1 00:00:56,561 --> 00:00:59,064 The Oracle's words stand as a warning. 2 00:00:59,772 --> 00:01:00,773 A prophecy. 3 00:01:02,691 --> 00:01:04,489 Sparta will fall. 4 00:01:04,985 --> 00:01:07,534 All of Greece will fall. 5 00:01:14,536 --> 00:01:18,166 And Persian fire will reduce Athens to cinder. 6 00:01:18,915 --> 00:01:21,464 For Athens is a pile of stone and wood... 7 00:01:21,710 --> 00:01:23,383 and cloth and dust... 8 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:27,595 and, as dust, will vanish into the wind. 9 00:01:27,924 --> 00:01:30,473 Only the Athenians themselves exist. 10 00:01:30,719 --> 00:01:33,723 And the fate of the world hangs on their every syllable. 11 00:01:40,645 --> 00:01:41,771 Only the Athenians exist. 12 00:01:43,857 --> 00:01:46,326 And only stout wooden ships can save them. 13 00:01:48,069 --> 00:01:49,742 Wooden ships... 14 00:01:50,322 --> 00:01:52,620 and a tidal wave of heroes' blood. 15 00:02:02,209 --> 00:02:04,883 Leonidas, my husband... 16 00:02:05,587 --> 00:02:07,134 Leonidas, your king... 17 00:02:08,799 --> 00:02:12,474 Leonidas and the brave 300 are dead. 18 00:02:13,762 --> 00:02:15,389 The free men and women of Greece... 19 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,392 are not bound by a beautiful Spartan death. 20 00:02:18,767 --> 00:02:20,769 War is not their love. 21 00:02:21,019 --> 00:02:23,363 Yet he lay down his life for them. 22 00:02:23,605 --> 00:02:25,573 For the promise Greece holds. 23 00:02:28,318 --> 00:02:32,323 'Tis our enemies who forged our freedom in the fires of war. 24 00:02:33,448 --> 00:02:36,543 It was King Darius who came to take our land. 25 00:02:37,619 --> 00:02:40,919 Ten years ago, when youth still burned in our eyes... 26 00:02:41,248 --> 00:02:44,969 before this bitter war forced our children to become men. 27 00:02:46,586 --> 00:02:50,511 Ten years ago, this war began... 28 00:02:50,757 --> 00:02:52,759 as all wars begin: 29 00:02:53,552 --> 00:02:55,395 With a grievance. 30 00:02:58,390 --> 00:02:59,892 Marathon. 31 00:03:01,309 --> 00:03:03,152 The Persian king, Darius... 32 00:03:03,645 --> 00:03:06,068 annoyed by the notion of Greek freedom... 33 00:03:06,898 --> 00:03:09,242 has come to Greece to bring us to heel. 34 00:03:11,778 --> 00:03:13,872 He makes landfall at the field of Marathon... 35 00:03:14,114 --> 00:03:16,537 with an invading force which outnumbers... 36 00:03:16,783 --> 00:03:18,751 the Greek defenders three-to-one. 37 00:03:18,994 --> 00:03:22,123 And so at dawn, the hopeless Athenians do the unthinkable. 38 00:03:22,914 --> 00:03:24,416 They attack. 39 00:03:24,666 --> 00:03:27,044 They attack the weary Persians as they disembark... 40 00:03:27,294 --> 00:03:30,764 their ships on shaky legs after a month at sea. 41 00:03:31,715 --> 00:03:34,218 They attack before they can establish their war camp... 42 00:03:34,467 --> 00:03:35,935 and supply their soldiers. 43 00:03:36,928 --> 00:03:37,929 And who... 44 00:03:38,179 --> 00:03:40,557 is the architect of this mad strategy? 45 00:03:41,182 --> 00:03:42,222 A little-known Athenian... 46 00:03:42,392 --> 00:03:43,894 soldier. 47 00:03:44,811 --> 00:03:46,404 His men call him... 48 00:03:46,646 --> 00:03:48,444 Themistokles. 49 00:03:48,690 --> 00:03:52,285 He gives the Persians a taste of Athenian shock combat. 50 00:06:14,753 --> 00:06:16,346 All thoughts of glory are gone. 51 00:06:17,922 --> 00:06:18,889 Thousands dead. 52 00:06:19,591 --> 00:06:21,138 Hundreds of them their own. 53 00:06:24,054 --> 00:06:27,479 All for an idea: A free Greece... 54 00:06:27,724 --> 00:06:30,648 an Athenian experiment called "democracy." 55 00:06:34,272 --> 00:06:35,569 Could this idea be worth it? 56 00:06:36,775 --> 00:06:39,494 Worth all this sacrifice? 57 00:06:41,571 --> 00:06:43,915 Themistokles would let the good King Darius decide. 58 00:06:47,202 --> 00:06:48,829 For through the chaos... 59 00:06:49,079 --> 00:06:50,626 a moment appeared. 60 00:06:54,167 --> 00:06:55,840 And Themistokles would seize it. 61 00:07:07,055 --> 00:07:08,102 A moment... 62 00:07:08,348 --> 00:07:10,146 that would ring across the centuries. 63 00:07:10,391 --> 00:07:11,392 A moment that would... 64 00:07:11,643 --> 00:07:13,395 raise him from simple soldier... 65 00:07:13,645 --> 00:07:15,818 to the height of Athenian political power. 66 00:07:16,064 --> 00:07:18,613 No! 67 00:07:21,027 --> 00:07:24,452 A moment that would make Themistokles a legend. 68 00:07:43,216 --> 00:07:44,843 Yet even as the praise and glory... 69 00:07:45,093 --> 00:07:46,936 were heaped upon him... 70 00:07:47,178 --> 00:07:50,102 Themistokles knew in his heart he had made a mistake. 71 00:07:51,349 --> 00:07:53,977 It was Darius' son, Xerxes... 72 00:07:54,227 --> 00:07:56,650 whose eyes had the stink of destiny about them. 73 00:07:58,731 --> 00:08:01,234 Themistokles knew he should have killed that boy. 74 00:08:03,111 --> 00:08:06,206 That glorious mistake would forever haunt him. 75 00:08:12,495 --> 00:08:14,213 And so it was Themistokles himself... 76 00:08:14,455 --> 00:08:17,550 who sent a ripple across the Persian empire... 77 00:08:17,792 --> 00:08:19,510 and set into motion... 78 00:08:19,752 --> 00:08:22,471 forces that would bring fire to the heart of Greece. 79 00:08:25,175 --> 00:08:27,098 For as the good king lay dying... 80 00:08:27,343 --> 00:08:28,811 all his greatest generals... 81 00:08:29,053 --> 00:08:32,057 and advisers were summoned to his bedside. 82 00:08:32,390 --> 00:08:33,562 None greater... 83 00:08:33,808 --> 00:08:37,529 than his finest naval commander, Artemisia. 84 00:08:37,937 --> 00:08:40,611 Her ferocity bested only by her beauty. 85 00:08:40,857 --> 00:08:44,111 Her beauty matched only by her devotion to her king. 86 00:08:50,241 --> 00:08:52,494 Darius favored Artemisia among his generals... 87 00:08:52,744 --> 00:08:55,668 for she had brought him victory on the battlefield. 88 00:08:56,289 --> 00:08:57,461 In her... 89 00:08:57,707 --> 00:09:00,631 he had the perfect warrior protégée... 90 00:09:00,877 --> 00:09:02,800 that his son, Xerxes, would never be. 91 00:09:07,008 --> 00:09:10,387 So sweet, my child. 92 00:09:11,387 --> 00:09:13,185 My sweet... 93 00:09:13,932 --> 00:09:15,559 child. 94 00:09:23,942 --> 00:09:25,444 Father. 95 00:09:26,152 --> 00:09:27,699 Xerxes. 96 00:09:28,196 --> 00:09:31,575 Do not repeat your father's mistake. 97 00:09:32,909 --> 00:09:36,584 Leave the ignoble Greeks to their ways. 98 00:09:37,705 --> 00:09:40,834 Only the gods can defeat them. 99 00:09:41,751 --> 00:09:44,846 Only the gods. 100 00:09:56,891 --> 00:09:58,939 For seven days, Xerxes mourned... 101 00:09:59,185 --> 00:10:01,279 paralyzed by grief. 102 00:10:01,521 --> 00:10:04,866 On the eighth day, Artemisia whispered the seed of madness... 103 00:10:05,108 --> 00:10:06,860 that would consume him. 104 00:10:07,110 --> 00:10:10,865 Your father's words were not a warning... 105 00:10:11,656 --> 00:10:13,283 but a challenge. 106 00:10:14,784 --> 00:10:17,708 Only the gods can defeat the Greeks? 107 00:10:20,290 --> 00:10:24,295 You will be a god-king. 108 00:10:28,631 --> 00:10:30,929 Artemisia gathered the priests, wizards... 109 00:10:31,175 --> 00:10:34,270 and mystics from every corner of the empire. 110 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:35,805 They wrapped... 111 00:10:36,055 --> 00:10:39,434 the young king in Cimmerian gauze dipped in ancient potions... 112 00:10:39,851 --> 00:10:42,229 and set him to wander the desert... 113 00:10:43,438 --> 00:10:46,692 till in a delirium of heat and thirst, he stumbled upon... 114 00:10:46,941 --> 00:10:48,318 a hermit's cave. 115 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:54,829 Xerxes passed the vacant eyes... 116 00:10:55,074 --> 00:10:56,496 and empty souls... 