1 00:01:09,318 --> 00:01:11,843 When the boy was born... 2 00:01:12,721 --> 00:01:14,814 ...like all Spartans, he was inspected. 3 00:01:16,625 --> 00:01:21,255 If he'd been small or puny or sickly or misshapen... 4 00:01:21,430 --> 00:01:23,762 ...he would have been discarded. 5 00:01:30,873 --> 00:01:36,573 From the time he could stand, he was baptized in the fire of combat. 6 00:01:58,634 --> 00:02:02,297 Taught never to retreat, never to surrender. 7 00:02:02,471 --> 00:02:07,340 Taught that death on the battlefield in service to Sparta... 8 00:02:07,543 --> 00:02:10,842 ...was the greatest glory he could achieve in his life. 9 00:02:25,994 --> 00:02:30,522 At age 7, as is customary in Sparta... 10 00:02:30,699 --> 00:02:35,864 ...the boy was taken from his mother and plunged into a world of violence. 11 00:02:36,672 --> 00:02:41,200 Manufactured by 300 years of Spartan warrior society... 12 00:02:42,244 --> 00:02:46,544 ...to create the finest soldiers the world has ever known. 13 00:02:46,715 --> 00:02:51,277 The agoge, as it's called, forces the boy to fight. 14 00:02:51,453 --> 00:02:55,082 Starves them, forces them to steal... 15 00:02:55,257 --> 00:02:59,626 ...and if necessary, to kill. 16 00:03:00,696 --> 00:03:03,688 By rod and lash the boy was punished... 17 00:03:03,866 --> 00:03:07,165 ...taught to show no pain, no mercy. 18 00:03:08,871 --> 00:03:12,363 Constantly tested, tossed into the wild. 19 00:03:12,541 --> 00:03:17,843 Left to pit his wits and will against nature's fury. 20 00:03:18,213 --> 00:03:20,408 It was his initiation... 21 00:03:20,582 --> 00:03:23,142 ...his time in the wild... 22 00:03:23,318 --> 00:03:27,812 ...for he would return to his people a Spartan... 23 00:03:27,990 --> 00:03:30,117 ...or not at all. 24 00:03:52,447 --> 00:03:55,314 The wolf begins to circle the boy. 25 00:03:55,484 --> 00:03:57,918 Claws of black steel... 26 00:03:58,086 --> 00:04:00,316 ...fur as dark night. 27 00:04:00,822 --> 00:04:02,153 Eyes glowing red... 28 00:04:02,324 --> 00:04:06,260 ...jewels from the pit of hell itself. 29 00:04:15,003 --> 00:04:18,996 The giant wolf sniffing... 30 00:04:19,174 --> 00:04:22,234 ...savoring the scent of the meal to come. 31 00:04:46,401 --> 00:04:47,925 It's not fear that grips him... 32 00:04:48,537 --> 00:04:51,700 ...only a heightened sense of things. 33 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,407 The cold air in his lungs. 34 00:04:55,978 --> 00:04:59,311 Windswept pines moving against the coming night. 35 00:05:07,322 --> 00:05:09,722 His hands are steady. 36 00:05:09,891 --> 00:05:12,155 His form... 37 00:05:12,327 --> 00:05:14,420 ...perfect. 38 00:05:40,222 --> 00:05:42,952 And so the boy, given up for dead... 39 00:05:43,125 --> 00:05:47,858 ...returns to his people, to sacred Sparta, a king! 40 00:05:48,296 --> 00:05:52,027 Our king, Leonidas! 41 00:05:57,939 --> 00:06:01,705 It's been more than 30 years since the wolf and the winter cold. 42 00:06:03,111 --> 00:06:07,411 And now, as then, a beast approaches. 43 00:06:07,582 --> 00:06:12,519 Patient and confident, savoring the meal to come. 44 00:06:13,155 --> 00:06:16,454 But this beast is made of men and horses... 45 00:06:16,625 --> 00:06:19,423 ...swords and spears. 46 00:06:19,628 --> 00:06:24,588 An army of slaves, vast beyond imagining, ready to devour tiny Greece. 47 00:06:24,933 --> 00:06:29,700 Ready to snuff out the world's one hope for reason and justice. 48 00:06:32,441 --> 00:06:35,205 A beast approaches... 49 00:06:37,979 --> 00:06:43,508 ...and it was King Leonidas himself who provoked it. 50 00:07:54,156 --> 00:07:55,987 That's it. 51 00:07:56,324 --> 00:08:01,193 Now, the more you sweat here, the less you'll bleed in battle. 52 00:08:02,397 --> 00:08:04,865 My father taught me... 53 00:08:05,033 --> 00:08:07,501 ...that fear is always a constant. 54 00:08:07,669 --> 00:08:09,193 But accepting it... 55 00:08:09,571 --> 00:08:10,697 ...makes you stronger. 56 00:08:10,872 --> 00:08:12,237 My queen. 57 00:08:12,407 --> 00:08:15,240 A Persian emissary awaits Leonidas. 58 00:08:17,779 --> 00:08:19,178 In the end... 59 00:08:19,347 --> 00:08:22,908 ...a Spartars true strength is the warrior next to him. 60 00:08:23,685 --> 00:08:28,179 So give respect and honor to him, and it will be returned to you. 61 00:08:28,723 --> 00:08:30,213 First... 62 00:08:30,992 --> 00:08:33,927 ...you fight with your head. - Then you fight with your heart. 63 00:08:36,264 --> 00:08:37,959 What is it? 64 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:40,065 A Persian messenger awaits you. 65 00:08:42,370 --> 00:08:43,837 Do not forget today's lesson. 66 00:08:44,005 --> 00:08:46,701 - Respect and honor. - Respect and honor. 67 00:09:02,224 --> 00:09:06,684 Councilman Theron. You found yourself needed, for once. 68 00:09:07,762 --> 00:09:10,697 My king and queen, I was just entertaining your guests. 69 00:09:10,899 --> 00:09:12,127 I'm sure. 70 00:09:13,368 --> 00:09:15,199 Before you speak, Persian... 71 00:09:15,370 --> 00:09:18,635 ...know that in Sparta everyone, even a king's messenger... 72 00:09:18,807 --> 00:09:21,401 ...is held accountable for the words of his voice. 73 00:09:22,410 --> 00:09:25,140 Now, what message do you bring? 74 00:09:26,248 --> 00:09:28,716 Earth and water. 75 00:09:30,986 --> 00:09:34,615 You rode all the way from Persia for earth and water? 76 00:09:36,191 --> 00:09:40,093 Do not be coy or stupid, Persian. You can afford neither in Sparta. 77 00:09:40,595 --> 00:09:43,063 What makes this woman think she can speak among men? 78 00:09:43,231 --> 00:09:46,064 Because only Spartan women give birth to real men. 79 00:09:47,569 --> 00:09:51,164 Let us walk to cool our tongues. 80 00:09:53,775 --> 00:09:56,938 If you value your lives over your complete annihilation... 81 00:09:57,112 --> 00:09:58,773 ...listen carefully, Leonidas. 82 00:09:58,947 --> 00:10:03,646 Xerxes conquers and controls everything he rests his eyes upon. 83 00:10:03,818 --> 00:10:06,912 He leads an army so massive, it shakes the ground with its march. 84 00:10:07,088 --> 00:10:09,784 So vast, it drinks the rivers dry. 85 00:10:09,958 --> 00:10:12,950 All the God-King Xerxes requires is this: 86 00:10:13,295 --> 00:10:16,526 A simple offering of earth and water... 87 00:10:16,698 --> 00:10:20,862 ...a token of Sparta's submission to the will of Xerxes. 88 00:10:31,913 --> 00:10:34,074 Submission. 89 00:10:36,251 --> 00:10:38,185 Now, that's a bit of a problem. 90 00:10:38,620 --> 00:10:39,848 See, rumor has it... 91 00:10:40,021 --> 00:10:42,649 ...the Athenians have already turned you down. 92 00:10:43,558 --> 00:10:48,791 And if those philosophers and boy-lovers have found that kind of nerve, then... 93 00:10:48,963 --> 00:10:53,195 - We must be diplomatic. - And, of course, Spartans... 94 00:10:54,235 --> 00:10:56,294 ...have their reputation to consider. 95 00:10:56,471 --> 00:11:00,498 Choose your next words carefully, Leonidas. 96 00:11:00,742 --> 00:11:03,370 They may be your last as king. 97 00:11:43,852 --> 00:11:47,151 "Earth and water." 98 00:11:52,427 --> 00:11:54,520 Madman. You're a madman. 99 00:11:54,696 --> 00:11:56,357 Earth and water. 100 00:11:56,731 --> 00:11:58,892 You'll find plenty of both down there. 101 00:11:59,167 --> 00:12:02,603 No man, Persian or Greek, no man threatens a messenger. 102 00:12:03,071 --> 00:12:08,031 You bring the crowns and heads of conquered kings to my city steps. 103 00:12:08,209 --> 00:12:10,268 You insult my queen. 104 00:12:10,445 --> 00:12:14,176 You threaten my people with slavery and death. 105 00:12:14,349 --> 00:12:17,284 Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, Persian. 106 00:12:17,452 --> 00:12:19,420 Perhaps you should have done the same. 107 00:12:19,587 --> 00:12:23,250 This is blasphemy. This is madness! 108 00:12:40,642 --> 00:12:42,701 Madness? 109 00:12:43,344 --> 00:12:45,471 This is Sparta! 110 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,366 Welcome, Leonidas. 111 00:14:14,969 --> 00:14:18,132 We have been expecting you. 112 00:14:24,612 --> 00:14:29,948 The ephors, priests to the old gods. 113 00:14:30,351 --> 00:14:32,683 Inbred swine. 