1 00:00:55,391 --> 00:00:58,294 The Oracle's words stand as a warning. 2 00:00:58,602 --> 00:01:00,003 A prophecy. 3 00:01:01,521 --> 00:01:03,719 Sparta will fall. 4 00:01:03,815 --> 00:01:06,764 All of Greece will fall. 5 00:01:13,366 --> 00:01:17,396 And Persian fire will reduce Athens to cinder. 6 00:01:17,745 --> 00:01:20,539 For Athens is a pile of stone and wood... 7 00:01:20,540 --> 00:01:22,613 and cloth and dust... 8 00:01:22,750 --> 00:01:26,753 and, as dust, will vanish into the wind. 9 00:01:26,754 --> 00:01:29,548 Only the Athenians themselves exist. 10 00:01:29,549 --> 00:01:32,953 And the fate of the world hangs on their every syllable. 11 00:01:39,475 --> 00:01:41,001 Only the Athenians exist. 12 00:01:42,687 --> 00:01:45,556 And only stout wooden ships can save them. 13 00:01:46,899 --> 00:01:48,972 Wooden ships... 14 00:01:49,152 --> 00:01:51,850 and a tidal wave of heroes' blood. 15 00:02:01,039 --> 00:02:04,113 Leonidas, my husband... 16 00:02:04,417 --> 00:02:06,364 Leonidas, your king... 17 00:02:07,629 --> 00:02:11,704 Leonidas and the brave 300 are dead. 18 00:02:12,592 --> 00:02:14,468 The free men and women of Greece... 19 00:02:14,469 --> 00:02:17,596 are not bound by a beautiful Spartan death. 20 00:02:17,597 --> 00:02:19,848 War is not their love. 21 00:02:19,849 --> 00:02:22,434 Yet he lay down his life for them. 22 00:02:22,435 --> 00:02:24,803 For the promise Greece holds. 23 00:02:27,148 --> 00:02:31,553 'Tis our enemies who forged our freedom in the fires of war. 24 00:02:32,278 --> 00:02:35,773 It was King Darius who came to take our land. 25 00:02:36,449 --> 00:02:40,077 Ten years ago, when youth still burned in our eyes... 26 00:02:40,078 --> 00:02:44,199 before this bitter war forced our children to become men. 27 00:02:45,416 --> 00:02:49,586 Ten years ago, this war began... 28 00:02:49,587 --> 00:02:51,989 as all wars begin: 29 00:02:52,382 --> 00:02:54,625 With a grievance. 30 00:02:57,220 --> 00:02:59,122 Marathon. 31 00:03:00,139 --> 00:03:02,382 The Persian king, Darius... 32 00:03:02,475 --> 00:03:05,298 annoyed by the notion of Greek freedom... 33 00:03:05,728 --> 00:03:08,472 has come to Greece to bring us to heel. 34 00:03:10,608 --> 00:03:12,943 He makes landfall at the field of Marathon... 35 00:03:12,944 --> 00:03:15,612 with an invading force which outnumbers... 36 00:03:15,613 --> 00:03:17,823 the Greek defenders three-to-one. 37 00:03:17,824 --> 00:03:21,353 And so at dawn, the hopeless Athenians do the unthinkable. 38 00:03:21,744 --> 00:03:23,495 They attack. 39 00:03:23,496 --> 00:03:26,123 They attack the weary Persians as they disembark... 40 00:03:26,124 --> 00:03:29,994 their ships on shaky legs after a month at sea. 41 00:03:30,545 --> 00:03:33,296 They attack before they can establish their war camp... 42 00:03:33,297 --> 00:03:35,165 and supply their soldiers. 43 00:03:35,758 --> 00:03:37,008 And who... 44 00:03:37,009 --> 00:03:39,787 is the architect of this mad strategy? 45 00:03:40,012 --> 00:03:41,221 A little-known Athenian... 46 00:03:41,222 --> 00:03:43,124 soldier. 47 00:03:43,641 --> 00:03:45,475 His men call him... 48 00:03:45,476 --> 00:03:47,519 Themistokles. 49 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:51,515 He gives the Persians a taste of Athenian shock combat. 50 00:06:13,583 --> 00:06:15,576 All thoughts of glory are gone. 51 00:06:16,752 --> 00:06:18,119 Thousands dead. 52 00:06:18,421 --> 00:06:20,368 Hundreds of them their own. 53 00:06:22,884 --> 00:06:26,553 All for an idea: A free Greece... 54 00:06:26,554 --> 00:06:29,878 an Athenian experiment called "democracy." 55 00:06:33,102 --> 00:06:34,799 Could this idea be worth it? 56 00:06:35,605 --> 00:06:38,724 Worth all this sacrifice? 57 00:06:40,401 --> 00:06:43,145 Themistokles would let the good King Darius decide. 58 00:06:46,032 --> 00:06:47,908 For through the chaos... 59 00:06:47,909 --> 00:06:49,856 a moment appeared. 60 00:06:52,997 --> 00:06:55,070 And Themistokles would seize it. 61 00:07:05,885 --> 00:07:07,177 A moment... 62 00:07:07,178 --> 00:07:09,220 that would ring across the centuries. 63 00:07:09,221 --> 00:07:10,472 A moment that would... 64 00:07:10,473 --> 00:07:12,474 raise him from simple soldier... 65 00:07:12,475 --> 00:07:14,893 to the height of Athenian political power. 66 00:07:14,894 --> 00:07:17,843 No! 67 00:07:19,857 --> 00:07:23,682 A moment that would make Themistokles a legend. 68 00:07:42,046 --> 00:07:43,922 Yet even as the praise and glory... 69 00:07:43,923 --> 00:07:46,007 were heaped upon him... 70 00:07:46,008 --> 00:07:49,332 Themistokles knew in his heart he had made a mistake. 71 00:07:50,179 --> 00:07:53,056 It was Darius' son, Xerxes... 72 00:07:53,057 --> 00:07:55,880 whose eyes had the stink of destiny about them. 73 00:07:57,561 --> 00:08:00,464 Themistokles knew he should have killed that boy. 74 00:08:01,941 --> 00:08:05,436 That glorious mistake would forever haunt him. 75 00:08:11,325 --> 00:08:13,284 And so it was Themistokles himself... 76 00:08:13,285 --> 00:08:16,621 who sent a ripple across the Persian empire... 77 00:08:16,622 --> 00:08:18,581 and set into motion... 78 00:08:18,582 --> 00:08:21,701 forces that would bring fire to the heart of Greece. 79 00:08:24,005 --> 00:08:26,172 For as the good king lay dying... 80 00:08:26,173 --> 00:08:27,882 all his greatest generals... 81 00:08:27,883 --> 00:08:31,219 and advisers were summoned to his bedside. 82 00:08:31,220 --> 00:08:32,637 None greater... 83 00:08:32,638 --> 00:08:36,759 than his finest naval commander, Artemisia. 84 00:08:36,767 --> 00:08:39,686 Her ferocity bested only by her beauty. 85 00:08:39,687 --> 00:08:43,341 Her beauty matched only by her devotion to her king. 86 00:08:49,071 --> 00:08:51,573 Darius favored Artemisia among his generals... 87 00:08:51,574 --> 00:08:54,898 for she had brought him victory on the battlefield. 88 00:08:55,119 --> 00:08:56,536 In her... 89 00:08:56,537 --> 00:08:59,706 he had the perfect warrior protégée... 90 00:08:59,707 --> 00:09:02,030 that his son, Xerxes, would never be. 91 00:09:05,838 --> 00:09:09,617 So sweet, my child. 92 00:09:10,217 --> 00:09:12,415 My sweet... 93 00:09:12,762 --> 00:09:14,789 child. 94 00:09:22,772 --> 00:09:24,674 Father. 95 00:09:24,982 --> 00:09:26,929 Xerxes. 96 00:09:27,026 --> 00:09:30,805 Do not repeat your father's mistake. 97 00:09:31,739 --> 00:09:35,814 Leave the ignoble Greeks to their ways. 98 00:09:36,535 --> 00:09:40,064 Only the gods can defeat them. 99 00:09:40,581 --> 00:09:44,076 Only the gods. 100 00:09:55,721 --> 00:09:58,014 For seven days, Xerxes mourned... 101 00:09:58,015 --> 00:10:00,350 paralyzed by grief. 102 00:10:00,351 --> 00:10:03,937 On the eighth day, Artemisia whispered the seed of madness... 103 00:10:03,938 --> 00:10:05,939 that would consume him. 104 00:10:05,940 --> 00:10:10,095 Your father's words were not a warning... 105 00:10:10,486 --> 00:10:12,513 but a challenge. 106 00:10:13,614 --> 00:10:16,938 Only the gods can defeat the Greeks? 107 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:23,525 You will be a god-king. 108 00:10:27,461 --> 00:10:30,004 Artemisia gathered the priests, wizards... 109 00:10:30,005 --> 00:10:33,500 and mystics from every corner of the empire. 110 00:10:33,509 --> 00:10:34,884 They wrapped... 111 00:10:34,885 --> 00:10:38,664 the young king in Cimmerian gauze dipped in ancient potions... 112 00:10:38,681 --> 00:10:41,459 and set him to wander the desert... 113 00:10:42,268 --> 00:10:45,770 till in a delirium of heat and thirst, he stumbled upon... 114 00:10:45,771 --> 00:10:47,548 a hermit's cave. 115 00:10:51,110 --> 00:10:53,903 Xerxes passed the vacant eyes... 116 00:10:53,904 --> 00:10:55,572 and empty souls... 