300 rise of an empire 2014

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[HORSE SNORTS]

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WOMAN:
The Oracle's words stand as a warning.

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A prophecy.

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Sparta will fall.

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All of Greece will fall.

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[YELLING]

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And Persian fire will reduce Athens to cinder.

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For Athens is a pile of stone and wood...

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...and cloth and dust...

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...and, as dust, will vanish into the wind.

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Only the Athenians themselves exist.

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And the fate of the world hangs
on their every syllable.

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Only the Athenians exist.

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And only stout wooden ships can save them.

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Wooden ships...

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...and a tidal wave of heroes' blood.

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Leonidas, my husband...

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...Leonidas, your king...

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...Leonidas and the brave 300 are dead.

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The free men and women of Greece...

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...are not bound by
a beautiful Spartan death.

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War is not their love.

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Yet he lay down his life for them.

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For the promise Greece holds.

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'Tis our enemies who forged our freedom
in the fires of war.

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It was King Darius
who came to take our land.

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Ten years ago,
when youth still burned in our eyes...

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...before this bitter war forced our children
to become men.

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Ten years ago, this war began...

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...as all wars begin:

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With a grievance.

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Marathon.

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The Persian king, Darius...

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...annoyed by the notion of Greek freedom...

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...has come to Greece to bring us to heel.

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He makes landfall at the field of Marathon...

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...with an invading force
which outnumbers...

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...the Greek defenders three-to-one.

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And so at dawn, the hopeless Athenians
do the unthinkable.

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They attack.

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They attack the weary Persians
as they disembark...

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...their ships
on shaky legs after a month at sea.

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They attack before they can
establish their war camp...

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...and supply their soldiers.

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And who...

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...is the architect of this mad strategy?

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A little-known Athenian...

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...soldier.

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His men call him...

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...Themistokles.

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He gives the Persians a taste
of Athenian shock combat.

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[THEMISTOKLES YELLS]

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[ALL YELLING AND GRUNTING]

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[HORSES NEIGHING]

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[HORSE NEIGHING]

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[ALL SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

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[YELLS]

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[YELLS]

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GORGO:
All thoughts of glory are gone.

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Thousands dead.

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Hundreds of them their own.

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All for an idea: A free Greece...

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...an Athenian experiment
called "democracy. "

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Could this idea be worth it?

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Worth all this sacrifice?

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Themistokles would let
the good King Darius decide.

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For through the chaos...

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...a moment appeared.

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And Themistokles would seize it.

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A moment...

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...that would ring across the centuries.

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A moment that would...

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...raise him from simple soldier...

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...to the height of Athenian political power.

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No!

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A moment that would make
Themistokles a legend.

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Yet even as the praise and glory...

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...were heaped upon him...

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Themistokles knew in his heart
he had made a mistake.

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It was Darius' son, Xerxes...

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...whose eyes had the stink
of destiny about them.

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Themistokles knew
he should have killed that boy.

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That glorious mistake
would forever haunt him.

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And so it was Themistokles himself...

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...who sent a ripple
across the Persian empire...

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...and set into motion...

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...forces that would bring fire
to the heart of Greece.

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For as the good king lay dying...

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...all his greatest generals...

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...and advisors
were summoned to his bedside.

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None greater...

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...than his finest
naval commander, Artemisia.

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Her ferocity bested only by her beauty.

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Her beauty matched only
by her devotion to her king.

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Darius favored Arfemisia
among his generals...

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...for she had brought him victory
on the battlefield.

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In her...

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...he had the perfect warrior protegee...

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...that his son, Xerxes, would never be.

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DARIUS [IN STRAINED VOICE]:
So sweet, my child.

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My sweet...

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...child.

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XERXES:
Father.

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Xerxes.

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Do not repeat your father's mistake.

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Leave the ignoble Greeks to their ways.

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Only the gods can defeat them.

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Only the gods.

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GORGO:
For seven days, Xerxes mourned...

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paralyzed by grief.

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On the eighth day, Artemisia
whispered the seed of madness...

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...that would consume him.

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[WHISPERING]
Your father's words were not a warning...

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...but a challenge.

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Only the gods can defeat the Greeks?

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You will be a god-king.

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GORGO:
Artemisia gathered the priests, wizards...

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...and mystics
from every corner of the empire.

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They wrapped”

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...the young king in Cimmerian gauze
dipped in ancient potions...

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...and set him to wander the desert...

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...till in a delirium of heat and thirst,
he stumbled upon...

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...a hermit's cave.

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Xerxes passed the vacant eyes...

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...and empty souls...

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...of the hollow creatures that dwell
in the dark corners of all men's hearts.

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And in that darkness...

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...he surrendered himself completely...

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...to power so evil and perverse...

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...that, as he emerged...

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...no part of a human man
that was Xerxes survived.

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His eyes blazed like scarlet coals.

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He was stripped, cleansed, glabrous...

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...and smooth.

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Xerxes was reborn...

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...a god.

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Artemisia trusted no one.

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So in the cover of night...

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...the palace was cleansed
of all Xerxes' allies.

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All those he trusted...

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...all those who had raised him...

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...all those he had
once looked to for counsel...

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...were quickly introduced to her wrath.

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[CROWD CHEERING]

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And as the god-king stood...

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...before his people...

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...Anemisia watched her flawless
manipulation take shape.

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- For glory's sake...
ARTEMISIA [WHISPERING]: For glory's sake...

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-...for vengeance's sake...
-...for vengeance's sake...

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...war.

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---War!

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[CROWD CHEERING]

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GORGO:
War is coming to Greece...

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...in the visage of a monster army
over a million strong.

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It should be little more than a formality
for Themistokles...

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...the hero of Marathon...

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...to finish what he began.

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Please! We must appeal to Xerxes' reason!

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MAN 1:
Coward!

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Athens is a city of cowards!

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Shut your cock hole!

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Shut your own!

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I'll kill you! Fuck the Spartans!

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Fuck those muscle-bound boy-lovers!

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Silence!

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MAN 2:
Silence for the hero of Marathon!

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THEMISTOKLES:
This is a democracy, not a street fight.

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MAN 3:
Quiet! It's Themistokles.

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The Persian attack will come
from both the north and the south.

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The city-states should negotiate a truce.

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Yes, yes, we must negotiate.

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THEMISTOKLES:
Negotiate with tyranny?

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Give me one example of when
that has ever profited a nation.

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MAN 4: You're right. We must unite.
THEMISTOKLES: My fellow countrymen...

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...we can only judge the future...

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...from what we have suffered in the past.

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Now, many of you here
stood with me at Marathon.

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And for those of you who served...

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...and faced the cut
and thrust of battle...

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...you know how true peace is forged.

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Do not be deceived.

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Xerxes, the son of Darius...

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...is a wolf at our door.

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Right here, right now...

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...we must choose:

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Do we stand and fight for Greece or not?

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Argos...

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...Corinth...

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...Megara...

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...Athens.

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Not even Sparta
can match the Persians alone.

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We must persevere as one nation.

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Or we will perish clinging onto...

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...our own self-interests.

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Send us the ships that we need
to defend Greece.

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Themistokles will need more
than our cities' ships.

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He will need our children
to join the fight.

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[CROWD MURMURS]

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And what of Sparta?

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You send every ship that we have...

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...to the northern coast of Euboea.

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I will go and seek the help
of the great Spartans.

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[CROWD MURMURING]

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ARTEMISIA:
Still no word...

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...from the messenger
you sent to Sparta.

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King Leonidas may have been insulted
by your generous offer.

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Perhaps I need to march into Sparta myself
and burn it to the ground.

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Remember...

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...when a king is loved as I am...

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...much can be accomplished.

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They would be fools
to resist my divine power.

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Athens is attempting to assemble a coalition.

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It'll be nothing more
than a patchwork of ships.

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Once these waters have been traversed,
I will lead my force across the land.

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I will remind the cowards of Greece...

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...that we have not forgotten their insolence.

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Rest and water the horses.

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It's best I go alone.

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Spartans don't get along well with others.

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[GRUNTING]

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[MEN GRUNTING IN UNISON]

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[GROANS]

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- Spartans.
DILIOS: Themistokles.

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You old snake.

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- What brings you this far south?
- I've come to see Leonidas.

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- To warn him that the Persians are on the march.
- You're too late.

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Persian messenger already presented
his terms to Leonidas.

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Symbolic offering of earth and water.

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Spartans!

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Know this and know it well.

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[COUGHS]

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That any Spartan's finest moment...

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...the greatest fulfillment...

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...of all he holds dear...

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...is that moment...

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...when he has fought his heart out...

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...for the preservation of Sparta...

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...and lies dead on the battlefield...

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...victorious.

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Now...

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...who is willing to die at our king's side?

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MEN [IN UNISON]:
Ah-ooh!

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Ah-ooh! Ah-ooh!

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GORGO:
Themistokles.

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You've come a long way to stroke your cock
whilst watching real men train.

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THEMISTOKLES:
Queen Gorgo.

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Shouldn't he be training them
to live at their king's side?

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THEMISTOKLES:
A new age is dawning, Gorgo.

