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300
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When the boy was born... |
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...like all Spartans, he was inspected. |
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If he'd been small or puny |
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...he would have been discarded. |
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From the time he could stand, |
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Taught never to retreat, |
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Taught that death on the battlefield |
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...was the greatest glory |
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At age 7, as is customary in Sparta... |
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...the boy was taken from his mother |
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Manufactured by 300 years |
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...to create the finest soldiers |
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The agoge, as it's called, |
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Starves them, forces them to steal... |
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...and if necessary, to kill. |
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By rod and lash the boy was punished... |
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...taught to show no pain, no mercy. |
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Constantly tested, tossed into the wild. |
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Left to pit his wits and will |
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It was his initiation... |
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...his time in the wild... |
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...for he would return to his people |
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...or not at all. |
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The wolf begins to circle the boy. |
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Claws of black steel... |
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...fur as dark night. |
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Eyes glowing red... |
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...jewels from the pit of hell itself. |
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The giant wolf sniffing... |
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...savoring the scent of the meal to come. |
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It's not fear that grips him... |
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...only a heightened sense of things. |
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The cold air in his lungs. |
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Windswept pines |
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His hands are steady. |
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His form... |
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...perfect. |
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And so the boy, given up for dead... |
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...returns to his people, |
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Our king, Leonidas! |
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It's been more than 30 years |
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And now, as then, a beast approaches. |
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Patient and confident, |
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But this beast |
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...swords and spears. |
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An army of slaves, vast beyond imagining, |
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Ready to snuff out the world's |
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A beast approaches... |
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...and it was King Leonidas himself |
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That's it. |
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Now, the more you sweat here, |
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My father taught me... |
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...that fear is always a constant. |
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But accepting it... |
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...makes you stronger. |
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My queen. |
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A Persian emissary awaits Leonidas. |
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In the end... |
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...a Spartan's true strength |
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So give respect and honor to him, |
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First... |
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- ...you fight with your head. |
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What is it? |
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A Persian messenger awaits you. |
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Do not forget today's lesson. |
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- Respect and honor. |
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Councilman Theron. |
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My king and queen, |
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I'm sure. |
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Before you speak, Persian... |
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...know that in Sparta everyone, |
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...is held accountable |
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Now, what message do you bring? |
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Earth and water. |
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You rode all the way from Persia |