114 00:14:32,854 --> 00:14:35,618 More creature than man. 115 00:14:36,057 --> 00:14:41,495 Creatures whom even Leonidas must bribe and beg. 116 00:14:42,363 --> 00:14:47,198 For no Spartan king has gone to war without the ephors' blessing. 117 00:14:48,870 --> 00:14:52,931 The Persians claim their forces number in the millions. 118 00:14:53,575 --> 00:14:56,840 I hope, for our sake, they exaggerate. 119 00:14:57,312 --> 00:15:01,544 But there's no question, we face the most massive army ever assembled. 120 00:15:01,783 --> 00:15:05,116 Before your plan is heard... 121 00:15:05,286 --> 00:15:07,550 ...what do you offer? 122 00:15:17,098 --> 00:15:21,432 We will use our superior fighting skills... 123 00:15:21,603 --> 00:15:25,664 ...and the terrain of Greece herself to destroy them. 124 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,673 We will march north to the coast, where I will make sure... 125 00:15:28,843 --> 00:15:33,746 It is August, Leonidas. The full moon approaches. 126 00:15:34,115 --> 00:15:37,312 The sacred and ancient festival. 127 00:15:37,485 --> 00:15:41,581 Sparta wages no war at the time of the Carneia. 128 00:15:41,756 --> 00:15:43,348 Sparta will burn! 129 00:15:43,791 --> 00:15:45,315 Her men will die at arms... 130 00:15:45,493 --> 00:15:49,156 ...and her women and children will be slaves or worse. 131 00:15:51,299 --> 00:15:56,362 Now, we will block the Persian coastal assault... 132 00:15:56,671 --> 00:15:58,969 ...by rebuilding the great Phocian Wall. 133 00:15:59,140 --> 00:16:03,839 And from there, we will funnel them into the mountain pass we call the Hot Gates. 134 00:16:04,012 --> 00:16:08,381 Now, in that narrow corridor, their numbers will count for nothing. 135 00:16:08,549 --> 00:16:11,143 And wave after wave of Persian attack... 136 00:16:11,319 --> 00:16:15,255 ...will smash against Spartan shields. 137 00:16:15,823 --> 00:16:20,123 Xerxes' losses will be so great, his men so demoralized... 138 00:16:20,294 --> 00:16:24,697 ...he will have no choice but to abandon his campaign. 139 00:16:24,866 --> 00:16:27,562 We must consult the oracle. 140 00:16:28,269 --> 00:16:30,863 Trust the gods, Leonidas. 141 00:16:31,039 --> 00:16:34,372 I'd prefer you trusted your reason. 142 00:16:34,542 --> 00:16:36,567 Your blasphemies... 143 00:16:36,744 --> 00:16:41,113 ...have cost us quite enough already. 144 00:16:41,849 --> 00:16:44,875 Don't compound them. 145 00:16:46,954 --> 00:16:51,755 We will consult the oracle. 146 00:16:53,895 --> 00:16:56,386 Diseased old mystics. 147 00:16:57,398 --> 00:17:02,028 Worthless remnants of a time before Sparta's ascent from darkness. 148 00:17:02,370 --> 00:17:05,635 Remnants of a senseless tradition. 149 00:17:05,807 --> 00:17:10,176 Tradition even Leonidas cannot defy... 150 00:17:10,344 --> 00:17:14,747 ...for he must respect the word of the ephors. 151 00:17:14,916 --> 00:17:16,850 That is the law. 152 00:17:19,887 --> 00:17:24,221 And no Spartan, subject or citizen, man or woman... 153 00:17:24,392 --> 00:17:28,419 ...slave or king, is above the law. 154 00:18:03,297 --> 00:18:07,563 The ephors choose only the most beautiful Spartan girls... 155 00:18:07,735 --> 00:18:10,226 ...to live among them as oracles. 156 00:18:10,404 --> 00:18:13,669 Their beauty is their curse... 157 00:18:13,841 --> 00:18:17,641 ...for the old wretches have the needs of men... 158 00:18:18,646 --> 00:18:22,742 ...and souls as black as hell. 159 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,917 "Pray to the winds... 160 00:18:31,425 --> 00:18:33,620 ...Sparta will fall. 161 00:18:36,564 --> 00:18:40,261 All Greece will fall. 162 00:18:42,436 --> 00:18:46,065 Trust not in men... 163 00:18:48,109 --> 00:18:51,374 ...honor the gods. 164 00:18:55,116 --> 00:18:58,779 Honor the Carneia." 165 00:19:00,588 --> 00:19:04,183 The king's climb down is harder. 166 00:19:04,358 --> 00:19:07,259 Pompous, inbred swine. 167 00:19:07,428 --> 00:19:10,659 Worthless, diseased, rotten... 168 00:19:10,832 --> 00:19:12,857 ...corrupt. 169 00:19:16,237 --> 00:19:19,866 Truly, you're in the god-king's favor now... 170 00:19:20,441 --> 00:19:22,534 ...O wise and holy men. 171 00:19:22,844 --> 00:19:24,277 Yes. 172 00:19:24,445 --> 00:19:29,405 And when Sparta burns, you shall bathe in gold. 173 00:19:29,584 --> 00:19:32,178 Fresh oracles shall be delivered to you... 174 00:19:32,653 --> 00:19:34,052 ...daily... 175 00:19:34,222 --> 00:19:38,022 ...from every corner of the empire. 176 00:20:13,694 --> 00:20:17,255 Your lips can finish what your fingers have started. 177 00:20:20,401 --> 00:20:22,869 Or has the oracle robbed you of your desire as well? 178 00:20:24,405 --> 00:20:27,431 It would take more than the words of a drunken adolescent girl... 179 00:20:27,608 --> 00:20:29,303 ...to rob me of my desire for you. 180 00:20:33,481 --> 00:20:34,948 Then why so distant? 181 00:20:38,085 --> 00:20:40,076 Because it seems... 182 00:20:40,254 --> 00:20:46,193 ...though a slave and captive of lecherous old men... 183 00:20:46,527 --> 00:20:49,758 ...the oracle's words could set fire to all that I love. 184 00:20:49,931 --> 00:20:53,594 So that is why my king loses sleep and is forced from the warmth of his bed? 185 00:20:56,570 --> 00:21:00,904 There's only one womars words that should affect the mood of my husband. 186 00:21:01,742 --> 00:21:03,300 Those are mine. 187 00:21:07,481 --> 00:21:09,881 Then what must a king do to save his world... 188 00:21:10,051 --> 00:21:14,488 ...when the very laws he is sworn to protect force him to do nothing? 189 00:21:17,425 --> 00:21:20,758 It is not a question of what a Spartan citizen should do... 190 00:21:20,928 --> 00:21:23,795 ...nor a husband, nor a king. 191 00:21:24,432 --> 00:21:27,128 Instead ask yourself, my dearest love... 192 00:21:28,769 --> 00:21:30,760 ...what should a free man do? 193 00:22:36,237 --> 00:22:40,401 - Is this all of them? - As you ordered. Three hundred. 194 00:22:41,409 --> 00:22:44,708 All with born sons to carry on their name. 195 00:22:55,456 --> 00:22:56,787 We are with you, sire. 196 00:22:57,158 --> 00:22:59,285 For Sparta. For freedom. 197 00:22:59,460 --> 00:23:01,428 To the death. 198 00:23:12,239 --> 00:23:13,900 He is your son. 199 00:23:14,708 --> 00:23:17,609 He is too young to have felt a womars warmth. 200 00:23:17,778 --> 00:23:21,737 I have others to replace him. Astinos is as brave and ready as any. 201 00:23:22,083 --> 00:23:26,110 No younger than we were the first time you stood next to me in battle. 202 00:23:29,890 --> 00:23:32,017 You are a good friend... 203 00:23:32,193 --> 00:23:35,685 ...but a better captain, there is none. 204 00:23:41,202 --> 00:23:43,136 My good king. 205 00:23:44,071 --> 00:23:47,404 My good king, the oracle has spoken. 206 00:23:47,575 --> 00:23:50,442 The ephors have spoken. There must be no march. 207 00:23:50,611 --> 00:23:52,408 It is the law, my lord. 208 00:23:52,580 --> 00:23:56,573 - The Spartan army must not go to war. - Nor shall it. 209 00:23:57,485 --> 00:23:59,077 I've issued no such orders. 210 00:23:59,453 --> 00:24:02,980 I'm here just taking a stroll, stretching my legs. 211 00:24:03,224 --> 00:24:08,389 These 300 men are my personal bodyguard. 212 00:24:08,662 --> 00:24:10,823 Our army will stay in Sparta. 213 00:24:11,432 --> 00:24:12,763 Where will you go? 214 00:24:15,736 --> 00:24:17,966 I hadrt really thought about it... 215 00:24:18,772 --> 00:24:20,933 ...but now that you ask... 216 00:24:21,108 --> 00:24:23,838 ...I suppose I'll head north. 217 00:24:25,279 --> 00:24:26,371 The Hot Gates? 218 00:24:29,016 --> 00:24:31,416 Move out! 219 00:24:31,619 --> 00:24:33,678 Move out! 220 00:24:34,822 --> 00:24:36,414 What shall we do? 221 00:24:37,958 --> 00:24:39,289 What can we do? 222 00:24:39,994 --> 00:24:41,723 What can you do? 223 00:24:44,765 --> 00:24:48,599 Sparta will need sons. 224 00:25:36,383 --> 00:25:38,112 Spartan! 225 00:25:47,394 --> 00:25:48,622 Yes, milady? 226 00:26:04,712 --> 00:26:07,010 Come back with your shield... 227 00:26:07,948 --> 00:26:09,381 ...or on it. 228 00:26:10,851 --> 00:26:12,216 Yes, milady. 229 00:26:20,728 --> 00:26:23,026 "Goodbye, my love." 230 00:26:23,664 --> 00:26:25,859 He doesn't say it. 231 00:26:26,367 --> 00:26:28,597 There's no room for softness... 