117 00:10:56,743 --> 00:11:00,748 of the hollow creatures that dwell in the dark corners of all men's hearts. 118 00:11:03,333 --> 00:11:05,461 And in that darkness... 119 00:11:06,794 --> 00:11:08,637 he surrendered himself completely... 120 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,929 to power so evil and perverse... 121 00:11:15,553 --> 00:11:17,271 that, as he emerged... 122 00:11:17,513 --> 00:11:20,858 no part of a human man that was Xerxes survived. 123 00:11:29,484 --> 00:11:32,704 His eyes blazed like scarlet coals. 124 00:11:34,572 --> 00:11:38,497 He was stripped, cleansed, glabrous... 125 00:11:38,743 --> 00:11:40,245 and smooth. 126 00:11:42,163 --> 00:11:43,415 Xerxes was reborn... 127 00:11:43,664 --> 00:11:45,132 a god. 128 00:11:50,463 --> 00:11:52,636 Artemisia trusted no one. 129 00:11:53,341 --> 00:11:55,218 So in the cover of night... 130 00:11:55,468 --> 00:11:59,223 the palace was cleansed of all Xerxes' allies. 131 00:12:02,558 --> 00:12:04,276 All those he trusted... 132 00:12:08,940 --> 00:12:11,193 all those who had raised him... 133 00:12:15,988 --> 00:12:18,332 all those he had once looked to for counsel... 134 00:12:20,159 --> 00:12:22,912 were quickly introduced to her wrath. 135 00:12:48,646 --> 00:12:50,148 And as the god-king stood... 136 00:12:50,398 --> 00:12:52,071 before his people... 137 00:12:53,234 --> 00:12:56,078 Artemisia watched her flawless manipulation take shape. 138 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:59,073 - For glory's sake... - For glory's sake... 139 00:12:59,323 --> 00:13:01,917 - ...for vengeance's sake... - ...for vengeance's sake... 140 00:13:04,162 --> 00:13:05,459 war. 141 00:13:06,038 --> 00:13:07,460 war! 142 00:13:10,251 --> 00:13:12,800 War is coming to Greece... 143 00:13:13,045 --> 00:13:16,549 in the visage of a monster army over a million strong. 144 00:13:17,425 --> 00:13:20,645 It should be little more than a formality for Themistokles... 145 00:13:20,887 --> 00:13:22,560 the hero of Marathon... 146 00:13:22,805 --> 00:13:24,773 to finish what he began. 147 00:13:26,058 --> 00:13:29,608 Please! We must appeal to Xerxes' reason! 148 00:13:29,854 --> 00:13:30,901 Coward! 149 00:13:31,147 --> 00:13:33,400 Athens is a city of cowards! 150 00:13:33,649 --> 00:13:34,195 Shut your cock hole! 151 00:13:34,442 --> 00:13:35,534 Shut your own! 152 00:13:35,776 --> 00:13:37,744 I'll kill you! Fuck the Spartans! 153 00:13:37,987 --> 00:13:39,614 Fuck those muscle-bound boy-lovers! 154 00:13:39,864 --> 00:13:40,581 Silence! 155 00:13:40,823 --> 00:13:42,384 Silence for the hero of Marathon! 156 00:13:42,617 --> 00:13:45,120 This is a democracy, not a street fight. 157 00:13:45,369 --> 00:13:47,167 Quiet! It's Themistokles. 158 00:13:47,413 --> 00:13:51,008 The Persian attack will come from both the north and the south. 159 00:13:51,250 --> 00:13:53,844 The city-states should negotiate a truce. 160 00:13:54,086 --> 00:13:56,464 Yes, yes, we must negotiate. 161 00:13:57,465 --> 00:13:59,058 Negotiate with tyranny? 162 00:14:00,259 --> 00:14:03,138 Give me one example of when that has ever profited a nation. 163 00:14:03,387 --> 00:14:06,267 - You're right. We must unite. - My fellow countrymen... 164 00:14:06,933 --> 00:14:09,607 we can only judge the future... 165 00:14:09,852 --> 00:14:12,526 from what we have suffered in the past. 166 00:14:13,898 --> 00:14:16,526 Now, many of you here stood with me at Marathon. 167 00:14:17,693 --> 00:14:19,695 And for those of you who served... 168 00:14:19,946 --> 00:14:22,074 and faced the cut and thrust of battle... 169 00:14:22,323 --> 00:14:24,872 you know how true peace is forged. 170 00:14:25,785 --> 00:14:27,503 Do not be deceived. 171 00:14:27,745 --> 00:14:29,793 Xerxes, the son of Darius... 172 00:14:30,039 --> 00:14:32,133 is a wolf at our door. 173 00:14:32,917 --> 00:14:35,090 Right here, right now... 174 00:14:35,962 --> 00:14:37,680 we must choose: 175 00:14:38,089 --> 00:14:40,763 Do we stand and fight for Greece or not? 176 00:14:41,926 --> 00:14:43,098 Argos... 177 00:14:43,344 --> 00:14:44,516 Corinth... 178 00:14:44,762 --> 00:14:45,934 Megara... 179 00:14:46,180 --> 00:14:47,807 Athens. 180 00:14:48,057 --> 00:14:50,526 Not even Sparta can match the Persians alone. 181 00:14:50,768 --> 00:14:52,987 We must persevere as one nation. 182 00:14:53,229 --> 00:14:55,482 Or we will perish clinging onto... 183 00:14:55,731 --> 00:14:57,404 our own self-interests. 184 00:14:58,526 --> 00:15:01,871 Send us the ships that we need to defend Greece. 185 00:15:02,113 --> 00:15:04,536 Themistokles will need more than our cities' ships. 186 00:15:04,782 --> 00:15:06,705 He will need our children to join the fight. 187 00:15:08,828 --> 00:15:10,205 And what of Sparta? 188 00:15:10,454 --> 00:15:13,298 You send every ship that we have... 189 00:15:13,541 --> 00:15:15,885 to the northern coast of Euboea. 190 00:15:17,128 --> 00:15:21,008 I will go and seek the help of the great Spartans. 191 00:15:42,653 --> 00:15:43,734 Still no word... 192 00:15:43,904 --> 00:15:46,373 from the messenger you sent to Sparta. 193 00:15:47,033 --> 00:15:50,162 King Leonidas may have been insulted by your generous offer. 194 00:15:50,411 --> 00:15:54,382 Perhaps I need to march into Sparta myself and burn it to the ground. 195 00:15:56,334 --> 00:15:57,836 Remember... 196 00:15:58,085 --> 00:15:59,803 when a king is loved as I am... 197 00:16:01,255 --> 00:16:03,508 much can be accomplished. 198 00:16:05,051 --> 00:16:08,396 They would be fools to resist my divine power. 199 00:16:08,638 --> 00:16:11,437 Athens is attempting to assemble a coalition. 200 00:16:11,682 --> 00:16:14,151 It'll be nothing more than a patchwork of ships. 201 00:16:16,354 --> 00:16:20,154 Once these waters have been traversed, I will lead my force across the land. 202 00:16:20,399 --> 00:16:22,743 I will remind the cowards of Greece... 203 00:16:22,985 --> 00:16:26,410 that we have not forgotten their insolence. 204 00:16:36,332 --> 00:16:38,130 Rest and water the horses. 205 00:16:38,376 --> 00:16:39,798 It's best I go alone. 206 00:16:40,044 --> 00:16:43,469 Spartans don't get along well with others. 207 00:17:34,932 --> 00:17:36,730 - Spartans. - Themistokles. 208 00:17:38,102 --> 00:17:39,570 You old snake. 209 00:17:39,812 --> 00:17:42,656 - What brings you this far south? - I've come to see Leonidas. 210 00:17:42,898 --> 00:17:45,822 - To warn him that the Persians are on the march. - You're too late. 211 00:17:46,068 --> 00:17:49,242 Persian messenger already presented his terms to Leonidas. 212 00:17:49,989 --> 00:17:52,367 Symbolic offering of earth and water. 213 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:02,377 Spartans! 214 00:18:02,626 --> 00:18:03,707 Know this and know it well. 215 00:18:05,171 --> 00:18:07,765 That any Spartan's finest moment... 216 00:18:08,507 --> 00:18:09,929 the greatest fulfillment... 217 00:18:10,176 --> 00:18:12,019 of all he holds dear... 218 00:18:12,261 --> 00:18:13,558 is that moment... 219 00:18:13,804 --> 00:18:15,932 when he has fought his heart out... 220 00:18:16,182 --> 00:18:19,026 for the preservation of Sparta... 221 00:18:19,268 --> 00:18:22,613 and lies dead on the battlefield... 222 00:18:22,855 --> 00:18:24,573 victorious. 223 00:18:26,358 --> 00:18:27,610 Now... 224 00:18:28,110 --> 00:18:30,158 who is willing to die at our king's side? 225 00:18:30,404 --> 00:18:31,530 Ah-ooh! 226 00:18:31,781 --> 00:18:34,034 Ah-ooh! Ah-ooh! 227 00:18:34,658 --> 00:18:36,251 Themistokles. 228 00:18:38,204 --> 00:18:42,129 You've come a long way to stroke your cock whilst watching real men train. 229 00:18:42,374 --> 00:18:43,421 Queen Gorge. 