Könnte evtl. einer von euch die beiden Teile übersetzen von Englisch auf Deutsch.Ich bin nicht gut in Englisch versteh auch kaum was wenn einer der Sprache mächtig ist das er das dann übersetzen kann.Ihr würdet mir eine freude bereiten danke im vorraus.
Teil 1:
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When the boy was born
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like old Spartans
he was inspected.
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If he had been small
or puny or sickly or misshapen
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he would've been discarded.
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From the time he could stand, he was
baptized in the fire of combat.
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Taught never to retreat,
never to surrender,
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taught that death on the battlefield
in service to Sparta
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is the greatest glory he could
achieve in his life.
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At age seven, as
is customary in Sparta.
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the boy was taken from his mother
and plunged in a world of violence.
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Manufactured by 300 years,
a Spartan warrior society
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to create the finest soldiers
the world has ever known.
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The agoge is its goal.
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It forces the boy to fight,
starves him.
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It forces him 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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Hunts to be tested,
tossed into the wild.
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Let to pit his wits and will
against nature's fury.
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It was his initiation.
His time in the wild.
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For he would return
to his people as Spartan
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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
burned this dark night.
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Eyes glowing red,
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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Winds swept pines,
moving against the coming night.
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His hands are steady.
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His form... perfect.
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And so the boy, given up for dead,
returns to his people.
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To sacred Sparta, a king.
Our king!
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Leonidas!
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It's been more than 30 years
since the wolf and the winter cold.
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Now, as then, a beast approaches.
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Patient and confident,
savoring the meal to come.
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This beast is made of men
and horses, swords and spears.
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An army of slaves,
vast beyond imagining,
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ready to devour tiny Greece.
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Ready to snuff out the world's
one hope for reason and justice.
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A beast approaches.
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It was King Leonidas himself
who provoked it.
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Subtitled by Mihai
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300- Heroes of Thermopylae
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My father taught me
that fear is always a constant.
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By accepting it,
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it makes you stronger.
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My queen.
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The Persian emissary
awaits Leonidas.
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In the end, the Spartan's true strength
is the warrior next to him.
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So give respect and honor to him.
It will be returned to you.
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First, you fight with your head.
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Then you fight with your heart.
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What is it?
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It's the Persian messenger.
He awaits you.
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Do not forget today's lesson.
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- Respect and honour.
- Respect and honour.
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Councilman Theron,
you found yourself needed for once.
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My king and queen,
I was just entertaining your guests.
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I'm sure.
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Before you speak, Persian,
know that in Sparta
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everyone, even a King's messenger,
is held accountable
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for the words of his voice.
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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
for earth and water?
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Do not be coy or stupid, Persian.
You can afford neither in Sparta.
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What makes this woman think
she can speak amongst men?
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Because only Spartan women
give birth to real men.
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Let us walk
to cool our tongues.
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If you value your lives
over your complete annihilation,
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listen carefully, Leonidas.
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Xerxes conquers and controls everything
he rests his eyes upon.
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He leads an army so massive
it shakes the ground with its march.
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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
to the will of Xerxes.
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Submission?
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Well, that's a bit of a problem.
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See, rumor has it the Athenians
have already turned you down.
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And if those philosophers and boy-lovers
have found that kind of nerve...
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We must be diplomatic.
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And of course, Spartans...
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...have their reputation
to consider.
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Choose your next words
carefully, Leonidas.
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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.
You'll find plenty of both down there.
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No man, Persian or Greek...
No man threatens a messenger.
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You bring your crowns and heads
of conquered kings to my city steps.
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You insult my queen.
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You threaten my people
with slavery and death.
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Oh, I've chosen my words
carefully, Persian.
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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,
more creature than man.
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Creatures whom even Leonidas
must bribe and beg.
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No Spartan king has gone to war
without the ephors' blessing.
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The Persians claim their forces
number in the milions.
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I hope, for our sake,
they exaggerate.
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But there's no question we face
the most masive army ever assembled.
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Before your plan is heard,
what do you offer?
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We will use our superior
fighting skills,
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and the terrain of Greece itself
to destroy them.
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We will march north,
to the coast.
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- We'll make sure...
- It is august, Leonidas.
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The full moon approaches.
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Tha sacred and ancient festival.
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Sparta wages no war
at the time of the Carneia.
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Sparta will burn!
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Our men will die armed
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and your women
and children will be slaves or worse.
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Now, we will block
the Persian coastal assault,
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by rebuilding the great
Phocian wall.
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From now, we will funnel them
into the mountain pass
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we call The Hot Gates.
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Now, in that narrow corridor,
their numbers will count for nothing.
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Wave after wave of Persian attack
would smash against Spartan shields.
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Xerxes' losses will be so great,
his men so demoralized
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he will have no choice
but to abandon his campaign.
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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 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 the time
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before Sparta's ascent
from darkness.
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Remnants of a senseless
tradition.
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A tradition even Leonidas
cannot defy.
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For he must respect
the word of the ephors.
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That is the law.
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And no Spartan,
subject or citizen,
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man or woman, slave or king
is above the law.
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The ephors choose only
the most beautiful Spartan girls
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to live amongst them
as oracles.
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Their beauty is their curse.
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For the old wretches
have the needs of men...
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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.
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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
favor now.
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Oh, wise and holy men.
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Yes.
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And when Sparta burns,
you shall bathe in gold.
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Fresh oracles shall be delivered
to you daily,
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from every corner
of the Empire.
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Your lips gonna finish
what your fingers have started.
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Has the oracle rogued you
of your desire as well?
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It will take more than the words
of a drunken adolescent girl
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to rogue me of my desire
for you.
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Then why is it distant?
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Because it seems now
I'am a...
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...slave and captive
of luxurious old men.
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The oracle's words can set fire
to all that I love.
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So that is why my king
loses sleep
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and is forced from
the warmth of his bed?
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There's only
one woman's words
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that should affect
the mood of my husband.
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Those are mine.
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Then what must a king do
to save his world
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when the very laws he has sworn
to protect force him to do nothing.
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It is not a question of what
a Spartan citizen should do,
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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?
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- This is all of them?
- As you ordered. 300.
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All with born sons
to carry on their name.
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We are with you, sire.
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
to have felt a woman's warmth.
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I have others to replace him.
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Astinos is as brave
and ready as any.
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No younger than we were the first time
you stood next to me in battle.
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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.
There must be no march.
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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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Nor shall it.
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I've issued no such orders.
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I'm here just taking
a stroll, stretching my legs.
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These 300 men are
my personal bodyguard.
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- Our army will stay in Sparta.
- Where will you go?
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I hadn't really thought
about it, but I...
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...now that you ask,
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!
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What shall we do?
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- What can we do?
- What can you do?
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Sparta will need sons.
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Spartan!
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Yes, my lady?
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Come back with your shield
or on it.
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Yes, my lady.
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Goodbye, my love.
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He doesn't say it.
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There's no room for softness,
not in Sparta.
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No place for weakness.
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Only the hard and strong
may call themselves Spartans.
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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,
for our freedoms.
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We march.
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Daxos, what a pleasant surprise.
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This morning is full
of surprises, Leonidas.
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We've been tricked.
Can't be more than a few hundred.
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- This is a surprise.
- Silence!
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We heard Sparta
was on the warpath.
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We were eager to join forces.
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If it is blood you seek,
you're welcome to join us.
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But you bring only this handful
of soldiers against Xerxes?
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I see I was wrong to expect Sparta's
commitment to at least match our own.
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Doesn't it?
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You there.
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- What is your profession?
- I'm a potter, sir.
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00:28:12,235 --> 00:28:16,095
And you, Arcadian, what
is your profession?
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- Sculptor, sir.
- Sculptor.
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- And you?
- Blacksmith.
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Spartans, what is your profession?
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See, old friend?
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I brought more soldiers
than you did.
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No sleep tonight.
248
00:28:55,407 --> 00:28:56,567
Not for the king.
249
00:28:57,978 --> 00:28:59,952
All his forty years
have been a straight road
250
00:28:59,952 --> 00:29:02,684
to this one gleaming
moment in destiny.
251
00:29:03,660 --> 00:29:06,866
This one radiant clash
of shield and spear,
252
00:29:06,866 --> 00:29:09,358
sword and boone
and flesh and blood.
253
00:29:12,345 --> 00:29:18,143
His only regret is that he has
so few to sacrifice.
254
00:29:38,826 --> 00:29:40,266
We're being followed.
255
00:29:46,338 --> 00:29:48,204
It has followed us since Sparta.
256
00:29:53,238 --> 00:29:55,447
My king, look!
257
00:30:17,539 --> 00:30:18,649
What happened here?
258
00:30:19,399 --> 00:30:20,572
Where are all the people?
259
00:30:21,385 --> 00:30:22,808
Persians.
260
00:30:23,811 --> 00:30:25,190
I put their number around 20.
261
00:30:27,762 --> 00:30:29,382
Scouted path.
262
00:30:31,989 --> 00:30:34,134
But these footprints.
263
00:30:45,739 --> 00:30:46,523
Leonidas.
264
00:31:01,084 --> 00:31:02,044
Child.
265
00:31:35,344 --> 00:31:37,573
It's quiet now.
266
00:31:38,542 --> 00:31:44,905
They came with mist
from the blackness.
267
00:31:46,311 --> 00:31:50,149
With their claws and fangs
they grabbed us.
268
00:31:51,963 --> 00:31:57,108
Everyone... but me.
269
00:32:09,521 --> 00:32:14,009
The villagers... They found them.
270
00:32:24,645 --> 00:32:26,589
Have the gods no mercy?
271
00:32:28,794 --> 00:32:29,594
We are doomed.
272
00:32:30,775 --> 00:32:32,639
Quiet yourself.
273
00:32:37,177 --> 00:32:39,160
The child speaks
of the Persian ghosts.
274
00:32:39,953 --> 00:32:41,107
Known from the ancient times.
275
00:32:43,334 --> 00:32:44,992
They are the hunters
of men souls.
276
00:32:46,874 --> 00:32:48,656
They cannot be killed
or defeated.
277
00:32:50,266 --> 00:32:51,365
Not this darkness.
278
00:32:52,110 --> 00:32:53,498
Not these Immortals.
279
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:57,707
Immortals?
280
00:32:58,860 --> 00:33:02,110
We'll put their name
to the test.
281
00:33:23,483 --> 00:33:26,378
Into the Hot Gates we march.
282
00:33:26,616 --> 00:33:29,927
Into that narrow corridor
we march.
283
00:33:29,927 --> 00:33:32,908
Where Xerxes' numbers
count for nothing.
284
00:33:33,972 --> 00:33:37,417
Spartans, citizen soldiers,
freed slaves.
285
00:33:37,417 --> 00:33:39,828
Brave Greeks all.
286
00:33:40,438 --> 00:33:43,691
Brothers, fathers, sons.
287
00:33:43,942 --> 00:33:45,283
We march.
288
00:33:47,005 --> 00:33:50,859
For honor's sake, for duty's sake,
for glory's sake, we march.
289
00:33:50,859 --> 00:33:52,018
Look!
290
00:33:52,267 --> 00:33:53,542
Persians.
291
00:33:59,204 --> 00:34:02,550
Into hell's mouth, we march.
292
00:34:12,156 --> 00:34:14,550
That's our seas,
motherless dogs,
293
00:34:14,550 --> 00:34:17,185
as they're embraced by the loving
arms of Greece itself.
294
00:34:17,642 --> 00:34:18,923
Come.
295
00:34:21,019 --> 00:34:22,452
True.
296
00:34:27,254 --> 00:34:29,420
It does look like rain.
297
00:34:32,688 --> 00:34:35,864
Zeus stabs the skies
with thunderbolts.
298
00:34:36,158 --> 00:34:40,317
And batters the Persian ships
with hurricane wind.
299
00:34:41,698 --> 00:34:43,893
Glorious.
300
00:34:56,275 --> 00:34:59,378
Only one amongst us
keeps his Spartan reserve.
301
00:35:05,102 --> 00:35:06,800
Only he.
302
00:35:07,020 --> 00:35:09,746
Only our king.
303
00:35:27,097 --> 00:35:28,445
My queen.
304
00:35:34,675 --> 00:35:38,700
My queen, the courtyard is
no fitting place for a married woman.
305
00:35:38,927 --> 00:35:42,970
I'm afraid gossip and protocol are
the least of my worries now, councilman.
306
00:35:45,796 --> 00:35:47,668
Such secrecy needed.
307
00:35:47,668 --> 00:35:49,986
How am I to trust
beyond the walls of my own home?
308
00:35:50,409 --> 00:35:54,020
Even here, Theron has eyes and ears
which fuel Sparta with doubt and fear.
309
00:35:54,315 --> 00:35:57,806
You speak as if all Sparta
conspires against you.
310
00:35:58,228 --> 00:36:00,886
I wish they were
only against me.
311
00:36:03,122 --> 00:36:06,414
Many on our council would vote
to give all we have
312
00:36:06,414 --> 00:36:08,527
and follow Leonidas.
313
00:36:08,794 --> 00:36:11,305
But you must show them favor.
314
00:36:13,028 --> 00:36:15,580
And you can arrange me
to speak to the council?
315
00:36:15,580 --> 00:36:17,842
If it is reason they want,
I will let them know.
316
00:36:18,418 --> 00:36:20,601
Know what, my queen?
317
00:36:20,601 --> 00:36:22,970
Freedom isn't free at all.