232 00:26:28,769 --> 00:26:30,760 ...not in Sparta. 233 00:26:30,938 --> 00:26:33,702 No place for weakness. 234 00:26:37,211 --> 00:26:41,409 Only the hard and strong may call themselves Spartans. 235 00:26:42,249 --> 00:26:46,743 Only the hard. Only the strong. 236 00:27:15,215 --> 00:27:17,080 We march... 237 00:27:17,785 --> 00:27:23,280 ...for our lands, for our families, for our freedoms. 238 00:27:24,058 --> 00:27:26,219 We march. 239 00:27:27,961 --> 00:27:29,622 Daxos. 240 00:27:29,797 --> 00:27:33,198 - What a pleasant surprise. - This morning's full of surprises, Leonidas. 241 00:27:33,367 --> 00:27:35,767 - We've been tricked. - Can't be more than a hundred. 242 00:27:35,936 --> 00:27:38,166 - This is a surprise. - Silence. 243 00:27:38,605 --> 00:27:40,573 This isn't their army. 244 00:27:40,741 --> 00:27:44,905 We heard Sparta was on the warpath and we were eager to join forces. 245 00:27:45,579 --> 00:27:49,675 If it is blood you seek, you are welcome to join us. 246 00:27:50,017 --> 00:27:53,248 But you bring only this handful of soldiers against Xerxes? 247 00:27:53,420 --> 00:27:57,015 I see I was wrong to expect Sparta's commitment to at least match our own. 248 00:27:58,192 --> 00:28:00,023 Doesrt it? 249 00:28:01,462 --> 00:28:03,157 You, there. 250 00:28:03,630 --> 00:28:04,824 What is your profession? 251 00:28:05,366 --> 00:28:07,493 I'm a potter, sir. 252 00:28:08,669 --> 00:28:12,435 And you, Arcadian. What is your profession? 253 00:28:12,806 --> 00:28:16,242 - Sculptor, sir. - Sculptor. 254 00:28:16,610 --> 00:28:18,544 - And you? - Blacksmith. 255 00:28:23,217 --> 00:28:26,516 Spartans! What is your profession? 256 00:28:33,694 --> 00:28:35,628 You see, old friend? 257 00:28:35,796 --> 00:28:38,697 I brought more soldiers than you did. 258 00:28:48,642 --> 00:28:50,439 No sleep tonight... 259 00:28:51,512 --> 00:28:53,980 ...not for the king. 260 00:28:54,148 --> 00:28:56,378 All his 40 years have been a straight road... 261 00:28:56,550 --> 00:29:00,111 ...to this one gleaming moment in destiny... 262 00:29:00,287 --> 00:29:03,051 ...this one radiant clash of shield and spear... 263 00:29:03,223 --> 00:29:06,818 ...sword and bone, and flesh and blood. 264 00:29:08,529 --> 00:29:10,326 His only regret... 265 00:29:10,497 --> 00:29:14,228 ...is that he has so few to sacrifice. 266 00:29:35,522 --> 00:29:37,513 We're being followed. 267 00:29:42,563 --> 00:29:44,758 It has followed us since Sparta. 268 00:29:49,703 --> 00:29:52,695 My king! Look! 269 00:30:13,660 --> 00:30:15,127 What happened here? 270 00:30:15,696 --> 00:30:17,027 Where are all the people? 271 00:30:18,131 --> 00:30:19,826 Persians. 272 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,797 I put their number at around 20. 273 00:30:24,171 --> 00:30:25,536 A scouting party. 274 00:30:28,909 --> 00:30:30,399 But these footprints... 275 00:30:41,788 --> 00:30:43,255 Behind us! 276 00:30:57,304 --> 00:30:58,532 Child! 277 00:31:31,505 --> 00:31:34,235 It's quiet now. 278 00:31:34,708 --> 00:31:36,505 They... 279 00:31:36,877 --> 00:31:40,904 They came with beasts from the blackness. 280 00:31:42,482 --> 00:31:44,746 With their claws and fangs... 281 00:31:44,918 --> 00:31:47,148 ...they grabbed them. 282 00:31:48,055 --> 00:31:50,216 Everyone... 283 00:31:51,224 --> 00:31:53,283 ...but me. 284 00:32:05,539 --> 00:32:07,097 The villagers. 285 00:32:07,641 --> 00:32:09,575 I found them. 286 00:32:21,088 --> 00:32:23,886 Have the gods no mercy? 287 00:32:25,058 --> 00:32:27,083 We are doomed. 288 00:32:27,260 --> 00:32:29,888 Quiet yourself. 289 00:32:33,300 --> 00:32:38,533 The child speaks of the Persian ghosts, known from the ancient times. 290 00:32:39,406 --> 00:32:42,102 They are the hunters of mers souls. 291 00:32:43,143 --> 00:32:45,771 They cannot be killed or defeated. 292 00:32:46,380 --> 00:32:50,544 Not this darkness. Not these lmmortals. 293 00:32:52,719 --> 00:32:54,914 Immortals? 294 00:32:55,222 --> 00:32:58,282 We'll put their name to the test. 295 00:33:20,347 --> 00:33:23,111 Into the Hot Gates we march. 296 00:33:23,283 --> 00:33:26,582 Into that narrow corridor we march... 297 00:33:26,753 --> 00:33:29,017 ...where Xerxes' numbers count for nothing. 298 00:33:30,190 --> 00:33:34,126 Spartans, citizen-soldiers, freed slaves. 299 00:33:34,294 --> 00:33:36,194 Brave Greeks, all. 300 00:33:37,197 --> 00:33:40,291 Brothers, fathers, sons... 301 00:33:40,467 --> 00:33:42,458 ...we march. 302 00:33:43,136 --> 00:33:47,334 For honor's sake, for duty's sake, for glory's sake, we march. 303 00:33:47,507 --> 00:33:50,601 Look! Persians. 304 00:33:55,749 --> 00:33:59,480 Into hell's mouth we march. 305 00:34:08,528 --> 00:34:10,587 Let's watch these motherless dogs... 306 00:34:10,831 --> 00:34:14,892 ...as they're embraced by the loving arms of Greece herself. Come. 307 00:34:17,704 --> 00:34:19,399 True. 308 00:34:23,610 --> 00:34:26,078 It does look like rain. 309 00:34:29,382 --> 00:34:32,613 Zeus stabs the sky with thunderbolts... 310 00:34:32,919 --> 00:34:36,946 ...and batters the Persian ships with hurricane wind. 311 00:34:38,091 --> 00:34:40,525 Glorious. 312 00:34:52,806 --> 00:34:55,673 Only one among us keeps his Spartan reserve. 313 00:35:01,615 --> 00:35:03,549 Only he. 314 00:35:03,717 --> 00:35:06,185 Only our king. 315 00:35:23,603 --> 00:35:25,537 My queen? 316 00:35:30,710 --> 00:35:32,041 My queen... 317 00:35:32,212 --> 00:35:35,545 ...the courtyard is a more fitting place for a married woman. 318 00:35:35,715 --> 00:35:37,376 I'm afraid gossip and protocol... 319 00:35:37,551 --> 00:35:40,076 ...are the least of my worries now, councilman. 320 00:35:41,755 --> 00:35:43,586 Is such secrecy needed? 321 00:35:43,757 --> 00:35:46,419 How am I to trust beyond the walls of my own home? 322 00:35:46,593 --> 00:35:50,324 Even here, Theron has eyes and ears which fuel Sparta with doubt and fear. 323 00:35:50,730 --> 00:35:54,131 You speak as if all Sparta conspires against you. 324 00:35:54,768 --> 00:35:56,827 I wish it were only against me. 325 00:35:59,472 --> 00:36:02,964 Many on our council would vote to give all we have... 326 00:36:03,143 --> 00:36:05,008 ...and follow Leonidas... 327 00:36:05,345 --> 00:36:07,313 ...but you must show them favor. 328 00:36:09,616 --> 00:36:12,084 And you can arrange for me to speak to the council? 329 00:36:12,252 --> 00:36:14,686 If it is reason they want, I will let them know. 330 00:36:14,855 --> 00:36:16,982 Know what, my queen? 331 00:36:17,357 --> 00:36:19,348 Freedom isn't free at all. 332 00:36:19,526 --> 00:36:22,859 That it comes with the highest of costs, the cost of blood. 333 00:36:25,131 --> 00:36:27,759 I will do my best to gather our council. 334 00:36:28,201 --> 00:36:32,035 And its chamber shall be filled with your voice. 335 00:36:32,372 --> 00:36:34,203 - I'm in your debt. - No. 336 00:36:34,541 --> 00:36:38,705 Leonidas is my king as well as yours. 337 00:37:03,503 --> 00:37:05,368 I saw those ships smash on the rocks. 338 00:37:06,473 --> 00:37:07,838 How can this be? 339 00:37:08,008 --> 00:37:11,307 We saw but a fraction of the monster that is Xerxes' army. 340 00:37:11,978 --> 00:37:14,378 There can be no victory here. 341 00:37:18,318 --> 00:37:20,013 Why do you smile? 342 00:37:21,721 --> 00:37:23,655 Arcadian... 343 00:37:23,823 --> 00:37:26,849 ...I have fought countless times... 344 00:37:27,127 --> 00:37:29,789 ...yet I've never met an adversary who could offer me... 345 00:37:29,963 --> 00:37:32,124 ...what we Spartans call "a beautiful death." 346 00:37:32,933 --> 00:37:34,594 I can only hope... 347 00:37:34,768 --> 00:37:37,498 ...with all the world's warriors gathered against us... 348 00:37:37,671 --> 00:37:41,334 ...there might be one down there who's up to the task. 349 00:37:52,786 --> 00:37:55,118 Move! 350 00:37:56,423 --> 00:37:59,358 Keep going, you dogs! 351 00:38:07,033 --> 00:38:09,058 Move! 352 00:38:10,503 --> 00:38:13,063 Forward, I say! 353 00:38:15,408 --> 00:38:17,000 Stop here! 354 00:38:17,844 --> 00:38:20,005 Who commands here? 355 00:38:22,215 --> 00:38:24,877 I am the emissary... 356 00:38:25,051 --> 00:38:27,315 ...to the ruler of all the world... 