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Do not be coy or stupid, Persian. |
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What makes this woman |
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Because only Spartan women |
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Let us walk to cool our tongues. |
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If you value your lives |
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...listen carefully, Leonidas. |
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Xerxes conquers and controls |
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He leads an army so massive, |
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So vast, it drinks the rivers dry. |
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All the God-King Xerxes requires is this: |
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A simple offering of earth and water... |
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...a token of Sparta's submission |
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Submission. |
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Now, that's a bit of a problem. |
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See, rumor has it... |
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...the Athenians |
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And if those philosophers and boy-lovers |
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- We must be diplomatic. |
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...have their reputation to consider. |
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Choose your next words carefully, |
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They may be your last as king. |
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"Earth and water." |
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Madman. You're a madman. |
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Earth and water. |
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You'll find plenty of both down there. |
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No man, Persian or Greek, |
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You bring the crowns and heads |
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You insult my queen. |
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You threaten my people |
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Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, |
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Perhaps you should have done the same. |
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This is blasphemy. This is madness! |
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Madness? |
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This is Sparta! |
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Welcome, Leonidas. |
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We have been expecting you. |
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The ephors, priests to the old gods. |
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Inbred swine. |
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More creature than man. |
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Creatures whom even Leonidas |
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For no Spartan king has gone to war |
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The Persians claim their forces |
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I hope, for our sake, they exaggerate. |
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But there's no question, we face |
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Before your plan is heard... |
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...what do you offer? |
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We will use our superior fighting skills... |
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...and the terrain of Greece herself |
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We will march north to the coast, |
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It is August, Leonidas. |
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The sacred and ancient festival. |
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Sparta wages no war |
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Sparta will burn! |
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Her men will die at arms... |
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...and her women and children |
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Now, we will block |
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...by rebuilding the great Phocian Wall. |
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And from there, we will funnel them into |
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Now, in that narrow corridor, |
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And wave after wave of Persian attack... |
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...will smash against Spartan shields. |
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Xerxes' losses will be so great, |
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...he will have no choice |
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We must consult the oracle. |
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Trust the gods, Leonidas. |
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I'd prefer you trusted your reason. |
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Your blasphemies... |
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...have cost us quite enough already. |
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Don't compound them. |
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We will consult the oracle. |
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Diseased old mystics. |
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Worthless remnants of a time |
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Remnants of a senseless tradition. |
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Tradition even Leonidas cannot defy... |