117 00:10:55,573 --> 00:10:59,978 of the hollow creatures that dwell in the dark corners of all men's hearts. 118 00:11:02,163 --> 00:11:04,691 And in that darkness... 119 00:11:05,624 --> 00:11:07,709 he surrendered himself completely... 120 00:11:07,710 --> 00:11:11,159 to power so evil and perverse... 121 00:11:14,383 --> 00:11:16,342 that, as he emerged... 122 00:11:16,343 --> 00:11:20,088 no part of a human man that was Xerxes survived. 123 00:11:28,314 --> 00:11:31,934 His eyes blazed like scarlet coals. 124 00:11:33,402 --> 00:11:37,572 He was stripped, cleansed, glabrous... 125 00:11:37,573 --> 00:11:39,475 and smooth. 126 00:11:40,993 --> 00:11:42,493 Xerxes was reborn... 127 00:11:42,494 --> 00:11:44,362 a god. 128 00:11:49,293 --> 00:11:51,866 Artemisia trusted no one. 129 00:11:52,171 --> 00:11:54,297 So in the cover of night... 130 00:11:54,298 --> 00:11:58,453 the palace was cleansed of all Xerxes' allies. 131 00:12:01,388 --> 00:12:03,506 All those he trusted... 132 00:12:07,770 --> 00:12:10,423 all those who had raised him... 133 00:12:14,818 --> 00:12:17,562 all those he had once looked to for counsel... 134 00:12:18,989 --> 00:12:22,142 were quickly introduced to her wrath. 135 00:12:47,476 --> 00:12:49,227 And as the god-king stood... 136 00:12:49,228 --> 00:12:51,301 before his people... 137 00:12:52,064 --> 00:12:55,149 Artemisia watched her flawless manipulation take shape. 138 00:12:55,150 --> 00:12:58,152 - For glory's sake... - For glory's sake... 139 00:12:58,153 --> 00:13:01,147 - ...for vengeance's sake... - ...for vengeance's sake... 140 00:13:02,992 --> 00:13:04,689 war. 141 00:13:04,868 --> 00:13:06,690 war! 142 00:13:09,081 --> 00:13:11,874 War is coming to Greece... 143 00:13:11,875 --> 00:13:15,779 in the visage of a monster army over a million strong. 144 00:13:16,255 --> 00:13:19,716 It should be little more than a formality for Themistokles... 145 00:13:19,717 --> 00:13:21,634 the hero of Marathon... 146 00:13:21,635 --> 00:13:24,003 to finish what he began. 147 00:13:24,888 --> 00:13:28,683 Please! We must appeal to Xerxes' reason! 148 00:13:28,684 --> 00:13:29,976 Coward! 149 00:13:29,977 --> 00:13:32,478 Athens is a city of cowards! 150 00:13:32,479 --> 00:13:33,271 Shut your cock hole! 151 00:13:33,272 --> 00:13:34,605 Shut your own! 152 00:13:34,606 --> 00:13:36,816 I'll kill you! Fuck the Spartans! 153 00:13:36,817 --> 00:13:38,693 Fuck those muscle-bound boy-lovers! 154 00:13:38,694 --> 00:13:39,652 Silence! 155 00:13:39,653 --> 00:13:41,446 Silence for the hero of Marathon! 156 00:13:41,447 --> 00:13:44,198 This is a democracy, not a street fight. 157 00:13:44,199 --> 00:13:46,242 Quiet! It's Themistokles. 158 00:13:46,243 --> 00:13:50,079 The Persian attack will come from both the north and the south. 159 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,915 The city-states should negotiate a truce. 160 00:13:52,916 --> 00:13:55,694 Yes, yes, we must negotiate. 161 00:13:56,295 --> 00:13:58,288 Negotiate with tyranny? 162 00:13:59,089 --> 00:14:02,216 Give me one example of when that has ever profited a nation. 163 00:14:02,217 --> 00:14:05,497 - You're right. We must unite. - My fellow countrymen... 164 00:14:05,763 --> 00:14:08,681 we can only judge the future... 165 00:14:08,682 --> 00:14:11,756 from what we have suffered in the past. 166 00:14:12,728 --> 00:14:15,756 Now, many of you here stood with me at Marathon. 167 00:14:16,523 --> 00:14:18,775 And for those of you who served... 168 00:14:18,776 --> 00:14:21,152 and faced the cut and thrust of battle... 169 00:14:21,153 --> 00:14:24,102 you know how true peace is forged. 170 00:14:24,615 --> 00:14:26,574 Do not be deceived. 171 00:14:26,575 --> 00:14:28,868 Xerxes, the son of Darius... 172 00:14:28,869 --> 00:14:31,363 is a wolf at our door. 173 00:14:31,747 --> 00:14:34,320 Right here, right now... 174 00:14:34,792 --> 00:14:36,910 we must choose: 175 00:14:36,919 --> 00:14:39,993 Do we stand and fight for Greece or not? 176 00:14:40,756 --> 00:14:42,173 Argos... 177 00:14:42,174 --> 00:14:43,591 Corinth... 178 00:14:43,592 --> 00:14:45,009 Megara... 179 00:14:45,010 --> 00:14:46,886 Athens. 180 00:14:46,887 --> 00:14:49,597 Not even Sparta can match the Persians alone. 181 00:14:49,598 --> 00:14:52,058 We must persevere as one nation. 182 00:14:52,059 --> 00:14:54,560 Or we will perish clinging onto... 183 00:14:54,561 --> 00:14:56,634 our own self-interests. 184 00:14:57,356 --> 00:15:00,942 Send us the ships that we need to defend Greece. 185 00:15:00,943 --> 00:15:03,611 Themistokles will need more than our cities' ships. 186 00:15:03,612 --> 00:15:05,935 He will need our children to join the fight. 187 00:15:07,658 --> 00:15:09,283 And what of Sparta? 188 00:15:09,284 --> 00:15:12,370 You send every ship that we have... 189 00:15:12,371 --> 00:15:15,115 to the northern coast of Euboea. 190 00:15:15,958 --> 00:15:20,238 I will go and seek the help of the great Spartans. 191 00:15:41,483 --> 00:15:42,733 Still no word... 192 00:15:42,734 --> 00:15:45,603 from the messenger you sent to Sparta. 193 00:15:45,863 --> 00:15:49,240 King Leonidas may have been insulted by your generous offer. 194 00:15:49,241 --> 00:15:53,612 Perhaps I need to march into Sparta myself and burn it to the ground. 195 00:15:55,164 --> 00:15:56,914 Remember... 196 00:15:56,915 --> 00:15:59,033 when a king is loved as I am... 197 00:16:00,085 --> 00:16:02,738 much can be accomplished. 198 00:16:03,881 --> 00:16:07,467 They would be fools to resist my divine power. 199 00:16:07,468 --> 00:16:10,511 Athens is attempting to assemble a coalition. 200 00:16:10,512 --> 00:16:13,381 It'll be nothing more than a patchwork of ships. 201 00:16:15,184 --> 00:16:19,228 Once these waters have been traversed, I will lead my force across the land. 202 00:16:19,229 --> 00:16:21,814 I will remind the cowards of Greece... 203 00:16:21,815 --> 00:16:25,640 that we have not forgotten their insolence. 204 00:16:35,162 --> 00:16:37,205 Rest and water the horses. 205 00:16:37,206 --> 00:16:38,873 It's best I go alone. 206 00:16:38,874 --> 00:16:42,699 Spartans don't get along well with others. 207 00:17:33,762 --> 00:17:35,960 - Spartans. - Themistokles. 208 00:17:36,932 --> 00:17:38,641 You old snake. 209 00:17:38,642 --> 00:17:41,727 - What brings you this far south? - I've come to see Leonidas. 210 00:17:41,728 --> 00:17:44,897 - To warn him that the Persians are on the march. - You're too late. 211 00:17:44,898 --> 00:17:48,472 Persian messenger already presented his terms to Leonidas. 212 00:17:48,819 --> 00:17:51,597 Symbolic offering of earth and water. 213 00:17:59,830 --> 00:18:01,455 Spartans! 214 00:18:01,456 --> 00:18:02,937 Know this and know it well. 215 00:18:04,001 --> 00:18:06,995 That any Spartan's finest moment... 216 00:18:07,337 --> 00:18:09,005 the greatest fulfillment... 217 00:18:09,006 --> 00:18:11,090 of all he holds dear... 218 00:18:11,091 --> 00:18:12,633 is that moment... 219 00:18:12,634 --> 00:18:15,011 when he has fought his heart out... 220 00:18:15,012 --> 00:18:18,097 for the preservation of Sparta... 221 00:18:18,098 --> 00:18:21,684 and lies dead on the battlefield... 222 00:18:21,685 --> 00:18:23,803 victorious. 223 00:18:25,188 --> 00:18:26,840 Now... 224 00:18:26,940 --> 00:18:29,233 who is willing to die at our king's side? 225 00:18:29,234 --> 00:18:30,610 Ah-ooh! 226 00:18:30,611 --> 00:18:33,264 Ah-ooh! Ah-ooh! 227 00:18:33,488 --> 00:18:35,481 Themistokles. 228 00:18:37,034 --> 00:18:41,203 You've come a long way to stroke your cock whilst watching real men train. 229 00:18:41,204 --> 00:18:42,651 Queen Gorge. 230 00:18:43,415 --> 00:18:46,785 Shouldn't he be training them to live at their king's side? 231 00:18:47,961 --> 00:18:50,001 A new age is dawning, Gorgo. 