357 00:38:28,121 --> 00:38:32,023 ...the god of gods, king of kings... 358 00:38:32,192 --> 00:38:33,784 ...and by that authority... 359 00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:37,726 ...I demand that someone show me your commander. 360 00:38:41,501 --> 00:38:47,406 Listen. Do you think the paltry dozen you slew scares us? 361 00:38:47,574 --> 00:38:51,066 These hills swarm with our scouts. 362 00:38:51,244 --> 00:38:55,943 And do you think your pathetic wall will do anything... 363 00:38:56,116 --> 00:39:02,419 ...except fall like a heap of dry leaves in the face of...? 364 00:39:14,134 --> 00:39:16,432 Our ancestors built this wall... 365 00:39:17,170 --> 00:39:21,106 ...using ancient stones from the bosom of Greece herself. 366 00:39:21,541 --> 00:39:23,907 And with a little Spartan help... 367 00:39:24,210 --> 00:39:26,678 ...your Persian scouts supplied the mortar. 368 00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:31,239 You will pay for your barbarism! 369 00:39:50,403 --> 00:39:51,961 My arm! 370 00:39:54,541 --> 00:39:56,406 It's not yours anymore. 371 00:39:56,676 --> 00:40:01,306 Go now. Run along and tell your Xerxes he faces free men here... 372 00:40:01,681 --> 00:40:03,046 ...not slaves. 373 00:40:03,216 --> 00:40:04,444 Do it quickly... 374 00:40:04,684 --> 00:40:07,619 ...before we decide to make our wall just a little bit bigger. 375 00:40:08,121 --> 00:40:09,713 No. 376 00:40:09,889 --> 00:40:12,323 Not slaves. 377 00:40:14,127 --> 00:40:17,563 Your women will be slaves. 378 00:40:17,897 --> 00:40:20,730 Your sons, your daughters... 379 00:40:20,900 --> 00:40:23,232 ...your elders will be slaves! 380 00:40:23,403 --> 00:40:26,167 But not you, no. 381 00:40:26,339 --> 00:40:30,400 By noon this day you will be dead men. 382 00:40:31,578 --> 00:40:37,574 A thousand nations of the Persian Empire descend upon you. 383 00:40:37,984 --> 00:40:41,476 Our arrows will blot out the sun. 384 00:40:43,256 --> 00:40:45,952 Then we will fight in the shade. 385 00:40:47,494 --> 00:40:49,257 The wall is solid. 386 00:40:49,429 --> 00:40:52,592 It'll do the job of funneling the Persians into the Hot Gates. 387 00:40:52,932 --> 00:40:55,628 Have the men found any route through the hills to our back? 388 00:40:56,136 --> 00:40:58,161 None, sire. 389 00:40:58,438 --> 00:40:59,996 There is such a route, good king. 390 00:41:00,540 --> 00:41:02,269 Just pass that western ridge. 391 00:41:02,942 --> 00:41:04,637 It's an old goat path. 392 00:41:04,811 --> 00:41:07,644 The Persians could use it to outflank us. 393 00:41:07,814 --> 00:41:11,545 Not one step closer, monster! 394 00:41:13,186 --> 00:41:16,781 Wise king, I humbly request an audience. 395 00:41:16,956 --> 00:41:20,323 - I'll skewer you where you stand. - I gave no such order. 396 00:41:30,837 --> 00:41:32,065 Forgive the captain. 397 00:41:32,739 --> 00:41:34,229 He is a good soldier... 398 00:41:34,807 --> 00:41:37,435 ...but a bit short on manners. 399 00:41:37,610 --> 00:41:41,671 There is nothing to forgive, brave king. I know what I look like. 400 00:41:42,115 --> 00:41:44,140 You wear the crimson of a Spartan. 401 00:41:44,751 --> 00:41:50,383 I am Ephialtes, born of Sparta. 402 00:41:50,990 --> 00:41:55,051 My mother's love led my parents to flee Sparta... 403 00:41:55,228 --> 00:41:56,695 ...lest I be discarded. 404 00:41:57,230 --> 00:42:00,028 Your shield and armor? 405 00:42:00,934 --> 00:42:02,595 My father's, sir. 406 00:42:03,937 --> 00:42:07,998 I beg you, bold king, to permit me... 407 00:42:08,174 --> 00:42:13,202 ...to redeem my father's name by serving you in combat. 408 00:42:13,513 --> 00:42:19,383 My father trained me to feel no fear, to make spear and shield and sword... 409 00:42:19,552 --> 00:42:22,282 ...as much a part of me as my own beating heart. 410 00:42:22,722 --> 00:42:26,021 I will earn my father's armor, noble king... 411 00:42:26,192 --> 00:42:28,353 ...by serving you in the battle. 412 00:42:33,533 --> 00:42:35,626 A fine thrust. 413 00:42:35,802 --> 00:42:37,394 I will kill many Persians. 414 00:42:43,276 --> 00:42:44,868 Raise your shield. 415 00:42:45,044 --> 00:42:47,706 - Sire? - Raise your shield as high as you can. 416 00:42:55,955 --> 00:42:58,981 Your father should have taught you how our phalanx works. 417 00:42:59,659 --> 00:43:00,956 We fight... 418 00:43:01,494 --> 00:43:04,395 ...as a single, impenetrable unit. 419 00:43:04,564 --> 00:43:07,499 That is the source of our strength. 420 00:43:08,334 --> 00:43:11,963 Each Spartan protects the man to his left... 421 00:43:12,138 --> 00:43:15,335 ...from thigh to neck with his shield. 422 00:43:15,508 --> 00:43:20,172 A single weak spot and the phalanx shatters. 423 00:43:21,581 --> 00:43:24,812 From thigh to neck, Ephialtes. 424 00:43:26,853 --> 00:43:29,253 I am sorry, my friend. 425 00:43:29,422 --> 00:43:32,016 - But not all of us were made to be soldiers. - But l... 426 00:43:32,191 --> 00:43:34,625 - lf you want to help in a Spartan victory... - Yes. 427 00:43:34,794 --> 00:43:39,959 ...clear the battlefield of the dead, tend the wounded, bring them water... 428 00:43:40,133 --> 00:43:41,760 ...but as for the fight itself... 429 00:43:43,136 --> 00:43:45,036 ...I cannot use you. 430 00:43:46,873 --> 00:43:48,306 You... 431 00:43:56,182 --> 00:44:00,278 Mother! Father! You were wrong! 432 00:44:03,556 --> 00:44:05,319 You are wrong! 433 00:44:05,491 --> 00:44:10,019 Leonidas! You are wrong! 434 00:44:10,496 --> 00:44:12,964 Dispatch the Phocians to the goat path... 435 00:44:13,132 --> 00:44:17,660 ...and pray to the gods nobody tells the Persians about it. 436 00:44:23,376 --> 00:44:24,934 Earthquake. 437 00:44:25,478 --> 00:44:26,706 No, captain. 438 00:44:28,314 --> 00:44:30,248 Battle formations. 439 00:44:54,140 --> 00:44:57,337 This is where we hold them. 440 00:44:57,510 --> 00:44:59,774 This is where we fight! 441 00:45:00,346 --> 00:45:02,576 This is where they die! 442 00:45:02,915 --> 00:45:04,780 Earn these shields, boys! 443 00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:10,011 Remember this day, men... 444 00:45:10,189 --> 00:45:13,920 ...for it will be yours for all time. 445 00:45:25,037 --> 00:45:26,800 Spartans! 446 00:45:26,973 --> 00:45:29,100 Lay down your weapons! 447 00:45:45,992 --> 00:45:48,256 Persians! 448 00:45:48,828 --> 00:45:50,887 Come and get them! 449 00:46:12,385 --> 00:46:14,012 Hold! 450 00:46:16,856 --> 00:46:18,414 Give them nothing... 451 00:46:18,858 --> 00:46:22,453 ...but take from them everything! 452 00:46:24,163 --> 00:46:25,892 Steady! 453 00:46:36,676 --> 00:46:38,200 Push! 454 00:46:42,048 --> 00:46:44,448 Is that the best you can do? 455 00:46:46,652 --> 00:46:48,643 Push! Push! 456 00:46:58,731 --> 00:47:00,255 Now! 457 00:47:12,078 --> 00:47:13,568 Push! 458 00:47:57,123 --> 00:47:59,717 No prisoners! 459 00:48:00,059 --> 00:48:01,788 No mercy! 460 00:49:21,107 --> 00:49:23,234 They look thirsty. 461 00:49:24,343 --> 00:49:27,278 Well, let's give them something to drink. 462 00:49:30,182 --> 00:49:32,844 To the cliffs. 463 00:49:56,475 --> 00:49:58,636 Halt. 464 00:50:00,746 --> 00:50:02,839 Hell of a good start. 465 00:50:25,504 --> 00:50:27,972 Tuck tail! 466 00:50:33,446 --> 00:50:35,004 Persian cowards. 467 00:50:42,788 --> 00:50:45,723 - What the hell are you laughing at? - Well, you had to say it. 468 00:50:46,525 --> 00:50:50,188 - What? - "Fight in the shade." 469 00:51:03,709 --> 00:51:05,643 Recover. 470 00:51:28,934 --> 00:51:31,562 Today no Spartan dies. 471 00:51:56,695 --> 00:51:58,128 Easy, son. 472 00:52:24,356 --> 00:52:26,324 We do what we were trained to do... 473 00:52:26,492 --> 00:52:27,959 ...what we were bred to do... 474 00:52:28,127 --> 00:52:31,119 ...what we were born to do. 475 00:52:38,504 --> 00:52:41,496 No prisoners. No mercy. 476 00:52:41,674 --> 00:52:43,141 A good start. 477 00:53:52,611 --> 00:53:55,876 - I was afraid you might not come. - I'm sorry, my son is... 478 00:53:56,048 --> 00:54:01,645 Is doing what children do best. Please, don't apologize. 479 00:54:02,655 --> 00:54:04,782 Your son starts the agoge next year. 480 00:54:05,391 --> 00:54:09,384 That is always a difficult time for a Spartan mother. 