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...for he must respect |
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That is the law. |
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And no Spartan, subject or citizen, |
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...slave or king, is above the law. |
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The ephors choose only |
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...to live among them as oracles. |
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Their beauty is their curse... |
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...for the old wretches |
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...and souls as black as hell. |
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"Pray to the winds... |
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...Sparta will fall. |
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All Greece will fall. |
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Trust not in men... |
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...honor the gods. |
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Honor the Carneia." |
| 00:19:00 |
The king's climb down is harder. |
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Pompous, inbred swine. |
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Worthless, diseased, rotten... |
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...corrupt. |
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Truly, you're in the god-king's |
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...O wise and holy men. |
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Yes. |
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And when Sparta burns, |
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Fresh oracles shall be delivered to you... |
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...daily... |
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...from every corner of the empire. |
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Your lips can finish |
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Or has the oracle robbed you |
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It would take more than the words |
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...to rob me of my desire for you. |
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Then why so distant? |
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Because it seems... |
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...though a slave and captive |
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...the oracle's words |
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So that is why my king loses sleep |
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There's only one woman's words that |
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Those are mine. |
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Then what must a king do |
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...when the very laws he is sworn |
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It is not a question |
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...nor a husband, nor a king. |
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Instead ask yourself, my dearest love... |
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...what should a free man do? |
| 00:22:36 |
- Is this all of them? |
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All with born sons to carry on their name. |
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We are with you, sire. |
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For Sparta. For freedom. |
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To the death. |
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He is your son. |
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He is too young |
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I have others to replace him. |
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No younger than we were the first time |
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You are a good friend... |
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...but a better captain, there is none. |
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My good king. |
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My good king, the oracle has spoken. |
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The ephors have spoken. |
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It is the law, my lord. |
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- The Spartan army must not go to war. |
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I've issued no such orders. |
| 00:23:59 |
I'm here just taking a stroll, |
| 00:24:03 |
These 300 men |
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Our army will stay in Sparta. |
| 00:24:11 |
Where will you go? |
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I hadn't really thought about it... |
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...but now that you ask... |
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...I suppose I'll head north. |
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The Hot Gates? |
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Move out! |
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Move out! |
| 00:24:35 |
What shall we do? |
| 00:24:38 |
What can we do? |
| 00:24:40 |
What can you do? |
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Sparta will need sons. |
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Spartan! |
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Yes, milady? |
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Come back with your shield... |
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...or on it. |
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Yes, milady. |
| 00:26:21 |
"Goodbye, my love." |
| 00:26:23 |
He doesn't say it. |
| 00:26:26 |
There's no room for softness... |
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...not in Sparta. |
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No place for weakness. |