232 00:18:51,256 --> 00:18:55,343 Won't be long before men rise up and shed the yoke of mysticism and tyranny. 233 00:18:55,344 --> 00:18:58,213 - That sounds like a threat. - No. 234 00:18:58,221 --> 00:19:02,296 An opportunity to join the rest of free Greece and stand against a true tyrant. 235 00:19:03,518 --> 00:19:07,396 Unless, of course, you and Leonidas have already made a deal with Xerxes. 236 00:19:07,397 --> 00:19:09,549 No terms were reached. 237 00:19:09,733 --> 00:19:11,859 Xerxes' messenger was... 238 00:19:11,860 --> 00:19:14,570 Well, he was rude and he lacked respect. 239 00:19:14,571 --> 00:19:18,976 He didn't understand the same threats made in Thebes and Athens would not work here. 240 00:19:19,326 --> 00:19:23,071 This is the birthplace of the world's greatest warriors. 241 00:19:23,955 --> 00:19:28,155 Men whose king would stand and fight and die for any one of them. 242 00:19:28,794 --> 00:19:30,252 Xerxes' messenger... 243 00:19:30,253 --> 00:19:33,873 did not understand this is no typical Greek city-state. 244 00:19:36,551 --> 00:19:38,794 This is Sparta. 245 00:19:39,763 --> 00:19:42,890 It was clear to the messenger there'd be no Spartan submission? 246 00:19:42,891 --> 00:19:44,183 It was clear. 247 00:19:44,184 --> 00:19:47,728 Even now Leonidas is in counsel with the Oracle over his battle plan. 248 00:19:47,729 --> 00:19:50,648 The Festival of the Carneia is all that stands in our way. 249 00:19:50,649 --> 00:19:53,609 Surely the Oracle will see we must fight. 250 00:19:53,610 --> 00:19:55,603 Well, then my timing is perfect. 251 00:19:55,987 --> 00:19:59,407 I am commanding a fleet of ships that will represent a united Greece. 252 00:19:59,408 --> 00:20:02,061 I need Sparta to join me. 253 00:20:02,577 --> 00:20:04,245 Give me your ships, Gorgo. 254 00:20:04,246 --> 00:20:07,331 I'll make sure that Xerxes wishes he never crossed the Aegean. 255 00:20:07,332 --> 00:20:10,835 You'll receive no Spartan ships. We've no interest in a united Greece. 256 00:20:10,836 --> 00:20:13,830 That is your dream, Themistokles, not ours. 257 00:20:14,047 --> 00:20:16,424 All I am concerned with is the preservation... 258 00:20:16,425 --> 00:20:17,951 of Sparta. 259 00:20:18,719 --> 00:20:21,042 My guards will see you out. 260 00:20:23,014 --> 00:20:24,890 It's funny that you mock freedom... 261 00:20:24,891 --> 00:20:27,168 here in your selfish isolation. 262 00:20:27,728 --> 00:20:30,104 Yet freedom, in her wisdom... 263 00:20:30,105 --> 00:20:32,803 has chosen you to defend her. 264 00:20:35,444 --> 00:20:37,061 My queen. 265 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,813 Will Sparta join our fight? 266 00:20:43,744 --> 00:20:46,746 Apparently the Persians have offered the Spartans something they cannot refuse. 267 00:20:46,747 --> 00:20:47,828 And what is that? 268 00:20:49,249 --> 00:20:51,322 A beautiful death. 269 00:21:09,227 --> 00:21:12,927 They say you are the bravest of our captives. 270 00:21:13,106 --> 00:21:17,010 They say you are a whore from the eastern seas. 271 00:21:20,030 --> 00:21:23,024 You're not the smartest. 272 00:21:25,035 --> 00:21:27,286 Your commander is a Greek. 273 00:21:27,287 --> 00:21:29,655 Just like me. 274 00:21:30,540 --> 00:21:34,043 You Persian men take your orders from a Greek woman. 275 00:21:34,044 --> 00:21:37,630 Yes, my brother, I am Greek by birth... 276 00:21:37,631 --> 00:21:41,080 and I have Greek blood running through my veins. 277 00:21:43,386 --> 00:21:45,538 But my heart... 278 00:21:47,641 --> 00:21:49,258 is Persian. 279 00:22:21,383 --> 00:22:23,205 Within hours... 280 00:22:23,510 --> 00:22:26,136 the Greek fleet will be shattered. 281 00:22:26,137 --> 00:22:29,181 What of our master and the much-feared Spartans? 282 00:22:29,182 --> 00:22:31,710 There's nothing to fear. 283 00:22:31,893 --> 00:22:36,021 Only King Leonidas and his personal guard of 300... 284 00:22:36,022 --> 00:22:38,274 have marched to fight. 285 00:22:38,275 --> 00:22:39,796 They'll collapse. Instantly. 286 00:22:43,071 --> 00:22:44,063 You. 287 00:22:50,328 --> 00:22:52,196 Do you agree? 288 00:22:54,332 --> 00:22:56,109 Many will perish. 289 00:22:57,127 --> 00:23:00,656 Your confidence leaves me with a strong impression. 290 00:23:01,756 --> 00:23:04,174 It's a curious thing for a simple ship guard... 291 00:23:04,175 --> 00:23:07,328 to not lower his eyes when questioned by me. 292 00:23:08,054 --> 00:23:11,207 That could've been just a lack of discipline. 293 00:23:12,017 --> 00:23:14,727 But a man's hands do not lie. 294 00:23:14,728 --> 00:23:16,061 They can reveal... 295 00:23:16,062 --> 00:23:20,467 every imperfection and flaw in his character. 296 00:23:21,026 --> 00:23:23,235 You see, your hands are not rough enough... 297 00:23:23,236 --> 00:23:25,684 to work the rigging of this ship. 298 00:23:26,823 --> 00:23:29,825 I know every single man beneath my lash. 299 00:23:29,826 --> 00:23:34,026 Can you explain to me how I don't know you? 300 00:23:35,457 --> 00:23:38,076 Forgive me, commander. 301 00:23:40,378 --> 00:23:42,780 Let me introduce myself. 302 00:23:44,049 --> 00:23:45,166 Seize the spy. 303 00:24:04,235 --> 00:24:06,433 Coward. 304 00:24:07,197 --> 00:24:09,349 Storm is upon us. 305 00:24:11,785 --> 00:24:15,064 It's just some mad Greek weather. 306 00:24:27,217 --> 00:24:29,870 - Themistokles. - Come. 307 00:24:33,014 --> 00:24:34,556 Calisto. 308 00:24:34,557 --> 00:24:37,551 What is spoken here must not be repeated. 309 00:24:37,602 --> 00:24:39,219 Anywhere. 310 00:24:41,731 --> 00:24:45,192 My son has not earned the right to sit at the table of combat veterans. 311 00:24:45,193 --> 00:24:47,971 - But you can trust him. - Very well. 312 00:24:49,489 --> 00:24:51,573 - Tell me. - A Greek woman... 313 00:24:51,574 --> 00:24:54,272 commands all of Xerxes' ships to the south. 314 00:24:55,286 --> 00:24:57,313 Artemisia. 315 00:24:57,914 --> 00:24:59,315 I know of her. 316 00:24:59,958 --> 00:25:03,127 Artemisia is murderous by trade with true skill on the sea... 317 00:25:03,128 --> 00:25:05,326 and she has thirst for vengeance. 318 00:25:05,547 --> 00:25:07,297 Rumors are her entire family... 319 00:25:07,298 --> 00:25:09,996 was murdered by a squad of Greek hoplites. 320 00:25:10,677 --> 00:25:13,546 I have heard all the stories. 321 00:25:14,222 --> 00:25:17,250 And the hoplites spared no one on that day. 322 00:25:43,334 --> 00:25:45,627 The story goes that they raped and murdered... 323 00:25:45,628 --> 00:25:47,496 her entire family. 324 00:25:49,132 --> 00:25:52,456 And then they turned their attention towards her. 325 00:26:14,908 --> 00:26:18,812 After years of being kept in the bowels of a Greek slave ship... 326 00:26:19,579 --> 00:26:22,528 she was discarded and left for dead... 327 00:26:23,083 --> 00:26:26,077 where she was found near death by a Persian emissary. 328 00:26:46,898 --> 00:26:49,892 Artemisia vowed that day to return to Greece... 329 00:26:50,944 --> 00:26:53,062 only when she could watch it burn. 330 00:27:04,249 --> 00:27:08,244 She was fed, clothed, trained by the finest warriors of the Persian empire... 331 00:27:11,923 --> 00:27:13,632 until no match could be found... 332 00:27:13,633 --> 00:27:15,713 for her skills and gift with the sword. 333 00:27:43,079 --> 00:27:45,982 The great King Darius was impressed by her commitment. 334 00:27:46,875 --> 00:27:49,494 And she quickly rose to command at his side. 335 00:27:52,839 --> 00:27:54,715 She has sold her soul... 336 00:27:54,716 --> 00:27:56,584 to Death himself. 337 00:27:57,510 --> 00:28:00,254 Well, some could say that I've sold mine to Greece. 338 00:28:04,100 --> 00:28:05,350 And what do you think? 