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Won't be long before men rise up
and shed the yoke of mysticism and tyranny.

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- That sounds like a threat.
- No.

251
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An opportunity to join the rest of free Greece
and stand against a true tyrant.

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Unless, of course, you and Leonidas
have already made a deal with Xerxes.

253
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No terms were reached.

254
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Xerxes' messenger was...

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Well, he was rude and he lacked respect.

256
00:19:15,572 --> 00:19:19,576
He didn't understand the same threats made
in Thebes and Athens would not work here.

257
00:19:20,326 --> 00:19:23,663
This is the birthplace
of the world's greatest warriors.

258
00:19:24,956 --> 00:19:28,751
Men whose king would stand
and fight and die for any one of them.

259
00:19:29,794 --> 00:19:31,004
Xerxes' messenger...

260
00:19:31,254 --> 00:19:34,465
...did not understand
this is no typical Greek city-state.

261
00:19:37,552 --> 00:19:39,387
This is Sparta.

262
00:19:40,763 --> 00:19:43,641
It was clear to the messenger
there'd be no Spartan submission?

263
00:19:43,892 --> 00:19:44,934
It was clear.

264
00:19:45,185 --> 00:19:48,479
Even now Leonidas is in counsel
with the Oracle over his battle plan.

265
00:19:48,730 --> 00:19:51,399
The Festival of the Carneia
is all that stands in our way.

266
00:19:51,649 --> 00:19:54,360
Surely the Oracle will see we must fight.

267
00:19:54,611 --> 00:19:56,196
Well, then my timing is perfect.

268
00:19:56,988 --> 00:20:00,158
I am commanding a fleet of ships
that will represent a united Greece.

269
00:20:00,408 --> 00:20:02,660
I need Sparta to join me.

270
00:20:03,578 --> 00:20:04,996
Give me your ships, Gorgo.

271
00:20:05,246 --> 00:20:08,082
I'll make sure that Xerxes wishes
he never crossed the Aegean.

272
00:20:08,333 --> 00:20:11,586
You'll receive no Spartan ships.
We've no interest in a united Greece.

273
00:20:11,836 --> 00:20:14,422
That is your dream, Themistokles, not ours.

274
00:20:15,048 --> 00:20:17,175
All I am concerned with
is the preservation...

275
00:20:17,425 --> 00:20:18,551
...of Sparta.

276
00:20:19,719 --> 00:20:21,638
My guards will see you out.

277
00:20:24,015 --> 00:20:25,642
It's funny that you mock freedom...

278
00:20:25,892 --> 00:20:27,769
...here in your selfish isolation.

279
00:20:28,728 --> 00:20:30,855
Yet freedom, in her wisdom...

280
00:20:31,105 --> 00:20:33,399
...has chosen you to defend her.

281
00:20:36,444 --> 00:20:37,654
MY queen.

282
00:20:41,241 --> 00:20:43,409
AESKYLOS:
Will Sparta join our fight?

283
00:20:44,744 --> 00:20:47,497
Apparently the Persians have offered
the Spartans something they cannot refuse.

284
00:20:47,747 --> 00:20:48,414
And what is that?

285
00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:51,918
A beautiful death.

286
00:21:10,228 --> 00:21:13,523
They say you are the bravest
of our captives.

287
00:21:14,107 --> 00:21:17,610
They say you are a whore
from the eastern seas.

288
00:21:21,030 --> 00:21:23,616
You're not the smartest.

289
00:21:26,035 --> 00:21:28,037
Your commander is a Greek.

290
00:21:28,288 --> 00:21:30,248
Just like me.

291
00:21:31,541 --> 00:21:34,794
You Persian men take your orders
from a Greek woman.

292
00:21:35,044 --> 00:21:38,381
Yes, my brother, I am Greek by birth...

293
00:21:38,631 --> 00:21:41,676
...and I have Greek blood
running through my veins.

294
00:21:44,387 --> 00:21:46,139
But my heart...

295
00:21:48,641 --> 00:21:49,851
...is Persian.

296
00:22:10,163 --> 00:22:11,748
[THUNDER CRASHING]

297
00:22:22,383 --> 00:22:23,801
ARTEMISIA:
Within hours...

298
00:22:24,510 --> 00:22:26,888
...the Greek fleet will be shattered.

299
00:22:27,138 --> 00:22:29,932
What of our master
and the much-feared Spartans?

300
00:22:30,183 --> 00:22:32,310
ARTEMISIA:
There's nothing to fear.

301
00:22:32,894 --> 00:22:36,773
Only King Leonidas
and his personal guard of 300...

302
00:22:37,023 --> 00:22:39,025
...have marched to fight.

303
00:22:39,275 --> 00:22:40,234
They'll collapse. Instantly.

304
00:22:44,072 --> 00:22:44,655
You.

305
00:22:51,329 --> 00:22:52,789
Do you agree?

306
00:22:55,333 --> 00:22:56,709
Many will perish.

307
00:22:58,127 --> 00:23:01,255
Your confidence leaves me
with a strong impression.

308
00:23:02,757 --> 00:23:04,926
It's a curious thing for a simple ship guard...

309
00:23:05,176 --> 00:23:07,929
...to not lower his eyes
when questioned by me.

310
00:23:09,055 --> 00:23:11,808
That could've been just a lack of discipline.

311
00:23:13,017 --> 00:23:15,478
But a man's hands do not lie.

312
00:23:15,728 --> 00:23:16,813
They can reveal...

313
00:23:17,063 --> 00:23:21,067
...every imperfection
and flaw in his character.

314
00:23:22,026 --> 00:23:23,986
You see, your hands
are not rough enough...

315
00:23:24,237 --> 00:23:26,280
...to work the rigging of this ship.

316
00:23:27,824 --> 00:23:30,576
I know every single man beneath my lash.

317
00:23:30,827 --> 00:23:34,622
Can you explain to me
how I don't know you?

318
00:23:36,457 --> 00:23:38,668
Forgive me, commander.

319
00:23:41,379 --> 00:23:43,381
Let me introduce myself.

320
00:23:45,049 --> 00:23:45,758
Seize the spy.

321
00:23:46,008 --> 00:23:47,301
[GRUNTING]

322
00:23:49,887 --> 00:23:50,596
[YELLS]

323
00:24:05,236 --> 00:24:07,029
Coward.

324
00:24:08,197 --> 00:24:09,949
Storm is upon us.

325
00:24:12,785 --> 00:24:15,663
It's just some mad Greek weather.

326
00:24:27,175 --> 00:24:27,967
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

327
00:24:28,217 --> 00:24:30,470
SCYLLIAS: Themistokles.
- Come.

328
00:24:34,015 --> 00:24:35,308
Calisto.

329
00:24:35,558 --> 00:24:38,144
What is spoken here must not be repeated.

330
00:24:38,603 --> 00:24:39,812
Anywhere.

331
00:24:42,732 --> 00:24:45,943
My son has not earned the right
to sit at the table of combat veterans.

332
00:24:46,194 --> 00:24:48,571
- But you can trust him.
THEMISTOKLES: Very well.

333
00:24:50,490 --> 00:24:52,325
- Tell me.
- A Greek woman...

334
00:24:52,575 --> 00:24:54,869
...commands all of Xerxes' ships
to the south.

335
00:24:56,287 --> 00:24:57,914
Artemisia.

336
00:24:58,915 --> 00:24:59,916
I know of her.

337
00:25:00,958 --> 00:25:03,878
Artemisia is murderous by trade
with true skill on the sea...

338
00:25:04,128 --> 00:25:05,922
...and she has thirst for vengeance.

339
00:25:06,547 --> 00:25:08,049
Rumors are her entire family...

340
00:25:08,299 --> 00:25:10,593
...was murdered
by a squad of Greek hoplites.

341
00:25:11,677 --> 00:25:14,138
I have heard all the stories.

342
00:25:15,223 --> 00:25:17,850
And the hoplites spared no one on that day.

343
00:25:19,268 --> 00:25:21,270
[WOMAN SCREAMING]

344
00:25:44,335 --> 00:25:46,379
THEMISTOKLES: The story goes
that they raped and murdered...

345
00:25:46,629 --> 00:25:48,089
...her entire family.

346
00:25:50,132 --> 00:25:53,052
And then they turned their attention
towards her.

347
00:26:15,908 --> 00:26:19,412
After years of being kept in the bowels
of a Greek slave ship...

348
00:26:20,580 --> 00:26:23,124
...she was discarded and left for dead...

349
00:26:24,083 --> 00:26:26,669
...where she was found near death
by a Persian emissary.

350
00:26:47,898 --> 00:26:50,484
Artemisia vowed that day
to return to Greece...

351
00:26:51,944 --> 00:26:53,654
...only when she could watch it burn.

352
00:26:56,449 --> 00:26:57,491
[GRUNTING]

353
00:27:05,249 --> 00:27:08,836
She was fed, clothed, trained
by the finest warriors of the Persian empire...

354
00:27:12,923 --> 00:27:14,383
...until no match could be found...

355
00:27:14,634 --> 00:27:15,843
...for her skills and gift with the sword.