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Only the hard and strong |
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Only the hard. Only the strong. |
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We march... |
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...for our lands, for our families, |
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We march. |
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Daxos. |
| 00:27:30 |
- What a pleasant surprise. |
| 00:27:33 |
- We've been tricked. |
| 00:27:36 |
- This is a surprise. |
| 00:27:38 |
This isn't their army. |
| 00:27:41 |
We heard Sparta was on the warpath |
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If it is blood you seek, |
| 00:27:50 |
But you bring only this handful |
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I see I was wrong to expect Sparta's |
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Doesn't it? |
| 00:28:01 |
You, there. |
| 00:28:03 |
What is your profession? |
| 00:28:05 |
I'm a potter, sir. |
| 00:28:08 |
And you, Arcadian. |
| 00:28:13 |
- Sculptor, sir. |
| 00:28:16 |
- And you? |
| 00:28:23 |
Spartans! What is your profession? |
| 00:28:33 |
You see, old friend? |
| 00:28:36 |
I brought more soldiers than you did. |
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No sleep tonight... |
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...not for the king. |
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All his 40 years |
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...to this one gleaming moment |
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...this one radiant clash |
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...sword and bone, and flesh and blood. |
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His only regret... |
| 00:29:10 |
...is that he has so few to sacrifice. |
| 00:29:35 |
We're being followed. |
| 00:29:42 |
It has followed us since Sparta. |
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My king! Look! |
| 00:30:13 |
What happened here? |
| 00:30:15 |
Where are all the people? |
| 00:30:18 |
Persians. |
| 00:30:20 |
I put their number at around 20. |
| 00:30:24 |
A scouting party. |
| 00:30:29 |
But these footprints... |
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Behind us! |
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Child! |
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It's quiet now. |
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They... |
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They came with beasts |
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With their claws and fangs... |
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...they grabbed them. |
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Everyone... |
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...but me. |
| 00:32:05 |
The villagers. |
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I found them. |
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Have the gods no mercy? |
| 00:32:25 |
We are doomed. |
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Quiet yourself. |
| 00:32:33 |
The child speaks of the Persian ghosts, |
| 00:32:39 |
They are the hunters of men's souls. |
| 00:32:43 |
They cannot be killed or defeated. |
| 00:32:46 |
Not this darkness. Not these Immortals. |
| 00:32:53 |
Immortals? |
| 00:32:55 |
We'll put their name to the test. |
| 00:33:20 |
Into the Hot Gates we march. |
| 00:33:23 |
Into that narrow corridor we march... |
| 00:33:27 |
...where Xerxes' numbers |
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Spartans, citizen-soldiers, freed slaves. |
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Brave Greeks, all. |
| 00:33:37 |
Brothers, fathers, sons... |
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...we march. |
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For honor's sake, for duty's sake, |
| 00:33:47 |
Look! Persians. |
| 00:33:56 |
Into hell's mouth we march. |
| 00:34:08 |
Let's watch these motherless dogs... |
| 00:34:11 |
...as they're embraced by the loving arms |
| 00:34:18 |
True. |
| 00:34:23 |
It does look like rain. |
| 00:34:29 |
Zeus stabs the sky with thunderbolts... |
| 00:34:33 |
...and batters the Persian ships |
| 00:34:38 |
Glorious. |
| 00:34:53 |
Only one among us |
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Only he. |
| 00:35:04 |
Only our king. |
| 00:35:23 |
My queen? |
| 00:35:31 |
My queen... |
| 00:35:32 |
...the courtyard is a more fitting place |
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I'm afraid gossip and protocol... |
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...are the least of my worries now, |
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Is such secrecy needed? |
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How am I to trust beyond the walls |
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Even here, Theron has eyes and ears |
| 00:35:51 |
You speak as if all Sparta |
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I wish it were only against me. |
| 00:35:59 |
Many on our council |
| 00:36:03 |
...and follow Leonidas... |
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...but you must show them favor. |
| 00:36:09 |
And you can arrange for me |
| 00:36:12 |
If it is reason they want, |
| 00:36:15 |
Know what, my queen? |
| 00:36:17 |
Freedom isn't free at all. |
| 00:36:19 |
That it comes with the highest of costs, |
| 00:36:25 |
I will do my best to gather our council. |
| 00:36:28 |
And its chamber |
| 00:36:32 |
- I'm in your debt. |
| 00:36:34 |
Leonidas is my king as well as yours. |
| 00:37:03 |
I saw those ships smash on the rocks. |
| 00:37:06 |
How can this be? |
| 00:37:08 |
We saw but a fraction of the monster |
| 00:37:12 |
There can be no victory here. |
| 00:37:18 |
Why do you smile? |
| 00:37:22 |
Arcadian... |
| 00:37:24 |
...I have fought countless times... |
| 00:37:27 |
...yet I've never met an adversary |
| 00:37:30 |
...what we Spartans |
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I can only hope... |
| 00:37:35 |
...with all the world's warriors |
| 00:37:37 |