318
00:36:22,970 --> 00:36:25,226
That it comes with
the highest of costs.
319
00:36:25,226 --> 00:36:27,148
The cost of blood.
320
00:36:28,652 --> 00:36:31,503
I will do my best to gather
our council
321
00:36:31,818 --> 00:36:35,249
and its chambers shall be filled
with your voice.
322
00:36:35,922 --> 00:36:37,768
- I'm in your debt.
- Nope.
323
00:36:38,063 --> 00:36:41,391
Leonidas is my king
as well as yours.
324
00:37:07,086 --> 00:37:09,069
I saw those ships
smash on the rocks.
325
00:37:10,055 --> 00:37:11,536
How can this be?
326
00:37:11,536 --> 00:37:15,107
We saw but a fraction of the monster
that is Xerxes' army.
327
00:37:15,508 --> 00:37:17,436
There can be no victory here.
328
00:37:21,671 --> 00:37:23,331
Why do you smile?
329
00:37:25,249 --> 00:37:30,331
Arcadian, I've fought
countless times
330
00:37:30,331 --> 00:37:32,930
yet I've never met an adversary
that could offer me
331
00:37:32,930 --> 00:37:36,086
what we Spartans call
a beautiful death.
332
00:37:36,605 --> 00:37:38,038
I can only hope,
333
00:37:38,038 --> 00:37:41,229
with all the world's warriors
gathered against us,
334
00:37:41,229 --> 00:37:45,364
there might be one down there
who's up to the task.
335
00:37:56,365 --> 00:37:58,105
Move!
336
00:37:59,796 --> 00:38:01,707
Keep going, you dogs.
337
00:38:10,388 --> 00:38:12,047
Move!
338
00:38:14,003 --> 00:38:16,073
Forward I say.
339
00:38:18,989 --> 00:38:20,722
Stop here!
340
00:38:21,059 --> 00:38:22,584
Who commands here?
341
00:38:25,724 --> 00:38:31,456
I am the emissary
to the ruler of all the world.
342
00:38:31,456 --> 00:38:33,847
The god of gods.
343
00:38:33,847 --> 00:38:35,789
King of kings.
344
00:38:35,789 --> 00:38:41,548
And by that authority, I demand that
someone show me your commander.
345
00:38:44,871 --> 00:38:50,873
Listen. Do you think the paltry
dozen you slew scares us?
346
00:38:50,873 --> 00:38:55,044
These hills swarm
with our scouts.
347
00:38:55,044 --> 00:38:58,231
And do you think your
pathetic wall
348
00:38:58,231 --> 00:39:00,852
will do anything except fall
349
00:39:00,852 --> 00:39:05,163
like a heap of dry leaves
in the face...
350
00:39:17,718 --> 00:39:20,572
Our ancestors built this wall,
351
00:39:20,572 --> 00:39:24,636
using ancient stones
from the bosom of Greece herself.
352
00:39:25,170 --> 00:39:27,679
And with a little Spartan help,
353
00:39:27,679 --> 00:39:30,424
your Persian scouts
supplied the mortar.
354
00:39:30,424 --> 00:39:35,157
You will pay for your
barbarism.
355
00:39:53,938 --> 00:39:55,079
My arm!
356
00:39:57,806 --> 00:40:00,151
It's not yours anymore.
357
00:40:00,151 --> 00:40:04,679
Go now. Run along and tell your
Xerxes he faces free men here.
358
00:40:04,679 --> 00:40:08,231
Not slaves.
Do it quickly.
359
00:40:08,231 --> 00:40:11,386
Before we decide to make our wall
just a little bit bigger.
360
00:40:11,612 --> 00:40:16,135
No, not slaves.
361
00:40:17,559 --> 00:40:21,162
Your women will be slaves.
362
00:40:21,162 --> 00:40:25,463
Your sons, your daughters,
your elders
363
00:40:25,463 --> 00:40:28,784
will be slaves, but not you.
364
00:40:29,959 --> 00:40:34,511
By noon this day,
you will be dead men.
365
00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:40,477
A thousand nations of the
Persian Empire descend upon you.
366
00:40:41,586 --> 00:40:45,214
Our arrows will blot out the sun.
367
00:40:46,903 --> 00:40:49,357
Then we will fight in the shade.
368
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:52,605
The wall is solid.
369
00:40:53,118 --> 00:40:55,857
It'll do the job of funneling
the Persians into the Hot Gates.
370
00:40:56,496 --> 00:40:59,431
Captain, have the men found any route
through the hills to our back?
371
00:40:59,431 --> 00:41:01,248
None, sire.
372
00:41:01,928 --> 00:41:03,868
There is such a route,
good king.
373
00:41:04,150 --> 00:41:06,092
Just past that western ridge.
374
00:41:06,539 --> 00:41:08,291
It's an old goat path.
375
00:41:08,291 --> 00:41:10,823
The Persians could use it
to outflank us.
376
00:41:11,395 --> 00:41:13,645
Not one step closer.
377
00:41:14,340 --> 00:41:15,390
Monster!
378
00:41:16,336 --> 00:41:20,259
Wise king, I humbly request
an audience.
379
00:41:20,259 --> 00:41:21,885
I'll skewer you where
you stand.
380
00:41:21,885 --> 00:41:24,838
I gave no such order.
381
00:41:34,401 --> 00:41:37,918
Forgive the captain.
He's a good soldier.
382
00:41:38,284 --> 00:41:40,939
But a bit short on manners.
383
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:44,275
There is nothing
to forgive, brave king.
384
00:41:44,275 --> 00:41:45,667
I know what I look like.
385
00:41:45,667 --> 00:41:47,601
You wear the crimson of a Spartan.
386
00:41:47,986 --> 00:41:53,057
I am Ephialtes,
born of Sparta.
387
00:41:54,265 --> 00:41:58,447
My mother's love led
my parents to flee Sparta
388
00:41:58,447 --> 00:42:00,432
lest I be discarded.
389
00:42:00,815 --> 00:42:02,655
But your shield?
390
00:42:02,655 --> 00:42:04,171
And armor?
391
00:42:04,502 --> 00:42:06,435
My father's, sir.
392
00:42:07,572 --> 00:42:10,094
I beg you, bold king,
393
00:42:10,302 --> 00:42:14,419
to permit me to redeem
my father's name
394
00:42:14,419 --> 00:42:17,027
by serving you
in combat.
395
00:42:17,027 --> 00:42:20,259
My father trained me
to feel no fear.
396
00:42:20,259 --> 00:42:24,299
To make spear and shield
and sword as much a part of me
397
00:42:24,299 --> 00:42:26,176
as my own beating heart.
398
00:42:26,176 --> 00:42:29,460
I will earn my father's armor,
noble king,
399
00:42:29,665 --> 00:42:32,130
by serving you
in the battle.
400
00:42:37,110 --> 00:42:38,683
Fine thrust.
401
00:42:39,253 --> 00:42:41,771
I will kill many Persians.
402
00:42:46,815 --> 00:42:49,571
- Raise your shield.
- Sire?
403
00:42:49,807 --> 00:42:52,189
Raise your shield
as high as you can.
404
00:42:59,467 --> 00:43:03,218
Your father should have told you
how our phalanx works.
405
00:43:03,218 --> 00:43:08,231
We fight as a single,
impenetrable unit.
406
00:43:08,231 --> 00:43:11,315
That is the source
of our strength.
407
00:43:11,622 --> 00:43:15,147
Each Spartan protects
the man to his left,
408
00:43:15,506 --> 00:43:18,906
from thigh to neck,
with his shield.
409
00:43:19,290 --> 00:43:23,928
A single weakspot
and the phalanx shatters.
410
00:43:25,125 --> 00:43:29,016
From thigh to neck, Ephialtes.
411
00:43:30,335 --> 00:43:32,541
I am sorry, my friend.
412
00:43:32,541 --> 00:43:35,047
But not all of us are made
to be soldiers.
413
00:43:35,047 --> 00:43:35,726
But I...
414
00:43:35,726 --> 00:43:37,874
If you want to help
at a Spartan victory...
415
00:43:37,874 --> 00:43:39,943
- Yes?
- Clear the battlefield of the dead.
416
00:43:39,943 --> 00:43:42,181
Tend to wounded,
bring them water.
417
00:43:42,388 --> 00:43:44,003
Why?
418
00:43:44,003 --> 00:43:48,852
But as for the fight itself,
I cannot use you.
419
00:43:59,856 --> 00:44:04,434
Mother, father,
you were wrong.
420
00:44:07,081 --> 00:44:10,629
You are wrong, Leonidas.
421
00:44:11,428 --> 00:44:13,015
You are wrong.
422
00:44:14,184 --> 00:44:16,613
Dispatch the Phocians
to the goat path.
423
00:44:16,874 --> 00:44:20,755
Pray to the gods nobody
tells the Persians about it.
424
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:28,035
Earthquake.
425
00:44:28,909 --> 00:44:30,532
No, Captain.
426
00:44:31,458 --> 00:44:34,007
Battle formations.
427
00:44:57,726 --> 00:45:00,118
This is where we hold them.
428
00:45:00,922 --> 00:45:03,330
This is where we fight.
429
00:45:03,865 --> 00:45:06,176
This is where they die!
430
00:45:06,176 --> 00:45:08,894
On these shields, boys!
431
00:45:11,155 --> 00:45:13,623
Remember this day, men,
432
00:45:13,623 --> 00:45:17,125
for it will be yours
for all time.
433
00:45:28,780 --> 00:45:33,234
Spartans, lay down
your weapons!
434
00:45:49,484 --> 00:45:50,789
Persians!
435
00:45:52,441 --> 00:45:54,485
Come and get them!
436
00:46:16,056 --> 00:46:17,211
Hold!
437
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:22,312
Give them nothing.
438
00:46:22,312 --> 00:46:26,041
But take from them everything.
439
00:46:27,746 --> 00:46:29,020
Stay ready.
440
00:46:45,350 --> 00:46:47,736
That's the best you can do?
441
00:46:50,389 --> 00:46:52,947
Push!
442
00:47:02,423 --> 00:47:03,823
Now!
443
00:47:15,522 --> 00:47:16,882
Push!
444
00:48:00,595 --> 00:48:02,615
No prisoners!
445
00:48:03,447 --> 00:48:05,401
No mercy!
446
00:49:24,644 --> 00:49:26,014
They look thirsty.
447
00:49:27,747 --> 00:49:30,370
Well, let's give them
something to drink.
448
00:49:33,732 --> 00:49:35,957
To the cliffs.
449
00:50:00,032 --> 00:50:01,512
Hold!
450
00:50:04,006 --> 00:50:06,004
A hell of a good start!
451
00:50:28,948 --> 00:50:31,038
Tuck tail!
452
00:50:37,038 --> 00:50:38,855
Persian cowards.
453
00:50:46,465 --> 00:50:48,276
What the hell are you
laughing at?
454
00:50:48,283 --> 00:50:49,950
We had to say it.
455
00:50:49,963 --> 00:50:53,306
- What?
- We fight in the shade.
456
00:51:07,313 --> 00:51:08,567
Recover.
457
00:51:32,501 --> 00:51:36,240
Today, no Spartan dies.
458
00:52:00,186 --> 00:52:01,550
Easy, son.
459
00:52:28,022 --> 00:52:29,904
We do what we were
trained to do.
460
00:52:29,985 --> 00:52:34,673
What we were bred to do.
What we were born to do.
461
00:52:42,077 --> 00:52:44,674
No prisoners, no mercy.
462
00:52:45,348 --> 00:52:47,169
A good start.
463
00:53:56,316 --> 00:53:58,324
I was afraid you might
not come.
464
00:53:58,325 --> 00:54:01,764
- I'm sorry, my son is...
- Is doing what children do best.
465
00:54:01,765 --> 00:54:04,297
Please don't apologize.
466
00:54:06,200 --> 00:54:08,099
Your son starts the agoge
next year.
467
00:54:08,746 --> 00:54:13,148
That is always a difficult
time for a Spartan mother.
468
00:54:13,582 --> 00:54:17,332
Yes, it will be hard
but also necessary.
469
00:54:20,897 --> 00:54:25,259
You will speak before
the council in two days time.
470
00:54:26,715 --> 00:54:29,260
My husband does not have
two days.
471
00:54:29,411 --> 00:54:31,920
Think of the two days
as a gift.
472
00:54:33,402 --> 00:54:34,783
It's no secret.
473
00:54:35,543 --> 00:54:41,212
Theron wants what you control.
It's his voice you must silence.
474
00:54:41,583 --> 00:54:46,171
Make him your ally
and you will have your victory.
475
00:54:47,199 --> 00:54:48,829
Thank you.
476
00:54:49,607 --> 00:54:52,042
You are wise as you are kind.
477
00:55:18,580 --> 00:55:20,110
Ah, there's your mother.
478
00:55:27,264 --> 00:55:29,858
You should keep a better eye
on him if he is to be king one day.
479
00:55:30,790 --> 00:55:32,788
It would be unfortunate
if anything were to happen to him.
480
00:55:34,713 --> 00:55:36,796
Or to his beautiful mother.
481
00:55:57,593 --> 00:56:02,394
Our Greek comrades are begging
for a crack at the Persians, sire.
482
00:56:03,036 --> 00:56:07,265
Good. I have something
I think they can handle.
483
00:56:07,969 --> 00:56:09,981
Tell Daxos I want him
484
00:56:09,981 --> 00:56:12,373
and 20 of his best,
eager, sober,
485
00:56:12,593 --> 00:56:14,365
ready for the next job.