230 00:18:44,585 --> 00:18:47,555 Shouldn't he be training them to live at their king's side? 231 00:18:49,131 --> 00:18:50,771 A new age is dawning, Gorgo. 232 00:18:52,426 --> 00:18:56,272 Won't be long before men rise up and shed the yoke of mysticism and tyranny. 233 00:18:56,514 --> 00:18:58,983 - That sounds like a threat. - No. 234 00:18:59,391 --> 00:19:03,066 An opportunity to join the rest of free Greece and stand against a true tyrant. 235 00:19:04,688 --> 00:19:08,318 Unless, of course, you and Leonidas have already made a deal with Xerxes. 236 00:19:08,567 --> 00:19:10,319 No terms were reached. 237 00:19:10,903 --> 00:19:12,780 Xerxes' messenger was... 238 00:19:13,030 --> 00:19:15,499 Well, he was rude and he lacked respect. 239 00:19:15,741 --> 00:19:19,746 He didn't understand the same threats made in Thebes and Athens would not work here. 240 00:19:20,496 --> 00:19:23,841 This is the birthplace of the world's greatest warriors. 241 00:19:25,125 --> 00:19:28,925 Men whose king would stand and fight and die for any one of them. 242 00:19:29,964 --> 00:19:31,181 Xerxes' messenger... 243 00:19:31,423 --> 00:19:34,643 did not understand this is no typical Greek city-state. 244 00:19:37,721 --> 00:19:39,564 This is Sparta. 245 00:19:40,933 --> 00:19:43,812 It was clear to the messenger there'd be no Spartan submission? 246 00:19:44,061 --> 00:19:45,108 It was clear. 247 00:19:45,354 --> 00:19:48,654 Even now Leonidas is in counsel with the Oracle over his battle plan. 248 00:19:48,899 --> 00:19:51,573 The Festival of the Carneia is all that stands in our way. 249 00:19:51,819 --> 00:19:54,538 Surely the Oracle will see we must fight. 250 00:19:54,780 --> 00:19:56,373 Well, then my timing is perfect. 251 00:19:57,157 --> 00:20:00,331 I am commanding a fleet of ships that will represent a united Greece. 252 00:20:00,578 --> 00:20:02,831 I need Sparta to join me. 253 00:20:03,747 --> 00:20:05,169 Give me your ships, Gorgo. 254 00:20:05,416 --> 00:20:08,260 I'll make sure that Xerxes wishes he never crossed the Aegean. 255 00:20:08,502 --> 00:20:11,756 You'll receive no Spartan ships. We've no interest in a united Greece. 256 00:20:12,006 --> 00:20:14,600 That is your dream, Themistokles, not ours. 257 00:20:15,217 --> 00:20:17,345 All I am concerned with is the preservation... 258 00:20:17,595 --> 00:20:18,721 of Sparta. 259 00:20:19,889 --> 00:20:21,812 My guards will see you out. 260 00:20:24,184 --> 00:20:25,811 It's funny that you mock freedom... 261 00:20:26,061 --> 00:20:27,938 here in your selfish isolation. 262 00:20:28,898 --> 00:20:31,026 Yet freedom, in her wisdom... 263 00:20:31,275 --> 00:20:33,573 has chosen you to defend her. 264 00:20:36,614 --> 00:20:37,831 My queen. 265 00:20:41,410 --> 00:20:43,583 Will Sparta join our fight? 266 00:20:44,914 --> 00:20:47,667 Apparently the Persians have offered the Spartans something they cannot refuse. 267 00:20:47,917 --> 00:20:48,598 And what is that? 268 00:20:50,419 --> 00:20:52,092 A beautiful death. 269 00:21:10,397 --> 00:21:13,697 They say you are the bravest of our captives. 270 00:21:14,276 --> 00:21:17,780 They say you are a whore from the eastern seas. 271 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,794 You're not the smartest. 272 00:21:26,205 --> 00:21:28,207 Your commander is a Greek. 273 00:21:28,457 --> 00:21:30,425 Just like me. 274 00:21:31,710 --> 00:21:34,964 You Persian men take your orders from a Greek woman. 275 00:21:35,214 --> 00:21:38,559 Yes, my brother, I am Greek by birth... 276 00:21:38,801 --> 00:21:41,850 and I have Greek blood running through my veins. 277 00:21:44,556 --> 00:21:46,308 But my heart... 278 00:21:48,811 --> 00:21:50,028 is Persian. 279 00:22:22,553 --> 00:22:23,975 Within hours... 280 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:27,058 the Greek fleet will be shattered. 281 00:22:27,307 --> 00:22:30,106 What of our master and the much-feared Spartans? 282 00:22:30,352 --> 00:22:32,480 There's nothing to fear. 283 00:22:33,063 --> 00:22:36,943 Only King Leonidas and his personal guard of 300... 284 00:22:37,192 --> 00:22:39,194 have marched to fight. 285 00:22:39,445 --> 00:22:40,566 They'll collapse. Instantly. 286 00:22:44,241 --> 00:22:44,833 You. 287 00:22:51,498 --> 00:22:52,966 Do you agree? 288 00:22:55,502 --> 00:22:56,879 Many will perish. 289 00:22:58,297 --> 00:23:01,426 Your confidence leaves me with a strong impression. 290 00:23:02,926 --> 00:23:05,099 It's a curious thing for a simple ship guard... 291 00:23:05,345 --> 00:23:08,098 to not lower his eyes when questioned by me. 292 00:23:09,224 --> 00:23:11,977 That could've been just a lack of discipline. 293 00:23:13,187 --> 00:23:15,656 But a man's hands do not lie. 294 00:23:15,898 --> 00:23:16,990 They can reveal... 295 00:23:17,232 --> 00:23:21,237 every imperfection and flaw in his character. 296 00:23:22,196 --> 00:23:24,164 You see, your hands are not rough enough... 297 00:23:24,406 --> 00:23:26,454 to work the rigging of this ship. 298 00:23:27,993 --> 00:23:30,746 I know every single man beneath my lash. 299 00:23:30,996 --> 00:23:34,796 Can you explain to me how I don't know you? 300 00:23:36,627 --> 00:23:38,846 Forgive me, commander. 301 00:23:41,548 --> 00:23:43,550 Let me introduce myself. 302 00:23:45,219 --> 00:23:45,936 Seize the spy. 303 00:24:05,405 --> 00:24:07,203 Coward. 304 00:24:08,367 --> 00:24:10,119 Storm is upon us. 305 00:24:12,955 --> 00:24:15,834 It's just some mad Greek weather. 306 00:24:28,387 --> 00:24:30,640 - Themistokles. - Come. 307 00:24:34,184 --> 00:24:35,481 Calisto. 308 00:24:35,727 --> 00:24:38,321 What is spoken here must not be repeated. 309 00:24:38,772 --> 00:24:39,989 Anywhere. 310 00:24:42,901 --> 00:24:46,121 My son has not earned the right to sit at the table of combat veterans. 311 00:24:46,363 --> 00:24:48,741 - But you can trust him. - Very well. 312 00:24:50,659 --> 00:24:52,502 - Tell me. - A Greek woman... 313 00:24:52,744 --> 00:24:55,042 commands all of Xerxes' ships to the south. 314 00:24:56,456 --> 00:24:58,083 Artemisia. 315 00:24:59,084 --> 00:25:00,085 I know of her. 316 00:25:01,128 --> 00:25:04,052 Artemisia is murderous by trade with true skill on the sea... 317 00:25:04,298 --> 00:25:06,096 and she has thirst for vengeance. 318 00:25:06,717 --> 00:25:08,219 Rumors are her entire family... 319 00:25:08,468 --> 00:25:10,766 was murdered by a squad of Greek hoplites. 320 00:25:11,847 --> 00:25:14,316 I have heard all the stories. 321 00:25:15,392 --> 00:25:18,020 And the hoplites spared no one on that day. 322 00:25:44,504 --> 00:25:46,552 The story goes that they raped and murdered... 323 00:25:46,798 --> 00:25:48,266 her entire family. 324 00:25:50,302 --> 00:25:53,226 And then they turned their attention towards her. 325 00:26:16,078 --> 00:26:19,582 After years of being kept in the bowels of a Greek slave ship... 326 00:26:20,749 --> 00:26:23,298 she was discarded and left for dead... 327 00:26:24,253 --> 00:26:26,847 where she was found near death by a Persian emissary. 328 00:26:48,068 --> 00:26:50,662 Artemisia vowed that day to return to Greece... 329 00:26:52,114 --> 00:26:53,832 only when she could watch it burn. 330 00:27:05,419 --> 00:27:09,014 She was fed, clothed, trained by the finest warriors of the Persian empire... 331 00:27:13,093 --> 00:27:14,561 until no match could be found... 332 00:27:14,803 --> 00:27:16,483 for her skills and gift with the sword. 333 00:27:44,249 --> 00:27:46,752 The great King Darius was impressed by her commitment. 334 00:27:48,045 --> 00:27:50,264 And she quickly rose to command at his side. 335 00:27:54,009 --> 00:27:55,636 She has sold her soul... 336 00:27:55,886 --> 00:27:57,354 to Death himself. 337 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:01,024 Well, some could say that I've sold mine to Greece. 