...there might be one down there |
| 00:37:53 |
Move! |
| 00:37:56 |
Keep going, you dogs! |
| 00:38:07 |
Move! |
| 00:38:10 |
Forward, I say! |
| 00:38:15 |
Stop here! |
| 00:38:18 |
Who commands here? |
| 00:38:22 |
I am the emissary... |
| 00:38:25 |
...to the ruler of all the world... |
| 00:38:28 |
...the god of gods, king of kings... |
| 00:38:32 |
...and by that authority... |
| 00:38:34 |
...I demand that someone |
| 00:38:41 |
Listen. Do you think the paltry dozen |
| 00:38:47 |
These hills swarm with our scouts. |
| 00:38:51 |
And do you think your pathetic wall |
| 00:38:56 |
...except fall like a heap of dry leaves |
| 00:39:14 |
Our ancestors built this wall... |
| 00:39:17 |
...using ancient stones |
| 00:39:21 |
And with a little Spartan help... |
| 00:39:24 |
...your Persian scouts supplied the mortar. |
| 00:39:27 |
You will pay for your barbarism! |
| 00:39:50 |
My arm! |
| 00:39:54 |
It's not yours anymore. |
| 00:39:56 |
Go now. Run along and tell your Xerxes |
| 00:40:01 |
...not slaves. |
| 00:40:03 |
Do it quickly... |
| 00:40:04 |
...before we decide to make our wall |
| 00:40:08 |
No. |
| 00:40:10 |
Not slaves. |
| 00:40:14 |
Your women will be slaves. |
| 00:40:18 |
Your sons, your daughters... |
| 00:40:21 |
...your elders will be slaves! |
| 00:40:23 |
But not you, no. |
| 00:40:26 |
By noon this day you will be dead men. |
| 00:40:31 |
A thousand nations of the Persian Empire |
| 00:40:38 |
Our arrows will blot out the sun. |
| 00:40:43 |
Then we will fight in the shade. |
| 00:40:47 |
The wall is solid. |
| 00:40:49 |
It'll do the job of funneling the Persians |
| 00:40:53 |
Have the men found any route |
| 00:40:56 |
None, sire. |
| 00:40:58 |
There is such a route, good king. |
| 00:41:00 |
Just pass that western ridge. |
| 00:41:03 |
It's an old goat path. |
| 00:41:05 |
The Persians could use it to outflank us. |
| 00:41:08 |
Not one step closer, monster! |
| 00:41:13 |
Wise king, I humbly request an audience. |
| 00:41:17 |
- I'll skewer you where you stand. |
| 00:41:31 |
Forgive the captain. |
| 00:41:33 |
He is a good soldier... |
| 00:41:35 |
...but a bit short on manners. |
| 00:41:37 |
There is nothing to forgive, brave king. |
| 00:41:42 |
You wear the crimson of a Spartan. |
| 00:41:45 |
I am Ephialtes, born of Sparta. |
| 00:41:51 |
My mother's love |
| 00:41:55 |
...lest I be discarded. |
| 00:41:57 |
Your shield and armor? |
| 00:42:01 |
My father's, sir. |
| 00:42:04 |
I beg you, bold king, |
| 00:42:08 |
...to redeem my father's name |
| 00:42:13 |
My father trained me to feel no fear, |
| 00:42:19 |
...as much a part of me |
| 00:42:23 |
I will earn my father's armor, noble king... |
| 00:42:26 |
...by serving you in the battle. |
| 00:42:33 |
A fine thrust. |
| 00:42:36 |
I will kill many Persians. |
| 00:42:43 |
Raise your shield. |
| 00:42:45 |
- Sire? |
| 00:42:56 |
Your father should have taught you |
| 00:42:59 |
We fight... |
| 00:43:01 |
...as a single, impenetrable unit. |
| 00:43:04 |
That is the source of our strength. |
| 00:43:08 |
Each Spartan protects the man |
| 00:43:12 |
...from thigh to neck with his shield. |
| 00:43:15 |
A single weak spot |
| 00:43:21 |
From thigh to neck, Ephialtes. |
| 00:43:27 |
I am sorry, my friend. |
| 00:43:29 |
- But not all of us were made to be soldiers. |
| 00:43:32 |
- If you want to help in a Spartan victory... |
| 00:43:35 |
...clear the battlefield of the dead, |
| 00:43:40 |
...but as for the fight itself... |
| 00:43:43 |
...I cannot use you. |
| 00:43:47 |
You... |
| 00:43:56 |
Mother! Father! You were wrong! |
| 00:44:03 |
You are wrong! |
| 00:44:05 |
Leonidas! You are wrong! |
| 00:44:10 |
Dispatch the Phocians to the goat path... |
| 00:44:13 |
...and pray to the gods |
| 00:44:23 |
Earthquake. |
| 00:44:25 |
No, captain. |
| 00:44:28 |
Battle formations. |
| 00:44:54 |
This is where we hold them. |
| 00:44:57 |
This is where we fight! |
| 00:45:00 |
This is where they die! |
| 00:45:03 |
Earn these shields, boys! |
| 00:45:07 |
Remember this day, men... |
| 00:45:10 |
...for it will be yours for all time. |
| 00:45:25 |
Spartans! |
| 00:45:27 |
Lay down your weapons! |
| 00:45:46 |
Persians! |
| 00:45:49 |
Come and get them! |
| 00:46:12 |
Hold! |
| 00:46:17 |
Give them nothing... |
| 00:46:19 |
...but take from them everything! |
| 00:46:24 |
Steady! |
| 00:46:36 |
Push! |
| 00:46:42 |
Is that the best you can do? |
| 00:46:46 |
Push! Push! |
| 00:46:59 |
Now! |
| 00:47:12 |
Push! |
| 00:47:57 |
No prisoners! |
| 00:48:00 |
No mercy! |
| 00:49:21 |
They look thirsty. |
| 00:49:24 |
Well, let's give them something to drink. |
| 00:49:30 |
To the cliffs. |
| 00:49:56 |
Halt. |
| 00:50:01 |
Hell of a good start. |
| 00:50:25 |
Tuck tail! |
| 00:50:33 |
Persian cowards. |
| 00:50:43 |
- What the hell are you laughing at? |
| 00:50:46 |
- What? |
| 00:51:04 |
Recover. |
| 00:51:29 |
Today no Spartan dies. |
| 00:51:56 |
Easy, son. |
| 00:52:24 |
We do what we were trained to do... |
| 00:52:26 |
...what we were bred to do... |
| 00:52:28 |
...what we were born to do. |
| 00:52:38 |
No prisoners. No mercy. |
| 00:52:41 |
A good start. |
| 00:53:52 |
- I was afraid you might not come. |
| 00:53:56 |
Is doing what children do best. |
| 00:54:02 |
Your son starts the agoge next year. |
| 00:54:05 |
That is always a difficult time |
| 00:54:10 |
Yes, it will be hard. But also necessary. |
| 00:54:17 |
You will speak before the council |
| 00:54:23 |
My husband does not have two days. |
| 00:54:26 |
Think of the two days as a gift. |
| 00:54:30 |
It's no secret... |
| 00:54:32 |
...Theron wants what you control. |
| 00:54:35 |
It's his voice you must silence. |
| 00:54:38 |
Make him your ally... |
| 00:54:41 |
...and you will have your victory. |
| 00:54:44 |
Thank you. |
| 00:54:46 |
You are wise as you are kind. |
| 00:55:15 |
There's your mother. |
| 00:55:24 |
You should keep a better eye on him |
| 00:55:27 |
Be unfortunate if anything |
| 00:55:31 |
Or to his beautiful mother. |
| 00:55:34 |
No! |
| 00:55:54 |
Our Greek comrades are begging |
| 00:56:00 |
Good. |
| 00:56:01 |
I've got something |
| 00:56:05 |
Tell Daxos that I want him... |
| 00:56:06 |
...and 20 of his best eager, sober |
| 00:56:11 |
King Leonidas. |
| 00:56:15 |