486
00:56:14,365 --> 00:56:16,126
King Leonidas!
487
00:56:18,823 --> 00:56:22,162
- Stelios, catch your breath, boy.
- Yes, my lord.
488
00:56:23,322 --> 00:56:25,513
The Persians are approaching.
489
00:56:26,776 --> 00:56:29,899
A small contingent.
Too small for an attack.
490
00:56:34,452 --> 00:56:37,385
Captain, I'll leave you in charge.
491
00:56:37,385 --> 00:56:39,685
- But, sire...
- Relax, old friend.
492
00:56:39,717 --> 00:56:43,300
If they assasinate me,
all of Sparta goes to war.
493
00:56:45,211 --> 00:56:47,454
Pray they're that stupid.
494
00:56:48,765 --> 00:56:52,598
Pray... we're that lucky.
495
00:56:56,330 --> 00:56:57,734
Besides...
496
00:57:00,445 --> 00:57:03,136
...there's no reason
we can't be civil.
497
00:57:04,068 --> 00:57:05,459
Is there?
498
00:57:07,069 --> 00:57:08,772
None, sire.
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Teil 2:
1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,376
Let me guess.
2
00:00:02,757 --> 00:00:05,730
You must be Xerxes.
3
00:00:17,837 --> 00:00:19,642
Come, Leonidas.
4
00:00:21,273 --> 00:00:23,547
Let us reason together.
5
00:00:23,705 --> 00:00:25,536
It would be a regrettable waste.
6
00:00:25,787 --> 00:00:27,648
It would be nothing
short of madness,
7
00:00:27,648 --> 00:00:31,932
were you, brave king, and your
valiant troops to perish.
8
00:00:32,855 --> 00:00:35,495
All because of a simple
misunderstanding.
9
00:00:35,708 --> 00:00:37,740
There is much our cultures
could share.
10
00:00:37,740 --> 00:00:41,473
Haven't you noticed we've been sharing
our culture with you all morning?
11
00:00:41,703 --> 00:00:44,435
Yours is a fascinating tribe.
12
00:00:44,435 --> 00:00:48,451
Even now you are defiant,
in the face of annihilation.
13
00:00:48,451 --> 00:00:53,633
In the presence of the god, it isn't
wise to stand against me, Leonidas.
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Imagine what horrible fate
awaits my enemies
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when I will gladly kill
any one of my own men for victory.
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And I would die
for any one of mine.
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You Greeks take pride
in your logic.
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I suggest you employ it.
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Consider the beautiful lands
you so vigorously defend.
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Picture it reduced to ash
at my will.
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Consider the fate of your women.
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Clearly, you don't know our women.
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I might as well have marched
them up here,
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judging by what I've seen.
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You have many slaves,
Xerxes,
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but few warriors.
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It won't be long
before they fear my spears...
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...more than your whips.
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It's not the lash they fear.
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It is my divine power.
But I'm a generous god.
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I can make you rich beyond
all measure.
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I will make you warlord
of all Greece.
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You'll carry my battle standard
to the heart of Europa.
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Your Athenian rivals
will kneel at your feet.
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If you will but kneel at mine.
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You are generous...
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...as you are divine.
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King of kings. Such an offer
only a madman would refuse.
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But the...
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...the idea of kneeling it's...
you see...
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Slaughtering of all those men of yours
has left a nasty cramp in my legs.
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So kneeling will be hard
for me.
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There will be no glory
in your sacrifice.
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I will erase even the memory
of Sparta from the histories.
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Every piece of Greek parchment
shall be burned.
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Every Greek historian
and every scribe
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shall have their eyes spun out
and their tongues cut from their mouths
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whilst honoring the very name of Sparta
or Leonidas will be punishable by death.
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The world will never know
you existed at all.
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The world will know that free men
stood against a tyrrant.
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That few stood against many.
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And before this battle was over,
that even a God King can bleed.
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You fought well today.
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For a woman.
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As did you.
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Maybe you've been injured,
you weren't able to keep up with me.
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Perhaps I was so far ahead,
you couldn't see me.
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Or were you offering
your backside to the Thespians.
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Jealousy...
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...is not becoming my friend.
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Move it, men!
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Pile those Persians high.
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For unless I miss my guess...
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...we're in for one wild night.
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They have served the dark will
of Persian kings for 500 years.
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Eyes as dark as night.
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Teeth filed to fangs.
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Soulless.
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The personal guard
to king Xerses himself.
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The Persian warrior elite.
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The deadliest fighting
force in all of Asia.
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The Immortals.
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The God King has betrayed
a fatal flaw.
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Hybris.
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Easy to taunt.
Easy to trick.
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Before wounds and weariness
have taken their toll,
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the mad king throws
the best he has at us.
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Xerxes has taken the bait.
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Spartans, push!
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Immortals.
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They put their name
to the test.
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Father!
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My king!
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Arcadians, now!
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Go!
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Let's show the Spartans
what we can do.
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Go!
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They shout and curse,
stabbing wildly,
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more brawlers
than warriors.
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They make a wondrous
mess of things.
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Brave amateurs.
They do their part.
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Immortals.
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They failed our kings' test.
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And a man who fancies
himself a god...
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...feels a very human chill
crawl up his spine.
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For our king!
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And our honored dead!
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Whom will Xerxes dare
to send next?
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There's nothing
that can stop us now.
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Even the king allows himself
to hope for more than glory.
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Such mad hope.
But there it is.
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Against Asian endless hordes,
against all odds,
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we can do it,
we can hold the Hot Gates.
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We can win.
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Dawn.
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Whips crack.
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Barbarians howl.
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Those behind cry: "Forward"!
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Those in front cry:
"Back".
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Our eyes bear witness
to the grotesque spectacle
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called forth from the darkest
corners of Xerxes' Empire.
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When muscles failed,
they turned to their magic.
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One hundred nations
descend upon us.
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The armies of all Asia.
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Funneled into this narrow corridor,
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their numbers count
for nothing.
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They fall by the hundreds.
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We send the severed bodies
and the fragile hearts
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back to Xerxes' feet.
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King Xerxes is displeased
with his generals.
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He disciplines them.
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Xerxes dispatches his monsters
from half a world away.
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They're clumsy beasts.
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And the pile of Persian dead
is slippery.
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- You still here?
- Someone is got to watch your back.
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Well, now, I'm a little busy.
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Regroup!
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Astinos, my son!
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Astinos!
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No!
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The day wears on.
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We lose few...
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...but each felled is a friend
or dearest blood.
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And upon seeing the headless
body of his own young son,
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the captain breaks rank.
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He goes wild, blood drunk.
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Captain's cries of pain
at the loss of his son
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are more frightening to the enemy
than the deepest battle drums.
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It takes three men
to restrain him
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and bring him back
to our own.
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The day is ours.
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No songs are sung.
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Your gods were cruel
to shape you so, friend Ephialtes.
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The Spartans, too,
were cruel to reject you.
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But I am kind.
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Everything you could
ever desire.
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Every happiness you can imagine.
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Every pleasure your fellow Greeks
and your false gods have denied you.
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I will grant you.
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For I am kind.
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Embrace me as your king
and as your god.
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Yes!
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Lead my soldiers
to the hidden path
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that empties behind
the cursed Spartans,
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and your joys will be endless.
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Yes, I want it all.
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Wealth, women.
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And one more thing.
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I want an uniform.
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Done.
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You will find
that I am kind.
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Unlike the cruel Leonidas
that demanded that you stand,
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I require only that you kneel.
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Beautiful night.
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Yes, but I did not ask you here
for small talk, Theron.
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I'm assured of that.
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You've never spared
words with me.
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Can I offer you something?
A drink perhaps?
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Is it poison?
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Sorry to disappoint you,
it's only water.
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I'm told it's been arranged
for you to go before the council.
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Yes.
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I need your help
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in winning votes to send
the army north to our king.
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Yes.
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I can see the two of us
standing together.
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Me, politician, thou, warrior.
Our voices as one.
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But why would I want
to do that?
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It proves you care
for a king
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who, right now, fights
for the very water we drink.
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True.
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But this is politics,
not war.
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- Leonidas is an idealist.
- I know your kind too well.
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You send men to slaughter
for your own gain.
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Your husband, our king, has taken
300 of our finest to slaughter.
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He's broken our laws and left
without the council's consent.
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- I'm simply a realist.
- You're an opportunist.
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You're as foolish as Leonidas
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if you think men
don't have a price in this world.
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All men are not created equal.
That's the Spartan code, my little queen.
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I admire your passion.
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But don't think that you,
a woman, even a queen,
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can walk into the council's chamber
and sway the minds of men.
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I own that chamber.
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As if it were built
with these hands.
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I could crush the life
out of you right now.
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You will go before the council
but your words will fall in deaf ears.
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Leonidas will receive
no reinforcements,
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and if he returns, without my help,
he would go to jail or worse.
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- Do you love your Sparta?
- Yes.
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- And your king?
- I do.
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Your husband fights
for his land,
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and his love.
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00:24:08,548 --> 00:24:10,900
What do you have to offer?
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In return for my word that
I'll help you send our army north.
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00:24:18,286 --> 00:24:21,455
What does a realist
want from his queen?
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I think you know.
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This will not be over quickly.
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You will not enjoy this.
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I am not your king.
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Dilios!
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00:25:19,561 --> 00:25:23,201
I trust that scracth
hasn't made you useless.
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00:25:23,980 --> 00:25:26,595
Hardly, my lord.
It's just an eye.
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The gods saw fit
to grace me with a spare.
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00:25:32,161 --> 00:25:34,028
And the captain?
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Curses the gods
and mourns alone.
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Leonidas!
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We are undone.
Undone I tell you.
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- Destroyed.
- Daxos, calm yourself!
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A hunchback traitor has led
Xerxes' Immortals
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to the hidden goat path
behind us.
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The Phocians you posted there
were scattered without a fight.
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This battle is over, Leonidas!
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This battle is over
when I say it is over!
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By morning, the Immortals
will surround us.
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The Hot Gates will fall.
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Spartans!
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Prepare for glory!
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Glory?
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Have you gone mad?
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There is no glory to be had now.
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Only retreat or surrender
or death.
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That is an easy choice for us,
Arcadian.
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00:26:23,554 --> 00:26:28,662
Spartans never retreat.
Spartans never surrender.
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Go. Spread the word.
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00:26:32,249 --> 00:26:36,002
Let every Greek assembled
know the truth of this.
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Let each amongst them
search his own soul.
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And while you're at it,
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search your own.
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My men will leave with me.
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Godspeed, Leonidas.
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Children! Children!
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Gather round.
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No retreat.
No surrender.
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00:27:20,710 --> 00:27:23,879
That is Spartan law.
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00:27:24,630 --> 00:27:29,134
And by Spartan law,
we will stand and fight.
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And die.
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00:27:35,389 --> 00:27:38,267
A new age has begun.
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An age of freedom.
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And all will know that
three hundred Spartans
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gave their last breath
to defend it!
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My friend.
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00:28:17,387 --> 00:28:22,282
I have lived my entire life
without regret until now.
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00:28:26,353 --> 00:28:31,708
It's not that my son gave up
his life for his country.
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00:28:34,068 --> 00:28:37,446
It's just that I never told him
I loved him the most.
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00:28:39,698 --> 00:28:41,825
That he stood by me
with honor.
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00:28:43,994 --> 00:28:46,538
That he was all that
was best in me.
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00:28:55,963 --> 00:28:58,883
My heart is broken
for your loss.
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Heart?
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00:29:06,139 --> 00:29:11,144
I have filled my heart
with hate.
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Good.
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Dilios!
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Let's take a walk.
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00:29:33,247 --> 00:29:35,249
Yes, my lord.
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00:29:37,585 --> 00:29:40,504
But, sire, I'm fit.
I'm ready for battle.
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00:29:40,504 --> 00:29:42,840
That you are
one of the finest.
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00:29:43,757 --> 00:29:46,676
But you have another talent
unlike any other Spartan.
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You will deliver
my final orders to the council
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with force and verve.
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Tell them my story.
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Make every Greek know
what happened here.
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You'll have a grand
tale to tell.
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A tale of victory.
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Victory.
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Yes, my lord.
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Sire, any message...?
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...for the queen?
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None that need be spoken.
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Hundreds leave.
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A handful stay.
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Only one looks back.
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Spartans!
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Ready your breakfast
and eat hearty.
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For tonight we dine in Hell!
285
00:31:56,240 --> 00:32:02,551
May I give the floor now to the wife
of Leonidas and queen of Sparta.
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Councilmen.
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00:32:19,233 --> 00:32:22,736
I stand before you
not only as your queen.
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I come to you as a mother.
289
00:32:27,907 --> 00:32:30,243
I come to you as a wife.
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00:32:32,245 --> 00:32:34,872
I come to you
as a Spartan woman.
291
00:32:39,802 --> 00:32:42,337
I come to you
with great humility.
292
00:32:46,124 --> 00:32:48,606
I am not here to represent
Leonidas.
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00:32:48,693 --> 00:32:51,829
His actions speak louder
than my words ever could.
294
00:32:51,929 --> 00:32:54,294
I am here for all those voices
which cannot be heard.
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00:32:54,365 --> 00:32:56,729
Mothers, daughters, fathers, sons.
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00:32:56,808 --> 00:33:00,687
Three hundred families
that bleed for our rights
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and for the very principles
this room is built upon.
298
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We're at war, gentlemen.