338 00:28:05,270 --> 00:28:06,271 And what do you think? 339 00:28:06,521 --> 00:28:08,239 - Me? - Yes. 340 00:28:08,482 --> 00:28:10,359 You are the future of this country. 341 00:28:11,401 --> 00:28:12,778 I'm ready to fight. 342 00:28:16,281 --> 00:28:18,750 I like him. He reminds me of you. 343 00:28:19,534 --> 00:28:20,205 We will need... 344 00:28:20,452 --> 00:28:21,248 every last man. 345 00:28:21,495 --> 00:28:22,587 He is still just a boy. 346 00:28:22,829 --> 00:28:24,172 Much younger... 347 00:28:24,414 --> 00:28:26,212 - ...have defended our country. - Enough! 348 00:28:26,666 --> 00:28:29,419 You are a dreamer and will speak of this no more. 349 00:28:33,256 --> 00:28:35,258 Themistokles, I've set your plan in motion. 350 00:28:35,509 --> 00:28:38,433 And my land force will be assembled by the second day. 351 00:28:38,678 --> 00:28:41,522 You will be needed. I can assure you of that. 352 00:28:45,310 --> 00:28:47,233 And there is bad news. 353 00:28:47,479 --> 00:28:50,449 Leonidas has marched north to the Hot Gates. 354 00:28:52,234 --> 00:28:54,202 Bad news? With the Spartans... 355 00:28:54,444 --> 00:28:58,290 - ...at the Hot Gates, our victory is assured. - If the army were with him. 356 00:28:59,282 --> 00:29:01,205 But between the Oracle and the Carneia... 357 00:29:01,451 --> 00:29:04,079 Leonidas has marched to Thermopylae with just 300 men. 358 00:29:05,247 --> 00:29:08,717 So the only thing standing between Athens... 359 00:29:08,959 --> 00:29:10,461 and total annihilation... 360 00:29:11,503 --> 00:29:14,097 is Leonidas and 300 Spartans. 361 00:29:18,927 --> 00:29:21,021 I will search out the veterans among them. 362 00:29:21,263 --> 00:29:24,016 - Establish some order among the volunteers. - Good. 363 00:29:24,724 --> 00:29:27,853 There's little time to teach these farmhands strategy. 364 00:29:28,437 --> 00:29:30,485 Just keep them well fed... 365 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:32,817 and sober. 366 00:29:33,483 --> 00:29:34,905 Anything else? 367 00:29:35,444 --> 00:29:37,367 Wouldn't hurt if they could swing a sword. 368 00:29:40,282 --> 00:29:42,000 Well, I'll be damned. 369 00:29:43,452 --> 00:29:44,453 Shit. 370 00:29:44,703 --> 00:29:47,627 - Does your father know that you're here? - No, sir. 371 00:29:47,873 --> 00:29:49,921 And this shield and sword? 372 00:29:50,167 --> 00:29:51,669 My grandfather's. 373 00:29:51,918 --> 00:29:54,717 My mother entrusted them to me this morning. 374 00:29:55,213 --> 00:29:58,513 - When she gave you her blessing? - Yes, sir. 375 00:29:59,134 --> 00:30:01,387 With a sharp blade, no less. 376 00:30:03,180 --> 00:30:06,024 Your father is preparing a surprise for our enemy tomorrow. 377 00:30:06,266 --> 00:30:09,611 I choose to fight here. Now. 378 00:30:11,688 --> 00:30:13,440 Come aboard my ship. 379 00:30:14,065 --> 00:30:15,442 That is where you will fight. 380 00:30:15,692 --> 00:30:16,944 Yes, sir. 381 00:30:21,239 --> 00:30:22,719 We've just over 50 ships. 382 00:30:22,741 --> 00:30:25,494 Persian forces reported a number in the thousands. 383 00:30:25,744 --> 00:30:29,184 - Those ships appear hardly seaworthy. - Nothing like the monster ships... 384 00:30:29,331 --> 00:30:32,631 - ...of the Persian fleet. - We have the advantage. Speed, maneuverability. 385 00:30:32,918 --> 00:30:36,639 The rest of the city-states have sent anywhere from a handful to a single ship. 386 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:40,180 - Of course, Athens supplied the balance. - We have report... 387 00:30:40,425 --> 00:30:44,430 a small advance force of Persian ships have taken refuge from the storm across the strait. 388 00:30:44,721 --> 00:30:47,019 If the weather breaks, we could hit them at dawn. 389 00:30:48,892 --> 00:30:49,939 An early Greek victory. 390 00:30:50,185 --> 00:30:51,983 The gods have given us an opportunity... 391 00:30:52,229 --> 00:30:54,197 to wound the Persians, strengthen Greek morale. 392 00:30:56,358 --> 00:30:57,484 A tempting distraction. 393 00:30:57,734 --> 00:30:59,828 But we'll stick to the battle plan. 394 00:31:00,070 --> 00:31:03,199 Today at sundown, we will sail out to meet the main Persian fleet. 395 00:31:03,448 --> 00:31:06,497 We'll attack in the open water with no shore to narrow the battle. 396 00:31:06,743 --> 00:31:08,783 To attack a force of over 1000 ships... 397 00:31:08,828 --> 00:31:10,626 with our meager force is suicide. 398 00:31:12,165 --> 00:31:14,133 Such is my plan. 399 00:31:18,296 --> 00:31:20,890 Look at their excuse for a navy. 400 00:31:21,758 --> 00:31:24,136 Their ships are of little threat. 401 00:31:25,011 --> 00:31:27,264 I need a second in command, Artaphernes. 402 00:31:27,514 --> 00:31:31,519 And whoever proves their excellence will earn a place beside me. 403 00:31:32,936 --> 00:31:35,780 General Bandari has offered to lead the first attack. 404 00:31:36,022 --> 00:31:37,239 Bandari. 405 00:31:40,026 --> 00:31:41,118 Commander. 406 00:31:41,361 --> 00:31:43,284 If I let you lead our first offensive... 407 00:31:43,530 --> 00:31:46,579 what guarantee do I have that you'll bring me a quick victory? 408 00:31:46,825 --> 00:31:48,748 My word and my life. 409 00:31:49,327 --> 00:31:50,328 Good. 410 00:31:50,870 --> 00:31:52,417 My rules of engagement? 411 00:31:53,039 --> 00:31:56,714 Humiliate the Greeks and lay waste to their tiny ships. 412 00:31:57,711 --> 00:32:00,134 They'll be dead to the last man. 413 00:32:10,765 --> 00:32:12,392 My brothers. 414 00:32:12,892 --> 00:32:14,894 Steady your hearts. 415 00:32:16,730 --> 00:32:18,403 Look deep into your souls. 416 00:32:22,652 --> 00:32:25,747 For your mettle is to be tested this day. 417 00:32:29,576 --> 00:32:31,829 If in the heat of battle... 418 00:32:33,204 --> 00:32:35,878 you need a reason to fight on... 419 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,719 an idea for which you will give up... 420 00:32:40,337 --> 00:32:42,590 all that you will ever have... 421 00:32:43,798 --> 00:32:46,768 you need only to look at the man who fights at your side. 422 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:51,223 This is the "why" of battle. 423 00:32:51,473 --> 00:32:54,272 This is the brotherhood of men-at-arms. 424 00:32:55,310 --> 00:32:56,778 An unbreakable bond... 425 00:32:57,020 --> 00:33:00,024 made stronger by the crucible of combat. 426 00:33:01,483 --> 00:33:05,238 You will never be closer than with those who you shed your blood with. 427 00:33:07,197 --> 00:33:09,291 For there is no nobler cause... 428 00:33:09,532 --> 00:33:12,877 than to fight for those who will lay down their life for you. 429 00:33:14,871 --> 00:33:17,294 So you fight strong today. 430 00:33:18,416 --> 00:33:20,510 You fight for your brothers. 431 00:33:21,795 --> 00:33:23,843 Fight for your families. 432 00:33:24,631 --> 00:33:26,633 Most of all, you fight for Greece! 433 00:33:26,883 --> 00:33:27,850 Greece! 434 00:33:28,968 --> 00:33:29,969 Yeah! 435 00:33:32,180 --> 00:33:35,480 And there is only one thing to make sure of when the fighting starts. 436 00:33:35,725 --> 00:33:36,772 What's that? 437 00:33:37,852 --> 00:33:39,604 Don't get killed on the first day. 438 00:33:41,189 --> 00:33:43,408 That goes for the rest of you. 439 00:34:15,098 --> 00:34:15,849 Persian ships... 440 00:34:16,099 --> 00:34:17,601 are strong at the front. 441 00:34:17,851 --> 00:34:18,852 But they are weak... 442 00:34:19,102 --> 00:34:20,524 in the middle. 443 00:34:20,770 --> 00:34:22,613 We attack them there. 444 00:34:32,866 --> 00:34:34,539 Now! 445 00:34:55,555 --> 00:34:56,647 Attack! 446 00:35:24,834 --> 00:35:26,211 Ram them! 447 00:35:37,138 --> 00:35:40,233 Archers, now! Now! 448 00:35:49,484 --> 00:35:50,952 Reverse! 