481 00:54:10,496 --> 00:54:15,058 Yes, it will be hard. But also necessary. 482 00:54:17,503 --> 00:54:21,735 You will speak before the council in two days' time. 483 00:54:23,609 --> 00:54:25,634 My husband does not have two days. 484 00:54:26,045 --> 00:54:28,013 Think of the two days as a gift. 485 00:54:30,082 --> 00:54:32,107 It's no secret... 486 00:54:32,284 --> 00:54:35,151 ...Theron wants what you control. 487 00:54:35,321 --> 00:54:38,154 It's his voice you must silence. 488 00:54:38,324 --> 00:54:40,417 Make him your ally... 489 00:54:40,726 --> 00:54:43,286 ...and you will have your victory. 490 00:54:44,096 --> 00:54:45,859 Thank you. 491 00:54:46,198 --> 00:54:48,598 You are wise as you are kind. 492 00:55:15,661 --> 00:55:17,424 There's your mother. 493 00:55:23,902 --> 00:55:27,338 You should keep a better eye on him if he's to be king one day. 494 00:55:27,539 --> 00:55:30,007 Be unfortunate if anything were to happen to him. 495 00:55:31,510 --> 00:55:33,375 Or to his beautiful mother. 496 00:55:49,411 --> 00:55:50,901 No! 497 00:55:54,149 --> 00:55:59,587 Our Greek comrades are begging for a crack at the Persians, sire. 498 00:55:59,888 --> 00:56:01,219 Good. 499 00:56:01,390 --> 00:56:04,154 I've got something I think they can handle. 500 00:56:04,659 --> 00:56:06,354 Tell Daxos that I want him... 501 00:56:06,528 --> 00:56:11,056 ...and 20 of his best eager, sober and ready for the next charge. 502 00:56:11,233 --> 00:56:13,064 King Leonidas. 503 00:56:15,570 --> 00:56:19,370 - Stelios, catch your breath, boy. - Yes, milord. 504 00:56:20,008 --> 00:56:22,135 The Persians are approaching. 505 00:56:23,512 --> 00:56:27,380 A small contingent. Too small for an attack. 506 00:56:31,119 --> 00:56:34,680 - Captain, I leave you in charge. - But sire... 507 00:56:34,856 --> 00:56:36,084 Relax, old friend. 508 00:56:36,258 --> 00:56:40,820 If they assassinate me, all of Sparta goes to war. 509 00:56:41,763 --> 00:56:44,357 Pray they're that stupid. 510 00:56:45,467 --> 00:56:47,162 Pray... 511 00:56:47,702 --> 00:56:49,897 ...we're that lucky. 512 00:56:53,041 --> 00:56:54,804 Besides... 513 00:56:58,179 --> 00:57:01,512 ...there's no reason we can't be civil... 514 00:57:01,815 --> 00:57:03,407 ...is there? 515 00:57:04,752 --> 00:57:05,741 None, sire. 516 00:57:25,136 --> 00:57:27,366 Let me guess. 517 00:57:28,105 --> 00:57:31,097 You must be Xerxes. 518 00:57:43,120 --> 00:57:45,315 Come, Leonidas. 519 00:57:46,757 --> 00:57:48,520 Let us reason together. 520 00:57:48,793 --> 00:57:50,761 It would be a regrettable waste... 521 00:57:51,162 --> 00:57:54,359 ...it would be nothing short of madness were you, brave king... 522 00:57:54,532 --> 00:57:57,729 ...and your valiant troops to perish... 523 00:57:58,369 --> 00:58:00,428 ...all because of a simple misunderstanding. 524 00:58:01,038 --> 00:58:03,871 - There's much our cultures could share. - Havert you noticed? 525 00:58:04,041 --> 00:58:06,441 We've been sharing our culture with you all morning. 526 00:58:07,044 --> 00:58:09,308 Yours is a fascinating tribe. 527 00:58:09,480 --> 00:58:11,641 Even now you are defiant... 528 00:58:11,816 --> 00:58:15,946 ...in the face of annihilation and the presence of a god. 529 00:58:16,120 --> 00:58:18,145 It isn't wise to stand against me, Leonidas. 530 00:58:18,823 --> 00:58:21,053 Imagine what a horrible fate awaits my enemies... 531 00:58:21,225 --> 00:58:24,126 ...when I would gladly kill any of my own men for victory. 532 00:58:24,295 --> 00:58:26,923 And I would die for any one of mine. 533 00:58:27,098 --> 00:58:31,330 You Greeks take pride in your logic. I suggest you employ it. 534 00:58:31,502 --> 00:58:35,063 Consider the beautiful land you so vigorously defend. 535 00:58:35,239 --> 00:58:37,730 Picture it reduced to ash at my whim. 536 00:58:37,975 --> 00:58:39,442 Consider the fate of your women. 537 00:58:40,044 --> 00:58:42,569 Clearly you don't know our women. 538 00:58:42,747 --> 00:58:46,274 I might as well have marched them up here, judging by what I've seen. 539 00:58:47,385 --> 00:58:49,910 You have many slaves, Xerxes... 540 00:58:50,855 --> 00:58:53,153 ...but few warriors. 541 00:58:53,324 --> 00:58:57,260 It won't be long before they fear my spears... 542 00:58:57,662 --> 00:59:00,096 ...more than your whips. 543 00:59:03,934 --> 00:59:06,801 It's not the lash they fear... 544 00:59:09,540 --> 00:59:11,201 ...it is my divine power. 545 00:59:11,942 --> 00:59:16,436 But I am a generous god. I can make you rich beyond all measure. 546 00:59:16,881 --> 00:59:19,281 I will make you warlord of all Greece. 547 00:59:19,917 --> 00:59:23,819 You will carry my battle standard to the heart of Europa. 548 00:59:23,988 --> 00:59:26,582 Your Athenian rivals... 549 00:59:26,891 --> 00:59:29,052 ...will kneel at your feet... 550 00:59:29,760 --> 00:59:32,558 ...if you will but kneel at mine. 551 00:59:33,397 --> 00:59:35,661 You are generous... 552 00:59:36,233 --> 00:59:38,633 ...as you are divine... 553 00:59:39,370 --> 00:59:40,997 ...O king of kings. 554 00:59:41,172 --> 00:59:45,074 Such an offer only a madman would refuse. 555 00:59:45,676 --> 00:59:47,667 But the... 556 00:59:48,579 --> 00:59:51,412 The idea of kneeling, it's... 557 00:59:51,582 --> 00:59:56,110 You see, slaughtering all those men of yours has... 558 00:59:56,287 --> 01:00:00,121 Well, it's left a nasty cramp in my leg... 559 01:00:00,291 --> 01:00:02,384 ...so kneeling will be hard for me. 560 01:00:02,660 --> 01:00:06,027 There will be no glory in your sacrifice. 561 01:00:06,197 --> 01:00:09,792 I will erase even the memory of Sparta from the histories. 562 01:00:09,967 --> 01:00:13,164 Every piece of Greek parchment shall be burned. 563 01:00:13,337 --> 01:00:16,670 Every Greek historian and every scribe shall have their eyes put out... 564 01:00:16,841 --> 01:00:19,105 ...and their tongues cut from their mouths. 565 01:00:19,276 --> 01:00:25,272 Why, uttering the very name of Sparta or Leonidas will be punishable by death. 566 01:00:25,916 --> 01:00:29,181 The world will never know you existed at all. 567 01:00:31,322 --> 01:00:35,918 The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant. 568 01:00:36,127 --> 01:00:39,619 That few stood against many. 569 01:00:40,030 --> 01:00:43,158 And before this battle was over... 570 01:00:43,434 --> 01:00:46,403 ...that even a god-king can bleed. 571 01:00:53,778 --> 01:00:55,973 You fought well today... 572 01:00:57,314 --> 01:00:59,214 ...for a woman. 573 01:01:00,384 --> 01:01:02,045 As did you. 574 01:01:02,219 --> 01:01:05,313 Maybe if I'm injured, you'll be able to keep up with me. 575 01:01:05,823 --> 01:01:10,783 Perhaps I was so far ahead you couldn't see me. 576 01:01:11,395 --> 01:01:14,592 More likely offering your backside to the Thespians. 577 01:01:15,533 --> 01:01:17,160 Jealousy... 578 01:01:17,334 --> 01:01:19,825 ...does not become you, my friend. 579 01:01:22,573 --> 01:01:24,905 Move it, men! 580 01:01:27,011 --> 01:01:29,241 Pile those Persians high. 581 01:01:32,383 --> 01:01:35,181 For unless I miss my guess... 582 01:01:35,753 --> 01:01:38,745 ...we're in for one wild night. 583 01:02:02,680 --> 01:02:07,845 They have served the dark will of Persian kings for 500 years. 584 01:02:08,018 --> 01:02:10,350 Eyes as dark as night. 585 01:02:10,521 --> 01:02:12,512 Teeth filed to fangs. 586 01:02:14,625 --> 01:02:16,889 Soulless. 587 01:02:24,301 --> 01:02:29,068 The personal guard to King Xerxes himself. The Persian warrior elite. 588 01:02:30,875 --> 01:02:33,969 The deadliest fighting force in all of Asia: 589 01:02:34,745 --> 01:02:36,804 The Immortals. 590 01:02:45,022 --> 01:02:48,423 The god-king has betrayed a fatal flaw: 591 01:02:48,926 --> 01:02:50,689 Hubris. 592 01:02:52,930 --> 01:02:55,694 Easy to taunt, easy to trick. 593 01:02:56,367 --> 01:02:58,801 Before wounds and weariness have taken their toll... 594 01:02:58,969 --> 01:03:02,496 ...the mad king throws the best he has at us. 595 01:03:03,007 --> 01:03:04,702 Xerxes has taken the bait. 596 01:03:04,875 --> 01:03:06,672 Spartans, push! 597 01:03:17,354 --> 01:03:18,946 Immortals. 598 01:03:19,423 --> 01:03:22,392 We put their name to the test. 599 01:04:06,570 --> 01:04:08,003 Father! 