299
00:33:06,943 --> 00:33:09,593
We must send the entire spartan
army to aid our king
300
00:33:09,594 --> 00:33:13,228
in the preservation of not just
ourselves but of our children.
301
00:33:13,282 --> 00:33:16,444
Send the army for
the preservation of liberty.
302
00:33:16,535 --> 00:33:18,620
Send it for justice.
303
00:33:19,038 --> 00:33:21,373
Send it for law and order.
304
00:33:21,373 --> 00:33:23,425
Send it for reason.
305
00:33:23,508 --> 00:33:27,211
But, most importantly,
send our army for hope.
306
00:33:27,879 --> 00:33:31,715
Hope that the king and his men have
not been wasted in the pages of history.
307
00:33:32,350 --> 00:33:35,469
That their courage
bonds us together.
308
00:33:35,969 --> 00:33:39,014
That we are made stronger
by their actions.
309
00:33:40,207 --> 00:33:44,186
And that your choices today
reflect their bravery.
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Three hundred.
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Moving.
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00:33:57,781 --> 00:34:01,076
Eloquent, passionate.
313
00:34:01,159 --> 00:34:05,263
But it doesn't change the fact
that your husband has brought war upon us.
314
00:34:05,330 --> 00:34:06,831
You are wrong.
315
00:34:06,831 --> 00:34:08,211
Xerxes brought it forth
316
00:34:08,233 --> 00:34:10,844
and before that,
his father, Darius, at Marathon.
317
00:34:10,851 --> 00:34:14,629
The Persians will not stop until
the only shelter we will find
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is rubble and chaos.
319
00:34:16,490 --> 00:34:20,677
This chamber needs
no history lesson, my queen.
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00:34:20,844 --> 00:34:23,179
Then what is the lesson
you would like to leave?
321
00:34:23,262 --> 00:34:25,598
Shall I begin to enumerate
all of them?
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00:34:25,598 --> 00:34:29,218
Honor, duty, glory.
323
00:34:29,268 --> 00:34:31,270
You speak of honor?
324
00:34:31,270 --> 00:34:34,557
Duty? Glory?
325
00:34:35,608 --> 00:34:37,242
But what of adultery?
326
00:34:37,342 --> 00:34:39,962
- How dare you?
- How dare I?
327
00:34:40,028 --> 00:34:43,064
Watch her, carefully.
328
00:34:43,114 --> 00:34:46,283
She is a trickster
in true form.
329
00:34:46,283 --> 00:34:49,787
Do not play with the members
of this sacred chambers, my queen.
330
00:34:49,787 --> 00:34:52,956
Just hours ago, you offered
yourself to me.
331
00:34:52,956 --> 00:34:57,329
Were I a weaker man,
I'd have her scent on me still.
332
00:34:57,428 --> 00:35:00,681
- This is outrage.
- Ah, the hypocrite speaks.
333
00:35:00,714 --> 00:35:02,689
Did you not receive
a similar payment?
334
00:35:02,765 --> 00:35:07,252
Which you took in exchange for her
having an audience with these noble men.
335
00:35:07,303 --> 00:35:09,121
- That is a lie.
- Is it?
336
00:35:09,138 --> 00:35:13,339
Was he not, by your invitation, asked
to come the king's bedchamber?
337
00:35:13,425 --> 00:35:16,329
The very bed where you attempted
to negotiate with me
338
00:35:16,330 --> 00:35:19,032
so vigorously.
339
00:35:20,865 --> 00:35:22,567
You look shocked.
340
00:35:22,567 --> 00:35:24,289
A bribe of the flesh,
gentlemen,
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whilst her husband
promotes anarchy and war.
Teil 1:
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When the boy was born
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like old Spartans
he was inspected.
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If he had been small
or puny or sickly or misshapen
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he would've been discarded.
5
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From the time he could stand, he was
baptized in the fire of combat.
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Taught never to retreat,
never to surrender,
7
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taught that death on the battlefield
in service to Sparta
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is the greatest glory he could
achieve in his life.
9
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At age seven, as
is customary in Sparta.
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the boy was taken from his mother
and plunged in a world of violence.
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Manufactured by 300 years,
a Spartan warrior society
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to create the finest soldiers
the world has ever known.
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The agoge is its goal.
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It forces the boy to fight,
starves him.
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It forces him to steal.
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And, if necessary,
to kill.
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00:03:04,167 --> 00:03:06,941
By rod and lash,
the boy was punished.
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Taught to show no pain,
no mercy.
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Hunts to be tested,
tossed into the wild.
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Let to pit his wits and will
against nature's fury.
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It was his initiation.
His time in the wild.
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For he would return
to his people as Spartan
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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
burned this dark night.
26
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Eyes glowing red,
jewels from the pit of hell itself.
27
00:04:18,363 --> 00:04:22,394
The giant wolf sniffing,
28
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savoring the scent
of the meal to come.
29
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It's not fear that grips him,
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00:04:51,852 --> 00:04:55,236
only a heightened
sense of things.
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The cold air in his lungs.
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Winds swept pines,
moving against the coming night.
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His hands are steady.
34
00:05:13,224 --> 00:05:17,925
His form... perfect.
35
00:05:43,705 --> 00:05:48,481
And so the boy, given up for dead,
returns to his people.
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To sacred Sparta, a king.
Our king!
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Leonidas!
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00:06:01,345 --> 00:06:05,620
It's been more than 30 years
since the wolf and the winter cold.
39
00:06:06,657 --> 00:06:10,522
Now, as then, a beast approaches.
40
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Patient and confident,
savoring the meal to come.
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00:06:16,515 --> 00:06:22,094
This beast is made of men
and horses, swords and spears.
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An army of slaves,
vast beyond imagining,
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00:06:25,706 --> 00:06:28,393
ready to devour tiny Greece.
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00:06:28,393 --> 00:06:34,101
Ready to snuff out the world's
one hope for reason and justice.
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00:06:36,013 --> 00:06:38,847
A beast approaches.
46
00:06:41,411 --> 00:06:46,546
It was King Leonidas himself
who provoked it.
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Subtitled by Mihai
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300- Heroes of Thermopylae
49
00:08:05,875 --> 00:08:10,762
My father taught me
that fear is always a constant.
50
00:08:10,762 --> 00:08:12,891
By accepting it,
51
00:08:12,891 --> 00:08:14,361
it makes you stronger.
52
00:08:14,361 --> 00:08:15,733
My queen.
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00:08:15,733 --> 00:08:18,390
The Persian emissary
awaits Leonidas.
54
00:08:21,152 --> 00:08:26,917
In the end, the Spartan's true strength
is the warrior next to him.
55
00:08:27,241 --> 00:08:31,097
So give respect and honor to him.
It will be returned to you.
56
00:08:32,165 --> 00:08:36,051
First, you fight with your head.
57
00:08:36,051 --> 00:08:38,391
Then you fight with your heart.
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00:08:39,799 --> 00:08:41,391
What is it?
59
00:08:41,391 --> 00:08:44,650
It's the Persian messenger.
He awaits you.
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00:08:45,917 --> 00:08:47,384
Do not forget today's lesson.
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- Respect and honour.
- Respect and honour.
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00:09:05,627 --> 00:09:09,248
Councilman Theron,
you found yourself needed for once.
63
00:09:11,168 --> 00:09:14,364
My king and queen,
I was just entertaining your guests.
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00:09:14,364 --> 00:09:16,547
I'm sure.
65
00:09:16,955 --> 00:09:19,736
Before you speak, Persian,
know that in Sparta
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00:09:19,736 --> 00:09:23,228
everyone, even a King's messenger,
is held accountable
67
00:09:23,228 --> 00:09:25,533
for the words of his voice.
68
00:09:25,533 --> 00:09:29,446
Now, what message
do you bring?
69
00:09:29,754 --> 00:09:33,185
Earth and water.
70
00:09:34,496 --> 00:09:38,880
You rode all the way from Persia
for earth and water?
71
00:09:39,654 --> 00:09:43,995
Do not be coy or stupid, Persian.
You can afford neither in Sparta.
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00:09:43,995 --> 00:09:46,717
What makes this woman think
she can speak amongst men?
73
00:09:46,717 --> 00:09:50,314
Because only Spartan women
give birth to real men.
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00:09:51,003 --> 00:09:55,294
Let us walk
to cool our tongues.
75
00:09:57,318 --> 00:10:00,004
If you value your lives
over your complete annihilation,
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00:10:00,004 --> 00:10:02,463
listen carefully, Leonidas.
77
00:10:02,463 --> 00:10:06,298
Xerxes conquers and controls everything
he rests his eyes upon.
78
00:10:07,318 --> 00:10:10,563
He leads an army so massive
it shakes the ground with its march.
79
00:10:10,563 --> 00:10:13,434
So vast it drinks
the rivers dry.
80
00:10:13,434 --> 00:10:16,820
All the God-King Xerxes
requires is this.
81
00:10:16,820 --> 00:10:20,231
A simple offering of earth
and water.
82
00:10:20,231 --> 00:10:25,001
A token of Sparta's submission
to the will of Xerxes.
83
00:10:35,228 --> 00:10:38,852
Submission?
84
00:10:39,591 --> 00:10:42,119
Well, that's a bit of a problem.
85
00:10:42,119 --> 00:10:47,133
See, rumor has it the Athenians
have already turned you down.
86
00:10:47,133 --> 00:10:52,484
And if those philosophers and boy-lovers
have found that kind of nerve...
87
00:10:52,484 --> 00:10:54,021
We must be diplomatic.
88
00:10:54,021 --> 00:10:57,599
And of course, Spartans...
89
00:10:57,599 --> 00:10:59,798
...have their reputation
to consider.
90
00:10:59,798 --> 00:11:03,892
Choose your next words
carefully, Leonidas.
91
00:11:03,892 --> 00:11:07,714
They may be your last
as king.
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00:11:47,291 --> 00:11:50,961
Earth and water.
93
00:11:55,904 --> 00:11:57,997
Madman.
You're a madman.
94
00:11:57,997 --> 00:12:02,681
Earth and water.
You'll find plenty of both down there.
95
00:12:02,681 --> 00:12:06,406
No man, Persian or Greek...
No man threatens a messenger.
96
00:12:06,406 --> 00:12:11,411
You bring your crowns and heads
of conquered kings to my city steps.
97
00:12:11,411 --> 00:12:13,725
You insult my queen.
98
00:12:13,725 --> 00:12:17,581
You threaten my people
with slavery and death.
99
00:12:17,581 --> 00:12:20,787
Oh, I've chosen my words
carefully, Persian.
100
00:12:20,787 --> 00:12:22,770
Perhaps you should
have done the same.
101
00:12:22,770 --> 00:12:26,932
This is blasphemy.
This is madness.
102
00:12:44,139 --> 00:12:46,755
Madness?
103
00:12:46,755 --> 00:12:50,068
This is Sparta!
104
00:14:15,423 --> 00:14:17,574
Welcome, Leonidas.
105
00:14:18,376 --> 00:14:21,406
We have been expecting you.
106
00:14:28,148 --> 00:14:32,809
The ephors.
Priests to the old gods.
107
00:14:33,846 --> 00:14:38,367
Inbred swine,
more creature than man.
108
00:14:39,508 --> 00:14:44,684
Creatures whom even Leonidas
must bribe and beg.
109
00:14:45,958 --> 00:14:50,430
No Spartan king has gone to war
without the ephors' blessing.
110
00:14:52,306 --> 00:14:56,310
The Persians claim their forces
number in the milions.
111
00:14:57,100 --> 00:14:59,986
I hope, for our sake,
they exaggerate.
112
00:15:00,924 --> 00:15:05,307
But there's no question we face
the most masive army ever assembled.
113
00:15:05,307 --> 00:15:11,210
Before your plan is heard,
what do you offer?
114
00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:24,760
We will use our superior
fighting skills,
115
00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:29,066
and the terrain of Greece itself
to destroy them.
116
00:15:29,066 --> 00:15:31,645
We will march north,
to the coast.
117
00:15:31,645 --> 00:15:35,205
- We'll make sure...
- It is august, Leonidas.
118
00:15:35,205 --> 00:15:37,550
The full moon approaches.
119
00:15:37,550 --> 00:15:40,800
Tha sacred and ancient festival.
120
00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:45,121
Sparta wages no war
at the time of the Carneia.
121
00:15:45,121 --> 00:15:47,284
Sparta will burn!
122
00:15:47,284 --> 00:15:48,986
Our men will die armed
123
00:15:48,986 --> 00:15:52,917
and your women
and children will be slaves or worse.
124
00:15:54,741 --> 00:15:59,983
Now, we will block
the Persian coastal assault,
125
00:15:59,983 --> 00:16:02,486
by rebuilding the great
Phocian wall.
126
00:16:02,486 --> 00:16:05,430
From now, we will funnel them
into the mountain pass
127
00:16:05,430 --> 00:16:07,517
we call The Hot Gates.
128
00:16:07,517 --> 00:16:11,962
Now, in that narrow corridor,
their numbers will count for nothing.
129
00:16:11,962 --> 00:16:18,291
Wave after wave of Persian attack
would smash against Spartan shields.
130
00:16:19,237 --> 00:16:23,654
Xerxes' losses will be so great,
his men so demoralized
131
00:16:23,654 --> 00:16:27,782
he will have no choice
but to abandon his campaign.
132
00:16:27,782 --> 00:16:31,745
We must consult the Oracle.
133
00:16:31,745 --> 00:16:34,259
Trust the gods, Leonidas.