449 00:35:51,277 --> 00:35:52,699 Now! 450 00:35:59,494 --> 00:36:00,871 Go through them! 451 00:36:55,758 --> 00:36:57,038 The enemy's tactics... 452 00:36:57,260 --> 00:36:58,637 are creative. 453 00:36:58,887 --> 00:37:01,310 The defensive circle leaves no front to assault. 454 00:37:01,890 --> 00:37:03,267 We are losing. 455 00:37:03,516 --> 00:37:05,189 No, you are losing. 456 00:37:11,649 --> 00:37:13,026 Pull back. 457 00:37:13,526 --> 00:37:15,199 Let them have this day. 458 00:37:15,820 --> 00:37:18,869 I'm bored with your failures, Bandari. 459 00:37:24,037 --> 00:37:26,085 I'll not let this wound slow me. 460 00:37:26,331 --> 00:37:28,584 Heh. Somehow I believe you. 461 00:37:28,833 --> 00:37:31,052 My blade will be sharp and ready by the morning. 462 00:37:32,045 --> 00:37:34,719 Good. Tomorrow you will fight alongside your father. 463 00:37:36,799 --> 00:37:37,800 Not bad... 464 00:37:38,051 --> 00:37:41,521 - ...for a bunch of farmers. - And poets and sculptors. 465 00:37:41,763 --> 00:37:43,231 Who'd have known untrained men... 466 00:37:43,473 --> 00:37:46,272 would do so well against such a considerable adversary? 467 00:37:48,645 --> 00:37:51,899 We're going to need all of our strength for tomorrow's fight. 468 00:37:52,523 --> 00:37:54,742 How long do you think we can hold them? 469 00:37:57,695 --> 00:37:59,948 If my plan is to work... 470 00:38:01,783 --> 00:38:04,832 long enough for the Spartans to unite Greece. 471 00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:07,417 Men! 472 00:38:07,956 --> 00:38:09,317 Who will share their wine with me? 473 00:38:23,137 --> 00:38:24,229 Report. 474 00:38:24,472 --> 00:38:26,270 We are still tallying the losses. 475 00:38:26,891 --> 00:38:29,485 But you must understand, it is extremely difficult... 476 00:38:29,727 --> 00:38:32,071 given the sea and the darkness... 477 00:38:32,313 --> 00:38:33,906 to get an accurate... 478 00:38:45,118 --> 00:38:46,244 Report? 479 00:38:46,869 --> 00:38:48,309 Seventy-five ships lost. 480 00:38:48,538 --> 00:38:49,915 Thirty damaged beyond repair. 481 00:38:50,164 --> 00:38:53,213 Twenty could return with a few weeks' work in a safe harbor. 482 00:38:57,380 --> 00:39:00,304 The commander of the Greek force is named Themistokles. 483 00:39:00,550 --> 00:39:02,552 Yes, he is an Athenian general. 484 00:39:03,386 --> 00:39:05,229 He's rumored to have loosed the arrow... 485 00:39:05,471 --> 00:39:08,020 that felled the great King Darius himself. 486 00:39:20,570 --> 00:39:22,538 No! 487 00:39:37,170 --> 00:39:41,175 This Themistokles has shown himself to be quite brilliant in battle. 488 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:44,894 Which is more than I can say for any of you. 489 00:39:46,262 --> 00:39:49,482 Do you gentlemen find my command unreasonable? 490 00:39:49,932 --> 00:39:52,481 Is it too much to ask for victory? 491 00:39:52,727 --> 00:39:54,487 Your disappointment in yesterday's losses... 492 00:39:54,729 --> 00:39:56,322 is warranted. 493 00:39:57,774 --> 00:39:59,776 My disappointment. 494 00:40:01,110 --> 00:40:03,533 My disappointment is not with my losses. 495 00:40:03,780 --> 00:40:07,410 The meager number of damaged ships and dead slaves means nothing to me. 496 00:40:07,658 --> 00:40:11,458 No, my disappointment... 497 00:40:13,998 --> 00:40:15,716 is in these men. 498 00:40:17,001 --> 00:40:18,002 For though I stand... 499 00:40:18,252 --> 00:40:20,346 among 10,000... 500 00:40:20,671 --> 00:40:22,139 I am alone. 501 00:40:24,217 --> 00:40:27,596 I long for a soul who would stand by my side. 502 00:40:27,845 --> 00:40:29,017 Who I could trust. 503 00:40:35,061 --> 00:40:37,359 Tell me, General Kashani. 504 00:40:37,980 --> 00:40:39,823 Are you that man? 505 00:40:41,692 --> 00:40:44,946 You will taste your victory by the day's end. 506 00:40:45,404 --> 00:40:47,748 I will make certain of it. 507 00:40:48,991 --> 00:40:50,789 I hope so. 508 00:42:22,376 --> 00:42:24,549 Advance! 509 00:42:31,677 --> 00:42:35,227 Now! 510 00:42:58,913 --> 00:43:01,211 Don't lose sight of them. 511 00:43:15,554 --> 00:43:16,680 The Greeks are retreating. 512 00:43:16,931 --> 00:43:19,400 He's got him right where he wants him. 513 00:43:19,642 --> 00:43:21,519 Kashani is a fine tactician. 514 00:43:22,144 --> 00:43:24,818 I was speaking of Themistokles. 515 00:43:34,657 --> 00:43:35,704 Rocks! 516 00:43:38,869 --> 00:43:40,371 Stop, stop! 517 00:43:40,621 --> 00:43:41,918 Stop! 518 00:43:42,623 --> 00:43:44,341 Brace yourselves! 519 00:46:30,791 --> 00:46:31,751 What are you doing here? 520 00:46:31,792 --> 00:46:35,296 A man's responsibility is to protect his family and his nation. 521 00:46:35,546 --> 00:46:38,516 - Who told you this? - My father. 522 00:47:41,946 --> 00:47:44,950 You see how Themistokles employs deception with such grace? 523 00:47:45,449 --> 00:47:48,373 - Why is it so much to ask for victory? - How can I make amends? 524 00:47:48,619 --> 00:47:49,996 Silence. 525 00:47:53,415 --> 00:47:55,793 You will carry a message for me. 526 00:47:56,877 --> 00:47:58,299 Now they will fear us! 527 00:47:58,546 --> 00:48:02,176 Now they will fear the Greek men-at-arms! Hup! 528 00:48:03,759 --> 00:48:04,760 He's right. 529 00:48:05,511 --> 00:48:07,388 Fear the Greek fighting man. 530 00:48:07,638 --> 00:48:08,764 Fear his sword. 531 00:48:09,014 --> 00:48:10,357 His shield. 532 00:48:10,808 --> 00:48:13,402 Fear his love for Mother Greece. 533 00:48:13,644 --> 00:48:15,146 But most of all... 534 00:48:15,729 --> 00:48:17,356 fear his freedom! 535 00:48:23,445 --> 00:48:25,368 Don't be angry with the boy. 536 00:48:25,656 --> 00:48:26,953 I took him under my command. 537 00:48:27,199 --> 00:48:30,203 Anger is something I reserve for my enemies. 538 00:48:38,460 --> 00:48:40,053 Themistokles. 539 00:49:00,357 --> 00:49:04,078 Artemisia's ship is being anchored in neutral waters. 540 00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:06,493 She'd like to meet with Themistokles. 541 00:49:06,739 --> 00:49:09,618 - How can you guarantee his safe return? - Well, boy... 542 00:49:09,867 --> 00:49:11,790 the only honor for her now... 543 00:49:12,036 --> 00:49:15,415 will be when she watches your crushed and broken fleet... 544 00:49:15,664 --> 00:49:17,587 sinking to the bottom of the Aegean... 545 00:49:17,833 --> 00:49:19,426 and is able to recognize you... 546 00:49:19,668 --> 00:49:22,763 nailed to the mast of your ship with her sword... 547 00:49:23,005 --> 00:49:25,758 as you descend to a watery grave. 548 00:49:31,138 --> 00:49:33,641 Why didn't you just say that to begin with? 549 00:50:01,085 --> 00:50:03,588 Welcome to my humble barge. 550 00:50:03,837 --> 00:50:06,386 We are honored by your presence. 551 00:50:08,842 --> 00:50:11,095 Your barge and you... 552 00:50:11,804 --> 00:50:13,431 are quite impressive. 553 00:50:18,227 --> 00:50:20,070 Kind words. 554 00:50:21,689 --> 00:50:24,909 Now come, Themistokles. We have much to discuss. 555 00:50:26,610 --> 00:50:29,284 Do you believe the Greeks are descended from the gods? 556 00:50:29,530 --> 00:50:31,123 I have heard some say that. 557 00:50:31,365 --> 00:50:34,665 And what of you? Is there a god in your lineage? 558 00:50:34,910 --> 00:50:38,335 My men say so, and based on the last two days' battle... 559 00:50:38,831 --> 00:50:42,085 I'd say there's a spark of the divine in you. 560 00:50:43,293 --> 00:50:45,887 Now who's using kind words? 561 00:50:52,761 --> 00:50:54,354 My men also say that it was you... 562 00:50:54,596 --> 00:50:57,770 who slayed the good King Darius at Marathon. 563 00:50:58,016 --> 00:51:00,439 Many heroic deeds occurred on that day. 564 00:51:00,686 --> 00:51:02,404 But it was 10 years ago... 565 00:51:02,646 --> 00:51:05,149 and the facts of battle are often embellished. 