356
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,582
The great King Darius was impressed
by her commitment.

357
00:27:47,875 --> 00:27:50,086
And she quickly rose to command
at his side.

358
00:27:53,839 --> 00:27:55,466
AESKYLOS:
She has sold her soul...

359
00:27:55,716 --> 00:27:57,176
...to Death himself.

360
00:27:58,511 --> 00:28:00,846
Well, some could say
that I've sold mine to Greece.

361
00:28:05,101 --> 00:28:06,102
And what do you think?

362
00:28:06,352 --> 00:28:08,062
- Me?
THEMISTOKLES: Yes.

363
00:28:08,312 --> 00:28:10,189
You are the future of this country.

364
00:28:11,232 --> 00:28:12,608
I'm ready to fight.

365
00:28:13,609 --> 00:28:15,027
[THEMISTOKLES CHUCKLES]

366
00:28:16,112 --> 00:28:18,572
I like him. He reminds me of you.

367
00:28:19,365 --> 00:28:20,032
AESKYLOS:
We will need...

368
00:28:20,282 --> 00:28:21,075
...every last man.

369
00:28:21,325 --> 00:28:22,410
He is still just a boy.

370
00:28:22,660 --> 00:28:23,994
Much younger...

371
00:28:24,245 --> 00:28:26,038
-...have defended our country.
- Enough!

372
00:28:26,497 --> 00:28:29,250
You are a dreamer
and will speak of this no more.

373
00:28:33,087 --> 00:28:35,089
Themistokles, I've set your plan in motion.

374
00:28:35,339 --> 00:28:38,259
And my land force
will be assembled by the second day.

375
00:28:38,509 --> 00:28:41,345
You will be needed.
I can assure you of that.

376
00:28:45,141 --> 00:28:47,059
And there is bad news.

377
00:28:47,309 --> 00:28:50,271
Leonidas has marched north
to the Hot Gates.

378
00:28:52,064 --> 00:28:54,024
AESKYLOS:
Bad news? With the Spartans...

379
00:28:54,275 --> 00:28:58,112
...at the Hot Gates, our victory is assured.
SCYLLIAS: If the army were with him.

380
00:28:59,113 --> 00:29:01,031
But between the Oracle and the Carneia...

381
00:29:01,282 --> 00:29:03,909
...Leonidas has marched to Thermopylae
with just 300 men.

382
00:29:05,077 --> 00:29:08,539
AESKYLOS:
So the only thing standing between Athens...

383
00:29:08,789 --> 00:29:10,291
...and total annihilation...

384
00:29:11,333 --> 00:29:13,919
...is Leonidas and 300 Spartans.

385
00:29:18,758 --> 00:29:20,843
AESKYLOS:
I will search out the veterans among them.

386
00:29:21,093 --> 00:29:23,846
- Establish some order among the volunteers.
THEMISTOKLES: Good.

387
00:29:24,555 --> 00:29:27,683
There's little time
to teach these farmhands strategy.

388
00:29:28,267 --> 00:29:30,311
Just keep them well fed...

389
00:29:31,270 --> 00:29:32,646
...and sober.

390
00:29:33,314 --> 00:29:34,732
AESKYLOS:
Anything else?

391
00:29:35,274 --> 00:29:37,193
Wouldn't hurt if they could
swing a sword.

392
00:29:40,112 --> 00:29:41,822
Well, I'll be damned.

393
00:29:43,282 --> 00:29:44,283
Shit.

394
00:29:44,533 --> 00:29:47,453
- Does your father know that you're here?
- No, sir.

395
00:29:47,703 --> 00:29:49,747
And this shield and sword?

396
00:29:49,997 --> 00:29:51,499
My grandfather's.

397
00:29:51,749 --> 00:29:54,543
My mother entrusted them to me
this morning.

398
00:29:55,044 --> 00:29:58,339
- When she gave you her blessing?
CALISTO: Yes, sir.

399
00:29:58,964 --> 00:30:01,217
With a sharp blade, no less.

400
00:30:03,010 --> 00:30:05,846
Your father is preparing a surprise
for our enemy tomorrow.

401
00:30:06,096 --> 00:30:09,433
I choose to fight here. Now.

402
00:30:11,519 --> 00:30:13,270
Come aboard my ship.

403
00:30:13,896 --> 00:30:15,272
That is where you will fight.

404
00:30:15,523 --> 00:30:16,774
Yes, sir.

405
00:30:21,070 --> 00:30:22,321
COMMANDER 1:
We've just over 50 ships.

406
00:30:22,571 --> 00:30:25,324
Persian forces reported a number
in the thousands.

407
00:30:25,574 --> 00:30:28,911
- Those ships appear hardly seaworthy.
COMMANDER 1: Nothing like the monster ships...

408
00:30:29,161 --> 00:30:32,456
-...of the Persian fleet.
- We have the advantage. Speed, maneuverability.

409
00:30:32,748 --> 00:30:36,460
The rest of the city-states have sent
anywhere from a handful to a single ship.

410
00:30:36,710 --> 00:30:40,005
- Of course, Athens supplied the balance.
COMMANDER 2: We have report...

411
00:30:40,256 --> 00:30:44,260
...a small advance force of Persian ships have
taken refuge from the storm across the strait.

412
00:30:44,552 --> 00:30:46,846
If the weather breaks,
we could hit them at dawn.

413
00:30:48,722 --> 00:30:49,765
An early Greek victory.

414
00:30:50,015 --> 00:30:51,809
COMMANDER 1:
The gods have given us an opportunity...

415
00:30:52,059 --> 00:30:54,019
...to wound the Persians,
strengthen Greek morale.

416
00:30:56,188 --> 00:30:57,314
A tempting distraction.

417
00:30:57,565 --> 00:30:59,650
But we'll stick to the battle plan.

418
00:30:59,900 --> 00:31:03,028
Today at sundown, we will sail out
to meet the main Persian fleet.

419
00:31:03,279 --> 00:31:06,323
We'll attack in the open water
with no shore to narrow the battle.

420
00:31:06,574 --> 00:31:08,409
COMMANDER 2:
To attack a force of over 1000 ships...

421
00:31:08,659 --> 00:31:10,452
...with our meager force is suicide.

422
00:31:11,996 --> 00:31:13,956
Such is my plan.

423
00:31:18,127 --> 00:31:20,713
ARTAPHERNES:
Look at their excuse for a navy.

424
00:31:21,589 --> 00:31:23,966
ARTEMISIA:
Their ships are of little threat.

425
00:31:24,842 --> 00:31:27,094
I need a second in command, Artaphernes.

426
00:31:27,344 --> 00:31:31,348
And whoever proves their excellence
will earn a place beside me.

427
00:31:32,766 --> 00:31:35,603
General Bandari has offered
to lead the first attack.

428
00:31:35,853 --> 00:31:37,062
Bandafi.

429
00:31:39,857 --> 00:31:40,941
Commander.

430
00:31:41,191 --> 00:31:43,110
If I let you lead our first offensive...

431
00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:46,405
...what guarantee do I have
that you'll bring me a quick victory?

432
00:31:46,655 --> 00:31:48,574
BANDARI:
My word and my life.

433
00:31:49,158 --> 00:31:50,159
Good.

434
00:31:50,701 --> 00:31:52,244
My rules of engagement?

435
00:31:52,870 --> 00:31:56,540
Humiliate the Greeks
and lay waste to their tiny ships.

436
00:31:57,541 --> 00:31:59,960
BANDARI:
They'll be dead to the last man.

437
00:32:10,596 --> 00:32:12,222
THEMISTOKLES:
My brothers.

438
00:32:12,723 --> 00:32:14,725
Steady your hearts.

439
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:18,228
Look deep into your souls.

440
00:32:22,483 --> 00:32:25,569
For your mettle is to be tested this day.

441
00:32:29,406 --> 00:32:31,659
If in the heat of battle...

442
00:32:33,035 --> 00:32:35,704
you need a reason to fight on...

443
00:32:36,830 --> 00:32:39,541
...an idea for which you will give up...

444
00:32:40,167 --> 00:32:42,419
...all that you will ever have...

445
00:32:43,629 --> 00:32:46,590
...you need only to look at the man
who fights at your side.

446
00:32:48,550 --> 00:32:51,053
This is the "why" of battle.

447
00:32:51,303 --> 00:32:54,098
This is the brotherhood of men-at-arms.

448
00:32:55,140 --> 00:32:56,600
An unbreakable bond...

449
00:32:56,850 --> 00:32:59,853
...made stronger by the crucible of combat.

450
00:33:01,313 --> 00:33:05,067
You will never be closer than with those
who you shed your blood with.

451
00:33:07,027 --> 00:33:09,113
For there is no nobler cause...

452
00:33:09,363 --> 00:33:12,700
...than to fight for those
who will la y down their life for you.

453
00:33:14,702 --> 00:33:17,121
So you fight strong today.

454
00:33:18,247 --> 00:33:20,332
You fight for your brothers.

455
00:33:21,625 --> 00:33:23,669
Fight for your families.