134
00:16:34,259 --> 00:16:37,945
I'd prefer you trusted
your reason.
135
00:16:37,945 --> 00:16:43,859
Your blasphemies have cost us
quite enough already.
136
00:16:45,075 --> 00:16:49,694
Don't compound them.
137
00:16:50,460 --> 00:16:55,585
We will consult the Oracle.
138
00:16:57,437 --> 00:17:00,450
Diseased old mystics.
139
00:17:00,874 --> 00:17:02,510
Worthless remnants
of the time
140
00:17:02,510 --> 00:17:05,383
before Sparta's ascent
from darkness.
141
00:17:05,776 --> 00:17:08,768
Remnants of a senseless
tradition.
142
00:17:09,265 --> 00:17:13,772
A tradition even Leonidas
cannot defy.
143
00:17:13,772 --> 00:17:18,433
For he must respect
the word of the ephors.
144
00:17:18,433 --> 00:17:20,879
That is the law.
145
00:17:22,969 --> 00:17:26,526
And no Spartan,
subject or citizen,
146
00:17:26,526 --> 00:17:31,970
man or woman, slave or king
is above the law.
147
00:18:06,842 --> 00:18:11,118
The ephors choose only
the most beautiful Spartan girls
148
00:18:11,118 --> 00:18:13,801
to live amongst them
as oracles.
149
00:18:13,801 --> 00:18:16,971
Their beauty is their curse.
150
00:18:16,971 --> 00:18:21,167
For the old wretches
have the needs of men...
151
00:18:22,232 --> 00:18:25,448
...and souls as black as hell.
152
00:18:29,228 --> 00:18:31,784
Pray to the winds.
153
00:18:35,109 --> 00:18:37,887
Sparta will fall.
154
00:18:40,349 --> 00:18:43,507
All Greece will fall.
155
00:18:45,954 --> 00:18:49,246
Trust not in men.
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00:18:51,684 --> 00:18:54,265
Honor the gods.
157
00:18:58,672 --> 00:19:02,011
Honor the Carneia.
158
00:19:04,209 --> 00:19:07,659
The king's climb down
is harder.
159
00:19:07,659 --> 00:19:10,610
Pompous, inbred swine.
160
00:19:10,964 --> 00:19:13,810
Worthless, diseased, rotten.
161
00:19:14,424 --> 00:19:16,241
Corrupt.
162
00:19:19,816 --> 00:19:22,886
Truly you're in the God King's
favor now.
163
00:19:23,984 --> 00:19:26,332
Oh, wise and holy men.
164
00:19:26,332 --> 00:19:27,759
Yes.
165
00:19:27,759 --> 00:19:32,574
And when Sparta burns,
you shall bathe in gold.
166
00:19:33,075 --> 00:19:37,449
Fresh oracles shall be delivered
to you daily,
167
00:19:37,449 --> 00:19:41,982
from every corner
of the Empire.
168
00:20:17,261 --> 00:20:20,505
Your lips gonna finish
what your fingers have started.
169
00:20:23,867 --> 00:20:26,894
Has the oracle rogued you
of your desire as well?
170
00:20:27,875 --> 00:20:31,018
It will take more than the words
of a drunken adolescent girl
171
00:20:31,018 --> 00:20:33,339
to rogue me of my desire
for you.
172
00:20:37,026 --> 00:20:39,240
Then why is it distant?
173
00:20:41,345 --> 00:20:45,049
Because it seems now
I'am a...
174
00:20:45,049 --> 00:20:49,915
...slave and captive
of luxurious old men.
175
00:20:49,915 --> 00:20:53,434
The oracle's words can set fire
to all that I love.
176
00:20:53,434 --> 00:20:55,349
So that is why my king
loses sleep
177
00:20:55,349 --> 00:20:57,872
and is forced from
the warmth of his bed?
178
00:21:00,116 --> 00:21:01,345
There's only
one woman's words
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00:21:01,345 --> 00:21:03,998
that should affect
the mood of my husband.
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Those are mine.
181
00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,481
Then what must a king do
to save his world
182
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when the very laws he has sworn
to protect force him to do nothing.
183
00:21:20,890 --> 00:21:24,004
It is not a question of what
a Spartan citizen should do,
184
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nor a husband, nor a king.
185
00:21:28,013 --> 00:21:31,308
Instead ask yourself,
my dearest love:
186
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What should a free man do?
187
00:22:39,752 --> 00:22:43,114
- This is all of them?
- As you ordered. 300.
188
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All with born sons
to carry on their name.
189
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,850
We are with you, sire.
For Sparta, for freedom.
190
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To the death.
191
00:23:15,711 --> 00:23:17,580
He is your son.
192
00:23:18,144 --> 00:23:21,211
He is too young
to have felt a woman's warmth.
193
00:23:21,211 --> 00:23:22,960
I have others to replace him.
194
00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,441
Astinos is as brave
and ready as any.
195
00:23:25,441 --> 00:23:29,441
No younger than we were the first time
you stood next to me in battle.
196
00:23:33,374 --> 00:23:35,065
You are a good friend.
197
00:23:35,555 --> 00:23:38,863
But a better captain...
There is none.
198
00:23:44,740 --> 00:23:46,332
My good king.
199
00:23:47,628 --> 00:23:51,071
My good king,
the oracle has spoken.
200
00:23:51,071 --> 00:23:53,830
The ephors have spoken.
There must be no march.
201
00:23:53,830 --> 00:23:55,877
It is the law, my lord.
202
00:23:55,877 --> 00:23:57,898
The Spartan army must
not go to war.
203
00:23:57,898 --> 00:23:59,394
Nor shall it.
204
00:24:00,850 --> 00:24:02,899
I've issued no such orders.
205
00:24:02,899 --> 00:24:06,527
I'm here just taking
a stroll, stretching my legs.
206
00:24:06,527 --> 00:24:11,157
These 300 men are
my personal bodyguard.
207
00:24:12,028 --> 00:24:16,162
- Our army will stay in Sparta.
- Where will you go?
208
00:24:19,148 --> 00:24:21,432
I hadn't really thought
about it, but I...
209
00:24:22,157 --> 00:24:27,290
...now that you ask,
I suppose I'll head north.
210
00:24:28,699 --> 00:24:31,703
The Hot Gates.
211
00:24:32,514 --> 00:24:33,865
Move out!
212
00:24:35,067 --> 00:24:37,016
Move out!
213
00:24:38,327 --> 00:24:40,179
What shall we do?
214
00:24:41,397 --> 00:24:45,150
- What can we do?
- What can you do?
215
00:24:47,935 --> 00:24:52,361
Sparta will need sons.
216
00:25:39,775 --> 00:25:41,538
Spartan!
217
00:25:50,683 --> 00:25:52,354
Yes, my lady?
218
00:26:08,051 --> 00:26:12,600
Come back with your shield
or on it.
219
00:26:14,169 --> 00:26:15,814
Yes, my lady.
220
00:26:24,180 --> 00:26:26,216
Goodbye, my love.
221
00:26:27,112 --> 00:26:29,083
He doesn't say it.
222
00:26:29,835 --> 00:26:33,859
There's no room for softness,
not in Sparta.
223
00:26:34,471 --> 00:26:37,240
No place for weakness.
224
00:26:40,636 --> 00:26:44,705
Only the hard and strong
may call themselves Spartans.
225
00:26:45,764 --> 00:26:49,749
Only the hard, only the strong.
226
00:27:18,678 --> 00:27:20,381
We march.
227
00:27:21,266 --> 00:27:26,224
For our lands, for our families,
for our freedoms.
228
00:27:27,540 --> 00:27:29,486
We march.
229
00:27:31,441 --> 00:27:35,192
Daxos, what a pleasant surprise.
230
00:27:35,192 --> 00:27:37,150
This morning is full
of surprises, Leonidas.
231
00:27:37,150 --> 00:27:39,422
We've been tricked.
Can't be more than a few hundred.
232
00:27:39,422 --> 00:27:41,673
- This is a surprise.
- Silence!
233
00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:46,890
We heard Sparta
was on the warpath.
234
00:27:46,890 --> 00:27:48,974
We were eager to join forces.
235
00:27:48,974 --> 00:27:53,455
If it is blood you seek,
you're welcome to join us.
236
00:27:53,455 --> 00:27:56,545
But you bring only this handful
of soldiers against Xerxes?
237
00:27:56,860 --> 00:28:00,415
I see I was wrong to expect Sparta's
commitment to at least match our own.
238
00:28:01,658 --> 00:28:03,047
Doesn't it?
239
00:28:05,029 --> 00:28:06,743
You there.
240
00:28:07,270 --> 00:28:11,234
- What is your profession?
- I'm a potter, sir.
241
00:28:12,235 --> 00:28:16,095
And you, Arcadian, what
is your profession?
242
00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,929
- Sculptor, sir.
- Sculptor.
243
00:28:20,034 --> 00:28:21,889
- And you?
- Blacksmith.
244
00:28:26,777 --> 00:28:30,351
Spartans, what is your profession?
245
00:28:37,367 --> 00:28:38,773
See, old friend?
246
00:28:39,439 --> 00:28:41,850
I brought more soldiers
than you did.
247
00:28:52,466 --> 00:28:53,889
No sleep tonight.
248
00:28:55,407 --> 00:28:56,567
Not for the king.
249
00:28:57,978 --> 00:28:59,952
All his forty years
have been a straight road
250
00:28:59,952 --> 00:29:02,684
to this one gleaming
moment in destiny.
251
00:29:03,660 --> 00:29:06,866
This one radiant clash
of shield and spear,
252
00:29:06,866 --> 00:29:09,358
sword and boone
and flesh and blood.
253
00:29:12,345 --> 00:29:18,143
His only regret is that he has
so few to sacrifice.
254
00:29:38,826 --> 00:29:40,266
We're being followed.
255
00:29:46,338 --> 00:29:48,204
It has followed us since Sparta.
256
00:29:53,238 --> 00:29:55,447
My king, look!
257
00:30:17,539 --> 00:30:18,649
What happened here?
258
00:30:19,399 --> 00:30:20,572
Where are all the people?
259
00:30:21,385 --> 00:30:22,808
Persians.
260
00:30:23,811 --> 00:30:25,190
I put their number around 20.
261
00:30:27,762 --> 00:30:29,382
Scouted path.
262
00:30:31,989 --> 00:30:34,134
But these footprints.
263
00:30:45,739 --> 00:30:46,523
Leonidas.
264
00:31:01,084 --> 00:31:02,044
Child.
265
00:31:35,344 --> 00:31:37,573
It's quiet now.
266
00:31:38,542 --> 00:31:44,905
They came with mist
from the blackness.
267
00:31:46,311 --> 00:31:50,149
With their claws and fangs
they grabbed us.
268
00:31:51,963 --> 00:31:57,108
Everyone... but me.
269
00:32:09,521 --> 00:32:14,009
The villagers... They found them.
270
00:32:24,645 --> 00:32:26,589
Have the gods no mercy?
271
00:32:28,794 --> 00:32:29,594
We are doomed.
272
00:32:30,775 --> 00:32:32,639
Quiet yourself.
273
00:32:37,177 --> 00:32:39,160
The child speaks
of the Persian ghosts.
274
00:32:39,953 --> 00:32:41,107
Known from the ancient times.
275
00:32:43,334 --> 00:32:44,992
They are the hunters
of men souls.
276
00:32:46,874 --> 00:32:48,656
They cannot be killed
or defeated.
277
00:32:50,266 --> 00:32:51,365
Not this darkness.
278
00:32:52,110 --> 00:32:53,498
Not these Immortals.
279
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:57,707
Immortals?
280
00:32:58,860 --> 00:33:02,110
We'll put their name
to the test.
281
00:33:23,483 --> 00:33:26,378
Into the Hot Gates we march.
282
00:33:26,616 --> 00:33:29,927
Into that narrow corridor
we march.
283
00:33:29,927 --> 00:33:32,908
Where Xerxes' numbers
count for nothing.
284
00:33:33,972 --> 00:33:37,417
Spartans, citizen soldiers,
freed slaves.
285
00:33:37,417 --> 00:33:39,828
Brave Greeks all.
286
00:33:40,438 --> 00:33:43,691
Brothers, fathers, sons.
287
00:33:43,942 --> 00:33:45,283
We march.
288
00:33:47,005 --> 00:33:50,859
For honor's sake, for duty's sake,
for glory's sake, we march.
289
00:33:50,859 --> 00:33:52,018
Look!
290
00:33:52,267 --> 00:33:53,542
Persians.
291
00:33:59,204 --> 00:34:02,550
Into hell's mouth, we march.
292
00:34:12,156 --> 00:34:14,550
That's our seas,
motherless dogs,
293
00:34:14,550 --> 00:34:17,185
as they're embraced by the loving
arms of Greece itself.
294
00:34:17,642 --> 00:34:18,923
Come.
295
00:34:21,019 --> 00:34:22,452
True.
296
00:34:27,254 --> 00:34:29,420
It does look like rain.
297
00:34:32,688 --> 00:34:35,864
Zeus stabs the skies
with thunderbolts.
298
00:34:36,158 --> 00:34:40,317
And batters the Persian ships
with hurricane wind.
299
00:34:41,698 --> 00:34:43,893
Glorious.
300
00:34:56,275 --> 00:34:59,378
Only one amongst us
keeps his Spartan reserve.
301
00:35:05,102 --> 00:35:06,800
Only he.