566 00:51:05,399 --> 00:51:07,242 This deed, you would remember. 567 00:51:08,569 --> 00:51:11,698 I do what I must to defend Greece. 568 00:51:11,947 --> 00:51:14,496 And I do what I must to defeat her. 569 00:51:17,619 --> 00:51:20,623 For every one Greek killed, you must kill a thousand Persians. 570 00:51:22,624 --> 00:51:24,297 For every ship I sink... 571 00:51:25,252 --> 00:51:27,050 you must sink a hundred. 572 00:51:28,046 --> 00:51:30,048 I can sustain losses for weeks. 573 00:51:30,299 --> 00:51:32,597 Months, if need be. 574 00:51:32,843 --> 00:51:34,345 My numbers will defeat you... 575 00:51:34,595 --> 00:51:37,314 and I will take your precious boats with my sword. 576 00:51:37,556 --> 00:51:39,149 I will take your Greek freedom. 577 00:51:39,850 --> 00:51:42,694 Are you asking me to negotiate a surrender? 578 00:51:42,936 --> 00:51:43,983 No. 579 00:51:44,980 --> 00:51:47,950 I offer you a chance to avoid such misery and join me. 580 00:51:49,526 --> 00:51:52,075 I'm in need of a commander such as you. 581 00:51:53,071 --> 00:51:54,698 Look at the defense you've mounted. 582 00:51:56,742 --> 00:51:58,210 A handful of triremes. 583 00:51:59,036 --> 00:52:01,255 Leonidas with 300 Spartans. 584 00:52:03,040 --> 00:52:04,257 It's insulting, frankly... 585 00:52:04,500 --> 00:52:07,629 that the mightiest empire the world has ever seen is met by this. 586 00:52:09,797 --> 00:52:11,970 I don't blame you, Themistokles. 587 00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:15,553 You fought as if the blood of Poseidon himself... 588 00:52:15,803 --> 00:52:17,931 was coursing through your veins. 589 00:52:18,180 --> 00:52:20,103 No, I blame Greece. 590 00:52:21,016 --> 00:52:24,020 The squabbling bureaucrats protecting their political hides... 591 00:52:24,269 --> 00:52:27,148 by sending you here to die. 592 00:52:30,526 --> 00:52:32,824 And yet you still fight. 593 00:52:34,404 --> 00:52:36,202 So there must be... 594 00:52:37,866 --> 00:52:39,163 What? 595 00:52:40,494 --> 00:52:44,499 Family back home in Athens that compels you... 596 00:52:45,582 --> 00:52:48,210 to battle with such passion? 597 00:52:50,462 --> 00:52:53,056 Truth is, I've had no time for family. 598 00:52:53,298 --> 00:52:55,767 I have spent my entire adult life... 599 00:52:56,009 --> 00:52:57,807 with my one true love... 600 00:52:58,762 --> 00:53:00,355 the Greek fleet... 601 00:53:01,098 --> 00:53:02,941 and my one passion... 602 00:53:03,183 --> 00:53:05,060 readying it for you. 603 00:53:09,231 --> 00:53:10,733 Now, that brings me pleasure... 604 00:53:10,983 --> 00:53:14,453 the thought of you pining away for me... 605 00:53:15,362 --> 00:53:17,956 forsaking family and love... 606 00:53:18,198 --> 00:53:21,372 for the promise of a deeper ecstasy. 607 00:53:28,417 --> 00:53:31,842 The ecstasy of steel and flesh... 608 00:53:33,005 --> 00:53:35,975 death and life... 609 00:53:37,801 --> 00:53:39,348 of rage... 610 00:53:40,220 --> 00:53:42,564 and sweat of muscle... 611 00:53:43,682 --> 00:53:45,605 of pure joy... 612 00:53:46,602 --> 00:53:48,775 and deepest sorrow. 613 00:53:50,022 --> 00:53:53,868 Die with me each night and be born again with me each morning... 614 00:53:54,526 --> 00:53:58,406 as you plant your sword into the hearts of our enemies. 615 00:54:02,159 --> 00:54:03,832 You fight for freedom. 616 00:54:04,369 --> 00:54:08,124 I offer freedom without consequence or responsibility. 617 00:54:11,376 --> 00:54:12,844 Join me... 618 00:54:14,296 --> 00:54:16,014 at my side. 619 00:54:16,298 --> 00:54:20,303 Breathe each breath with me as if it were your last. 620 00:56:09,369 --> 00:56:10,871 Join me. 621 00:56:16,918 --> 00:56:18,135 No. 622 00:56:29,264 --> 00:56:32,518 You're no god. You're just a man. 623 00:56:47,657 --> 00:56:49,910 Be quick with your sword. 624 00:56:53,371 --> 00:56:55,590 You'll not have your death tonight. 625 00:56:56,124 --> 00:56:57,296 Guards! 626 00:56:58,919 --> 00:57:01,092 Remove this filth from my ship. 627 00:57:27,364 --> 00:57:28,115 Well? 628 00:57:29,074 --> 00:57:30,951 What have you learned? 629 00:57:38,291 --> 00:57:40,259 Can Artemisia be beaten? 630 00:57:41,962 --> 00:57:44,260 The next time that we face her... 631 00:57:44,506 --> 00:57:47,134 she's going to bring all of hell with her. 632 00:58:41,062 --> 00:58:43,485 Hold! Hold! 633 00:58:55,035 --> 00:58:57,129 Send in my personal guard. 634 00:59:24,022 --> 00:59:25,023 Pull back! 635 00:59:25,273 --> 00:59:26,365 Retreat! 636 00:59:26,608 --> 00:59:27,734 - Retreat! - Retreat! 637 00:59:27,984 --> 00:59:29,486 - Retreat! - Retreat! 638 00:59:30,195 --> 00:59:31,913 Themistokles! 639 00:59:32,155 --> 00:59:33,657 In the water! 640 00:59:37,202 --> 00:59:39,375 Archers on deck now! 641 00:59:39,621 --> 00:59:41,294 Archers on deck now! Quickly! 642 00:59:41,873 --> 00:59:43,033 Starboard side! 643 00:59:43,250 --> 00:59:44,422 Fire at will! 644 01:01:01,077 --> 01:01:02,374 Fight on, boy. 645 01:01:02,620 --> 01:01:03,667 Uh-huh. 646 01:01:03,913 --> 01:01:05,381 Fight on! 647 01:01:25,185 --> 01:01:26,903 Aim for the men on top! 648 01:01:27,145 --> 01:01:28,362 Up there! 649 01:02:38,883 --> 01:02:41,727 Abandon ship! Abandon ship! 650 01:02:41,970 --> 01:02:43,938 Abandon ship! 651 01:04:29,702 --> 01:04:32,046 The dead have no guilt. 652 01:04:32,580 --> 01:04:34,799 No responsibility. 653 01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:38,173 Themistokles watches the bodies of his men... 654 01:04:38,419 --> 01:04:41,263 turn the Aegean red with blood. 655 01:04:42,298 --> 01:04:44,141 Were they sacrificed for his ego? 656 01:04:45,843 --> 01:04:49,848 Or to relieve the guilt of the long-ago mistake at Marathon? 657 01:04:52,850 --> 01:04:54,568 How many men would have been saved... 658 01:04:54,811 --> 01:04:57,781 if Themistokles had killed that boy? 659 01:05:00,525 --> 01:05:03,278 Not even his own soul can be sure. 660 01:05:04,737 --> 01:05:06,364 My friend. 661 01:05:07,282 --> 01:05:09,250 We faced the odds. 662 01:05:10,577 --> 01:05:12,170 Together. 663 01:05:14,163 --> 01:05:15,164 Listen to me... 664 01:05:15,415 --> 01:05:17,292 Themistokles. 665 01:05:20,878 --> 01:05:23,051 You will have to fight... 666 01:05:23,298 --> 01:05:26,097 with twice as much strength in the morning. 667 01:05:26,968 --> 01:05:28,970 We will fight shoulder-to-shoulder. 668 01:05:29,220 --> 01:05:30,597 No, my son. 669 01:05:32,056 --> 01:05:34,809 You will carry on for both of us. 670 01:06:34,118 --> 01:06:35,540 What did he say? 671 01:06:38,081 --> 01:06:40,334 I will tell you in time, boy. 672 01:06:42,585 --> 01:06:43,928 Quiet now. 673 01:06:45,254 --> 01:06:47,677 You go and be with your father's spirit. 674 01:06:56,849 --> 01:06:59,602 How many times do you think we will repeat such a tragedy? 675 01:07:01,145 --> 01:07:02,317 As many times as we must. 676 01:07:03,398 --> 01:07:05,241 We are turning young men into memories. 677 01:07:08,861 --> 01:07:10,784 Do you think I enjoy this? 678 01:07:12,323 --> 01:07:14,325 Witnessing my friend's final breath? 679 01:07:18,246 --> 01:07:20,590 Every widow that is made by my decision... 680 01:07:22,667 --> 01:07:25,386 every child that will grow without a father... 681 01:07:27,171 --> 01:07:28,923 they are my choices. 682 01:07:29,924 --> 01:07:33,554 This is the burden of my command. 683 01:07:57,452 --> 01:07:59,079 How easy it is to silence... 684 01:07:59,328 --> 01:08:02,548 the strong and self-disciplined. 685 01:08:02,790 --> 01:08:05,964 Let my army witness the great warriors of Sparta. 686 01:08:09,213 --> 01:08:12,387 March them past these corpses. 687 01:08:12,633 --> 01:08:15,807 Let them see the cost of daring to challenge the god-king. 688 01:08:19,557 --> 01:08:21,104 King Leonidas... 