339 00:28:05,351 --> 00:28:07,311 - Me? - Yes. 340 00:28:07,312 --> 00:28:09,589 You are the future of this country. 341 00:28:10,231 --> 00:28:12,008 I'm ready to fight. 342 00:28:15,111 --> 00:28:17,980 I like him. He reminds me of you. 343 00:28:18,364 --> 00:28:19,281 We will need... 344 00:28:19,282 --> 00:28:20,324 every last man. 345 00:28:20,325 --> 00:28:21,658 He is still just a boy. 346 00:28:21,659 --> 00:28:23,243 Much younger... 347 00:28:23,244 --> 00:28:25,442 - ...have defended our country. - Enough! 348 00:28:25,496 --> 00:28:28,649 You are a dreamer and will speak of this no more. 349 00:28:32,086 --> 00:28:34,338 Themistokles, I've set your plan in motion. 350 00:28:34,339 --> 00:28:37,507 And my land force will be assembled by the second day. 351 00:28:37,508 --> 00:28:40,752 You will be needed. I can assure you of that. 352 00:28:44,140 --> 00:28:46,308 And there is bad news. 353 00:28:46,309 --> 00:28:49,679 Leonidas has marched north to the Hot Gates. 354 00:28:51,064 --> 00:28:53,273 Bad news? With the Spartans... 355 00:28:53,274 --> 00:28:57,520 - ...at the Hot Gates, our victory is assured. - If the army were with him. 356 00:28:58,112 --> 00:29:00,280 But between the Oracle and the Carneia... 357 00:29:00,281 --> 00:29:03,309 Leonidas has marched to Thermopylae with just 300 men. 358 00:29:04,077 --> 00:29:07,788 So the only thing standing between Athens... 359 00:29:07,789 --> 00:29:09,691 and total annihilation... 360 00:29:10,333 --> 00:29:13,327 is Leonidas and 300 Spartans. 361 00:29:17,757 --> 00:29:20,092 I will search out the veterans among them. 362 00:29:20,093 --> 00:29:23,246 - Establish some order among the volunteers. - Good. 363 00:29:23,554 --> 00:29:27,083 There's little time to teach these farmhands strategy. 364 00:29:27,267 --> 00:29:29,715 Just keep them well fed... 365 00:29:30,270 --> 00:29:32,047 and sober. 366 00:29:32,313 --> 00:29:34,135 Anything else? 367 00:29:34,274 --> 00:29:36,597 Wouldn't hurt if they could swing a sword. 368 00:29:39,112 --> 00:29:41,230 Well, I'll be damned. 369 00:29:42,282 --> 00:29:43,532 Shit. 370 00:29:43,533 --> 00:29:46,702 - Does your father know that you're here? - No, sir. 371 00:29:46,703 --> 00:29:48,996 And this shield and sword? 372 00:29:48,997 --> 00:29:50,747 My grandfather's. 373 00:29:50,748 --> 00:29:53,947 My mother entrusted them to me this morning. 374 00:29:54,043 --> 00:29:57,743 - When she gave you her blessing? - Yes, sir. 375 00:29:57,964 --> 00:30:00,617 With a sharp blade, no less. 376 00:30:02,010 --> 00:30:05,095 Your father is preparing a surprise for our enemy tomorrow. 377 00:30:05,096 --> 00:30:08,841 I choose to fight here. Now. 378 00:30:10,518 --> 00:30:12,670 Come aboard my ship. 379 00:30:12,895 --> 00:30:14,521 That is where you will fight. 380 00:30:14,522 --> 00:30:16,174 Yes, sir. 381 00:30:20,069 --> 00:30:21,570 We've just over 50 ships. 382 00:30:21,571 --> 00:30:24,573 Persian forces reported a number in the thousands. 383 00:30:24,574 --> 00:30:28,160 - Those ships appear hardly seaworthy. - Nothing like the monster ships... 384 00:30:28,161 --> 00:30:31,747 - ...of the Persian fleet. - We have the advantage. Speed, maneuverability. 385 00:30:31,748 --> 00:30:35,709 The rest of the city-states have sent anywhere from a handful to a single ship. 386 00:30:35,710 --> 00:30:39,254 - Of course, Athens supplied the balance. - We have report... 387 00:30:39,255 --> 00:30:43,550 a small advance force of Persian ships have taken refuge from the storm across the strait. 388 00:30:43,551 --> 00:30:46,249 If the weather breaks, we could hit them at dawn. 389 00:30:47,722 --> 00:30:49,014 An early Greek victory. 390 00:30:49,015 --> 00:30:51,058 The gods have given us an opportunity... 391 00:30:51,059 --> 00:30:53,427 to wound the Persians, strengthen Greek morale. 392 00:30:55,188 --> 00:30:56,563 A tempting distraction. 393 00:30:56,564 --> 00:30:58,899 But we'll stick to the battle plan. 394 00:30:58,900 --> 00:31:02,277 Today at sundown, we will sail out to meet the main Persian fleet. 395 00:31:02,278 --> 00:31:05,572 We'll attack in the open water with no shore to narrow the battle. 396 00:31:05,573 --> 00:31:07,657 To attack a force of over 1000 ships... 397 00:31:07,658 --> 00:31:09,856 with our meager force is suicide. 398 00:31:10,995 --> 00:31:13,363 Such is my plan. 399 00:31:17,126 --> 00:31:20,120 Look at their excuse for a navy. 400 00:31:20,588 --> 00:31:23,366 Their ships are of little threat. 401 00:31:23,841 --> 00:31:26,343 I need a second in command, Artaphernes. 402 00:31:26,344 --> 00:31:30,749 And whoever proves their excellence will earn a place beside me. 403 00:31:31,766 --> 00:31:34,851 General Bandari has offered to lead the first attack. 404 00:31:34,852 --> 00:31:36,469 Bandari. 405 00:31:38,856 --> 00:31:40,190 Commander. 406 00:31:40,191 --> 00:31:42,359 If I let you lead our first offensive... 407 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,654 what guarantee do I have that you'll bring me a quick victory? 408 00:31:45,655 --> 00:31:47,978 My word and my life. 409 00:31:48,157 --> 00:31:49,558 Good. 410 00:31:49,700 --> 00:31:51,647 My rules of engagement? 411 00:31:51,869 --> 00:31:55,944 Humiliate the Greeks and lay waste to their tiny ships. 412 00:31:56,541 --> 00:31:59,364 They'll be dead to the last man. 413 00:32:09,595 --> 00:32:11,622 My brothers. 414 00:32:11,722 --> 00:32:14,124 Steady your hearts. 415 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:17,633 Look deep into your souls. 416 00:32:21,482 --> 00:32:24,977 For your mettle is to be tested this day. 417 00:32:28,406 --> 00:32:31,059 If in the heat of battle... 418 00:32:32,034 --> 00:32:35,108 you need a reason to fight on... 419 00:32:35,830 --> 00:32:38,949 an idea for which you will give up... 420 00:32:39,167 --> 00:32:41,820 all that you will ever have... 421 00:32:42,628 --> 00:32:45,998 you need only to look at the man who fights at your side. 422 00:32:47,550 --> 00:32:50,302 This is the "why" of battle. 423 00:32:50,303 --> 00:32:53,502 This is the brotherhood of men-at-arms. 424 00:32:54,140 --> 00:32:55,849 An unbreakable bond... 425 00:32:55,850 --> 00:32:59,254 made stronger by the crucible of combat. 426 00:33:00,313 --> 00:33:04,468 You will never be closer than with those who you shed your blood with. 427 00:33:06,027 --> 00:33:08,361 For there is no nobler cause... 428 00:33:08,362 --> 00:33:12,107 than to fight for those who will lay down their life for you. 429 00:33:13,701 --> 00:33:16,524 So you fight strong today. 430 00:33:17,246 --> 00:33:19,740 You fight for your brothers. 431 00:33:20,625 --> 00:33:23,073 Fight for your families. 432 00:33:23,461 --> 00:33:25,712 Most of all, you fight for Greece! 433 00:33:25,713 --> 00:33:27,080 Greece! 434 00:33:27,798 --> 00:33:29,199 Yeah! 435 00:33:31,010 --> 00:33:34,554 And there is only one thing to make sure of when the fighting starts. 436 00:33:34,555 --> 00:33:36,002 What's that? 437 00:33:36,682 --> 00:33:38,834 Don't get killed on the first day. 438 00:33:40,019 --> 00:33:42,638 That goes for the rest of you. 439 00:34:13,928 --> 00:34:14,928 Persian ships... 440 00:34:14,929 --> 00:34:16,680 are strong at the front. 441 00:34:16,681 --> 00:34:17,931 But they are weak... 442 00:34:17,932 --> 00:34:19,599 in the middle. 443 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,843 We attack them there. 444 00:34:31,696 --> 00:34:33,769 Now! 445 00:34:54,385 --> 00:34:55,877 Attack! 446 00:35:23,664 --> 00:35:25,441 Ram them! 447 00:35:35,968 --> 00:35:39,463 Archers, now! Now! 448 00:35:48,314 --> 00:35:50,106 Reverse! 