600 01:05:53,677 --> 01:05:54,939 My king! 601 01:07:07,718 --> 01:07:09,686 Arcadians, now! 602 01:07:11,989 --> 01:07:14,753 Go! Show the Spartans what we can do. 603 01:07:15,359 --> 01:07:16,792 Go! 604 01:07:26,203 --> 01:07:28,103 They shout and curse... 605 01:07:28,272 --> 01:07:31,469 ...stabbing wildly, more brawlers than warriors. 606 01:07:32,609 --> 01:07:35,169 They make a wondrous mess of things. 607 01:07:36,213 --> 01:07:38,977 Brave amateurs, they do their part. 608 01:08:26,597 --> 01:08:28,462 Immortals. 609 01:08:28,632 --> 01:08:31,226 They fail our king's test. 610 01:08:31,401 --> 01:08:34,336 And a man who fancies himself a god... 611 01:08:35,072 --> 01:08:40,009 ...feels a very human chill crawl up his spine. 612 01:08:47,117 --> 01:08:49,244 To our king! 613 01:08:49,620 --> 01:08:51,611 And our honored dead. 614 01:08:51,788 --> 01:08:54,586 Whom will Xerxes dare to send next? Whom?! 615 01:08:54,925 --> 01:08:57,621 There's nothing that can stop us now! 616 01:08:58,495 --> 01:09:02,022 Even the king allows himself to hope for more than glory. 617 01:09:02,199 --> 01:09:05,532 Such mad hope, but there it is: 618 01:09:05,969 --> 01:09:11,373 "Against Asia's endless hordes, against all odds, we can do it. 619 01:09:11,541 --> 01:09:14,271 We can hold the Hot Gates. 620 01:09:14,444 --> 01:09:16,571 We can win." 621 01:09:24,154 --> 01:09:25,917 Dawn. 622 01:09:26,523 --> 01:09:30,550 Whips crack. Barbarians howl. 623 01:09:30,727 --> 01:09:34,629 Those behind cry, "Forward!" 624 01:09:36,500 --> 01:09:40,300 Those in front cry, "Back!" 625 01:09:46,410 --> 01:09:48,935 Our eyes bear witness to the grotesque spectacle... 626 01:09:49,112 --> 01:09:53,208 ...coughed forth from the darkest corner of Xerxes' empire. 627 01:10:43,433 --> 01:10:44,957 When muscle failed... 628 01:10:45,402 --> 01:10:48,064 ...they turned to their magic. 629 01:10:49,106 --> 01:10:53,907 One hundred nations descend upon us, the armies of all Asia. 630 01:10:54,077 --> 01:10:58,537 Funneled into this narrow corridor, their numbers count for nothing. 631 01:11:32,916 --> 01:11:34,884 They fall by the hundreds. 632 01:11:35,051 --> 01:11:40,648 We send the severed bodies and the fragile hearts back to Xerxes' feet. 633 01:11:57,274 --> 01:12:01,438 King Xerxes is displeased with his generals. 634 01:12:01,611 --> 01:12:04,171 He disciplines them. 635 01:12:21,064 --> 01:12:25,467 Xerxes dispatches his monsters from half the world away. 636 01:12:36,446 --> 01:12:38,539 They're clumsy beasts... 637 01:12:38,715 --> 01:12:41,081 ...and the piled Persian dead are slippery. 638 01:13:17,521 --> 01:13:19,955 - You still here? - Somebody's gotta watch your back. 639 01:13:20,123 --> 01:13:21,715 Not now, I'm a little busy. 640 01:14:01,998 --> 01:14:04,523 Regroup! 641 01:14:07,737 --> 01:14:09,364 Astinos! 642 01:14:09,573 --> 01:14:11,268 My son! 643 01:14:20,216 --> 01:14:21,843 Astinos! 644 01:14:22,018 --> 01:14:24,782 No! 645 01:14:48,044 --> 01:14:50,171 Day wears on. 646 01:14:50,513 --> 01:14:52,674 We lose few... 647 01:14:52,849 --> 01:14:56,080 ...but each felled is a friend, or dearest blood. 648 01:14:58,288 --> 01:15:02,190 And upon seeing the headless body of his own young son... 649 01:15:02,359 --> 01:15:04,224 ...the captain breaks rank. 650 01:15:04,394 --> 01:15:07,830 He goes wild, blood-drunk. 651 01:15:32,455 --> 01:15:34,946 The captairs cries of pain at the loss of his son... 652 01:15:35,125 --> 01:15:38,856 ...are more frightening to the enemy than the deepest battle drums. 653 01:15:39,029 --> 01:15:43,022 It takes three men to restrain him and bring him back to our own. 654 01:15:43,366 --> 01:15:45,698 The day is ours. 655 01:15:46,102 --> 01:15:48,764 No songs are sung. 656 01:16:28,878 --> 01:16:33,474 Your gods were cruel to shape you so, friend Ephialtes. 657 01:16:35,885 --> 01:16:37,182 The Spartans, too... 658 01:16:37,921 --> 01:16:40,822 ...were cruel to reject you. 659 01:16:43,660 --> 01:16:46,094 But I am kind. 660 01:16:52,602 --> 01:16:54,729 Everything you could ever desire... 661 01:16:55,972 --> 01:16:57,735 ...every happiness you can imagine... 662 01:16:59,943 --> 01:17:04,539 ...every pleasure your fellow Greeks and your false gods have denied you... 663 01:17:05,348 --> 01:17:07,612 ...I will grant you. 664 01:17:08,885 --> 01:17:11,285 For I am kind. 665 01:17:25,235 --> 01:17:28,534 Embrace me as your king and as your god. 666 01:17:29,672 --> 01:17:31,367 Yes. 667 01:17:32,842 --> 01:17:37,643 Lead my soldiers to the hidden path that enters behind the cursed Spartans... 668 01:17:37,814 --> 01:17:40,078 ...and your joys will be endless. 669 01:17:48,525 --> 01:17:51,688 Yes! I want it all. 670 01:17:52,128 --> 01:17:55,689 Wealth. Women. 671 01:17:57,700 --> 01:17:59,395 And one more thing... 672 01:18:02,572 --> 01:18:05,234 ...I want a uniform. 673 01:18:09,746 --> 01:18:11,441 Done. 674 01:18:13,082 --> 01:18:14,777 You will find... 675 01:18:15,385 --> 01:18:17,319 ...I am kind. 676 01:18:18,454 --> 01:18:22,686 Unlike the cruel Leonidas, who demanded that you stand... 677 01:18:24,794 --> 01:18:26,489 ...I require only... 678 01:18:27,230 --> 01:18:28,663 ...that you kneel. 679 01:18:56,326 --> 01:18:58,260 Beautiful night. 680 01:18:59,696 --> 01:19:03,689 Yes, but I did not ask you here for small talk, Theron. 681 01:19:04,334 --> 01:19:06,427 You can be sure of that. 682 01:19:07,837 --> 01:19:10,499 You never spared words with me. 683 01:19:11,074 --> 01:19:14,339 Can I offer you something? A drink, perhaps? 684 01:19:14,510 --> 01:19:16,341 Is it poison? 685 01:19:16,746 --> 01:19:19,510 I'm sorry to disappoint you, it's only water. 686 01:19:29,292 --> 01:19:32,455 I'm told it's been arranged for you to go before the council. 687 01:19:33,129 --> 01:19:34,858 Yes. 688 01:19:35,064 --> 01:19:38,397 I need your help in winning votes to send the army north to our king. 689 01:19:38,968 --> 01:19:40,595 Yes. 690 01:19:41,271 --> 01:19:43,831 I can see it, the two of us standing together. 691 01:19:44,007 --> 01:19:48,376 Me, politician. You, warrior. Our voices as one. 692 01:19:49,712 --> 01:19:51,179 But why would I want to do that? 693 01:19:52,148 --> 01:19:56,107 It proves you care for a king who right now fights for the very water we drink. 694 01:19:56,452 --> 01:19:58,044 True. 695 01:19:58,421 --> 01:20:01,049 But this is politics, not war. 696 01:20:01,357 --> 01:20:02,881 Leonidas is an idealist. 697 01:20:03,293 --> 01:20:07,229 I know your kind too well. You send men to slaughter for your own gain. 698 01:20:07,397 --> 01:20:12,300 Your husband, our king, has taken 300 of our finest to slaughter. 699 01:20:12,468 --> 01:20:17,098 He's broken our laws and left without the council's consent. 700 01:20:17,607 --> 01:20:20,599 - I'm simply a realist. - You're an opportunist. 701 01:20:21,577 --> 01:20:25,877 You're as foolish as Leonidas if you think men don't have a price in this world. 702 01:20:26,049 --> 01:20:30,611 All men are not created equal. That's the Spartan code, my little queen. 703 01:20:34,290 --> 01:20:36,690 I admire your passion. 704 01:20:38,027 --> 01:20:39,756 But don't think that you... 705 01:20:40,196 --> 01:20:42,528 ...a woman, even a queen... 706 01:20:42,699 --> 01:20:46,635 ...can walk into the council chamber and sway the minds of men. 707 01:20:46,803 --> 01:20:49,237 I own that chamber... 708 01:20:49,405 --> 01:20:51,464 ...as if it were built with these hands. 709 01:20:55,945 --> 01:20:59,472 I could crush the life out of you right now. 710 01:21:00,550 --> 01:21:04,213 You will go before the council, but your words will fall on deaf ears. 711 01:21:04,387 --> 01:21:10,155 Leonidas will receive no reinforcements, and if he returns, without my help... 712 01:21:10,326 --> 01:21:13,295 ...he will go to jail or worse. 713 01:21:17,033 --> 01:21:18,500 Do you love your Sparta? 714 01:21:19,002 --> 01:21:20,697 Yes. 715 01:21:20,870 --> 01:21:23,134 - And your king? - I do. 716 01:21:28,978 --> 01:21:32,675 Your husband fights for his land and his love. 717 01:21:33,349 --> 01:21:35,647 What do you have to offer... 718 01:21:36,419 --> 01:21:39,388 ...in return for my word that I'll help you send our army north? 