689 01:08:21,350 --> 01:08:25,355 and his brave 300 were the finest Greece has to offer. 690 01:08:25,646 --> 01:08:26,898 There will be no saviors... 691 01:08:27,148 --> 01:08:29,571 to rise up and vanquish us. 692 01:08:30,193 --> 01:08:32,992 Nothing will stop the march of my empire. 693 01:08:35,531 --> 01:08:36,703 Your Majesty. 694 01:08:39,535 --> 01:08:41,503 You, take this dead king's sword... 695 01:08:41,746 --> 01:08:43,043 to Athens. 696 01:08:43,289 --> 01:08:46,213 Let them know that I am coming next for them. 697 01:08:47,376 --> 01:08:48,969 Let them know... 698 01:08:49,212 --> 01:08:50,714 Athens... 699 01:08:51,422 --> 01:08:54,301 their prize jewel of a city... 700 01:08:55,092 --> 01:08:57,515 will disappear from the histories. 701 01:09:01,182 --> 01:09:02,604 Themistokles! 702 01:09:05,686 --> 01:09:06,687 I bring word... 703 01:09:06,938 --> 01:09:09,566 from Thermopylae. Leonidas was betrayed by a hunchback. 704 01:09:09,816 --> 01:09:11,489 The Spartans have been slaughtered. 705 01:09:11,734 --> 01:09:12,951 The Hot Gates have fallen. 706 01:09:15,947 --> 01:09:17,995 Such a sacrifice. 707 01:09:22,119 --> 01:09:24,292 Now Greece has her martyrs. 708 01:09:25,540 --> 01:09:27,713 Daxos, take that message... 709 01:09:27,959 --> 01:09:29,506 from the Hot Gates... 710 01:09:29,752 --> 01:09:32,096 to every city, every village. 711 01:09:32,338 --> 01:09:34,932 Let every countryman hear your words. 712 01:09:35,174 --> 01:09:36,972 But they are dead. All of them. 713 01:09:37,218 --> 01:09:40,017 Sparta's sacrifice will be what unites us. 714 01:09:40,596 --> 01:09:41,973 Now go. 715 01:09:43,224 --> 01:09:43,816 Hyah! 716 01:09:44,058 --> 01:09:46,777 Move all of our ships and men back to the safety of Salamis. 717 01:09:47,019 --> 01:09:48,396 And you? 718 01:09:49,230 --> 01:09:51,483 I will take Daxos' message to Athens. 719 01:09:52,692 --> 01:09:55,972 I was told a hunchback was accountable for the fall of the Hot Gates. 720 01:09:57,363 --> 01:10:00,458 That he sold out his country... 721 01:10:00,700 --> 01:10:03,920 pulled the crimson from his back and replaced it with Persian gold. 722 01:10:06,664 --> 01:10:08,462 What is your name, traitor? 723 01:10:09,542 --> 01:10:12,671 Ephialtes of Trachis. 724 01:10:24,599 --> 01:10:28,604 I should wet this noble blade with your blood. 725 01:10:30,354 --> 01:10:32,197 You would be right to do so. 726 01:10:33,024 --> 01:10:35,698 There is little beauty about me. 727 01:10:35,943 --> 01:10:39,948 There is little beauty in what I have done. 728 01:10:44,785 --> 01:10:46,458 Say what you must. 729 01:10:47,121 --> 01:10:48,964 I beg of you... 730 01:10:49,540 --> 01:10:51,042 and all of Athens! 731 01:10:51,292 --> 01:10:54,842 The god-king will burn this city to the ground! 732 01:10:55,087 --> 01:10:56,134 What does he mean? 733 01:10:56,672 --> 01:10:58,345 Quiet yourselves! 734 01:10:59,300 --> 01:11:03,305 Leonidas' and Sparta's great sacrifice was no defeat. 735 01:11:06,432 --> 01:11:08,526 It was a beautiful victory. 736 01:11:11,812 --> 01:11:14,281 This simple act of valor... 737 01:11:14,565 --> 01:11:17,034 will allow us to rally each of our city-states... 738 01:11:17,276 --> 01:11:19,278 and unite Greece... 739 01:11:20,154 --> 01:11:22,156 for one purpose... 740 01:11:22,490 --> 01:11:23,662 against one enemy! 741 01:11:25,076 --> 01:11:26,123 And you. 742 01:11:26,369 --> 01:11:29,623 You take this message to your god-king. 743 01:11:29,872 --> 01:11:32,421 That we will take whatever ships we have left... 744 01:11:32,959 --> 01:11:35,428 and finish this in the Bay of Salamis. 745 01:11:36,295 --> 01:11:38,889 But there will be death and destruction. 746 01:11:39,131 --> 01:11:42,931 Yes, there will be. 747 01:11:49,684 --> 01:11:51,106 Themistokles. 748 01:11:53,437 --> 01:11:55,610 I'm here to speak to your queen. 749 01:11:56,357 --> 01:11:57,859 A warning, Athenian. 750 01:11:58,109 --> 01:12:00,862 You may not receive a warm welcome. 751 01:12:27,638 --> 01:12:30,232 May I offer my deepest sympathies. 752 01:12:31,851 --> 01:12:34,695 I cannot change what has happened to Leonidas... 753 01:12:34,937 --> 01:12:37,781 but his sacrifice will not be forgotten. 754 01:12:38,733 --> 01:12:42,203 Do not lecture me on sacrifice, and be quick with your words, Athenian. 755 01:12:45,072 --> 01:12:48,326 I request of you the entire Spartan navy. 756 01:12:49,076 --> 01:12:50,669 Every man, every ship... 757 01:12:50,911 --> 01:12:53,255 - ...that you can spare. - Have I not given enough... 758 01:12:53,497 --> 01:12:55,170 for your dream of a united Greece? 759 01:12:55,541 --> 01:12:58,920 Shall I put swords in the hands of my son? Our children? 760 01:12:59,170 --> 01:13:00,387 Would that please you? 761 01:13:01,839 --> 01:13:05,343 Have I not given enough for your ambitions, Themistokles? 762 01:13:05,593 --> 01:13:07,140 A king. 763 01:13:07,845 --> 01:13:10,223 Husbands, fathers, brothers. 764 01:13:10,473 --> 01:13:12,942 Sparta will give no more. 765 01:13:28,616 --> 01:13:30,163 This belongs with you. 766 01:13:40,419 --> 01:13:41,887 Avenge him. 767 01:13:59,855 --> 01:14:02,608 The Oracle's words stood as a warning. 768 01:14:03,359 --> 01:14:05,282 All of Greece will fall... 769 01:14:05,903 --> 01:14:09,203 as Persian fire reduces Athens to cinder. 770 01:14:10,658 --> 01:14:13,002 For Athens is a pile of stone and wood... 771 01:14:13,244 --> 01:14:15,838 and cloth and dust... 772 01:14:16,747 --> 01:14:19,546 and, as dust, will vanish into the wind. 773 01:14:21,210 --> 01:14:24,009 Only the Athenians themselves exist. 774 01:14:25,214 --> 01:14:28,809 And the fate of the world hangs on their every syllable. 775 01:14:29,677 --> 01:14:32,055 Only the Athenians exist. 776 01:14:32,429 --> 01:14:35,399 And only stout wooden ships can save them. 777 01:14:36,058 --> 01:14:37,651 Wooden ships... 778 01:14:38,435 --> 01:14:41,279 and a tidal wave of heroes' blood. 779 01:14:48,362 --> 01:14:51,457 The Greeks were fools to stand against us. 780 01:14:51,699 --> 01:14:53,326 Leonidas and his pride... 781 01:14:53,576 --> 01:14:56,170 were no match for the will of a god. 782 01:14:58,455 --> 01:15:02,380 Themistokles was a worthless coward. 783 01:15:02,626 --> 01:15:04,128 And now... 784 01:15:04,670 --> 01:15:08,391 this pathetic navy is barely worth our attention. 785 01:15:08,632 --> 01:15:10,930 If that worthless coward had stood at my side... 786 01:15:11,177 --> 01:15:12,770 we would have laid the world... 787 01:15:13,012 --> 01:15:14,104 at your feet. 788 01:15:15,014 --> 01:15:16,140 My king. 789 01:15:17,349 --> 01:15:20,853 Your humble servant brings you news. 790 01:15:22,188 --> 01:15:24,566 The Greek fleet are defenseless... 791 01:15:24,815 --> 01:15:26,988 within the Bay of Salamis. 792 01:15:27,651 --> 01:15:30,120 You need only finish them. 793 01:15:31,030 --> 01:15:32,703 Who commands their forces? 794 01:15:36,202 --> 01:15:38,705 Themistokles of Athens. 795 01:15:38,954 --> 01:15:40,797 Themistokles is dead. 796 01:15:41,040 --> 01:15:44,510 He is alive. I have seen him myself. 797 01:15:58,807 --> 01:16:00,605 Ready my troops and armor. 798 01:16:00,851 --> 01:16:02,148 We will attack at once. 799 01:16:02,394 --> 01:16:03,395 Wisdom... 800 01:16:05,105 --> 01:16:05,865 would have us... 801 01:16:06,106 --> 01:16:08,780 send a probing force to confirm it is not a trap. 802 01:16:09,944 --> 01:16:12,197 You would dare to advise me in matters of war? 803 01:16:13,822 --> 01:16:15,745 I am the god-king. 804 01:16:15,991 --> 01:16:18,710 I am the one who triumphed over Leonidas. 805 01:16:18,953 --> 01:16:21,001 I am the one who laid waste... 