449 00:35:50,107 --> 00:35:51,929 Now! 450 00:35:58,324 --> 00:36:00,101 Go through them! 451 00:36:54,588 --> 00:36:56,089 The enemy's tactics... 452 00:36:56,090 --> 00:36:57,716 are creative. 453 00:36:57,717 --> 00:37:00,540 The defensive circle leaves no front to assault. 454 00:37:00,720 --> 00:37:02,345 We are losing. 455 00:37:02,346 --> 00:37:04,419 No, you are losing. 456 00:37:10,479 --> 00:37:12,256 Pull back. 457 00:37:12,356 --> 00:37:14,429 Let them have this day. 458 00:37:14,650 --> 00:37:18,099 I'm bored with your failures, Bandari. 459 00:37:22,867 --> 00:37:25,160 I'll not let this wound slow me. 460 00:37:25,161 --> 00:37:27,662 Heh. Somehow I believe you. 461 00:37:27,663 --> 00:37:30,282 My blade will be sharp and ready by the morning. 462 00:37:30,875 --> 00:37:33,949 Good. Tomorrow you will fight alongside your father. 463 00:37:35,629 --> 00:37:36,880 Not bad... 464 00:37:36,881 --> 00:37:40,592 - ...for a bunch of farmers. - And poets and sculptors. 465 00:37:40,593 --> 00:37:42,302 Who'd have known untrained men... 466 00:37:42,303 --> 00:37:45,502 would do so well against such a considerable adversary? 467 00:37:47,475 --> 00:37:51,129 We're going to need all of our strength for tomorrow's fight. 468 00:37:51,353 --> 00:37:53,972 How long do you think we can hold them? 469 00:37:56,525 --> 00:37:59,178 If my plan is to work... 470 00:38:00,613 --> 00:38:04,062 long enough for the Spartans to unite Greece. 471 00:38:04,950 --> 00:38:06,647 Men! 472 00:38:06,786 --> 00:38:08,547 Who will share their wine with me? 473 00:38:21,967 --> 00:38:23,301 Report. 474 00:38:23,302 --> 00:38:25,500 We are still tallying the losses. 475 00:38:25,721 --> 00:38:28,556 But you must understand, it is extremely difficult... 476 00:38:28,557 --> 00:38:31,142 given the sea and the darkness... 477 00:38:31,143 --> 00:38:33,136 to get an accurate... 478 00:38:43,948 --> 00:38:45,474 Report? 479 00:38:45,699 --> 00:38:47,367 Seventy-five ships lost. 480 00:38:47,368 --> 00:38:48,993 Thirty damaged beyond repair. 481 00:38:48,994 --> 00:38:52,443 Twenty could return with a few weeks' work in a safe harbor. 482 00:38:56,210 --> 00:38:59,379 The commander of the Greek force is named Themistokles. 483 00:38:59,380 --> 00:39:01,782 Yes, he is an Athenian general. 484 00:39:02,216 --> 00:39:04,300 He's rumored to have loosed the arrow... 485 00:39:04,301 --> 00:39:07,250 that felled the great King Darius himself. 486 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,768 No! 487 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:40,405 This Themistokles has shown himself to be quite brilliant in battle. 488 00:39:41,630 --> 00:39:44,124 Which is more than I can say for any of you. 489 00:39:45,092 --> 00:39:48,712 Do you gentlemen find my command unreasonable? 490 00:39:48,762 --> 00:39:51,556 Is it too much to ask for victory? 491 00:39:51,557 --> 00:39:53,558 Your disappointment in yesterday's losses... 492 00:39:53,559 --> 00:39:55,552 is warranted. 493 00:39:56,604 --> 00:39:59,006 My disappointment. 494 00:39:59,940 --> 00:40:02,609 My disappointment is not with my losses. 495 00:40:02,610 --> 00:40:06,487 The meager number of damaged ships and dead slaves means nothing to me. 496 00:40:06,488 --> 00:40:10,688 No, my disappointment... 497 00:40:12,828 --> 00:40:14,946 is in these men. 498 00:40:15,831 --> 00:40:17,081 For though I stand... 499 00:40:17,082 --> 00:40:19,500 among 10,000... 500 00:40:19,501 --> 00:40:21,369 I am alone. 501 00:40:23,047 --> 00:40:26,674 I long for a soul who would stand by my side. 502 00:40:26,675 --> 00:40:28,247 Who I could trust. 503 00:40:33,891 --> 00:40:36,589 Tell me, General Kashani. 504 00:40:36,810 --> 00:40:39,053 Are you that man? 505 00:40:40,522 --> 00:40:44,176 You will taste your victory by the day's end. 506 00:40:44,234 --> 00:40:46,978 I will make certain of it. 507 00:40:47,821 --> 00:40:50,019 I hope so. 508 00:42:21,206 --> 00:42:23,779 Advance! 509 00:42:30,507 --> 00:42:34,457 Now! 510 00:42:57,743 --> 00:43:00,441 Don't lose sight of them. 511 00:43:14,384 --> 00:43:15,760 The Greeks are retreating. 512 00:43:15,761 --> 00:43:18,471 He's got him right where he wants him. 513 00:43:18,472 --> 00:43:20,749 Kashani is a fine tactician. 514 00:43:20,974 --> 00:43:24,048 I was speaking of Themistokles. 515 00:43:33,487 --> 00:43:34,934 Rocks! 516 00:43:37,699 --> 00:43:39,450 Stop, stop! 517 00:43:39,451 --> 00:43:41,148 Stop! 518 00:43:41,453 --> 00:43:43,571 Brace yourselves! 519 00:46:29,621 --> 00:46:30,621 What are you doing here? 520 00:46:30,622 --> 00:46:34,375 A man's responsibility is to protect his family and his nation. 521 00:46:34,376 --> 00:46:37,746 - Who told you this? - My father. 522 00:47:40,776 --> 00:47:44,180 You see how Themistokles employs deception with such grace? 523 00:47:44,279 --> 00:47:47,448 - Why is it so much to ask for victory? - How can I make amends? 524 00:47:47,449 --> 00:47:49,226 Silence. 525 00:47:52,245 --> 00:47:55,023 You will carry a message for me. 526 00:47:55,707 --> 00:47:57,375 Now they will fear us! 527 00:47:57,376 --> 00:48:01,406 Now they will fear the Greek men-at-arms! Hup! 528 00:48:02,589 --> 00:48:03,990 He's right. 529 00:48:04,341 --> 00:48:06,467 Fear the Greek fighting man. 530 00:48:06,468 --> 00:48:07,843 Fear his sword. 531 00:48:07,844 --> 00:48:09,587 His shield. 532 00:48:09,638 --> 00:48:12,473 Fear his love for Mother Greece. 533 00:48:12,474 --> 00:48:14,376 But most of all... 534 00:48:14,559 --> 00:48:16,586 fear his freedom! 535 00:48:22,275 --> 00:48:24,485 Don't be angry with the boy. 536 00:48:24,486 --> 00:48:26,028 I took him under my command. 537 00:48:26,029 --> 00:48:29,433 Anger is something I reserve for my enemies. 538 00:48:37,290 --> 00:48:39,283 Themistokles. 539 00:48:59,187 --> 00:49:03,149 Artemisia's ship is being anchored in neutral waters. 540 00:49:03,150 --> 00:49:05,568 She'd like to meet with Themistokles. 541 00:49:05,569 --> 00:49:08,696 - How can you guarantee his safe return? - Well, boy... 542 00:49:08,697 --> 00:49:10,865 the only honor for her now... 543 00:49:10,866 --> 00:49:14,493 will be when she watches your crushed and broken fleet... 544 00:49:14,494 --> 00:49:16,662 sinking to the bottom of the Aegean... 545 00:49:16,663 --> 00:49:18,497 and is able to recognize you... 546 00:49:18,498 --> 00:49:21,834 nailed to the mast of your ship with her sword... 547 00:49:21,835 --> 00:49:24,988 as you descend to a watery grave. 548 00:49:29,968 --> 00:49:32,871 Why didn't you just say that to begin with? 549 00:49:59,915 --> 00:50:02,666 Welcome to my humble barge. 550 00:50:02,667 --> 00:50:05,616 We are honored by your presence. 551 00:50:07,672 --> 00:50:10,325 Your barge and you... 552 00:50:10,634 --> 00:50:12,661 are quite impressive. 553 00:50:17,057 --> 00:50:19,300 Kind words. 554 00:50:20,519 --> 00:50:24,139 Now come, Themistokles. We have much to discuss. 555 00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:28,359 Do you believe the Greeks are descended from the gods? 556 00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:30,194 I have heard some say that. 557 00:50:30,195 --> 00:50:33,739 And what of you? Is there a god in your lineage? 558 00:50:33,740 --> 00:50:37,565 My men say so, and based on the last two days' battle... 559 00:50:37,661 --> 00:50:41,315 I'd say there's a spark of the divine in you. 560 00:50:42,123 --> 00:50:45,117 Now who's using kind words? 561 00:50:51,591 --> 00:50:53,425 My men also say that it was you... 562 00:50:53,426 --> 00:50:56,845 who slayed the good King Darius at Marathon. 563 00:50:56,846 --> 00:50:59,515 Many heroic deeds occurred on that day. 564 00:50:59,516 --> 00:51:01,475 But it was 10 years ago... 565 00:51:01,476 --> 00:51:04,228 and the facts of battle are often embellished. 