719 01:21:43,359 --> 01:21:46,021 What does a realist want with his queen? 720 01:21:50,633 --> 01:21:52,362 I think you know. 721 01:22:06,816 --> 01:22:09,512 This will not be over quickly. 722 01:22:10,553 --> 01:22:13,044 You will not enjoy this. 723 01:22:13,589 --> 01:22:15,853 I'm not your king. 724 01:22:40,650 --> 01:22:42,447 Dilios. 725 01:22:44,454 --> 01:22:48,481 I trust that scratch hasn't made you useless? 726 01:22:48,658 --> 01:22:51,684 Hardly, my lord. It's just an eye. 727 01:22:51,861 --> 01:22:55,058 The gods saw fit to grace me with a spare. 728 01:22:56,933 --> 01:22:58,867 My captain? 729 01:23:00,169 --> 01:23:03,969 Curses the gods and mourns alone. 730 01:23:05,942 --> 01:23:07,910 Leonidas! 731 01:23:09,112 --> 01:23:12,104 We are undone. Undone, I tell you. Destroyed. 732 01:23:12,281 --> 01:23:13,714 Daxos, calm yourself. 733 01:23:13,883 --> 01:23:17,478 Our hunchback traitor led Xerxes' lmmortals to the hidden goat path behind us. 734 01:23:17,887 --> 01:23:20,720 The Phocians you posted there were scattered without a fight. 735 01:23:20,890 --> 01:23:26,123 - This battle is over, Leonidas. - This battle is over when I say it is over. 736 01:23:26,295 --> 01:23:30,664 By morning, the lmmortals will surround us. The Hot Gates will fall. 737 01:23:31,300 --> 01:23:35,669 Spartans! Prepare for glory! 738 01:23:35,838 --> 01:23:39,035 Glory? Have you gone mad? 739 01:23:39,208 --> 01:23:40,766 There is no glory to be had now. 740 01:23:41,377 --> 01:23:44,972 Only retreat or surrender. Or death. 741 01:23:45,148 --> 01:23:48,311 Well, that's an easy choice for us, Arcadian. 742 01:23:48,484 --> 01:23:53,979 Spartans never retreat. Spartans never surrender. 743 01:23:54,590 --> 01:23:56,683 Go spread the word. 744 01:23:56,926 --> 01:24:00,589 Let every Greek assembled know the truth of this. 745 01:24:00,763 --> 01:24:03,596 Let each among them search his own soul. 746 01:24:05,301 --> 01:24:09,431 And while you're at it, search your own. 747 01:24:16,946 --> 01:24:19,210 My men will leave with me. 748 01:24:24,554 --> 01:24:26,784 Godspeed, Leonidas. 749 01:24:33,095 --> 01:24:34,687 Children! 750 01:24:35,665 --> 01:24:36,996 Children. 751 01:24:38,034 --> 01:24:40,025 Gather round. 752 01:24:41,904 --> 01:24:45,169 No retreat, no surrender. 753 01:24:45,341 --> 01:24:49,209 That is Spartan law. 754 01:24:49,445 --> 01:24:54,508 And by Spartan law, we will stand and fight... 755 01:24:54,684 --> 01:24:56,675 ...and die. 756 01:25:00,122 --> 01:25:03,614 A new age has begun. 757 01:25:05,361 --> 01:25:08,489 An age of freedom. 758 01:25:09,565 --> 01:25:13,228 And all will know that 300 Spartans... 759 01:25:13,402 --> 01:25:16,667 ...gave their last breath to defend it. 760 01:25:36,959 --> 01:25:38,722 My friend. 761 01:25:42,265 --> 01:25:47,828 I have lived my entire life without regret until now. 762 01:25:51,207 --> 01:25:57,146 It's not that my son gave up his life for his country. 763 01:25:59,048 --> 01:26:02,916 It's just that I never told him that I loved him the most. 764 01:26:04,520 --> 01:26:07,387 That he stood by me with honor. 765 01:26:08,824 --> 01:26:11,759 That he was all that was best in me. 766 01:26:20,870 --> 01:26:23,395 My heart is broken for your loss. 767 01:26:24,140 --> 01:26:25,835 Heart? 768 01:26:30,913 --> 01:26:34,007 I have filled my heart... 769 01:26:34,183 --> 01:26:35,912 ...with hate. 770 01:26:40,056 --> 01:26:41,717 Good. 771 01:26:50,866 --> 01:26:52,697 Dilios... 772 01:26:54,403 --> 01:26:56,530 ...let's take a walk. 773 01:26:58,007 --> 01:27:00,066 Yes, my lord. 774 01:27:02,478 --> 01:27:05,140 But, sire, I am fit and ready for battle. 775 01:27:05,314 --> 01:27:08,442 That you are, one of the finest. 776 01:27:08,751 --> 01:27:12,346 But you have another talent unlike any other Spartan. 777 01:27:15,057 --> 01:27:18,493 You will deliver my final orders to the council... 778 01:27:18,661 --> 01:27:21,152 ...with force and verve. 779 01:27:23,666 --> 01:27:25,930 Tell them our story. 780 01:27:26,102 --> 01:27:30,630 Make every Greek know what happened here. 781 01:27:31,474 --> 01:27:34,102 You'll have a grand tale to tell. 782 01:27:35,911 --> 01:27:37,606 A tale of victory. 783 01:27:38,280 --> 01:27:39,838 Victory. 784 01:27:43,886 --> 01:27:45,877 Yes, my lord. 785 01:27:51,560 --> 01:27:53,926 Sire, any message...? 786 01:27:56,799 --> 01:27:58,164 For the queen? 787 01:28:20,623 --> 01:28:23,057 None that need be spoken. 788 01:28:38,174 --> 01:28:40,574 Hundreds leave. 789 01:28:41,210 --> 01:28:43,644 A handful stay. 790 01:28:48,818 --> 01:28:51,446 Only one looks back. 791 01:29:01,764 --> 01:29:03,959 Spartans! 792 01:29:05,034 --> 01:29:08,197 Ready your breakfast and eat hearty... 793 01:29:08,370 --> 01:29:12,306 ...for tonight we dine in hell! 794 01:29:21,183 --> 01:29:23,845 May I give the floor now... 795 01:29:24,019 --> 01:29:28,456 ...to the wife of Leonidas and queen of Sparta. 796 01:29:40,169 --> 01:29:41,898 - What's this? - This is nothing. 797 01:29:42,071 --> 01:29:43,902 Councilmen... 798 01:29:44,073 --> 01:29:47,839 ...I stand before you not only as your queen. 799 01:29:48,711 --> 01:29:51,441 I come to you as a mother. 800 01:29:52,715 --> 01:29:55,115 I come to you as a wife. 801 01:29:56,919 --> 01:29:59,444 I come to you as a Spartan woman. 802 01:30:04,460 --> 01:30:07,554 I come to you with great humility. 803 01:30:11,000 --> 01:30:13,400 I am not here to represent Leonidas. 804 01:30:13,569 --> 01:30:16,333 His actions speak louder than my words ever could. 805 01:30:16,672 --> 01:30:19,072 I am here for all those voices which cannot be heard. 806 01:30:19,241 --> 01:30:21,766 Mothers, daughters, fathers, sons. 807 01:30:21,944 --> 01:30:24,913 Three hundred families that bleed for our rights... 808 01:30:25,347 --> 01:30:28,544 ...and for the very principles this room was built upon. 809 01:30:29,151 --> 01:30:31,244 We are at war, gentlemen. 810 01:30:31,687 --> 01:30:34,212 We must send the entire Spartan army to aid our king... 811 01:30:34,390 --> 01:30:37,484 ...in the preservation of not just ourselves, but of our children. 812 01:30:38,060 --> 01:30:41,188 Send the army for the preservation of liberty. 813 01:30:41,363 --> 01:30:43,695 Send it for justice. 814 01:30:43,866 --> 01:30:45,493 Send it for law and order. 815 01:30:46,035 --> 01:30:48,230 Send it for reason. 816 01:30:48,404 --> 01:30:52,500 But most importantly, send our army for hope. 817 01:30:52,675 --> 01:30:56,236 Hope that a king and his men have not been wasted to the pages of history. 818 01:30:57,079 --> 01:31:00,515 That their courage bonds us together. 819 01:31:00,816 --> 01:31:04,013 That we are made stronger by their actions... 820 01:31:05,020 --> 01:31:09,116 ...and that your choices today reflect their bravery. 821 01:31:11,060 --> 01:31:12,721 Three hundred. 822 01:31:15,064 --> 01:31:16,895 We must send them. 823 01:31:20,669 --> 01:31:22,500 Moving... 824 01:31:22,838 --> 01:31:25,739 ...eloquent, passionate. 825 01:31:26,141 --> 01:31:30,305 But it doesn't change the fact that your husband has brought war upon us. 826 01:31:30,479 --> 01:31:32,913 You are wrong. Xerxes brought it forth... 827 01:31:33,082 --> 01:31:35,550 ...and before that, his father Darius at Marathon. 828 01:31:35,718 --> 01:31:37,447 The Persians will not stop... 829 01:31:37,620 --> 01:31:40,987 ...until the only shelter we will find is rubble and chaos. 830 01:31:41,390 --> 01:31:45,121 This chamber needs no history lesson, my queen. 831 01:31:45,628 --> 01:31:47,823 Then what is the lesson you would like to leave? 832 01:31:47,997 --> 01:31:50,090 Shall I begin to enumerate all of them? 833 01:31:50,499 --> 01:31:53,935 Honor. Duty. Glory. 834 01:31:54,203 --> 01:31:59,231 You speak of honor, duty and glory? 835 01:32:00,542 --> 01:32:01,770 But what of adultery? 836 01:32:01,944 --> 01:32:04,412 - How dare you. - How dare I? 837 01:32:04,847 --> 01:32:07,839 Watch her carefully. 838 01:32:08,017 --> 01:32:10,986 She is a trickster in true form. 839 01:32:11,153 --> 01:32:14,316 Do not play with the members of this sacred chamber, my queen. 