806 01:16:21,247 --> 01:16:23,045 to this showpiece of Athens. 807 01:16:23,290 --> 01:16:26,464 - I am your king. - Killing Leonidas and his men... 808 01:16:26,710 --> 01:16:28,883 only made them martyrs. 809 01:16:29,755 --> 01:16:31,757 And when you razed Athens... 810 01:16:32,383 --> 01:16:34,056 you set fire to the only thing... 811 01:16:34,301 --> 01:16:36,224 of value in this country. 812 01:16:48,232 --> 01:16:50,655 I will attack the Greeks... 813 01:16:51,819 --> 01:16:54,413 with my entire navy. 814 01:16:55,614 --> 01:16:56,740 Artemisia. 815 01:16:56,991 --> 01:16:58,334 Enough! 816 01:16:59,827 --> 01:17:03,206 Do not forget who put the crown on your childish head. 817 01:17:03,789 --> 01:17:05,416 My king. 818 01:17:06,500 --> 01:17:08,002 Now sit on your golden throne... 819 01:17:08,252 --> 01:17:10,926 and watch this battle from the safety I provide you. 820 01:17:17,219 --> 01:17:18,892 There in the distance... 821 01:17:20,097 --> 01:17:22,850 we witness the destruction of Athens. 822 01:17:26,395 --> 01:17:30,400 Alone, we will face the monster that cast a shadow across our land. 823 01:17:33,485 --> 01:17:37,115 I had prayed that the Spartans would come to lend a hand this morning. 824 01:17:40,159 --> 01:17:42,082 Perhaps they feel they have given enough. 825 01:17:42,328 --> 01:17:43,750 You failed us all. 826 01:17:43,996 --> 01:17:45,373 This is your fault, Themistokles. 827 01:17:45,622 --> 01:17:47,215 Without Spartans, we're farmhands. 828 01:17:47,458 --> 01:17:50,538 We should've negotiated with the Persians when we had the chance. 829 01:17:54,423 --> 01:17:56,141 You are all right. 830 01:17:57,968 --> 01:18:01,723 Yes, we are down to a handful of boats. 831 01:18:02,806 --> 01:18:06,276 And, yes, we are just farmhands. 832 01:18:06,977 --> 01:18:08,729 We are tradesmen. 833 01:18:09,855 --> 01:18:10,947 We are boys... 834 01:18:11,607 --> 01:18:15,328 turned to men through the sacrifice and forge of combat. 835 01:18:17,780 --> 01:18:20,124 I played a dangerous game... 836 01:18:20,366 --> 01:18:21,959 and I lost! 837 01:18:26,830 --> 01:18:30,175 If you choose to turn your back on me... 838 01:18:30,626 --> 01:18:32,003 on your country... 839 01:18:35,297 --> 01:18:37,220 I will not judge you. 840 01:18:38,884 --> 01:18:40,932 You are free to leave. 841 01:18:42,012 --> 01:18:43,810 You are still free men. 842 01:19:07,246 --> 01:19:08,418 Very well. 843 01:19:10,332 --> 01:19:11,333 Then let us... 844 01:19:11,583 --> 01:19:15,554 put our shoulders to work and free those ships from the bosom of Greece. 845 01:19:17,881 --> 01:19:20,555 Today is a privilege to call our own. 846 01:19:21,885 --> 01:19:25,480 A story that will be told for a thousand years. 847 01:19:26,640 --> 01:19:28,642 Let our final stand... 848 01:19:28,892 --> 01:19:30,940 be recorded to the histories. 849 01:19:31,395 --> 01:19:33,193 And let it be shown... 850 01:19:33,772 --> 01:19:36,366 that we chose to die on our feet... 851 01:19:36,608 --> 01:19:38,861 rather than live on our knees! 852 01:20:27,075 --> 01:20:29,453 There is only one thing you need to know today. 853 01:20:29,703 --> 01:20:31,205 Not to get killed. 854 01:20:31,455 --> 01:20:35,460 No. Your father's last words. 855 01:20:39,546 --> 01:20:42,595 He told me that you had earned the right to sit at the table. 856 01:20:59,858 --> 01:21:03,863 Well, my brother, I have no more tactics or tricks. 857 01:21:05,656 --> 01:21:08,034 This will be the last battle that we share. 858 01:21:08,283 --> 01:21:11,913 We have fought next to one other for as long as I can remember. 859 01:21:12,746 --> 01:21:16,125 Nothing would please me more than to rest this sword. 860 01:21:17,292 --> 01:21:20,887 - The preparations that are required? - Below deck. 861 01:21:21,964 --> 01:21:23,887 - Good. - Are you sure... 862 01:21:24,132 --> 01:21:25,930 that you want to commit everything? 863 01:21:26,635 --> 01:21:27,727 Yes. 864 01:21:29,555 --> 01:21:32,434 Without Arlemisia's command, the Persian navy is nothing. 865 01:21:34,184 --> 01:21:36,312 We will never be able to reach her. 866 01:21:36,562 --> 01:21:38,109 I will reach her... 867 01:21:38,897 --> 01:21:40,820 and put an end to this. 868 01:21:41,733 --> 01:21:44,156 There will be no room for a retreat. 869 01:21:45,571 --> 01:21:46,993 I know. 870 01:21:49,366 --> 01:21:52,791 Today the last Greek ships will be destroyed. 871 01:21:53,036 --> 01:21:55,130 Show them no mercy. 872 01:21:55,372 --> 01:21:57,875 Give them no quarter. 873 01:21:58,125 --> 01:22:01,345 Today we will dance across the backs of dead Greeks. 874 01:22:02,045 --> 01:22:04,798 Today we deliver submission. 875 01:22:05,674 --> 01:22:07,722 Today I want to feel Themistokles' throat... 876 01:22:08,010 --> 01:22:09,978 beneath my boots. 877 01:22:40,792 --> 01:22:43,261 Men, brace yourselves! 878 01:23:37,391 --> 01:23:38,984 Prepare for close quarters. 879 01:23:39,226 --> 01:23:40,728 Attack! 880 01:23:46,858 --> 01:23:47,984 Your father watches you! 881 01:23:49,361 --> 01:23:51,534 Hold nothing back! 882 01:23:51,780 --> 01:23:53,123 Seize your glory! 883 01:24:21,476 --> 01:24:24,025 I'm not here as a witness. 884 01:25:25,957 --> 01:25:26,799 Now! 885 01:25:27,584 --> 01:25:30,212 And let them send our souls straight to hell! 886 01:26:07,791 --> 01:26:10,340 Hyah! Come on! 887 01:27:17,068 --> 01:27:18,615 You offered freedom without... 888 01:27:18,862 --> 01:27:21,832 - ...consequence or responsibility. - Are you accepting my offer? 889 01:27:22,073 --> 01:27:23,541 My answer is still no. 890 01:27:52,145 --> 01:27:54,523 You fight much harder than you fuck. 891 01:28:38,066 --> 01:28:40,740 Surrender to me or meet your death. 892 01:28:40,986 --> 01:28:42,112 Who would you fight... 893 01:28:42,362 --> 01:28:43,614 if not for me? 894 01:28:44,239 --> 01:28:46,458 No one could challenge your skill. 895 01:28:46,700 --> 01:28:49,670 I would rather die a free man than as a slave. 896 01:28:50,787 --> 01:28:53,256 Even if the chain was attached to you. 897 01:29:02,382 --> 01:29:04,851 It begins as a whisper. 898 01:29:05,635 --> 01:29:07,262 A promise. 899 01:29:08,304 --> 01:29:09,647 The lightest of breezes... 900 01:29:09,889 --> 01:29:11,169 dances through the rigging... 901 01:29:11,391 --> 01:29:14,486 as it creaks above the death cries of 10,000 men. 902 01:29:15,854 --> 01:29:19,449 It moves through her hair as gently as a lover's hand. 903 01:29:19,941 --> 01:29:20,817 That breeze... 904 01:29:22,110 --> 01:29:25,956 that promise, became a wind, a wind that is blown across Greece... 905 01:29:26,197 --> 01:29:28,666 carrying a message told again and again... 906 01:29:28,908 --> 01:29:31,878 of our Lady Freedom and how wise she was... 907 01:29:32,120 --> 01:29:35,875 to charge Leonidas to lay all at her feet. 908 01:29:37,542 --> 01:29:40,421 A wind, my brothers, of sacrifice. 909 01:29:42,297 --> 01:29:44,220 A wind of freedom. 910 01:29:46,426 --> 01:29:48,599 A wind of justice. 911 01:29:56,269 --> 01:29:58,317 A wind of vengeance. 912 01:30:21,211 --> 01:30:22,963 Ah-ooh! Ah-ooh! Ah-ooh! 913 01:30:42,774 --> 01:30:44,026 You are being surrounded. 914 01:30:44,526 --> 01:30:47,450 All of Greece has united against you. 915 01:30:48,071 --> 01:30:50,995 Delphi, Thebes, Olympia... 916 01:30:51,241 --> 01:30:54,040 Arcadia and Sparta. 917 01:31:08,383 --> 01:31:10,932 If death comes for me today, I'm ready. 918 01:31:12,220 --> 01:31:14,222 I could lower my sword. 919 01:31:14,472 --> 01:31:17,146 There's still time for you to ready a launch and escape. 920 01:31:21,437 --> 01:31:25,032 It would be a poor choice to force my hand into action. 921 01:31:25,650 --> 01:31:29,371 Now order your ships to disengage and surrender to me. 922 01:31:31,781 --> 01:31:33,454 Surrender?