302
00:35:07,020 --> 00:35:09,746
Only our king.
303
00:35:27,097 --> 00:35:28,445
My queen.
304
00:35:34,675 --> 00:35:38,700
My queen, the courtyard is
no fitting place for a married woman.
305
00:35:38,927 --> 00:35:42,970
I'm afraid gossip and protocol are
the least of my worries now, councilman.
306
00:35:45,796 --> 00:35:47,668
Such secrecy needed.
307
00:35:47,668 --> 00:35:49,986
How am I to trust
beyond the walls of my own home?
308
00:35:50,409 --> 00:35:54,020
Even here, Theron has eyes and ears
which fuel Sparta with doubt and fear.
309
00:35:54,315 --> 00:35:57,806
You speak as if all Sparta
conspires against you.
310
00:35:58,228 --> 00:36:00,886
I wish they were
only against me.
311
00:36:03,122 --> 00:36:06,414
Many on our council would vote
to give all we have
312
00:36:06,414 --> 00:36:08,527
and follow Leonidas.
313
00:36:08,794 --> 00:36:11,305
But you must show them favor.
314
00:36:13,028 --> 00:36:15,580
And you can arrange me
to speak to the council?
315
00:36:15,580 --> 00:36:17,842
If it is reason they want,
I will let them know.
316
00:36:18,418 --> 00:36:20,601
Know what, my queen?
317
00:36:20,601 --> 00:36:22,970
Freedom isn't free at all.
318
00:36:22,970 --> 00:36:25,226
That it comes with
the highest of costs.
319
00:36:25,226 --> 00:36:27,148
The cost of blood.
320
00:36:28,652 --> 00:36:31,503
I will do my best to gather
our council
321
00:36:31,818 --> 00:36:35,249
and its chambers shall be filled
with your voice.
322
00:36:35,922 --> 00:36:37,768
- I'm in your debt.
- Nope.
323
00:36:38,063 --> 00:36:41,391
Leonidas is my king
as well as yours.
324
00:37:07,086 --> 00:37:09,069
I saw those ships
smash on the rocks.
325
00:37:10,055 --> 00:37:11,536
How can this be?
326
00:37:11,536 --> 00:37:15,107
We saw but a fraction of the monster
that is Xerxes' army.
327
00:37:15,508 --> 00:37:17,436
There can be no victory here.
328
00:37:21,671 --> 00:37:23,331
Why do you smile?
329
00:37:25,249 --> 00:37:30,331
Arcadian, I've fought
countless times
330
00:37:30,331 --> 00:37:32,930
yet I've never met an adversary
that could offer me
331
00:37:32,930 --> 00:37:36,086
what we Spartans call
a beautiful death.
332
00:37:36,605 --> 00:37:38,038
I can only hope,
333
00:37:38,038 --> 00:37:41,229
with all the world's warriors
gathered against us,
334
00:37:41,229 --> 00:37:45,364
there might be one down there
who's up to the task.
335
00:37:56,365 --> 00:37:58,105
Move!
336
00:37:59,796 --> 00:38:01,707
Keep going, you dogs.
337
00:38:10,388 --> 00:38:12,047
Move!
338
00:38:14,003 --> 00:38:16,073
Forward I say.
339
00:38:18,989 --> 00:38:20,722
Stop here!
340
00:38:21,059 --> 00:38:22,584
Who commands here?
341
00:38:25,724 --> 00:38:31,456
I am the emissary
to the ruler of all the world.
342
00:38:31,456 --> 00:38:33,847
The god of gods.
343
00:38:33,847 --> 00:38:35,789
King of kings.
344
00:38:35,789 --> 00:38:41,548
And by that authority, I demand that
someone show me your commander.
345
00:38:44,871 --> 00:38:50,873
Listen. Do you think the paltry
dozen you slew scares us?
346
00:38:50,873 --> 00:38:55,044
These hills swarm
with our scouts.
347
00:38:55,044 --> 00:38:58,231
And do you think your
pathetic wall
348
00:38:58,231 --> 00:39:00,852
will do anything except fall
349
00:39:00,852 --> 00:39:05,163
like a heap of dry leaves
in the face...
350
00:39:17,718 --> 00:39:20,572
Our ancestors built this wall,
351
00:39:20,572 --> 00:39:24,636
using ancient stones
from the bosom of Greece herself.
352
00:39:25,170 --> 00:39:27,679
And with a little Spartan help,
353
00:39:27,679 --> 00:39:30,424
your Persian scouts
supplied the mortar.
354
00:39:30,424 --> 00:39:35,157
You will pay for your
barbarism.
355
00:39:53,938 --> 00:39:55,079
My arm!
356
00:39:57,806 --> 00:40:00,151
It's not yours anymore.
357
00:40:00,151 --> 00:40:04,679
Go now. Run along and tell your
Xerxes he faces free men here.
358
00:40:04,679 --> 00:40:08,231
Not slaves.
Do it quickly.
359
00:40:08,231 --> 00:40:11,386
Before we decide to make our wall
just a little bit bigger.
360
00:40:11,612 --> 00:40:16,135
No, not slaves.
361
00:40:17,559 --> 00:40:21,162
Your women will be slaves.
362
00:40:21,162 --> 00:40:25,463
Your sons, your daughters,
your elders
363
00:40:25,463 --> 00:40:28,784
will be slaves, but not you.
364
00:40:29,959 --> 00:40:34,511
By noon this day,
you will be dead men.
365
00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:40,477
A thousand nations of the
Persian Empire descend upon you.
366
00:40:41,586 --> 00:40:45,214
Our arrows will blot out the sun.
367
00:40:46,903 --> 00:40:49,357
Then we will fight in the shade.
368
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:52,605
The wall is solid.
369
00:40:53,118 --> 00:40:55,857
It'll do the job of funneling
the Persians into the Hot Gates.
370
00:40:56,496 --> 00:40:59,431
Captain, have the men found any route
through the hills to our back?
371
00:40:59,431 --> 00:41:01,248
None, sire.
372
00:41:01,928 --> 00:41:03,868
There is such a route,
good king.
373
00:41:04,150 --> 00:41:06,092
Just past that western ridge.
374
00:41:06,539 --> 00:41:08,291
It's an old goat path.
375
00:41:08,291 --> 00:41:10,823
The Persians could use it
to outflank us.
376
00:41:11,395 --> 00:41:13,645
Not one step closer.
377
00:41:14,340 --> 00:41:15,390
Monster!
378
00:41:16,336 --> 00:41:20,259
Wise king, I humbly request
an audience.
379
00:41:20,259 --> 00:41:21,885
I'll skewer you where
you stand.
380
00:41:21,885 --> 00:41:24,838
I gave no such order.
381
00:41:34,401 --> 00:41:37,918
Forgive the captain.
He's a good soldier.
382
00:41:38,284 --> 00:41:40,939
But a bit short on manners.
383
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:44,275
There is nothing
to forgive, brave king.
384
00:41:44,275 --> 00:41:45,667
I know what I look like.
385
00:41:45,667 --> 00:41:47,601
You wear the crimson of a Spartan.
386
00:41:47,986 --> 00:41:53,057
I am Ephialtes,
born of Sparta.
387
00:41:54,265 --> 00:41:58,447
My mother's love led
my parents to flee Sparta
388
00:41:58,447 --> 00:42:00,432
lest I be discarded.
389
00:42:00,815 --> 00:42:02,655
But your shield?
390
00:42:02,655 --> 00:42:04,171
And armor?
391
00:42:04,502 --> 00:42:06,435
My father's, sir.
392
00:42:07,572 --> 00:42:10,094
I beg you, bold king,
393
00:42:10,302 --> 00:42:14,419
to permit me to redeem
my father's name
394
00:42:14,419 --> 00:42:17,027
by serving you
in combat.
395
00:42:17,027 --> 00:42:20,259
My father trained me
to feel no fear.
396
00:42:20,259 --> 00:42:24,299
To make spear and shield
and sword as much a part of me
397
00:42:24,299 --> 00:42:26,176
as my own beating heart.
398
00:42:26,176 --> 00:42:29,460
I will earn my father's armor,
noble king,
399
00:42:29,665 --> 00:42:32,130
by serving you
in the battle.
400
00:42:37,110 --> 00:42:38,683
Fine thrust.
401
00:42:39,253 --> 00:42:41,771
I will kill many Persians.
402
00:42:46,815 --> 00:42:49,571
- Raise your shield.
- Sire?
403
00:42:49,807 --> 00:42:52,189
Raise your shield
as high as you can.
404
00:42:59,467 --> 00:43:03,218
Your father should have told you
how our phalanx works.
405
00:43:03,218 --> 00:43:08,231
We fight as a single,
impenetrable unit.
406
00:43:08,231 --> 00:43:11,315
That is the source
of our strength.
407
00:43:11,622 --> 00:43:15,147
Each Spartan protects
the man to his left,
408
00:43:15,506 --> 00:43:18,906
from thigh to neck,
with his shield.
409
00:43:19,290 --> 00:43:23,928
A single weakspot
and the phalanx shatters.
410
00:43:25,125 --> 00:43:29,016
From thigh to neck, Ephialtes.
411
00:43:30,335 --> 00:43:32,541
I am sorry, my friend.
412
00:43:32,541 --> 00:43:35,047
But not all of us are made
to be soldiers.
413
00:43:35,047 --> 00:43:35,726
But I...
414
00:43:35,726 --> 00:43:37,874
If you want to help
at a Spartan victory...
415
00:43:37,874 --> 00:43:39,943
- Yes?
- Clear the battlefield of the dead.
416
00:43:39,943 --> 00:43:42,181
Tend to wounded,
bring them water.
417
00:43:42,388 --> 00:43:44,003
Why?
418
00:43:44,003 --> 00:43:48,852
But as for the fight itself,
I cannot use you.
419
00:43:59,856 --> 00:44:04,434
Mother, father,
you were wrong.
420
00:44:07,081 --> 00:44:10,629
You are wrong, Leonidas.
421
00:44:11,428 --> 00:44:13,015
You are wrong.
422
00:44:14,184 --> 00:44:16,613
Dispatch the Phocians
to the goat path.
423
00:44:16,874 --> 00:44:20,755
Pray to the gods nobody
tells the Persians about it.
424
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:28,035
Earthquake.
425
00:44:28,909 --> 00:44:30,532
No, Captain.
426
00:44:31,458 --> 00:44:34,007
Battle formations.
427
00:44:57,726 --> 00:45:00,118
This is where we hold them.
428
00:45:00,922 --> 00:45:03,330
This is where we fight.
429
00:45:03,865 --> 00:45:06,176
This is where they die!
430
00:45:06,176 --> 00:45:08,894
On these shields, boys!
431
00:45:11,155 --> 00:45:13,623
Remember this day, men,
432
00:45:13,623 --> 00:45:17,125
for it will be yours
for all time.
433
00:45:28,780 --> 00:45:33,234
Spartans, lay down
your weapons!
434
00:45:49,484 --> 00:45:50,789
Persians!
435
00:45:52,441 --> 00:45:54,485
Come and get them!
436
00:46:16,056 --> 00:46:17,211
Hold!
437
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:22,312
Give them nothing.
438
00:46:22,312 --> 00:46:26,041
But take from them everything.
439
00:46:27,746 --> 00:46:29,020
Stay ready.
440
00:46:45,350 --> 00:46:47,736
That's the best you can do?
441
00:46:50,389 --> 00:46:52,947
Push!
442
00:47:02,423 --> 00:47:03,823
Now!
443
00:47:15,522 --> 00:47:16,882
Push!
444
00:48:00,595 --> 00:48:02,615
No prisoners!
445
00:48:03,447 --> 00:48:05,401
No mercy!
446
00:49:24,644 --> 00:49:26,014
They look thirsty.
447
00:49:27,747 --> 00:49:30,370
Well, let's give them
something to drink.
448
00:49:33,732 --> 00:49:35,957
To the cliffs.
449
00:50:00,032 --> 00:50:01,512
Hold!
450
00:50:04,006 --> 00:50:06,004
A hell of a good start!
451
00:50:28,948 --> 00:50:31,038
Tuck tail!
452
00:50:37,038 --> 00:50:38,855
Persian cowards.
453
00:50:46,465 --> 00:50:48,276
What the hell are you
laughing at?
454
00:50:48,283 --> 00:50:49,950
We had to say it.
455
00:50:49,963 --> 00:50:53,306
- What?
- We fight in the shade.
456
00:51:07,313 --> 00:51:08,567
Recover.
457
00:51:32,501 --> 00:51:36,240
Today, no Spartan dies.
458
00:52:00,186 --> 00:52:01,550
Easy, son.
459
00:52:28,022 --> 00:52:29,904
We do what we were
trained to do.
460
00:52:29,985 --> 00:52:34,673
What we were bred to do.
What we were born to do.
461
00:52:42,077 --> 00:52:44,674
No prisoners, no mercy.
462
00:52:45,348 --> 00:52:47,169
A good start.
463
00:53:56,316 --> 00:53:58,324
I was afraid you might
not come.
464
00:53:58,325 --> 00:54:01,764
- I'm sorry, my son is...
- Is doing what children do best.
465
00:54:01,765 --> 00:54:04,297
Please don't apologize.
466
00:54:06,200 --> 00:54:08,099
Your son starts the agoge
next year.
467
00:54:08,746 --> 00:54:13,148
That is always a difficult
time for a Spartan mother.
468
00:54:13,582 --> 00:54:17,332
Yes, it will be hard
but also necessary.