456
00:33:24,461 --> 00:33:26,463
Most of all, you fight for Greece!

457
00:33:26,714 --> 00:33:27,673
ALL:
Greece!

458
00:33:27,923 --> 00:33:28,549
[ALL SHOUT]

459
00:33:28,799 --> 00:33:29,800
Yeah!

460
00:33:32,011 --> 00:33:35,305
And there is only one thing to make sure of
when the fighting starts.

461
00:33:35,556 --> 00:33:36,598
What's that?

462
00:33:37,683 --> 00:33:39,435
Don't get killed on the first day.

463
00:33:39,685 --> 00:33:40,769
[MEN LAUGH]

464
00:33:41,020 --> 00:33:43,230
That goes for the rest of you.

465
00:34:14,928 --> 00:34:15,679
Persian ships...

466
00:34:15,929 --> 00:34:17,431
...are strong at the front.

467
00:34:17,681 --> 00:34:18,682
But they are weak...

468
00:34:18,932 --> 00:34:20,350
...in the middle.

469
00:34:20,601 --> 00:34:22,436
We attack them there.

470
00:34:32,696 --> 00:34:34,364
NOW!

471
00:34:39,745 --> 00:34:42,331
[GRUNTING]

472
00:34:55,385 --> 00:34:56,470
Attack!

473
00:35:07,272 --> 00:35:08,065
[YELLING]

474
00:35:13,112 --> 00:35:13,695
[SCREAMING]

475
00:35:20,369 --> 00:35:20,953
[YELLING]

476
00:35:24,665 --> 00:35:26,041
Ram them!

477
00:35:36,969 --> 00:35:40,055
COMMANDER:
Archers, now! Now!

478
00:35:44,852 --> 00:35:45,894
[ALL YELL]

479
00:35:49,314 --> 00:35:50,774
Reverse!

480
00:35:51,108 --> 00:35:52,526
NOW!

481
00:35:59,324 --> 00:36:00,701
Go through them!

482
00:36:10,335 --> 00:36:11,378
[MEN YELL]

483
00:36:29,021 --> 00:36:30,147
[MEN SCREAMING]

484
00:36:55,589 --> 00:36:56,840
ARTEMISIA:
The enemy's tactics...

485
00:36:57,090 --> 00:36:58,467
...are creative.

486
00:36:58,717 --> 00:37:01,136
The defensive circle
leaves no front to assault.

487
00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:03,096
We are losing.

488
00:37:03,347 --> 00:37:05,015
No, you are losing.

489
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:12,856
Pull back.

490
00:37:13,357 --> 00:37:15,025
Let them have this day.

491
00:37:15,651 --> 00:37:18,695
I'm bored with your failures, Bandari.

492
00:37:23,867 --> 00:37:25,911
I'll not let this wound slow me.

493
00:37:26,161 --> 00:37:28,413
Heh. Somehow I believe you.

494
00:37:28,664 --> 00:37:30,874
My blade will be sharp and ready
by the morning.

495
00:37:31,875 --> 00:37:34,544
Good. Tomorrow you will fight
alongside your father.

496
00:37:36,630 --> 00:37:37,631
Not bad...

497
00:37:37,881 --> 00:37:41,343
-...for a bunch of farmers.
- And poets and sculptors.

498
00:37:41,593 --> 00:37:43,053
Who'd have known untrained men...

499
00:37:43,303 --> 00:37:46,098
...would do so well against
such a considerable adversary?

500
00:37:48,475 --> 00:37:51,728
We're going to need all of our strength
for tomorrow's fight.

501
00:37:52,354 --> 00:37:54,564
How long do you think we can hold them?

502
00:37:57,526 --> 00:37:59,778
If my plan is to work...

503
00:38:01,613 --> 00:38:04,658
...long enough for the Spartans
to unite Greece.

504
00:38:05,951 --> 00:38:07,244
Men!

505
00:38:07,786 --> 00:38:09,121
Who will share their wine with me?

506
00:38:09,371 --> 00:38:11,498
[MEN SHOUT]

507
00:38:22,968 --> 00:38:24,052
Report.

508
00:38:24,303 --> 00:38:26,096
We are still tallying the losses.

509
00:38:26,722 --> 00:38:29,308
But you must understand,
it is extremely difficult...

510
00:38:29,558 --> 00:38:31,893
...given the sea and the darkness...

511
00:38:32,144 --> 00:38:33,729
...to get an accurate--

512
00:38:33,979 --> 00:38:35,522
[GRUNTS]

513
00:38:44,948 --> 00:38:46,074
Report?

514
00:38:46,700 --> 00:38:48,118
ARTAPHERNES:
Seventy-five ships lost.

515
00:38:48,368 --> 00:38:49,745
Thirty damaged beyond repair.

516
00:38:49,995 --> 00:38:53,040
Twenty could return with a few weeks' work
in a safe harbor.

517
00:38:57,210 --> 00:39:00,130
The commander of the Greek force
is named Themistokles.

518
00:39:00,380 --> 00:39:02,382
Yes, he is an Athenian general.

519
00:39:03,216 --> 00:39:05,052
He's rumored to have loosed the arrow...

520
00:39:05,302 --> 00:39:07,846
...that felled the great King Darius himself.

521
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,361
No!

522
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:41,004
This Themistokles has shown himself
to be quite brilliant in battle.

523
00:39:42,631 --> 00:39:44,716
Which is more than I can say for any of you.

524
00:39:46,093 --> 00:39:49,304
Do you gentlemen find my command
unreasonable?

525
00:39:49,763 --> 00:39:52,307
Is it too much to ask for victory?

526
00:39:52,557 --> 00:39:54,309
Your disappointment in yesterday's losses...

527
00:39:54,559 --> 00:39:56,144
...is warranted.

528
00:39:57,604 --> 00:39:59,606
My disappointment.

529
00:40:00,941 --> 00:40:03,360
My disappointment is not with my losses.

530
00:40:03,610 --> 00:40:07,239
The meager number of damaged ships
and dead slaves means nothing to me.

531
00:40:07,489 --> 00:40:11,284
No, my disappointment...

532
00:40:13,829 --> 00:40:15,539
...is in these men.

533
00:40:16,832 --> 00:40:17,833
For though I stand...

534
00:40:18,083 --> 00:40:20,168
...among 10,000...

535
00:40:20,502 --> 00:40:21,962
...I am alone.

536
00:40:24,047 --> 00:40:27,426
I long for a soul
who would stand by my side.

537
00:40:27,676 --> 00:40:28,844
Who I could trust.

538
00:40:34,891 --> 00:40:37,185
Tell me, General Kashani.

539
00:40:37,811 --> 00:40:39,646
Are you that man?

540
00:40:41,523 --> 00:40:44,776
You will taste your victory by the day's end.

541
00:40:45,235 --> 00:40:47,571
I will make certain of it.

542
00:40:48,822 --> 00:40:50,615
I hope so.

543
00:41:24,691 --> 00:41:26,693
[ALL GRUNTING]

544
00:42:22,207 --> 00:42:24,376
Advance!

545
00:42:31,508 --> 00:42:35,053
NOW!

546
00:42:58,743 --> 00:43:01,037
Don't lose sight of them.

547
00:43:15,385 --> 00:43:16,511
The Greeks are retreating.

548
00:43:16,761 --> 00:43:19,222
ARTEMISIA:
He's got him right where he wants him.

549
00:43:19,472 --> 00:43:21,349
Kashani is a fine tactician.

550
00:43:21,975 --> 00:43:24,644
I was speaking of Themistokles.

551
00:43:34,487 --> 00:43:35,530
Rocks!

552
00:43:38,700 --> 00:43:40,201
Stop, stop!

553
00:43:40,452 --> 00:43:41,745
Stop!

554
00:43:42,454 --> 00:43:44,164
Brace yourselves!

555
00:43:46,958 --> 00:43:48,585
[ALL YELLING]

556
00:44:11,274 --> 00:44:13,276
[YELLING]

557
00:44:20,325 --> 00:44:21,618
[YELLS]

558
00:44:21,868 --> 00:44:23,870
[ALL YELLING AND GRUNTING]

559
00:45:47,662 --> 00:45:48,747
[SIGHS]

560
00:46:30,622 --> 00:46:31,372
What are you doing here?

561
00:46:31,623 --> 00:46:35,126
A man's responsibility
is to protect his family and his nation.

562
00:46:35,376 --> 00:46:38,338
- Who told you this?
- My father.

563
00:47:12,789 --> 00:47:13,832
[GROANING]

564
00:47:41,776 --> 00:47:44,779
You see how Themistokles
employs deception with such grace?

565
00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:48,199
- Why is it so much to ask for victory?
- How can I make amends?

566
00:47:48,449 --> 00:47:49,826
Silence.

567
00:47:53,246 --> 00:47:55,623
You will carry a message for me.

568
00:47:56,708 --> 00:47:58,126
MAN:
Now they will fear us!

569
00:47:58,376 --> 00:48:02,005
Now they will fear
the Greek men-at-arms! Hup!

570
00:48:03,590 --> 00:48:04,591
THEMISTOKLES:
He's right.