566 00:51:04,229 --> 00:51:06,472 This deed, you would remember. 567 00:51:07,399 --> 00:51:10,776 I do what I must to defend Greece. 568 00:51:10,777 --> 00:51:13,726 And I do what I must to defeat her. 569 00:51:16,449 --> 00:51:19,853 For every one Greek killed, you must kill a thousand Persians. 570 00:51:21,454 --> 00:51:23,527 For every ship I sink... 571 00:51:24,082 --> 00:51:26,280 you must sink a hundred. 572 00:51:26,876 --> 00:51:29,128 I can sustain losses for weeks. 573 00:51:29,129 --> 00:51:31,672 Months, if need be. 574 00:51:31,673 --> 00:51:33,424 My numbers will defeat you... 575 00:51:33,425 --> 00:51:36,385 and I will take your precious boats with my sword. 576 00:51:36,386 --> 00:51:38,379 I will take your Greek freedom. 577 00:51:38,680 --> 00:51:41,765 Are you asking me to negotiate a surrender? 578 00:51:41,766 --> 00:51:43,213 No. 579 00:51:43,810 --> 00:51:47,180 I offer you a chance to avoid such misery and join me. 580 00:51:48,356 --> 00:51:51,305 I'm in need of a commander such as you. 581 00:51:51,901 --> 00:51:53,928 Look at the defense you've mounted. 582 00:51:55,572 --> 00:51:57,440 A handful of triremes. 583 00:51:57,866 --> 00:52:00,485 Leonidas with 300 Spartans. 584 00:52:01,870 --> 00:52:03,329 It's insulting, frankly... 585 00:52:03,330 --> 00:52:06,859 that the mightiest empire the world has ever seen is met by this. 586 00:52:08,627 --> 00:52:11,200 I don't blame you, Themistokles. 587 00:52:11,630 --> 00:52:14,632 You fought as if the blood of Poseidon himself... 588 00:52:14,633 --> 00:52:17,009 was coursing through your veins. 589 00:52:17,010 --> 00:52:19,333 No, I blame Greece. 590 00:52:19,846 --> 00:52:23,098 The squabbling bureaucrats protecting their political hides... 591 00:52:23,099 --> 00:52:26,378 by sending you here to die. 592 00:52:29,356 --> 00:52:32,054 And yet you still fight. 593 00:52:33,234 --> 00:52:35,432 So there must be... 594 00:52:36,696 --> 00:52:38,393 What? 595 00:52:39,324 --> 00:52:43,729 Family back home in Athens that compels you... 596 00:52:44,412 --> 00:52:47,440 to battle with such passion? 597 00:52:49,292 --> 00:52:52,127 Truth is, I've had no time for family. 598 00:52:52,128 --> 00:52:54,838 I have spent my entire adult life... 599 00:52:54,839 --> 00:52:57,037 with my one true love... 600 00:52:57,592 --> 00:52:59,585 the Greek fleet... 601 00:52:59,928 --> 00:53:02,012 and my one passion... 602 00:53:02,013 --> 00:53:04,290 readying it for you. 603 00:53:08,061 --> 00:53:09,812 Now, that brings me pleasure... 604 00:53:09,813 --> 00:53:13,683 the thought of you pining away for me... 605 00:53:14,192 --> 00:53:17,027 forsaking family and love... 606 00:53:17,028 --> 00:53:20,602 for the promise of a deeper ecstasy. 607 00:53:27,247 --> 00:53:31,072 The ecstasy of steel and flesh... 608 00:53:31,835 --> 00:53:35,205 death and life... 609 00:53:36,631 --> 00:53:38,578 of rage... 610 00:53:39,050 --> 00:53:41,794 and sweat of muscle... 611 00:53:42,512 --> 00:53:44,835 of pure joy... 612 00:53:45,432 --> 00:53:48,005 and deepest sorrow. 613 00:53:48,852 --> 00:53:53,098 Die with me each night and be born again with me each morning... 614 00:53:53,356 --> 00:53:57,636 as you plant your sword into the hearts of our enemies. 615 00:54:00,989 --> 00:54:03,062 You fight for freedom. 616 00:54:03,199 --> 00:54:07,354 I offer freedom without consequence or responsibility. 617 00:54:10,206 --> 00:54:12,074 Join me... 618 00:54:13,126 --> 00:54:15,127 at my side. 619 00:54:15,128 --> 00:54:19,533 Breathe each breath with me as if it were your last. 620 00:56:08,199 --> 00:56:10,101 Join me. 621 00:56:15,748 --> 00:56:17,365 No. 622 00:56:28,094 --> 00:56:31,748 You're no god. You're just a man. 623 00:56:46,487 --> 00:56:49,140 Be quick with your sword. 624 00:56:52,201 --> 00:56:54,820 You'll not have your death tonight. 625 00:56:54,954 --> 00:56:56,526 Guards! 626 00:56:57,749 --> 00:57:00,322 Remove this filth from my ship. 627 00:57:26,194 --> 00:57:27,345 Well? 628 00:57:27,904 --> 00:57:30,181 What have you learned? 629 00:57:37,121 --> 00:57:39,489 Can Artemisia be beaten? 630 00:57:40,792 --> 00:57:43,335 The next time that we face her... 631 00:57:43,336 --> 00:57:46,364 she's going to bring all of hell with her. 632 00:58:39,892 --> 00:58:42,715 Hold! Hold! 633 00:58:53,865 --> 00:58:56,359 Send in my personal guard. 634 00:59:22,852 --> 00:59:24,102 Pull back! 635 00:59:24,103 --> 00:59:25,437 Retreat! 636 00:59:25,438 --> 00:59:26,813 - Retreat! - Retreat! 637 00:59:26,814 --> 00:59:28,716 - Retreat! - Retreat! 638 00:59:29,025 --> 00:59:30,984 Themistokles! 639 00:59:30,985 --> 00:59:32,887 In the water! 640 00:59:36,032 --> 00:59:38,450 Archers on deck now! 641 00:59:38,451 --> 00:59:40,524 Archers on deck now! Quickly! 642 00:59:40,703 --> 00:59:42,079 Starboard side! 643 00:59:42,080 --> 00:59:43,652 Fire at will! 644 01:00:59,907 --> 01:01:01,449 Fight on, boy. 645 01:01:01,450 --> 01:01:02,742 Uh-huh. 646 01:01:02,743 --> 01:01:04,611 Fight on! 647 01:01:24,015 --> 01:01:25,974 Aim for the men on top! 648 01:01:25,975 --> 01:01:27,592 Up there! 649 01:02:37,713 --> 01:02:40,799 Abandon ship! Abandon ship! 650 01:02:40,800 --> 01:02:43,168 Abandon ship! 651 01:04:28,532 --> 01:04:31,276 The dead have no guilt. 652 01:04:31,410 --> 01:04:34,029 No responsibility. 653 01:04:34,830 --> 01:04:37,248 Themistokles watches the bodies of his men... 654 01:04:37,249 --> 01:04:40,493 turn the Aegean red with blood. 655 01:04:41,128 --> 01:04:43,371 Were they sacrificed for his ego? 656 01:04:44,673 --> 01:04:49,078 Or to relieve the guilt of the long-ago mistake at Marathon? 657 01:04:51,680 --> 01:04:53,640 How many men would have been saved... 658 01:04:53,641 --> 01:04:57,011 if Themistokles had killed that boy? 659 01:04:59,355 --> 01:05:02,508 Not even his own soul can be sure. 660 01:05:03,567 --> 01:05:05,594 My friend. 661 01:05:06,112 --> 01:05:08,480 We faced the odds. 662 01:05:09,407 --> 01:05:11,400 Together. 663 01:05:12,993 --> 01:05:14,244 Listen to me... 664 01:05:14,245 --> 01:05:16,522 Themistokles. 665 01:05:19,708 --> 01:05:22,127 You will have to fight... 666 01:05:22,128 --> 01:05:25,327 with twice as much strength in the morning. 667 01:05:25,798 --> 01:05:28,049 We will fight shoulder-to-shoulder. 668 01:05:28,050 --> 01:05:29,827 No, my son. 669 01:05:30,886 --> 01:05:34,039 You will carry on for both of us. 670 01:06:32,948 --> 01:06:34,770 What did he say? 671 01:06:36,911 --> 01:06:39,564 I will tell you in time, boy. 672 01:06:41,415 --> 01:06:43,158 Quiet now. 673 01:06:44,084 --> 01:06:46,907 You go and be with your father's spirit. 674 01:06:55,679 --> 01:06:58,832 How many times do you think we will repeat such a tragedy? 675 01:06:59,975 --> 01:07:01,547 As many times as we must. 676 01:07:02,228 --> 01:07:04,471 We are turning young men into memories. 677 01:07:07,691 --> 01:07:10,014 Do you think I enjoy this? 678 01:07:11,153 --> 01:07:13,555 Witnessing my friend's final breath? 679 01:07:17,076 --> 01:07:19,820 Every widow that is made by my decision... 680 01:07:21,497 --> 01:07:24,616 every child that will grow without a father... 681 01:07:26,001 --> 01:07:28,153 they are my choices. 682 01:07:28,754 --> 01:07:32,784 This is the burden of my command. 683 01:07:56,282 --> 01:07:58,157 How easy it is to silence... 684 01:07:58,158 --> 01:08:01,619 the strong and self-disciplined. 685 01:08:01,620 --> 01:08:05,194 Let my army witness the great warriors of Sparta. 686 01:08:08,043 --> 01:08:11,462 March them past these corpses. 687 01:08:11,463 --> 01:08:15,037 Let them see the cost of daring to challenge the god-king. 688 01:08:18,387 --> 01:08:20,179 King Leonidas... 