11:59,819 ...within the Bay of Salamis. 753 01:11:59,819 --> 01:12:02,789 You need only finish them. 754 01:12:03,189 --> 01:12:05,658 Who commands their forces? 755 01:12:08,728 --> 01:12:11,231 Themistokles of Athens. 756 01:12:11,464 --> 01:12:13,433 Themistokles is dead. 757 01:12:13,433 --> 01:12:17,103 He is alive. I have seen him myself. 758 01:12:27,447 --> 01:12:28,982 Wisdom... 759 01:12:30,150 --> 01:12:34,354 ...would have us send a probing force to confirm it is not a trap. 760 01:12:34,821 --> 01:12:37,824 You would dare to advise me in matters of war? 761 01:12:38,858 --> 01:12:40,894 I am the god-king. 762 01:12:40,894 --> 01:12:43,963 I am the one who triumphed over Leonidas. 763 01:12:43,963 --> 01:12:46,990 I am the one who laid waste... 764 01:12:46,990 --> 01:12:48,101 ...to this showpiece of Athens. 765 01:12:48,101 --> 01:12:51,638 - I am your king. - Killing Leonidas and his men... 766 01:12:51,638 --> 01:12:54,441 ...only made them martyrs. 767 01:12:54,808 --> 01:12:57,310 And when you razed Athens... 768 01:12:57,310 --> 01:12:59,312 ...you set fire to the only thing... 769 01:12:59,312 --> 01:13:01,514 ...of value in this country. 770 01:13:13,293 --> 01:13:16,296 I will attack the Greeks... 771 01:13:16,863 --> 01:13:19,532 ...with my entire navy. 772 01:13:20,667 --> 01:13:21,801 Artemisia. 773 01:13:21,801 --> 01:13:23,470 Enough! 774 01:13:24,804 --> 01:13:28,575 Do not forget who put the crown on your childish head. 775 01:13:28,575 --> 01:13:30,276 My king. 776 01:13:31,244 --> 01:13:33,113 Now sit on your golden throne... 777 01:13:33,113 --> 01:13:36,282 ...and watch this battle from the safety I provide you. 778 01:13:42,122 --> 01:13:44,758 There in the distance... 779 01:13:44,758 --> 01:13:48,228 ...we witness the destruction of Athens. 780 01:13:51,264 --> 01:13:56,690 Alone, we will face the monster that cast a shadow across our land. 781 01:13:58,471 --> 01:14:03,900 I had prayed that the Spartans would come to lend a hand this morning. 782 01:14:05,211 --> 01:14:07,313 Perhaps they feel they have given enough. 783 01:14:07,313 --> 01:14:08,882 You failed us all. 784 01:14:08,882 --> 01:14:10,250 This is your fault, Themistokles. 785 01:14:10,250 --> 01:14:12,152 Without Spartans, we're farmhands. 786 01:14:12,152 --> 01:14:16,690 We should've negotiated with the Persians when we had the chance. 787 01:14:19,392 --> 01:14:21,428 You are all right. 788 01:14:22,996 --> 01:14:26,766 Yes, we are down to a handful of boats. 789 01:14:27,767 --> 01:14:31,304 And, yes, we are just farmhands. 790 01:14:31,805 --> 01:14:34,400 We are tradesmen. 791 01:14:34,908 --> 01:14:36,543 We are boys... 792 01:14:36,543 --> 01:14:40,980 ...turned to men through the sacrifice and forge of combat. 793 01:14:42,782 --> 01:14:45,352 I played a dangerous game... 794 01:14:45,352 --> 01:14:47,454 ...and I lost! 795 01:14:51,891 --> 01:14:55,362 If you choose to turn your back on me... 796 01:14:55,362 --> 01:14:58,565 ...on your country... 797 01:15:00,200 --> 01:15:02,836 ...I will not judge you. 798 01:15:03,803 --> 01:15:06,373 You are free to leave. 799 01:15:06,973 --> 01:15:09,542 You are still free men. 800 01:15:32,132 --> 01:15:33,733 Very well. 801 01:15:35,735 --> 01:15:40,940 Then let us put our shoulders to work and free those ships from the bosom of Greece. 802 01:15:42,208 --> 01:15:45,612 Today is a privilege to call our own. 803 01:15:46,913 --> 01:15:50,517 A story that will be told for a thousand years. 804 01:15:51,618 --> 01:15:53,687 Let our final stand... 805 01:15:53,687 --> 01:15:56,189 ...be recorded to the histories. 806 01:15:56,189 --> 01:15:58,725 And let it be shown... 807 01:15:58,725 --> 01:16:01,361 ...that we chose to die on our feet... 808 01:16:01,361 --> 01:16:04,197 ...rather than live on our knees! 809 01:16:52,780 --> 01:16:54,647 There is only one thing you need to know today. 810 01:16:54,647 --> 01:16:56,383 Not to get killed. 811 01:16:56,383 --> 01:17:00,420 No. Your father's last words. 812 01:17:04,524 --> 01:17:07,927 He told me that you had earned the right to sit at the table. 813 01:17:24,911 --> 01:17:28,915 Well, my brother, I have no more tactics or tricks. 814 01:17:30,684 --> 01:17:33,353 This will be the last battle that we share. 