- Stelios, catch your breath, boy. |
| 00:56:20 |
The Persians are approaching. |
| 00:56:23 |
A small contingent. |
| 00:56:31 |
- Captain, I leave you in charge. |
| 00:56:35 |
Relax, old friend. |
| 00:56:36 |
If they assassinate me, |
| 00:56:42 |
Pray they're that stupid. |
| 00:56:45 |
Pray... |
| 00:56:48 |
...we're that lucky. |
| 00:56:53 |
Besides... |
| 00:56:57 |
...there's no reason we can't be civil... |
| 00:57:01 |
...is there? |
| 00:57:04 |
None, sire. |
| 00:57:24 |
Let me guess. |
| 00:57:27 |
You must be Xerxes. |
| 00:57:42 |
Come, Leonidas. |
| 00:57:46 |
Let us reason together. |
| 00:57:48 |
It would be a regrettable waste... |
| 00:57:50 |
...it would be nothing short of madness |
| 00:57:53 |
...and your valiant troops to perish... |
| 00:57:57 |
...all because of a simple |
| 00:58:00 |
- There's much our cultures could share. |
| 00:58:03 |
We've been sharing our culture |
| 00:58:06 |
Yours is a fascinating tribe. |
| 00:58:08 |
Even now you are defiant... |
| 00:58:11 |
...in the face of annihilation |
| 00:58:15 |
It isn't wise to stand against me, |
| 00:58:18 |
Imagine what a horrible fate |
| 00:58:20 |
...when I would gladly kill |
| 00:58:23 |
And I would die for any one of mine. |
| 00:58:26 |
You Greeks take pride in your logic. |
| 00:58:30 |
Consider the beautiful land |
| 00:58:34 |
Picture it reduced to ash at my whim. |
| 00:58:37 |
Consider the fate of your women. |
| 00:58:39 |
Clearly you don't know our women. |
| 00:58:42 |
I might as well have marched them up here, |
| 00:58:46 |
You have many slaves, Xerxes... |
| 00:58:50 |
...but few warriors. |
| 00:58:52 |
It won't be long |
| 00:58:56 |
...more than your whips. |
| 00:59:03 |
It's not the lash they fear... |
| 00:59:08 |
...it is my divine power. |
| 00:59:11 |
But I am a generous god. |
| 00:59:16 |
I will make you warlord of all Greece. |
| 00:59:19 |
You will carry my battle standard |
| 00:59:23 |
Your Athenian rivals... |
| 00:59:26 |
...will kneel at your feet... |
| 00:59:29 |
...if you will but kneel at mine. |
| 00:59:32 |
You are generous... |
| 00:59:35 |
...as you are divine... |
| 00:59:38 |
...O king of kings. |
| 00:59:40 |
Such an offer |
| 00:59:44 |
But the... |
| 00:59:47 |
The idea of kneeling, it's... |
| 00:59:50 |
You see, slaughtering |
| 00:59:55 |
Well, it's left a nasty cramp in my leg... |
| 00:59:59 |
...so kneeling will be hard for me. |
| 01:00:01 |
There will be no glory in your sacrifice. |
| 01:00:05 |
I will erase even the memory of Sparta |
| 01:00:09 |
Every piece of Greek parchment |
| 01:00:12 |
Every Greek historian and every scribe |
| 01:00:16 |
...and their tongues |
| 01:00:18 |
Why, uttering the very name of Sparta |
| 01:00:25 |
The world will never know |
| 01:00:30 |
The world will know |
| 01:00:35 |
That few stood against many. |
| 01:00:39 |
And before this battle was over... |
| 01:00:42 |
...that even a god-king can bleed. |
| 01:00:53 |
You fought well today... |
| 01:00:56 |
...for a woman. |
| 01:00:59 |
As did you. |
| 01:01:01 |
Maybe if I'm injured, |
| 01:01:05 |
Perhaps I was so far ahead |
| 01:01:10 |
More likely offering your backside |
| 01:01:14 |
Jealousy... |
| 01:01:16 |
...does not become you, my friend. |
| 01:01:21 |
Move it, men! |
| 01:01:26 |
Pile those Persians high. |
| 01:01:31 |
For unless I miss my guess... |
| 01:01:35 |
...we're in for one wild night. |
| 01:02:01 |
They have served the dark will |
| 01:02:07 |
Eyes as dark as night. |
| 01:02:09 |
Teeth filed to fangs. |
| 01:02:13 |
Soulless. |
| 01:02:23 |
The personal guard to King Xerxes himself. |
| 01:02:30 |
The deadliest fighting force in all of Asia: |
| 01:02:34 |
The Immortals. |
| 01:02:44 |
The god-king has betrayed a fatal flaw: |
| 01:02:48 |
Hubris. |
| 01:02:52 |
Easy to taunt, easy to trick. |
| 01:02:55 |
Before wounds and weariness |
| 01:02:58 |
...the mad king |
| 01:03:02 |
Xerxes has taken the bait. |
| 01:03:04 |
Spartans, push! |
| 01:03:16 |
Immortals. |
| 01:03:18 |
We put their name to the test. |
| 01:04:05 |
Father! |
| 01:05:52 |
My king! |
| 01:07:06 |
Arcadians, now! |
| 01:07:11 |
Go! Show the Spartans what we can do. |
| 01:07:14 |
Go! |
| 01:07:25 |
They shout and curse... |
| 01:07:27 |
...stabbing wildly, |
| 01:07:31 |
They make a wondrous mess of things. |
| 01:07:35 |
Brave amateurs, they do their part. |
| 01:08:25 |
Immortals. |
| 01:08:27 |
They fail our king's test. |
| 01:08:30 |
And a man who fancies himself a god... |
| 01:08:34 |
...feels a very human chill |
| 01:08:46 |
To our king! |
| 01:08:48 |
And our honored dead. |
| 01:08:51 |
Whom will Xerxes dare to send next? |
| 01:08:54 |
There's nothing that can stop us now! |
| 01:08:57 |
Even the king allows himself |
| 01:09:01 |
Such mad hope, but there it is: |
| 01:09:05 |
"Against Asia's endless hordes, |
| 01:09:10 |
We can hold the Hot Gates. |
| 01:09:13 |
We can win." |
| 01:09:23 |
Dawn. |
| 01:09:25 |
Whips crack. Barbarians howl. |
| 01:09:29 |
Those behind cry, "Forward!" |
| 01:09:35 |
Those in front cry, "Back!" |
| 01:09:45 |
Our eyes bear witness |
| 01:09:48 |
...coughed forth from the darkest corner |
| 01:10:42 |
When muscle failed... |
| 01:10:44 |
...they turned to their magic. |
| 01:10:48 |
One hundred nations descend upon us, |
| 01:10:53 |
Funneled into this narrow corridor, |
| 01:11:32 |
They fall by the hundreds. |
| 01:11:34 |
We send the severed bodies |
| 01:11:56 |
King Xerxes is displeased |
| 01:12:00 |
He disciplines them. |
| 01:12:20 |
Xerxes dispatches his monsters |
| 01:12:35 |
They're clumsy beasts... |
| 01:12:37 |
...and the piled Persian dead are slippery. |
| 01:13:16 |
- You still here? |
| 01:13:19 |
Not now, I'm a little busy. |
| 01:14:01 |
Regroup! |
| 01:14:06 |
Astinos! |
| 01:14:08 |
My son! |
| 01:14:19 |
Astinos! |
| 01:14:21 |
No! |
| 01:14:47 |
Day wears on. |
| 01:14:49 |
We lose few... |
| 01:14:52 |
...but each felled is a friend, |
| 01:14:57 |
And upon seeing the headless body |
| 01:15:01 |
...the captain breaks rank. |
| 01:15:03 |
He goes wild, blood-drunk. |
| 01:15:31 |
The captain's cries of pain |
| 01:15:34 |
...are more frightening to the enemy |
| 01:15:38 |
It takes three men to restrain him |
| 01:15:42 |
The day is ours. |