689 01:08:20,180 --> 01:08:24,475 and his brave 300 were the finest Greece has to offer. 690 01:08:24,476 --> 01:08:25,977 There will be no saviors... 691 01:08:25,978 --> 01:08:28,801 to rise up and vanquish us. 692 01:08:29,023 --> 01:08:32,222 Nothing will stop the march of my empire. 693 01:08:34,361 --> 01:08:35,933 Your Majesty. 694 01:08:38,365 --> 01:08:40,575 You, take this dead king's sword... 695 01:08:40,576 --> 01:08:42,118 to Athens. 696 01:08:42,119 --> 01:08:45,443 Let them know that I am coming next for them. 697 01:08:46,206 --> 01:08:48,041 Let them know... 698 01:08:48,042 --> 01:08:49,944 Athens... 699 01:08:50,252 --> 01:08:53,531 their prize jewel of a city... 700 01:08:53,922 --> 01:08:56,745 will disappear from the histories. 701 01:09:00,012 --> 01:09:01,834 Themistokles! 702 01:09:04,516 --> 01:09:05,767 I bring word... 703 01:09:05,768 --> 01:09:08,645 from Thermopylae. Leonidas was betrayed by a hunchback. 704 01:09:08,646 --> 01:09:10,563 The Spartans have been slaughtered. 705 01:09:10,564 --> 01:09:12,181 The Hot Gates have fallen. 706 01:09:14,777 --> 01:09:17,225 Such a sacrifice. 707 01:09:20,949 --> 01:09:23,522 Now Greece has her martyrs. 708 01:09:24,370 --> 01:09:26,788 Daxos, take that message... 709 01:09:26,789 --> 01:09:28,581 from the Hot Gates... 710 01:09:28,582 --> 01:09:31,167 to every city, every village. 711 01:09:31,168 --> 01:09:34,003 Let every countryman hear your words. 712 01:09:34,004 --> 01:09:36,047 But they are dead. All of them. 713 01:09:36,048 --> 01:09:39,247 Sparta's sacrifice will be what unites us. 714 01:09:39,426 --> 01:09:41,203 Now go. 715 01:09:42,054 --> 01:09:42,887 Hyah! 716 01:09:42,888 --> 01:09:45,848 Move all of our ships and men back to the safety of Salamis. 717 01:09:45,849 --> 01:09:47,626 And you? 718 01:09:48,060 --> 01:09:50,713 I will take Daxos' message to Athens. 719 01:09:51,522 --> 01:09:55,202 I was told a hunchback was accountable for the fall of the Hot Gates. 720 01:09:56,193 --> 01:09:59,529 That he sold out his country... 721 01:09:59,530 --> 01:10:03,150 pulled the crimson from his back and replaced it with Persian gold. 722 01:10:05,494 --> 01:10:07,692 What is your name, traitor? 723 01:10:08,372 --> 01:10:11,901 Ephialtes of Trachis. 724 01:10:23,429 --> 01:10:27,834 I should wet this noble blade with your blood. 725 01:10:29,184 --> 01:10:31,427 You would be right to do so. 726 01:10:31,854 --> 01:10:34,772 There is little beauty about me. 727 01:10:34,773 --> 01:10:39,178 There is little beauty in what I have done. 728 01:10:43,615 --> 01:10:45,688 Say what you must. 729 01:10:45,951 --> 01:10:48,194 I beg of you... 730 01:10:48,370 --> 01:10:50,121 and all of Athens! 731 01:10:50,122 --> 01:10:53,916 The god-king will burn this city to the ground! 732 01:10:53,917 --> 01:10:55,364 What does he mean? 733 01:10:55,502 --> 01:10:57,575 Quiet yourselves! 734 01:10:58,130 --> 01:11:02,535 Leonidas' and Sparta's great sacrifice was no defeat. 735 01:11:05,262 --> 01:11:07,756 It was a beautiful victory. 736 01:11:10,642 --> 01:11:13,394 This simple act of valor... 737 01:11:13,395 --> 01:11:16,105 will allow us to rally each of our city-states... 738 01:11:16,106 --> 01:11:18,508 and unite Greece... 739 01:11:18,984 --> 01:11:21,319 for one purpose... 740 01:11:21,320 --> 01:11:22,892 against one enemy! 741 01:11:23,906 --> 01:11:25,198 And you. 742 01:11:25,199 --> 01:11:28,701 You take this message to your god-king. 743 01:11:28,702 --> 01:11:31,651 That we will take whatever ships we have left... 744 01:11:31,789 --> 01:11:34,658 and finish this in the Bay of Salamis. 745 01:11:35,125 --> 01:11:37,960 But there will be death and destruction. 746 01:11:37,961 --> 01:11:42,161 Yes, there will be. 747 01:11:48,514 --> 01:11:50,336 Themistokles. 748 01:11:52,267 --> 01:11:54,840 I'm here to speak to your queen. 749 01:11:55,187 --> 01:11:56,938 A warning, Athenian. 750 01:11:56,939 --> 01:12:00,092 You may not receive a warm welcome. 751 01:12:26,468 --> 01:12:29,462 May I offer my deepest sympathies. 752 01:12:30,681 --> 01:12:33,766 I cannot change what has happened to Leonidas... 753 01:12:33,767 --> 01:12:37,011 but his sacrifice will not be forgotten. 754 01:12:37,563 --> 01:12:41,433 Do not lecture me on sacrifice, and be quick with your words, Athenian. 755 01:12:43,902 --> 01:12:47,556 I request of you the entire Spartan navy. 756 01:12:47,906 --> 01:12:49,740 Every man, every ship... 757 01:12:49,741 --> 01:12:52,326 - ...that you can spare. - Have I not given enough... 758 01:12:52,327 --> 01:12:54,370 for your dream of a united Greece? 759 01:12:54,371 --> 01:12:57,999 Shall I put swords in the hands of my son? Our children? 760 01:12:58,000 --> 01:12:59,617 Would that please you? 761 01:13:00,669 --> 01:13:04,422 Have I not given enough for your ambitions, Themistokles? 762 01:13:04,423 --> 01:13:06,370 A king. 763 01:13:06,675 --> 01:13:09,302 Husbands, fathers, brothers. 764 01:13:09,303 --> 01:13:12,172 Sparta will give no more. 765 01:13:27,446 --> 01:13:29,393 This belongs with you. 766 01:13:39,249 --> 01:13:41,117 Avenge him. 767 01:13:58,685 --> 01:14:01,838 The Oracle's words stood as a warning. 768 01:14:02,189 --> 01:14:04,512 All of Greece will fall... 769 01:14:04,733 --> 01:14:08,433 as Persian fire reduces Athens to cinder. 770 01:14:09,488 --> 01:14:12,073 For Athens is a pile of stone and wood... 771 01:14:12,074 --> 01:14:15,068 and cloth and dust... 772 01:14:15,577 --> 01:14:18,776 and, as dust, will vanish into the wind. 773 01:14:20,040 --> 01:14:23,239 Only the Athenians themselves exist. 774 01:14:24,044 --> 01:14:28,039 And the fate of the world hangs on their every syllable. 775 01:14:28,507 --> 01:14:31,258 Only the Athenians exist. 776 01:14:31,259 --> 01:14:34,629 And only stout wooden ships can save them. 777 01:14:34,888 --> 01:14:36,881 Wooden ships... 778 01:14:37,265 --> 01:14:40,509 and a tidal wave of heroes' blood. 779 01:14:47,192 --> 01:14:50,528 The Greeks were fools to stand against us. 780 01:14:50,529 --> 01:14:52,405 Leonidas and his pride... 781 01:14:52,406 --> 01:14:55,400 were no match for the will of a god. 782 01:14:57,285 --> 01:15:01,455 Themistokles was a worthless coward. 783 01:15:01,456 --> 01:15:03,358 And now... 784 01:15:03,500 --> 01:15:07,461 this pathetic navy is barely worth our attention. 785 01:15:07,462 --> 01:15:10,006 If that worthless coward had stood at my side... 786 01:15:10,007 --> 01:15:11,841 we would have laid the world... 787 01:15:11,842 --> 01:15:13,334 at your feet. 788 01:15:13,844 --> 01:15:15,370 My king. 789 01:15:16,179 --> 01:15:20,083 Your humble servant brings you news. 790 01:15:21,018 --> 01:15:23,644 The Greek fleet are defenseless... 791 01:15:23,645 --> 01:15:26,218 within the Bay of Salamis. 792 01:15:26,481 --> 01:15:29,350 You need only finish them. 793 01:15:29,860 --> 01:15:31,933 Who commands their forces? 794 01:15:35,032 --> 01:15:37,783 Themistokles of Athens. 795 01:15:37,784 --> 01:15:39,869 Themistokles is dead. 796 01:15:39,870 --> 01:15:43,740 He is alive. I have seen him myself. 797 01:15:57,637 --> 01:15:59,680 Ready my troops and armor. 798 01:15:59,681 --> 01:16:01,223 We will attack at once. 799 01:16:01,224 --> 01:16:02,625 Wisdom... 800 01:16:03,935 --> 01:16:04,935 would have us... 801 01:16:04,936 --> 01:16:08,010 send a probing force to confirm it is not a trap. 802 01:16:08,774 --> 01:16:11,427 You would dare to advise me in matters of war? 803 01:16:12,652 --> 01:16:14,820 I am the god-king. 804 01:16:14,821 --> 01:16:17,782 I am the one who triumphed over Leonidas. 805 01:16:17,783 --> 01:16:20,076 I am the one who laid waste... 806 01:16:20,077 --> 01:16:22,119 to this showpiece of Athens. 