840 01:32:14,490 --> 01:32:17,584 Just hours ago, you offered yourself to me. 841 01:32:17,760 --> 01:32:22,197 Were I a weaker man, I would have her scent on me still. 842 01:32:22,364 --> 01:32:25,356 - This is outrage. - Oh, the hypocrite speaks! 843 01:32:25,534 --> 01:32:28,526 Did you not receive a similar payment, which you took... 844 01:32:28,704 --> 01:32:31,935 ...in exchange for her having an audience with these noble men? 845 01:32:32,107 --> 01:32:33,870 - That is a lie. - Is it? 846 01:32:34,043 --> 01:32:37,809 Was he not, by your invitation, asked to come to the king's bedchamber? 847 01:32:38,347 --> 01:32:42,977 The very bed where you attempted to negotiate with me so vigorously? 848 01:32:45,621 --> 01:32:49,079 You look shocked. A bribe of the flesh, gentlemen... 849 01:32:49,258 --> 01:32:52,557 ...while her husband promotes anarchy and war. 850 01:32:55,497 --> 01:32:56,691 He speaks truth. 851 01:32:57,299 --> 01:33:00,496 Words escape even the most cunning tongue... 852 01:33:00,669 --> 01:33:02,728 ...my little whore queen. 853 01:33:07,476 --> 01:33:09,307 What queen-like behavior. 854 01:33:11,013 --> 01:33:14,141 Remove her from this chamber before she infects us further... 855 01:33:14,316 --> 01:33:17,308 ...with her inglorious and shabby self. 856 01:33:24,126 --> 01:33:25,718 This will not be over quickly. 857 01:33:27,062 --> 01:33:30,589 You will not enjoy this. I am not your queen. 858 01:33:52,755 --> 01:33:54,689 Traitor. 859 01:33:55,224 --> 01:34:00,025 Traitor! Traitor! Traitor! 860 01:34:00,295 --> 01:34:02,559 Traitor! 861 01:34:39,601 --> 01:34:45,597 Leonidas, my compliments and congratulations. 862 01:34:45,774 --> 01:34:49,437 You surely have turned calamity into victory. 863 01:34:49,611 --> 01:34:52,603 Despite your insufferable arrogance... 864 01:34:52,781 --> 01:34:56,945 ...the god-king has come to admire Spartan valor and fighting skill. 865 01:34:57,686 --> 01:34:59,051 You will make a mighty ally. 866 01:34:59,221 --> 01:35:00,950 Yield, Leonidas. 867 01:35:02,124 --> 01:35:04,991 Use your reason. Think of your men. 868 01:35:07,830 --> 01:35:09,457 I beg you. 869 01:35:10,032 --> 01:35:12,000 Listen to your fellow Greek. 870 01:35:12,167 --> 01:35:15,864 He can attest to the divine one's generosity. 871 01:35:16,038 --> 01:35:20,498 Despite your several insults, despite your horrid blasphemies... 872 01:35:21,410 --> 01:35:24,607 ...the lord of hosts is prepared to forgive all... 873 01:35:24,847 --> 01:35:27,873 ...and more, to reward your service. 874 01:35:28,150 --> 01:35:29,481 You fight for your lands. 875 01:35:30,185 --> 01:35:32,016 Keep them. 876 01:35:32,721 --> 01:35:34,689 You fight for Sparta. 877 01:35:34,857 --> 01:35:38,850 She will be wealthier and more powerful than ever before. 878 01:35:39,061 --> 01:35:40,995 You fight for your kingship. 879 01:35:41,897 --> 01:35:44,866 You will be proclaimed warlord of all Greece... 880 01:35:45,033 --> 01:35:49,333 ...answerable only to the one true master of the world. 881 01:35:49,705 --> 01:35:54,438 Leonidas, your victory will be complete... 882 01:35:54,610 --> 01:35:57,204 ...if you but lay down your arms... 883 01:35:57,379 --> 01:36:00,542 ...and kneel to holy Xerxes. 884 01:36:31,046 --> 01:36:35,983 It's been more than 30 years since the wolf in the winter cold. 885 01:36:36,151 --> 01:36:40,713 And now, as then, it's not fear that grips him... 886 01:36:40,889 --> 01:36:46,054 ...only restlessness. A heightened sense of things. 887 01:36:46,828 --> 01:36:51,629 The seaborne breeze coolly kissing the sweat at his chest and neck. 888 01:36:51,800 --> 01:36:53,290 Gulls cawing... 889 01:36:53,468 --> 01:36:57,700 ...complaining even as they feast on the thousands of floating dead. 890 01:36:59,308 --> 01:37:04,371 The steady breathing of the 300 at his back... 891 01:37:05,147 --> 01:37:08,605 ...ready to die for him without a moment's pause. 892 01:37:11,219 --> 01:37:12,584 Every one of them... 893 01:37:14,056 --> 01:37:15,990 ...ready to die. 894 01:37:31,506 --> 01:37:34,441 His helmet is stifling. 895 01:37:55,130 --> 01:37:57,963 His shield is heavy. 896 01:38:05,574 --> 01:38:06,939 Your spear. 897 01:38:15,751 --> 01:38:17,184 You there... 898 01:38:17,619 --> 01:38:19,610 ...Ephialtes. 899 01:38:24,726 --> 01:38:26,990 May you live forever. 900 01:38:34,403 --> 01:38:36,701 Leonidas, your spear. 901 01:39:43,939 --> 01:39:45,531 Stelios! 902 01:39:55,550 --> 01:39:57,142 Slaughter them! 903 01:40:00,522 --> 01:40:02,114 His helmet was stifling. 904 01:40:02,290 --> 01:40:05,418 It narrowed his vision, and he must see far. 905 01:40:06,728 --> 01:40:10,596 His shield was heavy. It threw him off balance... 906 01:40:10,765 --> 01:40:14,428 ...and his target is far away. 907 01:41:19,000 --> 01:41:23,562 The old ones say we Spartans are descended from Hercules himself. 908 01:41:25,040 --> 01:41:29,374 Bold Leonidas gives testament to our bloodline. 909 01:41:29,544 --> 01:41:33,674 His roar is long and loud. 910 01:42:03,778 --> 01:42:05,370 My king. 911 01:42:17,626 --> 01:42:21,255 It's an honor to die at your side. 912 01:42:22,831 --> 01:42:27,325 It's an honor to have lived at yours. 913 01:42:48,256 --> 01:42:50,349 My queen! 914 01:42:58,600 --> 01:43:00,329 My wife. 915 01:43:11,780 --> 01:43:13,577 My love. 916 01:45:39,994 --> 01:45:42,121 "Remember us." 917 01:45:43,798 --> 01:45:47,234 As simple an order as a king can give. 918 01:45:48,803 --> 01:45:52,000 "Remember why we died." 919 01:45:54,008 --> 01:45:58,035 For he did not wish tribute or song... 920 01:45:59,881 --> 01:46:04,079 ...nor monuments, nor poems of war and valor. 921 01:46:06,955 --> 01:46:09,253 His wish was simple. 922 01:46:14,629 --> 01:46:16,688 "Remember us"... 923 01:46:17,732 --> 01:46:19,461 ...he said to me. 924 01:46:21,135 --> 01:46:23,330 That was his hope. 925 01:46:23,538 --> 01:46:27,269 Should any free soul come across that place... 926 01:46:28,042 --> 01:46:31,375 ...in all the countless centuries yet to be... 927 01:46:31,813 --> 01:46:34,373 ...may all our voices... 928 01:46:34,549 --> 01:46:38,610 ...whisper to you from the ageless stones. 929 01:46:39,587 --> 01:46:43,216 Go tell the Spartans, passerby... 930 01:46:43,558 --> 01:46:49,428 ...that here, by Spartan law, we lie. 931 01:46:52,200 --> 01:46:54,896 And so my king died... 932 01:46:55,770 --> 01:46:58,398 ...and my brothers died... 933 01:47:00,775 --> 01:47:03,243 ...barely a year ago. 934 01:47:07,181 --> 01:47:12,414 Long I pondered my king's cryptic talk of victory. 935 01:47:12,654 --> 01:47:15,282 Time has proven him wise. 936 01:47:16,190 --> 01:47:19,216 For from free Greek to free Greek... 937 01:47:19,394 --> 01:47:23,990 ...the word was spread that bold Leonidas and his 300... 938 01:47:24,165 --> 01:47:26,156 ...so far from home... 939 01:47:26,334 --> 01:47:29,735 ...laid down their lives not just for Sparta... 940 01:47:29,904 --> 01:47:33,704 ...but for all Greece and the promise this country holds. 941 01:47:34,609 --> 01:47:39,672 Now, here on this rugged patch of earth called Plataea... 942 01:47:39,847 --> 01:47:44,841 ...Xerxes' hordes face obliteration! 943 01:47:46,521 --> 01:47:49,922 Just there the barbarians huddle... 944 01:47:50,091 --> 01:47:54,960 ...sheer terror gripping tight their hearts... 945 01:47:55,129 --> 01:47:57,029 ...with icy fingers... 946 01:47:57,198 --> 01:48:00,429 ...knowing full well what merciless horrors they suffered... 947 01:48:00,602 --> 01:48:03,127 ...at the swords and spears of 300. 948 01:48:04,539 --> 01:48:10,102 Yet they stare now across the plain at 10,000 Spartans... 949 01:48:10,278 --> 01:48:13,577 ...commanding 30,000 free Greeks! 950 01:48:20,388 --> 01:48:24,290 The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one. 951 01:48:24,592 --> 01:48:26,583 Good odds for any Greek. 952 01:48:27,295 --> 01:48:31,994 This day, we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny... 953 01:48:32,166 --> 01:48:36,535 ...and usher in a future brighter than anything we can imagine. 954 01:48:40,975 --> 01:48:42,465 Give thanks, men... 955 01:48:43,177 --> 01:48:46,943 ...to Leonidas and the brave 300. 956 01:48:47,115 --> 01:48:49,845 To victory! 957 01:56:29,242 --> 01:56:31,233 [ENGLISH]