| 01:15:45 |
No songs are sung. |
| 01:16:28 |
Your gods were cruel to shape you so, |
| 01:16:35 |
The Spartans, too... |
| 01:16:37 |
...were cruel to reject you. |
| 01:16:42 |
But I am kind. |
| 01:16:51 |
Everything you could ever desire... |
| 01:16:55 |
...every happiness you can imagine... |
| 01:16:59 |
...every pleasure your fellow Greeks |
| 01:17:04 |
...I will grant you. |
| 01:17:08 |
For I am kind. |
| 01:17:24 |
Embrace me as your king |
| 01:17:28 |
Yes. |
| 01:17:32 |
Lead my soldiers to the hidden path |
| 01:17:37 |
...and your joys will be endless. |
| 01:17:47 |
Yes! I want it all. |
| 01:17:51 |
Wealth. Women. |
| 01:17:56 |
And one more thing... |
| 01:18:01 |
...I want a uniform. |
| 01:18:09 |
Done. |
| 01:18:12 |
You will find... |
| 01:18:14 |
...I am kind. |
| 01:18:17 |
Unlike the cruel Leonidas, |
| 01:18:24 |
...I require only... |
| 01:18:26 |
...that you kneel. |
| 01:18:55 |
Beautiful night. |
| 01:18:58 |
Yes, but I did not ask you here |
| 01:19:03 |
You can be sure of that. |
| 01:19:07 |
You never spared words with me. |
| 01:19:10 |
Can I offer you something? |
| 01:19:13 |
Is it poison? |
| 01:19:16 |
I'm sorry to disappoint you, |
| 01:19:28 |
I'm told it's been arranged for you |
| 01:19:32 |
Yes. |
| 01:19:34 |
I need your help in winning votes |
| 01:19:38 |
Yes. |
| 01:19:40 |
I can see it, |
| 01:19:43 |
Me, politician. You, warrior. |
| 01:19:48 |
But why would I want to do that? |
| 01:19:51 |
It proves you care for a king who right now |
| 01:19:55 |
True. |
| 01:19:57 |
But this is politics, not war. |
| 01:20:00 |
Leonidas is an idealist. |
| 01:20:02 |
I know your kind too well. You send men |
| 01:20:06 |
Your husband, our king, |
| 01:20:11 |
He's broken our laws |
| 01:20:16 |
- I'm simply a realist. |
| 01:20:20 |
You're as foolish as Leonidas if you think |
| 01:20:25 |
All men are not created equal. |
| 01:20:33 |
I admire your passion. |
| 01:20:37 |
But don't think that you... |
| 01:20:39 |
...a woman, even a queen... |
| 01:20:41 |
...can walk into the council chamber |
| 01:20:46 |
I own that chamber... |
| 01:20:48 |
...as if it were built with these hands. |
| 01:20:55 |
I could crush |
| 01:20:59 |
You will go before the council, |
| 01:21:03 |
Leonidas will receive no reinforcements, |
| 01:21:09 |
...he will go to jail or worse. |
| 01:21:16 |
Do you love your Sparta? |
| 01:21:18 |
Yes. |
| 01:21:20 |
- And your king? |
| 01:21:28 |
Your husband fights for his land |
| 01:21:32 |
What do you have to offer... |
| 01:21:35 |
...in return for my word |
| 01:21:42 |
What does a realist want with his queen? |
| 01:21:49 |
I think you know. |
| 01:22:06 |
This will not be over quickly. |
| 01:22:09 |
You will not enjoy this. |
| 01:22:12 |
I'm not your king. |
| 01:22:39 |
Dilios. |
| 01:22:43 |
I trust that scratch |
| 01:22:47 |
Hardly, my lord. It's just an eye. |
| 01:22:51 |
The gods saw fit to grace me |
| 01:22:56 |
My captain? |
| 01:22:59 |
Curses the gods and mourns alone. |
| 01:23:05 |
Leonidas! |
| 01:23:08 |
We are undone. |
| 01:23:11 |
Daxos, calm yourself. |
| 01:23:13 |
Our hunchback traitor led Xerxes' Immortals |
| 01:23:17 |
The Phocians you posted there |
| 01:23:20 |
- This battle is over, Leonidas. |
| 01:23:25 |
By morning, the Immortals will surround us. |
| 01:23:30 |
Spartans! Prepare for glory! |
| 01:23:35 |
Glory? Have you gone mad? |
| 01:23:38 |
There is no glory to be had now. |
| 01:23:40 |
Only retreat or surrender. Or death. |
| 01:23:44 |
Well, that's an easy choice |
| 01:23:47 |
Spartans never retreat. |
| 01:23:53 |
Go spread the word. |
| 01:23:56 |
Let every Greek assembled |
| 01:24:00 |
Let each among them |
| 01:24:04 |
And while you're at it, search your own. |
| 01:24:16 |
My men will leave with me. |
| 01:24:23 |
Godspeed, Leonidas. |
| 01:24:32 |
Children! |
| 01:24:34 |
Children. |
| 01:24:37 |
Gather round. |
| 01:24:41 |
No retreat, no surrender. |
| 01:24:44 |
That is Spartan law. |
| 01:24:48 |
And by Spartan law, |
| 01:24:53 |
...and die. |
| 01:24:59 |
A new age has begun. |
| 01:25:04 |
An age of freedom. |
| 01:25:08 |
And all will know that 300 Spartans... |
| 01:25:12 |
...gave their last breath to defend it. |
| 01:25:36 |
My friend. |
| 01:25:41 |
I have lived my entire life |
| 01:25:50 |
It's not that my son |
| 01:25:58 |
It's just that I never told him |
| 01:26:03 |
That he stood by me with honor. |
| 01:26:08 |
That he was all that was best in me. |
| 01:26:20 |
My heart is broken for your loss. |
| 01:26:23 |
Heart? |
| 01:26:30 |
I have filled my heart... |
| 01:26:33 |
...with hate. |
| 01:26:39 |
Good. |
| 01:26:50 |
Dilios... |
| 01:26:53 |
...let's take a walk. |
| 01:26:57 |
Yes, my lord. |
| 01:27:01 |
But, sire, I am fit and ready for battle. |
| 01:27:04 |
That you are, one of the finest. |
| 01:27:08 |
But you have another talent |
| 01:27:14 |
You will deliver my final orders |
| 01:27:17 |
...with force and verve. |
| 01:27:22 |
Tell them our story. |
| 01:27:25 |
Make every Greek know |
| 01:27:30 |
You'll have a grand tale to tell. |
| 01:27:35 |
A tale of victory. |
| 01:27:37 |
Victory. |
| 01:27:43 |
Yes, my lord. |
| 01:27:50 |
Sire, any message...? |
| 01:27:56 |
For the queen? |
| 01:28:19 |
None that need be spoken. |
| 01:28:37 |
Hundreds leave. |
| 01:28:40 |
A handful stay. |
| 01:28:48 |
Only one looks back. |
| 01:29:01 |
Spartans! |
| 01:29:04 |
Ready your breakfast and eat hearty... |
| 01:29:07 |
...for tonight we dine in hell! |
| 01:29:20 |
May I give the floor now... |
| 01:29:23 |
...to the wife of Leonidas |
| 01:29:39 |
- What's this? |
| 01:29:41 |
Councilmen... |
| 01:29:43 |
...I stand before you |
| 01:29:47 |
I come to you as a mother. |
| 01:29:51 |
I come to you as a wife. |
| 01:29:56 |
I come to you as a Spartan woman. |
| 01:30:03 |
I come to you with great humility. |
| 01:30:10 |
I am not here to represent Leonidas. |
| 01:30:12 |
His actions speak louder |
| 01:30:15 |
I am here for all those voices |
| 01:30:18 |
Mothers, daughters, fathers, sons. |
| 01:30:21 |
Three hundred families |
| 01:30:24 |
...and for the very principles |
| 01:30:28 |
We are at war, gentlemen. |
| 01:30:30 |
We must send the entire Spartan army |
| 01:30:33 |