807 01:16:22,120 --> 01:16:25,539 - I am your king. - Killing Leonidas and his men... 808 01:16:25,540 --> 01:16:28,113 only made them martyrs. 809 01:16:28,585 --> 01:16:30,987 And when you razed Athens... 810 01:16:31,213 --> 01:16:33,130 you set fire to the only thing... 811 01:16:33,131 --> 01:16:35,454 of value in this country. 812 01:16:47,062 --> 01:16:49,885 I will attack the Greeks... 813 01:16:50,649 --> 01:16:53,643 with my entire navy. 814 01:16:54,444 --> 01:16:55,820 Artemisia. 815 01:16:55,821 --> 01:16:57,564 Enough! 816 01:16:58,657 --> 01:17:02,436 Do not forget who put the crown on your childish head. 817 01:17:02,619 --> 01:17:04,646 My king. 818 01:17:05,330 --> 01:17:07,081 Now sit on your golden throne... 819 01:17:07,082 --> 01:17:10,156 and watch this battle from the safety I provide you. 820 01:17:16,049 --> 01:17:18,122 There in the distance... 821 01:17:18,927 --> 01:17:22,080 we witness the destruction of Athens. 822 01:17:25,225 --> 01:17:29,630 Alone, we will face the monster that cast a shadow across our land. 823 01:17:32,315 --> 01:17:36,345 I had prayed that the Spartans would come to lend a hand this morning. 824 01:17:38,989 --> 01:17:41,157 Perhaps they feel they have given enough. 825 01:17:41,158 --> 01:17:42,825 You failed us all. 826 01:17:42,826 --> 01:17:44,451 This is your fault, Themistokles. 827 01:17:44,452 --> 01:17:46,287 Without Spartans, we're farmhands. 828 01:17:46,288 --> 01:17:49,768 We should've negotiated with the Persians when we had the chance. 829 01:17:53,253 --> 01:17:55,371 You are all right. 830 01:17:56,798 --> 01:18:00,953 Yes, we are down to a handful of boats. 831 01:18:01,636 --> 01:18:05,506 And, yes, we are just farmhands. 832 01:18:05,807 --> 01:18:07,959 We are tradesmen. 833 01:18:08,685 --> 01:18:10,177 We are boys... 834 01:18:10,437 --> 01:18:14,558 turned to men through the sacrifice and forge of combat. 835 01:18:16,610 --> 01:18:19,195 I played a dangerous game... 836 01:18:19,196 --> 01:18:21,189 and I lost! 837 01:18:25,660 --> 01:18:29,405 If you choose to turn your back on me... 838 01:18:29,456 --> 01:18:31,233 on your country... 839 01:18:34,127 --> 01:18:36,450 I will not judge you. 840 01:18:37,714 --> 01:18:40,162 You are free to leave. 841 01:18:40,842 --> 01:18:43,040 You are still free men. 842 01:19:06,076 --> 01:19:07,648 Very well. 843 01:19:09,162 --> 01:19:10,412 Then let us... 844 01:19:10,413 --> 01:19:14,784 put our shoulders to work and free those ships from the bosom of Greece. 845 01:19:16,711 --> 01:19:19,785 Today is a privilege to call our own. 846 01:19:20,715 --> 01:19:24,710 A story that will be told for a thousand years. 847 01:19:25,470 --> 01:19:27,721 Let our final stand... 848 01:19:27,722 --> 01:19:30,170 be recorded to the histories. 849 01:19:30,225 --> 01:19:32,423 And let it be shown... 850 01:19:32,602 --> 01:19:35,437 that we chose to die on our feet... 851 01:19:35,438 --> 01:19:38,091 rather than live on our knees! 852 01:20:25,905 --> 01:20:28,532 There is only one thing you need to know today. 853 01:20:28,533 --> 01:20:30,284 Not to get killed. 854 01:20:30,285 --> 01:20:34,690 No. Your father's last words. 855 01:20:38,376 --> 01:20:41,825 He told me that you had earned the right to sit at the table. 856 01:20:58,688 --> 01:21:03,093 Well, my brother, I have no more tactics or tricks. 857 01:21:04,486 --> 01:21:07,112 This will be the last battle that we share. 858 01:21:07,113 --> 01:21:11,143 We have fought next to one other for as long as I can remember. 859 01:21:11,576 --> 01:21:15,355 Nothing would please me more than to rest this sword. 860 01:21:16,122 --> 01:21:20,117 - The preparations that are required? - Below deck. 861 01:21:20,794 --> 01:21:22,961 - Good. - Are you sure... 862 01:21:22,962 --> 01:21:25,160 that you want to commit everything? 863 01:21:25,465 --> 01:21:26,957 Yes. 864 01:21:28,385 --> 01:21:31,664 Without Arlemisia's command, the Persian navy is nothing. 865 01:21:33,014 --> 01:21:35,391 We will never be able to reach her. 866 01:21:35,392 --> 01:21:37,339 I will reach her... 867 01:21:37,727 --> 01:21:40,050 and put an end to this. 868 01:21:40,563 --> 01:21:43,386 There will be no room for a retreat. 869 01:21:44,401 --> 01:21:46,223 I know. 870 01:21:48,196 --> 01:21:51,865 Today the last Greek ships will be destroyed. 871 01:21:51,866 --> 01:21:54,201 Show them no mercy. 872 01:21:54,202 --> 01:21:56,954 Give them no quarter. 873 01:21:56,955 --> 01:22:00,575 Today we will dance across the backs of dead Greeks. 874 01:22:00,875 --> 01:22:04,028 Today we deliver submission. 875 01:22:04,504 --> 01:22:06,839 Today I want to feel Themistokles' throat... 876 01:22:06,840 --> 01:22:09,208 beneath my boots. 877 01:22:39,622 --> 01:22:42,491 Men, brace yourselves! 878 01:23:36,221 --> 01:23:38,055 Prepare for close quarters. 879 01:23:38,056 --> 01:23:39,958 Attack! 880 01:23:45,688 --> 01:23:47,214 Your father watches you! 881 01:23:48,191 --> 01:23:50,609 Hold nothing back! 882 01:23:50,610 --> 01:23:52,353 Seize your glory! 883 01:24:20,306 --> 01:24:23,255 I'm not here as a witness. 884 01:25:24,787 --> 01:25:26,029 Now! 885 01:25:26,414 --> 01:25:29,442 And let them send our souls straight to hell! 886 01:26:06,621 --> 01:26:09,570 Hyah! Come on! 887 01:27:15,898 --> 01:27:17,691 You offered freedom without... 888 01:27:17,692 --> 01:27:20,902 - ...consequence or responsibility. - Are you accepting my offer? 889 01:27:20,903 --> 01:27:22,771 My answer is still no. 890 01:27:50,975 --> 01:27:53,753 You fight much harder than you fuck. 891 01:28:36,896 --> 01:28:39,815 Surrender to me or meet your death. 892 01:28:39,816 --> 01:28:41,191 Who would you fight... 893 01:28:41,192 --> 01:28:42,844 if not for me? 894 01:28:43,069 --> 01:28:45,529 No one could challenge your skill. 895 01:28:45,530 --> 01:28:48,900 I would rather die a free man than as a slave. 896 01:28:49,617 --> 01:28:52,486 Even if the chain was attached to you. 897 01:29:01,212 --> 01:29:04,081 It begins as a whisper. 898 01:29:04,465 --> 01:29:06,492 A promise. 899 01:29:07,134 --> 01:29:08,718 The lightest of breezes... 900 01:29:08,719 --> 01:29:10,220 dances through the rigging... 901 01:29:10,221 --> 01:29:13,716 as it creaks above the death cries of 10,000 men. 902 01:29:14,684 --> 01:29:18,679 It moves through her hair as gently as a lover's hand. 903 01:29:18,771 --> 01:29:20,047 That breeze... 904 01:29:20,940 --> 01:29:25,026 that promise, became a wind, a wind that is blown across Greece... 905 01:29:25,027 --> 01:29:27,737 carrying a message told again and again... 906 01:29:27,738 --> 01:29:30,949 of our Lady Freedom and how wise she was... 907 01:29:30,950 --> 01:29:35,105 to charge Leonidas to lay all at her feet. 908 01:29:36,372 --> 01:29:39,651 A wind, my brothers, of sacrifice. 909 01:29:41,127 --> 01:29:43,450 A wind of freedom. 910 01:29:45,256 --> 01:29:47,829 A wind of justice. 911 01:29:55,099 --> 01:29:57,547 A wind of vengeance. 912 01:30:20,041 --> 01:30:22,193 Ah-ooh! Ah-ooh! Ah-ooh! 913 01:30:41,604 --> 01:30:43,256 You are being surrounded. 914 01:30:43,356 --> 01:30:46,680 All of Greece has united against you. 915 01:30:46,901 --> 01:30:50,070 Delphi, Thebes, Olympia... 916 01:30:50,071 --> 01:30:53,270 Arcadia and Sparta. 917 01:31:07,213 --> 01:31:10,162 If death comes for me today, I'm ready. 918 01:31:11,050 --> 01:31:13,301 I could lower my sword. 919 01:31:13,302 --> 01:31:16,376 There's still time for you to ready a launch and escape. 920 01:31:20,267 --> 01:31:24,262 It would be a poor choice to force my hand into action. 921 01:31:24,480 --> 01:31:28,601 Now order your ships to disengage and surrender to me. 922 01:31:30,611 --> 01:31:32,684 Surrender?