469
00:54:20,897 --> 00:54:25,259
You will speak before
the council in two days time.
470
00:54:26,715 --> 00:54:29,260
My husband does not have
two days.
471
00:54:29,411 --> 00:54:31,920
Think of the two days
as a gift.
472
00:54:33,402 --> 00:54:34,783
It's no secret.
473
00:54:35,543 --> 00:54:41,212
Theron wants what you control.
It's his voice you must silence.
474
00:54:41,583 --> 00:54:46,171
Make him your ally
and you will have your victory.
475
00:54:47,199 --> 00:54:48,829
Thank you.
476
00:54:49,607 --> 00:54:52,042
You are wise as you are kind.
477
00:55:18,580 --> 00:55:20,110
Ah, there's your mother.
478
00:55:27,264 --> 00:55:29,858
You should keep a better eye
on him if he is to be king one day.
479
00:55:30,790 --> 00:55:32,788
It would be unfortunate
if anything were to happen to him.
480
00:55:34,713 --> 00:55:36,796
Or to his beautiful mother.
481
00:55:57,593 --> 00:56:02,394
Our Greek comrades are begging
for a crack at the Persians, sire.
482
00:56:03,036 --> 00:56:07,265
Good. I have something
I think they can handle.
483
00:56:07,969 --> 00:56:09,981
Tell Daxos I want him
484
00:56:09,981 --> 00:56:12,373
and 20 of his best,
eager, sober,
485
00:56:12,593 --> 00:56:14,365
ready for the next job.
486
00:56:14,365 --> 00:56:16,126
King Leonidas!
487
00:56:18,823 --> 00:56:22,162
- Stelios, catch your breath, boy.
- Yes, my lord.
488
00:56:23,322 --> 00:56:25,513
The Persians are approaching.
489
00:56:26,776 --> 00:56:29,899
A small contingent.
Too small for an attack.
490
00:56:34,452 --> 00:56:37,385
Captain, I'll leave you in charge.
491
00:56:37,385 --> 00:56:39,685
- But, sire...
- Relax, old friend.
492
00:56:39,717 --> 00:56:43,300
If they assasinate me,
all of Sparta goes to war.
493
00:56:45,211 --> 00:56:47,454
Pray they're that stupid.
494
00:56:48,765 --> 00:56:52,598
Pray... we're that lucky.
495
00:56:56,330 --> 00:56:57,734
Besides...
496
00:57:00,445 --> 00:57:03,136
...there's no reason
we can't be civil.
497
00:57:04,068 --> 00:57:05,459
Is there?
498
00:57:07,069 --> 00:57:08,772
None, sire.
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Teil 2:
1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,376
Let me guess.
2
00:00:02,757 --> 00:00:05,730
You must be Xerxes.
3
00:00:17,837 --> 00:00:19,642
Come, Leonidas.
4
00:00:21,273 --> 00:00:23,547
Let us reason together.
5
00:00:23,705 --> 00:00:25,536
It would be a regrettable waste.
6
00:00:25,787 --> 00:00:27,648
It would be nothing
short of madness,
7
00:00:27,648 --> 00:00:31,932
were you, brave king, and your
valiant troops to perish.
8
00:00:32,855 --> 00:00:35,495
All because of a simple
misunderstanding.
9
00:00:35,708 --> 00:00:37,740
There is much our cultures
could share.
10
00:00:37,740 --> 00:00:41,473
Haven't you noticed we've been sharing
our culture with you all morning?
11
00:00:41,703 --> 00:00:44,435
Yours is a fascinating tribe.
12
00:00:44,435 --> 00:00:48,451
Even now you are defiant,
in the face of annihilation.
13
00:00:48,451 --> 00:00:53,633
In the presence of the god, it isn't
wise to stand against me, Leonidas.
14
00:00:53,733 --> 00:00:56,013
Imagine what horrible fate
awaits my enemies
15
00:00:56,013 --> 00:00:59,097
when I will gladly kill
any one of my own men for victory.
16
00:00:59,097 --> 00:01:01,769
And I would die
for any one of mine.
17
00:01:01,769 --> 00:01:04,273
You Greeks take pride
in your logic.
18
00:01:04,273 --> 00:01:06,163
I suggest you employ it.
19
00:01:06,163 --> 00:01:09,327
Consider the beautiful lands
you so vigorously defend.
20
00:01:09,327 --> 00:01:12,559
Picture it reduced to ash
at my will.
21
00:01:12,559 --> 00:01:14,652
Consider the fate of your women.
22
00:01:14,652 --> 00:01:16,954
Clearly, you don't know our women.
23
00:01:16,954 --> 00:01:19,417
I might as well have marched
them up here,
24
00:01:19,417 --> 00:01:21,407
judging by what I've seen.
25
00:01:22,269 --> 00:01:24,969
You have many slaves,
Xerxes,
26
00:01:24,969 --> 00:01:27,563
but few warriors.
27
00:01:28,021 --> 00:01:31,422
It won't be long
before they fear my spears...
28
00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:34,552
...more than your whips.
29
00:01:38,779 --> 00:01:41,150
It's not the lash they fear.
30
00:01:44,327 --> 00:01:48,930
It is my divine power.
But I'm a generous god.
31
00:01:49,180 --> 00:01:51,541
I can make you rich beyond
all measure.
32
00:01:51,761 --> 00:01:54,284
I will make you warlord
of all Greece.
33
00:01:54,284 --> 00:01:58,176
You'll carry my battle standard
to the heart of Europa.
34
00:01:58,386 --> 00:02:03,542
Your Athenian rivals
will kneel at your feet.
35
00:02:04,163 --> 00:02:07,159
If you will but kneel at mine.
36
00:02:08,306 --> 00:02:10,318
You are generous...
37
00:02:11,020 --> 00:02:13,692
...as you are divine.
38
00:02:14,732 --> 00:02:19,866
King of kings. Such an offer
only a madman would refuse.
39
00:02:20,748 --> 00:02:22,339
But the...
40
00:02:23,402 --> 00:02:27,425
...the idea of kneeling it's...
you see...
41
00:02:27,637 --> 00:02:34,491
Slaughtering of all those men of yours
has left a nasty cramp in my legs.
42
00:02:34,491 --> 00:02:37,254
So kneeling will be hard
for me.
43
00:02:37,254 --> 00:02:40,547
There will be no glory
in your sacrifice.
44
00:02:40,798 --> 00:02:44,520
I will erase even the memory
of Sparta from the histories.
45
00:02:44,930 --> 00:02:48,345
Every piece of Greek parchment
shall be burned.
46
00:02:48,345 --> 00:02:50,675
Every Greek historian
and every scribe
47
00:02:50,675 --> 00:02:53,728
shall have their eyes spun out
and their tongues cut from their mouths
48
00:02:53,999 --> 00:02:59,314
whilst honoring the very name of Sparta
or Leonidas will be punishable by death.
49
00:03:00,865 --> 00:03:03,506
The world will never know
you existed at all.
50
00:03:06,332 --> 00:03:11,006
The world will know that free men
stood against a tyrrant.
51
00:03:11,006 --> 00:03:14,341
That few stood against many.
52
00:03:14,341 --> 00:03:21,306
And before this battle was over,
that even a God King can bleed.
53
00:03:28,481 --> 00:03:30,143
You fought well today.
54
00:03:32,325 --> 00:03:33,995
For a woman.
55
00:03:34,957 --> 00:03:36,735
As did you.
56
00:03:36,864 --> 00:03:39,306
Maybe you've been injured,
you weren't able to keep up with me.
57
00:03:40,546 --> 00:03:44,696
Perhaps I was so far ahead,
you couldn't see me.
58
00:03:46,070 --> 00:03:48,723
Or were you offering
your backside to the Thespians.
59
00:03:50,244 --> 00:03:51,657
Jealousy...
60
00:03:52,041 --> 00:03:53,626
...is not becoming my friend.
61
00:03:57,286 --> 00:03:58,755
Move it, men!
62
00:04:01,466 --> 00:04:04,163
Pile those Persians high.
63
00:04:07,094 --> 00:04:09,387
For unless I miss my guess...
64
00:04:10,530 --> 00:04:13,158
...we're in for one wild night.
65
00:04:37,423 --> 00:04:42,254
They have served the dark will
of Persian kings for 500 years.
66
00:04:42,796 --> 00:04:45,179
Eyes as dark as night.
67
00:04:45,180 --> 00:04:47,801
Teeth filed to fangs.
68
00:04:49,412 --> 00:04:51,126
Soulless.
69
00:04:58,959 --> 00:05:01,323
The personal guard
to king Xerses himself.
70
00:05:01,324 --> 00:05:03,659
The Persian warrior elite.
71
00:05:05,605 --> 00:05:08,121
The deadliest fighting
force in all of Asia.
72
00:05:09,349 --> 00:05:11,400
The Immortals.
73
00:05:19,788 --> 00:05:22,796
The God King has betrayed
a fatal flaw.
74
00:05:23,655 --> 00:05:25,118
Hybris.
75
00:05:27,633 --> 00:05:30,230
Easy to taunt.
Easy to trick.
76
00:05:31,119 --> 00:05:33,580
Before wounds and weariness
have taken their toll,
77
00:05:33,581 --> 00:05:36,389
the mad king throws
the best he has at us.
78
00:05:37,769 --> 00:05:39,418
Xerxes has taken the bait.
79
00:05:39,419 --> 00:05:41,973
Spartans, push!
80
00:05:52,142 --> 00:05:53,654
Immortals.
81
00:05:54,103 --> 00:05:56,701
They put their name
to the test.
82
00:06:41,116 --> 00:06:42,671
Father!
83
00:08:28,262 --> 00:08:29,850
My king!
84
00:09:42,323 --> 00:09:44,878
Arcadians, now!
85
00:09:46,566 --> 00:09:47,670
Go!
86
00:09:47,671 --> 00:09:49,726
Let's show the Spartans
what we can do.
87
00:09:50,073 --> 00:09:51,453
Go!
88
00:10:00,999 --> 00:10:04,274
They shout and curse,
stabbing wildly,
89
00:10:04,275 --> 00:10:06,684
more brawlers
than warriors.
90
00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:09,617
They make a wondrous
mess of things.
91
00:10:10,900 --> 00:10:13,321
Brave amateurs.
They do their part.
92
00:11:01,244 --> 00:11:02,859
Immortals.
93
00:11:03,339 --> 00:11:05,896
They failed our kings' test.
94
00:11:05,897 --> 00:11:09,331
And a man who fancies
himself a god...
95
00:11:09,848 --> 00:11:14,432
...feels a very human chill
crawl up his spine.
96
00:11:21,746 --> 00:11:22,988
For our king!
97
00:11:24,189 --> 00:11:26,490
And our honored dead!
98
00:11:26,491 --> 00:11:28,699
Whom will Xerxes dare
to send next?
99
00:11:29,624 --> 00:11:31,473
There's nothing
that can stop us now.
100
00:11:33,196 --> 00:11:36,888
Even the king allows himself
to hope for more than glory.
101
00:11:36,889 --> 00:11:40,439
Such mad hope.
But there it is.
102
00:11:40,726 --> 00:11:45,009
Against Asian endless hordes,
against all odds,
103
00:11:45,010 --> 00:11:48,405
we can do it,
we can hold the Hot Gates.
104
00:11:49,170 --> 00:11:51,115
We can win.
105
00:11:58,827 --> 00:12:00,333
Dawn.
106
00:12:01,178 --> 00:12:03,039
Whips crack.
107
00:12:03,136 --> 00:12:04,986
Barbarians howl.
108
00:12:05,415 --> 00:12:08,888
Those behind cry: "Forward"!
109
00:12:11,242 --> 00:12:15,049
Those in front cry:
"Back".
110
00:12:21,061 --> 00:12:23,821
Our eyes bear witness
to the grotesque spectacle
111
00:12:23,822 --> 00:12:26,993
called forth from the darkest
corners of Xerxes' Empire.
112
00:13:18,153 --> 00:13:22,162
When muscles failed,
they turned to their magic.
113
00:13:23,792 --> 00:13:26,341
One hundred nations
descend upon us.
114
00:13:26,342 --> 00:13:28,814
The armies of all Asia.
115
00:13:28,815 --> 00:13:30,891
Funneled into this narrow corridor,
116
00:13:30,892 --> 00:13:33,669
their numbers count
for nothing.
117
00:14:07,629 --> 00:14:09,408
They fall by the hundreds.
118
00:14:09,509 --> 00:14:12,520
We send the severed bodies
and the fragile hearts
119
00:14:12,521 --> 00:14:15,004
back to Xerxes' feet.
120
00:14:32,026 --> 00:14:35,288
King Xerxes is displeased
with his generals.
121
00:14:36,288 --> 00:14:38,836
He disciplines them.
122
00:14:55,687 --> 00:14:59,127
Xerxes dispatches his monsters
from half a world away.
123
00:15:11,178 --> 00:15:13,142
They're clumsy beasts.
124
00:15:13,448 --> 00:15:16,381
And the pile of Persian dead
is slippery.
125
00:15:52,197 --> 00:15:54,551
- You still here?
- Someone is got to watch your back.
126
00:15:54,552 --> 00:15:56,248
Well, now, I'm a little busy.
127
00:16:36,546 --> 00:16:38,692
Regroup!
128
00:16:42,427 --> 00:16:45,278
Astinos, my son!
129
00:16:54,924 --> 00:16:56,316
Astinos!