815 01:17:33,353 --> 01:17:37,190 We have fought next to one other for as long as I can remember. 816 01:17:37,791 --> 01:17:41,528 Nothing would please me more than to rest this sword. 817 01:17:42,262 --> 01:17:46,199 - The preparations that are required? - Below deck. 818 01:17:46,933 --> 01:17:49,350 - Good. - Are you sure... 819 01:17:49,350 --> 01:17:51,404 ...that you want to commit everything? 820 01:17:51,404 --> 01:17:52,772 Yes. 821 01:17:54,641 --> 01:17:58,378 Without Artemisia's command, the Persian navy is nothing. 822 01:17:59,179 --> 01:18:01,681 We will never be able to reach her. 823 01:18:01,681 --> 01:18:03,783 I will reach her... 824 01:18:03,783 --> 01:18:06,319 ...and put an end io this. 825 01:18:06,686 --> 01:18:09,589 There will be no room for a retreat. 826 01:18:10,423 --> 01:18:12,258 I know. 827 01:18:14,227 --> 01:18:17,964 Today the last Greek ships will be destroyed. 828 01:18:17,964 --> 01:18:20,433 Show them no mercy. 829 01:18:20,433 --> 01:18:23,360 Give them no quarter. 830 01:18:23,360 --> 01:18:26,806 Today we will dance across the backs of dead Greeks. 831 01:18:26,806 --> 01:18:29,976 Today we deliver submission. 832 01:18:30,643 --> 01:18:34,647 Today I want to feel Themistokles' throat beneath my boots. 833 01:19:05,845 --> 01:19:08,548 Men, brace yourselves! 834 01:20:02,435 --> 01:20:04,370 Prepare for close quarters. 835 01:20:04,270 --> 01:20:05,772 Attack! 836 01:20:11,911 --> 01:20:13,813 Your father watches you! 837 01:20:14,114 --> 01:20:16,249 Hold nothing back! 838 01:20:16,249 --> 01:20:18,651 Seize your glory! 839 01:20:46,513 --> 01:20:49,820 I'm not here as a witness. 840 01:21:51,110 --> 01:21:52,278 Now! 841 01:21:52,612 --> 01:21:55,382 And let them send our souls straight to hell! 842 01:22:32,852 --> 01:22:35,388 Hyah! Come on! 843 01:23:42,122 --> 01:23:45,225 You offered freedom without consequence or responsibility. 844 01:23:45,225 --> 01:23:47,227 Are you accepting my offer? 845 01:23:47,227 --> 01:23:49,129 My answer is still no. 846 01:24:17,190 --> 01:24:19,993 You fight much harder than you ****. 847 01:25:03,103 --> 01:25:05,872 Surrender to me or meet your death. 848 01:25:05,872 --> 01:25:08,408 Who would you fight if not for me? 849 01:25:09,275 --> 01:25:11,478 No one could challenge your skill. 850 01:25:11,478 --> 01:25:15,150 I would rather die a free man than as a slave. 851 01:25:15,749 --> 01:25:18,785 Even if the chain was attached to you. 852 01:25:27,427 --> 01:25:30,497 It begins as a whisper. 853 01:25:30,497 --> 01:25:32,766 A promise. 854 01:25:33,233 --> 01:25:36,200 The tightest oi breezes dances through the rigging... 855 01:25:36,200 --> 01:25:39,806 ...as it creeks above the death cries of 10,000 men. 856 01:25:40,907 --> 01:25:45,110 It moves through her hair as gently as a lover's hand. 857 01:25:45,110 --> 01:25:47,113 That breeze... 858 01:25:47,113 --> 01:25:51,418 ...that promise, became a wind, a wind that is blown across Greece... 859 01:25:51,418 --> 01:25:54,540 ...carrying a message told again and again... 860 01:25:54,540 --> 01:25:57,157 ...of our Lady Freedom and how wise she was... 861 01:25:57,157 --> 01:26:01,528 ...to charge Leonidas to lay all at her feet. 862 01:26:02,529 --> 01:26:05,965 A wind, my brothers, of sacrifice. 863 01:26:07,200 --> 01:26:09,536 A wind of freedom. 864 01:26:11,371 --> 01:26:13,840 A wind of justice. 865 01:26:21,281 --> 01:26:23,650 A wind of vengeance. 866 01:26:46,272 --> 01:26:49,900 Ah-ooh! Ah-ooh! Ah-ooh! 867 01:27:07,427 --> 01:27:09,362 You are being surrounded. 868 01:27:09,362 --> 01:27:12,732 All of Greece has united against you. 869 01:27:13,133 --> 01:27:16,202 Delphi, Thebes, Olympia... 870 01:27:16,202 --> 01:27:19,172 ...Arcadia and Sparta. 871 01:27:33,319 --> 01:27:36,423 If death comes for me today, I'm ready. 872 01:27:37,257 --> 01:27:39,492 I could lower my sword. 873 01:27:39,492 --> 01:27:43,229 There's still time for you to ready a launch and escape. 874 01:27:46,466 --> 01:27:50,637 It would be a poor choice to force my hand into action. 875 01:27:50,637 --> 01:27:55,308 Now order your ships to disengage and surrender to me. 876 01:27:56,776 --> 01:27:58,678 Surrender?