571
00:48:05,341 --> 00:48:07,218
Fear the Greek fighting man.

572
00:48:07,468 --> 00:48:08,595
Fear his sword.

573
00:48:08,845 --> 00:48:10,179
His shield.

574
00:48:10,638 --> 00:48:13,224
Fear his love for Mother Greece.

575
00:48:13,474 --> 00:48:14,976
But most of all...

576
00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:17,186
...fear his freedom!

577
00:48:17,437 --> 00:48:19,564
[ALL CHEERING]

578
00:48:23,276 --> 00:48:25,194
Don't be angry with the boy.

579
00:48:25,486 --> 00:48:26,779
I took him under my command.

580
00:48:27,030 --> 00:48:30,033
Anger is something I reserve
for my enemies.

581
00:48:38,291 --> 00:48:39,876
Themistokles.

582
00:49:00,188 --> 00:49:03,900
Artemisia's ship is being anchored
in neutral waters.

583
00:49:04,150 --> 00:49:06,319
She'd like to meet with Themistokles.

584
00:49:06,569 --> 00:49:09,447
- How can you guarantee his safe return?
ARTAPHERNES: Well, boy...

585
00:49:09,697 --> 00:49:11,616
...the only honor for her now...

586
00:49:11,866 --> 00:49:15,244
...will be when she watches
your crushed and broken fleet...

587
00:49:15,495 --> 00:49:17,413
...sinking to the bottom of the Aegean...

588
00:49:17,664 --> 00:49:19,248
...and is able to recognize you...

589
00:49:19,499 --> 00:49:22,585
...nailed to the mast of your ship
with her sword...

590
00:49:22,835 --> 00:49:25,588
...as you descend to a watery grave.

591
00:49:30,969 --> 00:49:33,471
Why didn't you just say that to begin with?

592
00:50:00,915 --> 00:50:03,418
ARTEMISIA:
Welcome to my humble barge.

593
00:50:03,668 --> 00:50:06,212
We are honored by your presence.

594
00:50:08,673 --> 00:50:10,925
Your barge and you...

595
00:50:11,634 --> 00:50:13,261
...are quite impressive.

596
00:50:18,057 --> 00:50:19,892
Kind words.

597
00:50:21,519 --> 00:50:24,731
Now come, Themistokles.
We have much to discuss.

598
00:50:26,441 --> 00:50:29,110
Do you believe the Greeks
are descended from the gods?

599
00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:30,945
I have heard some say that.

600
00:50:31,195 --> 00:50:34,490
And what of you?
ls there a god in your lineage?

601
00:50:34,741 --> 00:50:38,161
My men say so, and based on
the last two days' battle...

602
00:50:38,661 --> 00:50:41,914
...I'd say there's a spark of the divine in you.

603
00:50:43,124 --> 00:50:45,710
Now who's using kind words?

604
00:50:52,592 --> 00:50:54,177
My men also say that it was you...

605
00:50:54,427 --> 00:50:57,597
...who slayed the good King Darius
at Marathon.

606
00:50:57,847 --> 00:51:00,266
Many heroic deeds occurred on that day.

607
00:51:00,516 --> 00:51:02,226
But it was 10 years ago...

608
00:51:02,477 --> 00:51:04,979
...and the facts of battle
are often embellished.

609
00:51:05,229 --> 00:51:07,065
This deed, you would remember.

610
00:51:08,399 --> 00:51:11,527
I do what I must to defend Greece.

611
00:51:11,778 --> 00:51:14,322
And I do what I must to defeat her.

612
00:51:17,450 --> 00:51:20,453
For every one Greek killed,
you must kill a thousand Persians.

613
00:51:22,455 --> 00:51:24,123
For every ship I sink...

614
00:51:25,083 --> 00:51:26,876
...you must sink a hundred.

615
00:51:27,877 --> 00:51:29,879
I can sustain losses for weeks.

616
00:51:30,129 --> 00:51:32,423
Months, if need be.

617
00:51:32,673 --> 00:51:34,175
My numbers will defeat you...

618
00:51:34,425 --> 00:51:37,136
...and I will take your precious boats
with my sword.

619
00:51:37,386 --> 00:51:38,971
I will take your Greek freedom.

620
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:42,517
Are you asking me
to negotiate a surrender?

621
00:51:42,767 --> 00:51:43,810
No.

622
00:51:44,811 --> 00:51:47,772
I offer you a chance
to avoid such misery and join me.

623
00:51:49,357 --> 00:51:51,901
I'm in need of a commander such as you.

624
00:51:52,902 --> 00:51:54,529
Look at the defense you've mounted.

625
00:51:56,572 --> 00:51:58,032
A handful of triremes.

626
00:51:58,866 --> 00:52:01,077
Leonidas with 300 Spartans.

627
00:52:01,327 --> 00:52:02,620
[CHUCKLES]

628
00:52:02,870 --> 00:52:04,080
It's insulting, frankly...

629
00:52:04,330 --> 00:52:07,458
...that the mightiest empire the world
has ever seen is met by this.

630
00:52:09,627 --> 00:52:11,796
I don't blame you, Themistokles.

631
00:52:12,630 --> 00:52:15,383
You fought as if the blood
of Poseidon himself...

632
00:52:15,633 --> 00:52:17,760
...was coursing through your veins.

633
00:52:18,010 --> 00:52:19,929
No, I blame Greece.

634
00:52:20,847 --> 00:52:23,850
The squabbling bureaucrats
protecting their political hides...

635
00:52:24,100 --> 00:52:26,978
...by sending you here to die.

636
00:52:30,356 --> 00:52:32,650
And yet you still fight.

637
00:52:34,235 --> 00:52:36,028
So there must be...

638
00:52:37,697 --> 00:52:38,990
What?

639
00:52:40,324 --> 00:52:44,328
Family back home in Athens
that compels you...

640
00:52:45,413 --> 00:52:48,040
...to battle with such passion?

641
00:52:50,293 --> 00:52:52,879
Truth is, I've had no time for family.

642
00:52:53,129 --> 00:52:55,590
I have spent my entire adult life...

643
00:52:55,840 --> 00:52:57,633
...with my one true love...

644
00:52:58,593 --> 00:53:00,178
...the Greek fleet...

645
00:53:00,928 --> 00:53:02,763
...and my one passion...

646
00:53:03,014 --> 00:53:04,891
...readying it for you.

647
00:53:06,517 --> 00:53:08,227
[LAUGHS]

648
00:53:09,061 --> 00:53:10,563
Now, that brings me pleasure...

649
00:53:10,813 --> 00:53:14,275
...the thought of you pining away for me...

650
00:53:15,193 --> 00:53:17,778
...forsaking family and love...

651
00:53:18,029 --> 00:53:21,199
...for the promise of a deeper ecstasy.

652
00:53:28,247 --> 00:53:31,667
The ecstasy of steel and flesh...

653
00:53:32,835 --> 00:53:35,796
...death and life...

654
00:53:37,632 --> 00:53:39,175
...of rage...

655
00:53:40,051 --> 00:53:42,386
...and sweat of muscle...

656
00:53:43,512 --> 00:53:45,431
...of pure joy...

657
00:53:46,432 --> 00:53:48,601
...and deepest sorrow.

658
00:53:49,852 --> 00:53:53,689
Die with me each night and be born again
with me each morning...

659
00:53:54,357 --> 00:53:58,236
...as you plant your sword
into the hearts of our enemies.

660
00:54:01,989 --> 00:54:03,658
You fight for freedom.

661
00:54:04,200 --> 00:54:07,954
I offer freedom without
consequence or responsibility.

662
00:54:11,207 --> 00:54:12,667
Join me...

663
00:54:14,126 --> 00:54:15,836
...at my side.

664
00:54:16,128 --> 00:54:20,132
Breathe each breath with me
as if it were your last.

665
00:54:39,235 --> 00:54:40,903
[PANTING]

666
00:54:48,494 --> 00:54:50,329
[ARTEMISIA GRUNTING]

667
00:54:55,459 --> 00:54:56,502
[GRUNTING]

668
00:55:15,938 --> 00:55:17,940
[ARTEMISIA & THEMISTOKLES
GRUNTING]

669
00:55:30,244 --> 00:55:31,954
[MOANS]

670
00:56:09,200 --> 00:56:10,701
Join me.

671
00:56:16,749 --> 00:56:17,958
No.

672
00:56:22,296 --> 00:56:23,381
[BOTH GRUNTING]

673
00:56:29,095 --> 00:56:32,348
You're no god. You're just a man.

674
00:56:47,488 --> 00:56:49,740
Be quick with your sword.

675
00:56:53,202 --> 00:56:55,413
You'll not have your death tonight.

676
00:56:55,955 --> 00:56:57,123
Guards!

677
00:56:58,749 --> 00:57:00,918
Remove this filth from my ship.

678
00:57:04,922 --> 00:57:06,132
[YELLS THEN SWORD CLANGS]

679
00:57:27,194 --> 00:57:27,945
AESKYLOS:
Well?

680
00:57:28,904 --> 00:57:30,781
What have you learned?