130
00:16:56,633 --> 00:16:59,447
No!
131
00:17:22,643 --> 00:17:24,426
The day wears on.
132
00:17:25,203 --> 00:17:27,013
We lose few...
133
00:17:27,612 --> 00:17:31,558
...but each felled is a friend
or dearest blood.
134
00:17:32,951 --> 00:17:36,414
And upon seeing the headless
body of his own young son,
135
00:17:36,973 --> 00:17:39,190
the captain breaks rank.
136
00:17:39,191 --> 00:17:41,832
He goes wild, blood drunk.
137
00:18:06,985 --> 00:18:09,378
Captain's cries of pain
at the loss of his son
138
00:18:09,379 --> 00:18:13,186
are more frightening to the enemy
than the deepest battle drums.
139
00:18:13,753 --> 00:18:15,367
It takes three men
to restrain him
140
00:18:15,368 --> 00:18:17,429
and bring him back
to our own.
141
00:18:17,986 --> 00:18:19,868
The day is ours.
142
00:18:20,767 --> 00:18:23,293
No songs are sung.
143
00:19:03,525 --> 00:19:07,412
Your gods were cruel
to shape you so, friend Ephialtes.
144
00:19:10,565 --> 00:19:14,942
The Spartans, too,
were cruel to reject you.
145
00:19:18,394 --> 00:19:20,287
But I am kind.
146
00:19:27,070 --> 00:19:29,527
Everything you could
ever desire.
147
00:19:30,686 --> 00:19:32,842
Every happiness you can imagine.
148
00:19:34,688 --> 00:19:39,189
Every pleasure your fellow Greeks
and your false gods have denied you.
149
00:19:40,056 --> 00:19:42,494
I will grant you.
150
00:19:43,425 --> 00:19:45,728
For I am kind.
151
00:19:59,922 --> 00:20:02,905
Embrace me as your king
and as your god.
152
00:20:04,337 --> 00:20:05,815
Yes!
153
00:20:07,454 --> 00:20:09,775
Lead my soldiers
to the hidden path
154
00:20:09,776 --> 00:20:12,435
that empties behind
the cursed Spartans,
155
00:20:12,436 --> 00:20:14,677
and your joys will be endless.
156
00:20:23,219 --> 00:20:25,562
Yes, I want it all.
157
00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,328
Wealth, women.
158
00:20:32,274 --> 00:20:34,193
And one more thing.
159
00:20:37,740 --> 00:20:40,061
I want an uniform.
160
00:20:44,814 --> 00:20:46,564
Done.
161
00:20:48,311 --> 00:20:52,231
You will find
that I am kind.
162
00:20:53,636 --> 00:20:57,304
Unlike the cruel Leonidas
that demanded that you stand,
163
00:20:59,974 --> 00:21:04,068
I require only that you kneel.
164
00:21:31,597 --> 00:21:33,281
Beautiful night.
165
00:21:35,009 --> 00:21:38,131
Yes, but I did not ask you here
for small talk, Theron.
166
00:21:39,537 --> 00:21:40,920
I'm assured of that.
167
00:21:42,992 --> 00:21:44,999
You've never spared
words with me.
168
00:21:46,429 --> 00:21:49,206
Can I offer you something?
A drink perhaps?
169
00:21:49,799 --> 00:21:51,087
Is it poison?
170
00:21:51,934 --> 00:21:54,252
Sorry to disappoint you,
it's only water.
171
00:22:04,535 --> 00:22:07,459
I'm told it's been arranged
for you to go before the council.
172
00:22:08,399 --> 00:22:10,026
Yes.
173
00:22:10,348 --> 00:22:11,333
I need your help
174
00:22:11,334 --> 00:22:14,278
in winning votes to send
the army north to our king.
175
00:22:14,279 --> 00:22:15,280
Yes.
176
00:22:16,525 --> 00:22:19,090
I can see the two of us
standing together.
177
00:22:19,091 --> 00:22:23,267
Me, politician, thou, warrior.
Our voices as one.
178
00:22:25,069 --> 00:22:26,862
But why would I want
to do that?
179
00:22:27,462 --> 00:22:29,061
It proves you care
for a king
180
00:22:29,062 --> 00:22:31,508
who, right now, fights
for the very water we drink.
181
00:22:31,802 --> 00:22:32,998
True.
182
00:22:33,474 --> 00:22:35,800
But this is politics,
not war.
183
00:22:36,435 --> 00:22:40,171
- Leonidas is an idealist.
- I know your kind too well.
184
00:22:40,745 --> 00:22:42,611
You send men to slaughter
for your own gain.
185
00:22:42,612 --> 00:22:47,417
Your husband, our king, has taken
300 of our finest to slaughter.
186
00:22:47,418 --> 00:22:52,297
He's broken our laws and left
without the council's consent.
187
00:22:52,785 --> 00:22:55,821
- I'm simply a realist.
- You're an opportunist.
188
00:22:56,694 --> 00:22:58,026
You're as foolish as Leonidas
189
00:22:58,027 --> 00:23:00,443
if you think men
don't have a price in this world.
190
00:23:00,950 --> 00:23:04,913
All men are not created equal.
That's the Spartan code, my little queen.
191
00:23:09,333 --> 00:23:11,217
I admire your passion.
192
00:23:12,937 --> 00:23:17,887
But don't think that you,
a woman, even a queen,
193
00:23:17,888 --> 00:23:20,836
can walk into the council's chamber
and sway the minds of men.
194
00:23:21,878 --> 00:23:24,032
I own that chamber.
195
00:23:24,624 --> 00:23:26,963
As if it were built
with these hands.
196
00:23:31,123 --> 00:23:33,732
I could crush the life
out of you right now.
197
00:23:35,676 --> 00:23:39,306
You will go before the council
but your words will fall in deaf ears.
198
00:23:39,668 --> 00:23:42,478
Leonidas will receive
no reinforcements,
199
00:23:42,479 --> 00:23:47,350
and if he returns, without my help,
he would go to jail or worse.
200
00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:54,920
- Do you love your Sparta?
- Yes.
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- And your king?
- I do.
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Your husband fights
for his land,
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and his love.
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What do you have to offer?
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In return for my word that
I'll help you send our army north.
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What does a realist
want from his queen?
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I think you know.
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This will not be over quickly.
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You will not enjoy this.
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I am not your king.
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Dilios!
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I trust that scracth
hasn't made you useless.
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Hardly, my lord.
It's just an eye.
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The gods saw fit
to grace me with a spare.
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And the captain?
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Curses the gods
and mourns alone.
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Leonidas!
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We are undone.
Undone I tell you.
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- Destroyed.
- Daxos, calm yourself!
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A hunchback traitor has led
Xerxes' Immortals
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to the hidden goat path
behind us.
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The Phocians you posted there
were scattered without a fight.
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This battle is over, Leonidas!
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This battle is over
when I say it is over!
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By morning, the Immortals
will surround us.
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The Hot Gates will fall.
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Spartans!
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Prepare for glory!
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Glory?
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Have you gone mad?
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There is no glory to be had now.
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Only retreat or surrender
or death.
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That is an easy choice for us,
Arcadian.
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Spartans never retreat.
Spartans never surrender.
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Go. Spread the word.
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Let every Greek assembled
know the truth of this.
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Let each amongst them
search his own soul.
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And while you're at it,
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search your own.
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My men will leave with me.
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Godspeed, Leonidas.
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Children! Children!
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Gather round.
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No retreat.
No surrender.
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That is Spartan law.
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And by Spartan law,
we will stand and fight.
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And die.
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A new age has begun.
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An age of freedom.
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And all will know that
three hundred Spartans
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gave their last breath
to defend it!
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My friend.
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I have lived my entire life
without regret until now.
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It's not that my son gave up
his life for his country.
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00:28:34,068 --> 00:28:37,446
It's just that I never told him
I loved him the most.
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That he stood by me
with honor.
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That he was all that
was best in me.
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My heart is broken
for your loss.
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Heart?
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I have filled my heart
with hate.
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Good.
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Dilios!
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Let's take a walk.
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Yes, my lord.
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00:29:37,585 --> 00:29:40,504
But, sire, I'm fit.
I'm ready for battle.
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That you are
one of the finest.
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00:29:43,757 --> 00:29:46,676
But you have another talent
unlike any other Spartan.
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You will deliver
my final orders to the council
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with force and verve.
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00:29:58,770 --> 00:30:00,606
Tell them my story.
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00:30:01,357 --> 00:30:05,394
Make every Greek know
what happened here.
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You'll have a grand
tale to tell.
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A tale of victory.
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Victory.
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Yes, my lord.
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Sire, any message...?
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...for the queen?
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None that need be spoken.
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Hundreds leave.
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A handful stay.
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Only one looks back.
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Spartans!
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Ready your breakfast
and eat hearty.
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00:31:43,116 --> 00:31:47,120
For tonight we dine in Hell!
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00:31:56,240 --> 00:32:02,551
May I give the floor now to the wife
of Leonidas and queen of Sparta.
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00:32:17,231 --> 00:32:18,899
Councilmen.
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00:32:19,233 --> 00:32:22,736
I stand before you
not only as your queen.
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00:32:24,070 --> 00:32:26,448
I come to you as a mother.
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00:32:27,907 --> 00:32:30,243
I come to you as a wife.
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00:32:32,245 --> 00:32:34,872
I come to you
as a Spartan woman.
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00:32:39,802 --> 00:32:42,337
I come to you
with great humility.
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00:32:46,124 --> 00:32:48,606
I am not here to represent
Leonidas.
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00:32:48,693 --> 00:32:51,829
His actions speak louder
than my words ever could.
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00:32:51,929 --> 00:32:54,294
I am here for all those voices
which cannot be heard.
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00:32:54,365 --> 00:32:56,729
Mothers, daughters, fathers, sons.
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Three hundred families
that bleed for our rights
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00:33:00,687 --> 00:33:03,857
and for the very principles
this room is built upon.
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00:33:04,424 --> 00:33:06,943
We're at war, gentlemen.
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00:33:06,943 --> 00:33:09,593
We must send the entire spartan
army to aid our king
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00:33:09,594 --> 00:33:13,228
in the preservation of not just
ourselves but of our children.
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00:33:13,282 --> 00:33:16,444
Send the army for
the preservation of liberty.
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00:33:16,535 --> 00:33:18,620
Send it for justice.
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00:33:19,038 --> 00:33:21,373
Send it for law and order.
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00:33:21,373 --> 00:33:23,425
Send it for reason.
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00:33:23,508 --> 00:33:27,211
But, most importantly,
send our army for hope.
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00:33:27,879 --> 00:33:31,715
Hope that the king and his men have
not been wasted in the pages of history.
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00:33:32,350 --> 00:33:35,469
That their courage
bonds us together.
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00:33:35,969 --> 00:33:39,014
That we are made stronger
by their actions.
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00:33:40,207 --> 00:33:44,186
And that your choices today
reflect their bravery.
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Three hundred.
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Moving.
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00:33:57,781 --> 00:34:01,076
Eloquent, passionate.
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00:34:01,159 --> 00:34:05,263
But it doesn't change the fact
that your husband has brought war upon us.
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00:34:05,330 --> 00:34:06,831
You are wrong.
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00:34:06,831 --> 00:34:08,211
Xerxes brought it forth
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00:34:08,233 --> 00:34:10,844
and before that,
his father, Darius, at Marathon.
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00:34:10,851 --> 00:34:14,629
The Persians will not stop until
the only shelter we will find
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is rubble and chaos.
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00:34:16,490 --> 00:34:20,677
This chamber needs
no history lesson, my queen.
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00:34:20,844 --> 00:34:23,179
Then what is the lesson
you would like to leave?
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00:34:23,262 --> 00:34:25,598
Shall I begin to enumerate
all of them?
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00:34:25,598 --> 00:34:29,218
Honor, duty, glory.
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00:34:29,268 --> 00:34:31,270
You speak of honor?
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00:34:31,270 --> 00:34:34,557
Duty? Glory?
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00:34:35,608 --> 00:34:37,242
But what of adultery?
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00:34:37,342 --> 00:34:39,962
- How dare you?
- How dare I?
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00:34:40,028 --> 00:34:43,064
Watch her, carefully.
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00:34:43,114 --> 00:34:46,283
She is a trickster
in true form.
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00:34:46,283 --> 00:34:49,787
Do not play with the members
of this sacred chambers, my queen.
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00:34:49,787 --> 00:34:52,956
Just hours ago, you offered
yourself to me.
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00:34:52,956 --> 00:34:57,329
Were I a weaker man,
I'd have her scent on me still.
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00:34:57,428 --> 00:35:00,681
- This is outrage.
- Ah, the hypocrite speaks.
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00:35:00,714 --> 00:35:02,689
Did you not receive
a similar payment?
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00:35:02,765 --> 00:35:07,252
Which you took in exchange for her
having an audience with these noble men.
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00:35:07,303 --> 00:35:09,121
- That is a lie.
- Is it?
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00:35:09,138 --> 00:35:13,339
Was he not, by your invitation, asked
to come the king's bedchamber?
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00:35:13,425 --> 00:35:16,329
The very bed where you attempted
to negotiate with me
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00:35:16,330 --> 00:35:19,032
so vigorously.
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00:35:20,865 --> 00:35:22,567
You look shocked.
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00:35:22,567 --> 00:35:24,289
A bribe of the flesh,
gentlemen,
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00:35:24,324 --> 00:35:28,156
whilst her husband
promotes anarchy and war.