...in the preservation of not just ourselves, |
| 01:30:37 |
Send the army |
| 01:30:40 |
Send it for justice. |
| 01:30:43 |
Send it for law and order. |
| 01:30:45 |
Send it for reason. |
| 01:30:47 |
But most importantly, |
| 01:30:51 |
Hope that a king and his men have not |
| 01:30:56 |
That their courage bonds us together. |
| 01:31:00 |
That we are made stronger |
| 01:31:04 |
...and that your choices today |
| 01:31:10 |
Three hundred. |
| 01:31:14 |
We must send them. |
| 01:31:19 |
Moving... |
| 01:31:22 |
...eloquent, passionate. |
| 01:31:25 |
But it doesn't change the fact |
| 01:31:29 |
You are wrong. |
| 01:31:32 |
...and before that, |
| 01:31:34 |
The Persians will not stop... |
| 01:31:36 |
...until the only shelter we will find |
| 01:31:40 |
This chamber needs no |
| 01:31:44 |
Then what is the lesson |
| 01:31:47 |
Shall I begin to enumerate all of them? |
| 01:31:49 |
Honor. Duty. Glory. |
| 01:31:53 |
You speak of honor, duty and glory? |
| 01:31:59 |
But what of adultery? |
| 01:32:01 |
- How dare you. |
| 01:32:04 |
Watch her carefully. |
| 01:32:07 |
She is a trickster in true form. |
| 01:32:10 |
Do not play with the members |
| 01:32:13 |
Just hours ago, |
| 01:32:17 |
Were I a weaker man, |
| 01:32:21 |
- This is outrage. |
| 01:32:24 |
Did you not receive a similar payment, |
| 01:32:27 |
...in exchange for her having an audience |
| 01:32:31 |
- That is a lie. |
| 01:32:33 |
Was he not, by your invitation, |
| 01:32:37 |
The very bed where you attempted |
| 01:32:44 |
You look shocked. |
| 01:32:48 |
...while her husband |
| 01:32:54 |
He speaks truth. |
| 01:32:56 |
Words escape |
| 01:32:59 |
...my little whore queen. |
| 01:33:06 |
What queen-like behavior. |
| 01:33:10 |
Remove her from this chamber |
| 01:33:13 |
...with her inglorious and shabby self. |
| 01:33:23 |
This will not be over quickly. |
| 01:33:26 |
You will not enjoy this. |
| 01:33:52 |
Traitor. |
| 01:33:54 |
Traitor! Traitor! Traitor! |
| 01:33:59 |
Traitor! |
| 01:34:38 |
Leonidas, my compliments |
| 01:34:45 |
You surely have turned calamity |
| 01:34:48 |
Despite your insufferable arrogance... |
| 01:34:52 |
...the god-king has come |
| 01:34:56 |
You will make a mighty ally. |
| 01:34:58 |
Yield, Leonidas. |
| 01:35:01 |
Use your reason. Think of your men. |
| 01:35:07 |
I beg you. |
| 01:35:09 |
Listen to your fellow Greek. |
| 01:35:11 |
He can attest |
| 01:35:15 |
Despite your several insults, |
| 01:35:20 |
...the lord of hosts |
| 01:35:24 |
...and more, to reward your service. |
| 01:35:27 |
You fight for your lands. |
| 01:35:29 |
Keep them. |
| 01:35:31 |
You fight for Sparta. |
| 01:35:34 |
She will be wealthier and more powerful |
| 01:35:38 |
You fight for your kingship. |
| 01:35:41 |
You will be proclaimed warlord |
| 01:35:44 |
...answerable only |
| 01:35:48 |
Leonidas, your victory will be complete... |
| 01:35:53 |
...if you but lay down your arms... |
| 01:35:56 |
...and kneel to holy Xerxes. |
| 01:36:30 |
It's been more than 30 years |
| 01:36:35 |
And now, as then, |
| 01:36:40 |
...only restlessness. |
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The seaborne breeze coolly kissing |
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Gulls cawing... |
| 01:36:52 |
...complaining even as they feast |
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The steady breathing |
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...ready to die for him |
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Every one of them... |
| 01:37:13 |
...ready to die. |
| 01:37:30 |
His helmet is stifling. |
| 01:37:54 |
His shield is heavy. |
| 01:38:04 |
Your spear. |
| 01:38:15 |
You there... |
| 01:38:16 |
...Ephialtes. |
| 01:38:23 |
May you live forever. |
| 01:38:33 |
Leonidas, your spear. |
| 01:39:43 |
Stelios! |
| 01:39:54 |
Slaughter them! |
| 01:39:59 |
His helmet was stifling. |
| 01:40:01 |
It narrowed his vision, |
| 01:40:05 |
His shield was heavy. |
| 01:40:10 |
...and his target is far away. |
| 01:41:18 |
The old ones say we Spartans |
| 01:41:24 |
Bold Leonidas gives testament |
| 01:41:28 |
His roar is long and loud. |
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My king. |
| 01:42:16 |
It's an honor to die at your side. |
| 01:42:22 |
It's an honor to have lived at yours. |
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My queen! |
| 01:42:57 |
My wife. |
| 01:43:11 |
My love. |
| 01:45:39 |
"Remember us." |
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As simple an order as a king can give. |
| 01:45:48 |
"Remember why we died." |
| 01:45:53 |
For he did not wish tribute or song... |
| 01:45:59 |
...nor monuments, |
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His wish was simple. |
| 01:46:13 |
"Remember us"... |
| 01:46:16 |
...he said to me. |
| 01:46:20 |
That was his hope. |
| 01:46:22 |
Should any free soul |
| 01:46:27 |
...in all the countless |
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...may all our voices... |
| 01:46:33 |
...whisper to you |
| 01:46:38 |
Go tell the Spartans, passerby... |
| 01:46:42 |
...that here, by Spartan law, we lie. |
| 01:46:51 |
And so my king died... |
| 01:46:55 |
...and my brothers died... |
| 01:47:00 |
...barely a year ago. |
| 01:47:06 |
Long I pondered my king's |
| 01:47:11 |
Time has proven him wise. |
| 01:47:15 |
For from free Greek to free Greek... |
| 01:47:18 |
...the word was spread |
| 01:47:23 |
...so far from home... |
| 01:47:25 |
...laid down their lives |
| 01:47:29 |
...but for all Greece |
| 01:47:33 |
Now, here on this rugged patch of earth |
| 01:47:39 |
...Xerxes' hordes face obliteration! |
| 01:47:45 |
Just there the barbarians huddle... |
| 01:47:49 |
...sheer terror gripping tight their hearts... |
| 01:47:54 |
...with icy fingers... |
| 01:47:56 |
...knowing full well |
| 01:47:59 |
...at the swords and spears of 300. |
| 01:48:03 |
Yet they stare now across the plain |
| 01:48:09 |
...commanding 30,000 free Greeks! |
| 01:48:19 |
The enemy outnumber us |
| 01:48:23 |
Good odds for any Greek. |
| 01:48:26 |
This day, we rescue a world |
| 01:48:31 |
...and usher in a future |
| 01:48:40 |
Give thanks, men... |
| 01:48:42 |
...to Leonidas and the brave 300. |
| 01:48:46 |
To victory! |