681
00:57:32,032 --> 00:57:33,909
[SIGHS]

682
00:57:38,122 --> 00:57:40,082
Can Artemisia be beaten?

683
00:57:41,792 --> 00:57:44,086
The next time that we face her...

684
00:57:44,336 --> 00:57:46,964
...she's going to bring all of hell with her.

685
00:57:47,214 --> 00:57:49,049
[SIGHS]

686
00:58:40,893 --> 00:58:43,312
Hold! Hold!

687
00:58:54,865 --> 00:58:56,951
Send in my personal guard.

688
00:59:23,852 --> 00:59:24,853
Pull back!

689
00:59:25,104 --> 00:59:26,188
Retreat!

690
00:59:26,438 --> 00:59:27,565
MAN: Retreat!
SCYLLIAS: Retreat!

691
00:59:27,815 --> 00:59:29,316
MAN: Retreat!
SCYLLIAS: Retreat!

692
00:59:30,025 --> 00:59:31,735
Themistokles!

693
00:59:31,986 --> 00:59:33,487
In the water!

694
00:59:37,032 --> 00:59:39,201
Archers on deck now!

695
00:59:39,451 --> 00:59:41,120
SCYLLIAS:
Archers on deck now! Quickly!

696
00:59:41,704 --> 00:59:42,830
THEMISTOKLES:
Starboard side!

697
00:59:43,080 --> 00:59:44,248
Fire at will!

698
00:59:51,714 --> 00:59:53,716
[YELLING]

699
01:00:02,433 --> 01:00:03,642
[GRUNTING]

700
01:00:22,453 --> 01:00:23,912
[ARROW PIERCES FLESH]

701
01:00:57,780 --> 01:00:59,281
[GASPS]

702
01:01:00,908 --> 01:01:02,201
Fight on, boy.

703
01:01:02,451 --> 01:01:03,494
Uh-huh.

704
01:01:03,744 --> 01:01:05,204
SCYLLIAS:
Fight on!

705
01:01:06,997 --> 01:01:08,957
[WHOOSHING IN DISTANCE]

706
01:01:13,504 --> 01:01:14,713
[ALL YELLING]

707
01:01:25,015 --> 01:01:26,725
THEMISTOKLES:
Aim for the men on top!

708
01:01:26,975 --> 01:01:28,185
UP there!

709
01:02:38,714 --> 01:02:41,550
Abandon ship! Abandon ship!

710
01:02:41,800 --> 01:02:43,761
Abandon ship!

711
01:04:11,139 --> 01:04:12,099
[GRUNTS]

712
01:04:29,533 --> 01:04:31,869
GORGO:
The dead have no guilt.

713
01:04:32,411 --> 01:04:34,621
No responsibility.

714
01:04:35,831 --> 01:04:38,000
Themistokles watches the bodies
of his men...

715
01:04:38,250 --> 01:04:41,086
...turn the Aegean red with blood.

716
01:04:42,129 --> 01:04:43,964
Were they sacrificed for his ego?

717
01:04:45,674 --> 01:04:49,678
Or to relieve the guilt of the long-ago
mistake at Marathon?

718
01:04:52,681 --> 01:04:54,391
How many men would have been saved...

719
01:04:54,641 --> 01:04:57,603
...if Themistokles had killed that boy?

720
01:05:00,355 --> 01:05:03,108
Not even his own soul can be sure.

721
01:05:04,568 --> 01:05:06,194
My friend.

722
01:05:07,112 --> 01:05:09,072
We faced the odds.

723
01:05:10,407 --> 01:05:11,992
[IN STRAINED VOICE]
Together.

724
01:05:13,994 --> 01:05:14,995
Listen to me...

725
01:05:15,245 --> 01:05:17,122
...Themistokles.

726
01:05:20,709 --> 01:05:22,878
You will have to fight...

727
01:05:23,128 --> 01:05:25,923
...with twice as much strength
in the morning.

728
01:05:26,798 --> 01:05:28,800
We will fight shoulder-to-shoulder.

729
01:05:29,051 --> 01:05:30,427
SCYLLIAS:
No, my son.

730
01:05:31,887 --> 01:05:34,640
You will carry on for both of us.

731
01:05:48,445 --> 01:05:50,447
[SCYLLIAS WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]

732
01:06:21,436 --> 01:06:23,438
[SOBBING]

733
01:06:33,949 --> 01:06:35,367
What did he say?

734
01:06:37,911 --> 01:06:40,163
I will tell you in time, boy.

735
01:06:42,416 --> 01:06:43,750
Quiet now.

736
01:06:45,085 --> 01:06:47,504
You go and be with your father's spirit.

737
01:06:56,680 --> 01:06:59,433
How many times do you think
we will repeat such a tragedy?

738
01:07:00,976 --> 01:07:02,144
As many times as we must.

739
01:07:03,228 --> 01:07:05,063
We are turning young men into memories.

740
01:07:08,692 --> 01:07:10,610
Do you think I enjoy this?

741
01:07:12,154 --> 01:07:14,156
Witnessing my friend's final breath?

742
01:07:18,076 --> 01:07:20,412
Every widow that is made by my decision...

743
01:07:22,497 --> 01:07:25,208
...every child that will grow
without a father...

744
01:07:27,002 --> 01:07:28,754
...they are my choices.

745
01:07:29,755 --> 01:07:33,383
This is the burden of my command.

746
01:07:48,899 --> 01:07:50,108
[SQUAWKS]

747
01:07:57,282 --> 01:07:58,909
XERXES:
How easy it is to silence...

748
01:07:59,159 --> 01:08:02,370
...the strong and self-disciplined.

749
01:08:02,621 --> 01:08:05,791
Let my army witness
the great warriors of Sparta.

750
01:08:09,044 --> 01:08:12,214
March them past these corpses.

751
01:08:12,464 --> 01:08:15,634
Let them see the cost
of daring to challenge the god-king.

752
01:08:19,387 --> 01:08:20,931
King Leonidas...

753
01:08:21,181 --> 01:08:25,185
...and his brave 300
were the finest Greece has to offer.

754
01:08:25,477 --> 01:08:26,728
There will be no saviors...

755
01:08:26,978 --> 01:08:29,397
...to rise up and vanquish us.

756
01:08:30,023 --> 01:08:32,818
Nothing will stop the march of my empire.

757
01:08:35,362 --> 01:08:36,530
EPHIALTES:
Your Majesty.

758
01:08:39,366 --> 01:08:41,326
XERXES:
You, take this dead king's sword...

759
01:08:41,576 --> 01:08:42,869
...to Athens.

760
01:08:43,120 --> 01:08:46,039
Let them know
that I am coming next for them.

761
01:08:47,207 --> 01:08:48,792
Let them know...

762
01:08:49,042 --> 01:08:50,544
...Athens...

763
01:08:51,253 --> 01:08:54,131
...their prize jewel of a city...

764
01:08:54,923 --> 01:08:57,342
...will disappear from the histories.

765
01:09:01,012 --> 01:09:02,430
Themistokles!

766
01:09:05,517 --> 01:09:06,518
I bring word...

767
01:09:06,768 --> 01:09:09,396
...from Thermopylae.
Leonidas was betrayed by a hunchback.

768
01:09:09,646 --> 01:09:11,314
The Spartans have been slaughtered.

769
01:09:11,565 --> 01:09:12,774
The Hot Gates have fallen.

770
01:09:15,777 --> 01:09:17,821
Such a sacrifice.

771
01:09:21,950 --> 01:09:24,119
Now Greece has her martyrs.

772
01:09:25,370 --> 01:09:27,539
Daxos, take that message...

773
01:09:27,789 --> 01:09:29,332
...from the Hot Gates...

774
01:09:29,583 --> 01:09:31,918
...to every city, every village.

775
01:09:32,169 --> 01:09:34,754
Let every countryman hear your words.

776
01:09:35,005 --> 01:09:36,798
But they are dead. All of them.

777
01:09:37,048 --> 01:09:39,843
Sparta's sacrifice will be what unites us.

778
01:09:40,427 --> 01:09:41,803
Now go.

779
01:09:43,054 --> 01:09:43,638
DAXOS:
Hyah!

780
01:09:43,889 --> 01:09:46,600
Move all of our ships and men back
to the safety of Salamis.

781
01:09:46,850 --> 01:09:48,226
And you?

782
01:09:49,060 --> 01:09:51,313
I will take Daxos' message to Athens.

783
01:09:52,522 --> 01:09:55,775
THEMISTOKLES: I was told a hunchback
was accountable for the fall of the Hot Gates.

784
01:09:57,194 --> 01:10:00,280
That he sold out his country...

785
01:10:00,530 --> 01:10:03,742
...pulled the crimson from his back
and replaced it with Persian gold.

786
01:10:06,494 --> 01:10:08,288
What is your name, traitor?

787
01:10:09,372 --> 01:10:12,500
Ephialtes of Trachis.

788
01:10:24,429 --> 01:10:28,433
I should wet this noble blade
with your blood.

789
01:10:30,185 --> 01:10:32,020
You would be right to do so.

790
01:10:32,854 --> 01:10:35,523
There is little beauty about me.

791
01:10:35,774 --> 01:10:39,778
There is little beauty in what I have done.

792
01:10:44,616 --> 01:10:46,284
Say what you must.

793
01:10:46,952 --> 01:10:48,787
I beg of you...

794
01:10:49,371 --> 01:10:50,872
...and all of Athens!

795
01:10:51,122 --> 01:10:54,668
The god-king will burn this city
to the ground!

796
01:10:54,918 --> 01:10:55,961
MAN:
What does he mean?

797
01:10:56,503 --> 01:10:58,171
THEMISTOKLES:
Quiet yourselves!

798
01:10:59,130 --> 01:11:03,134
Leonidas' and Sparta's great sacrifice
was no defeat.

799
01:11:06,263 --> 01:11:08,348
It was a beautiful victory.

800
01:11:11,643 --> 01:11:14,104
This simple act of valor...

801
01:11:14,396 --> 01:11:16,856
...will allow us to rally each
of our city-states...

802
01:11:17,107 --> 01:11:19,109
...and unite Greece...

803
01:11:19,985 --> 01:11:21,987
...for one purpose...

804
01:11:22,320 --> 01:11:23,488
...against one enemy!

805
01:11:24,906 --> 01:11:25,949
And you.

806
01:11:26,199 --> 01:11:29,452
You take this message to your god-king.

807
01:11:29,703 --> 01:11:32,247
That we will take whatever ships
we have left...

808
01:11:32,789 --> 01:11:35,250
...and finish this in the Bay of Salamis.

809
01:11:36,126 --> 01:11:38,712
But there will be death and destruction.

810
01:11:38,962 --> 01:11:42,757
Yes, there will be.

811
01:11:44,718 --> 01:11:45,510
[THUNDER RUMBLING]

812
01:11:49,514 --> 01:11:50,932
Themistokles.

813
01:11:53,268 --> 01:11:55,437
I'm here to speak to your queen.

814
01:11:56,187 --> 01:11:57,689
A warning, Athenian.

815
01:11:57,939 --> 01:12:00,692
You may not receive a warm welcome.

816
01:12:27,469 --> 01:12:30,055
May I offer my deepest sympathies.

817
01:12:31,681 --> 01:12:34,517
I cannot change what has happened
to Leonidas...

818
01:12:34,768 --> 01:12:37,604
...but his sacrifice will not be forgotten.

819
01:12:38,563 --> 01:12:42,025
Do not lecture me on sacrifice,
and be quick with your words, Athenian.

820
01:12:44,903 --> 01:12:48,156
I request of you the entire Spartan navy.

821
01:12:48,907 --> 01:12:50,492
Every man, every ship...

822
01:12:50,742 --> 01:12:53,078
-...that you can spare.
- Have I not given enough...

823
01:12:53,328 --> 01:12:54,996
...for your dream of a united Greece?

824
01:12:55,372 --> 01:12:58,750
Shall I put swords in the hands
of my son? Our children?

825
01:12:59,000 --> 01:13:00,210
Would that please you?

826
01:13:01,669 --> 01:13:05,173
Have I not given enough
for your ambitions, Themistokles?

827
01:13:05,423 --> 01:13:06,966
A king.

828
01:13:07,675 --> 01:13:10,053
Husbands, fathers, brothers.

829
01:13:10,303 --> 01:13:12,764
Sparta will give no more.

830
01:13:28,446 --> 01:13:29,989
This belongs with you.

831
01:13:40,250 --> 01:13:41,709
Avenge him.

832
01:13:59,686 --> 01:14:02,439
GORGO:
The Oracle's words stood as a warning.

833
01:14:03,189 --> 01:14:05,108
All of Greece will fall...

834
01:14:05,733 --> 01:14:09,028
...as Persian fire reduces Athens to cinder.

835
01:14:10,488 --> 01:14:12,824
For Athens is a pile of stone and wood...

836
01:14:13,074 --> 01:14:15,660
...and cloth and dust...

837
01:14:16,578 --> 01:14:19,372
...and, as dust, will vanish into the wind.

838
01:14:21,040 --> 01:14:23,835
Only the Athenians themselves exist.

839
01:14:25,044 --> 01:14:28,631
And the fate of the world
hangs on their every syllable.

840
01:14:29,507 --> 01:14:31,885
Only the Athenians exist.

841
01:14:32,260 --> 01:14:35,221
And only stout wooden ships can save them.

842
01:14:35,889 --> 01:14:37,474
Wooden ships...

843
01:14:38,266 --> 01:14:41,102
...and a tidal wave of heroes' blood.

844
01:14:48,193 --> 01:14:51,279
XERXES:
The Greeks were fools to stand against us.

845
01:14:51,529 --> 01:14:53,156
Leonidas and his pride...

846
01:14:53,406 --> 01:14:55,992
...were no match for the will of a god.

847
01:14:58,286 --> 01:15:02,207
Themistokles was a worthless coward.

848
01:15:02,457 --> 01:15:03,958
And now...

849
01:15:04,501 --> 01:15:08,213
...this pathetic navy
is barely worth our attention.

850
01:15:08,463 --> 01:15:10,757
If that worthless coward
had stood at my side...

851
01:15:11,007 --> 01:15:12,592
...we would have laid the world...

852
01:15:12,842 --> 01:15:13,927
...at your feet.

853
01:15:14,844 --> 01:15:15,970
EPHIALTES:
My king.

854
01:15:17,180 --> 01:15:20,683
Your humble servant brings you news.

855
01:15:22,018 --> 01:15:24,395
The Greek fleet are defenseless...

856
01:15:24,646 --> 01:15:26,814
...within the Bay of Salamis.

857
01:15:27,482 --> 01:15:29,943
You need only finish them.

858
01:15:30,860 --> 01:15:32,529
Who commands their forces?

859
01:15:36,032 --> 01:15:38,535
Themistokles of Athens.

860
01:15:38,785 --> 01:15:40,620
Themistokles is dead.

861
01:15:40,870 --> 01:15:44,332
EPHIALTES:
He is alive. I have seen him myself.

862
01:15:58,638 --> 01:16:00,431
ARTEMISIA:
Ready my troops and armor.

863
01:16:00,682 --> 01:16:01,975
We will attack at once.

864
01:16:02,225 --> 01:16:03,226
Wisdom...

865
01:16:04,936 --> 01:16:05,687
...would have us...

866
01:16:05,937 --> 01:16:08,606
...send a probing force to confirm
it is not a trap.

867
01:16:09,774 --> 01:16:12,026
You would dare to advise me
in matters of war?

868
01:16:13,653 --> 01:16:15,572
I am the god-king.

869
01:16:15,822 --> 01:16:18,533
I am the one who triumphed over Leonidas.

870
01:16:18,783 --> 01:16:20,827
I am the one who laid waste...

871
01:16:21,077 --> 01:16:22,870
...to this showpiece of Athens.

872
01:16:23,121 --> 01:16:26,291
- I am your king.
ARTEMISIA: Killing Leonidas and his men...

873
01:16:26,541 --> 01:16:28,710
...only made them martyrs.

874
01:16:29,586 --> 01:16:31,588
And when you razed Athens...

875
01:16:32,213 --> 01:16:33,881
...you set fire to the only thing...

876
01:16:34,132 --> 01:16:36,050
...of value in this country.

877
01:16:48,062 --> 01:16:50,481
I will attack the Greeks...

878
01:16:51,649 --> 01:16:54,235
...with my entire navy.

879
01:16:55,445 --> 01:16:56,571
Artemisia.

880
01:16:56,821 --> 01:16:58,156
Enough!

881
01:16:59,657 --> 01:17:03,036
Do not forget who put the crown
on your childish head.

882
01:17:03,620 --> 01:17:05,246
My king.

883
01:17:06,331 --> 01:17:07,832
Now sit on your golden throne...

884
01:17:08,082 --> 01:17:10,752
...and watch this battle
from the safety I provide you.

885
01:17:17,050 --> 01:17:18,718
THEMISTOKLES:
There in the distance...

886
01:17:19,927 --> 01:17:22,680
...we witness the destruction of Athens.

887
01:17:26,225 --> 01:17:30,229
Alone, we will face the monster
that cast a shadow across our land.

888
01:17:33,316 --> 01:17:36,944
I had prayed that the Spartans
would come to lend a hand this morning.

889
01:17:39,989 --> 01:17:41,908
Perhaps they feel they have given enough.

890
01:17:42,158 --> 01:17:43,576
COMMANDER 1:
You failed us all.

891
01:17:43,826 --> 01:17:45,203
This is your fault, Themistokles.

892
01:17:45,453 --> 01:17:47,038
Without Spartans, we're farmhands.

893
01:17:47,288 --> 01:17:49,332
COMMANDER 2: We should've negotiated
with the Persians when we had the chance.

894
01:17:54,253 --> 01:17:55,963
You are all right.

895
01:17:57,799 --> 01:18:01,552
Yes, we are down to a handful of boats.

896
01:18:02,637 --> 01:18:06,099
And, yes, we are just farmhands.

897
01:18:06,808 --> 01:18:08,559
We are tradesmen.

898
01:18:09,686 --> 01:18:10,770
We are boys...

899
01:18:11,437 --> 01:18:15,149
...turned to men through the sacrifice
and forge of combat.

900
01:18:17,610 --> 01:18:19,946
I played a dangerous game...

901
01:18:20,196 --> 01:18:21,781
...and I lost!

902
01:18:26,661 --> 01:18:29,997
If you choose to turn your back on me...

903
01:18:30,456 --> 01:18:31,833
...on your country...

904
01:18:35,128 --> 01:18:37,046
...I will not judge you.

905
01:18:38,715 --> 01:18:40,758
You are free to leave.

906
01:18:41,843 --> 01:18:43,636
You are still free men.

907
01:19:07,076 --> 01:19:08,244
Very well.

908
01:19:10,163 --> 01:19:11,164
Then let us...

909
01:19:11,414 --> 01:19:15,376
...put our shoulders to work
and free those ships from the bosom of Greece.

910
01:19:17,712 --> 01:19:20,381
Today is a privilege to call our own.

911
01:19:21,716 --> 01:19:25,303
A story that will be told
for a thousand years.

912
01:19:26,471 --> 01:19:28,473
Let our final stand...

913
01:19:28,723 --> 01:19:30,767
...be recorded to the histories.

914
01:19:31,225 --> 01:19:33,019
And let it be shown...

915
01:19:33,603 --> 01:19:36,189
...that we chose to die on our feet...

916
01:19:36,439 --> 01:19:38,691
...rather than live on our knees!

917
01:19:38,941 --> 01:19:40,943
[ALL CHEERING]

918
01:20:26,906 --> 01:20:29,283
There is only one thing
you need to know today.

919
01:20:29,534 --> 01:20:31,035
Not to get killed.

920
01:20:31,285 --> 01:20:35,289
No. Your father's last words.

921
01:20:39,377 --> 01:20:42,421
He told me that you had earned
the right to sit at the table.

922
01:20:59,689 --> 01:21:03,693
Well, my brother,
I have no more tactics or tricks.

923
01:21:05,486 --> 01:21:07,864
This will be the last battle that we share.

924
01:21:08,114 --> 01:21:11,742
We have fought next to one other
for as long as I can remember.

925
01:21:12,577 --> 01:21:15,955
Nothing would please me more
than to rest this sword.

926
01:21:17,123 --> 01:21:20,710
- The preparations that are required?
- Below deck.

927
01:21:21,794 --> 01:21:23,713
- Good.
- Are you sure...

928
01:21:23,963 --> 01:21:25,756
...that you want to commit everything?

929
01:21:26,465 --> 01:21:27,550
Yes.

930
01:21:29,385 --> 01:21:32,263
Without Artemisia's command,
the Persian navy is nothing.

931
01:21:34,015 --> 01:21:36,142
AESKYLOS:
We will never be able to reach her.

932
01:21:36,392 --> 01:21:37,935
THEMISTOKLES:
I will reach her...

933
01:21:38,728 --> 01:21:40,646
...and put an end to this.

934
01:21:41,564 --> 01:21:43,983
There will be no room for a retreat.

935
01:21:45,401 --> 01:21:46,819
I know.

936
01:21:49,196 --> 01:21:52,617
ARTEMISIA:
Today the last Greek ships will be destroyed.

937
01:21:52,867 --> 01:21:54,952
Show them no mercy.

938
01:21:55,202 --> 01:21:57,705
Give them no quarter.

939
01:21:57,955 --> 01:22:01,167
Today we will dance across the backs
of dead Greeks.

940
01:22:01,876 --> 01:22:04,629
Today we deliver submission.

941
01:22:05,504 --> 01:22:07,548
Today I want to feel Themistokles' throat...

942
01:22:07,840 --> 01:22:09,800
...beneath my boots.

943
01:22:28,861 --> 01:22:30,279
[MEN YELLING]

944
01:22:40,623 --> 01:22:43,084
Men, brace yourselves!

945
01:23:37,221 --> 01:23:38,806
Prepare for close quarters.

946
01:23:39,056 --> 01:23:40,558
Attack!

947
01:23:40,808 --> 01:23:42,518
[MEN YELLING]

948
01:23:46,689 --> 01:23:47,815
Your father watches you!

949
01:23:49,191 --> 01:23:51,360
Hold nothing back!

950
01:23:51,610 --> 01:23:52,945
Seize your glory!

951
01:23:58,284 --> 01:24:00,286
[ALL GRUNTING]

952
01:24:13,674 --> 01:24:14,675
[YELLS]

953
01:24:21,307 --> 01:24:23,851
I'm not here as a witness.

954
01:24:28,939 --> 01:24:30,399
[ALL YELLING AND GRUNTING]

955
01:24:41,869 --> 01:24:42,870
[MAN GASPING]

956
01:25:25,788 --> 01:25:26,622
NOW!

957
01:25:27,414 --> 01:25:30,042
And let them send our souls straight to hell!

958
01:25:30,292 --> 01:25:31,710
[HORSE NEIGHING]

959
01:26:07,621 --> 01:26:10,166
Hyah! Come on!

960
01:26:21,427 --> 01:26:22,720
[THEMISTOKLES YELLS]

961
01:27:16,899 --> 01:27:18,442
You offered freedom without...

962
01:27:18,692 --> 01:27:21,654
-...consequence or responsibility.
- Are you accepting my offer?

963
01:27:21,904 --> 01:27:23,364
My answer is still no.

964
01:27:51,976 --> 01:27:54,353
You fight much harder than you fuck.

965
01:28:07,866 --> 01:28:08,701
[THEMISTOKLES SCREAMS]

966
01:28:37,896 --> 01:28:40,566
Surrender to me or meet your death.

967
01:28:40,816 --> 01:28:41,942
Who would you fight...

968
01:28:42,192 --> 01:28:43,444
...if not for me?

969
01:28:44,069 --> 01:28:46,280
No one could challenge your skill.

970
01:28:46,530 --> 01:28:49,491
I would rather die a free man than as a slave.

971
01:28:50,617 --> 01:28:53,078
Even if the chain was attached to you.

972
01:29:02,212 --> 01:29:04,673
GORGO:
It begins as a whisper.

973
01:29:05,466 --> 01:29:07,092
A promise.

974
01:29:08,135 --> 01:29:09,470
The lightest of breezes...

975
01:29:09,720 --> 01:29:10,971
...dances through the rigging...

976
01:29:11,221 --> 01:29:14,308
...as it creaks above the death cries
of 10,000 men.

977
01:29:15,684 --> 01:29:19,271
It moves through her hair
as gently as a lover's hand.

978
01:29:19,772 --> 01:29:20,647
That breeze...

979
01:29:21,940 --> 01:29:25,778
...that promise, became a wind,
a wind that is blown across Greece...

980
01:29:26,028 --> 01:29:28,489
...carrying a message told again and again...

981
01:29:28,739 --> 01:29:31,700
...of our Lady Freedom
and how wise she was...

982
01:29:31,950 --> 01:29:35,704
...to charge Leonidas to lay all at her feet.

983
01:29:37,373 --> 01:29:40,250
A wind, my brothers, of sacrifice.

984
01:29:42,127 --> 01:29:44,046
A wind of freedom.

985
01:29:46,256 --> 01:29:48,425
A wind of justice.

986
01:29:56,100 --> 01:29:58,143
A wind of vengeance.

987
01:30:21,041 --> 01:30:22,793
MEN [IN UNISON]:
Ah-ooh! Ah-ooh! Ah-ooh!

988
01:30:23,043 --> 01:30:25,045
[MEN CONTINUE CHANTING]

989
01:30:40,269 --> 01:30:41,437
[ARTEMISIA GRUNTS]

990
01:30:42,604 --> 01:30:43,856
You are being surrounded.

991
01:30:44,356 --> 01:30:47,276
All of Greece has united against you.

992
01:30:47,901 --> 01:30:50,821
Delphi, Thebes, Olympia...

993
01:30:51,071 --> 01:30:53,866
...Arcadia and Sparta.

994
01:31:08,213 --> 01:31:10,757
If death comes for me today, I'm ready.

995
01:31:12,050 --> 01:31:14,052
I could lower my sword.

996
01:31:14,303 --> 01:31:16,972
There's still time for you
to ready a launch and escape.

997
01:31:21,268 --> 01:31:24,855
It would be a poor choice
to force my hand into action.

998
01:31:25,481 --> 01:31:29,193
Now order your ships to disengage
and surrender to me.

999
01:31:31,612 --> 01:31:33,280
Surrender?

1000
01:31:39,203 --> 01:31:40,204
[GROANS]

1001
01:31:43,916 --> 01:31:45,375
[SWORD PIERCING FLESH]

1002
01:32:22,913 --> 01:32:24,915
[ALL YELLING]

1003
01:33:42,993 --> 01:33:43,910
[YELLING]

1004
01:33:48,707 --> 01:33:49,750
[YELLING]

1005
01:42:31,563 --> 01:42:33,565
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