ÿþ<SAMI> <HEAD> <HEAD> <TITLE></TITLE> <STYLE TYPE="text/css"> <!-- P { margin-left:8pt; margin-right:8pt; margin-bottom:2pt; margin-top:2pt; text-align:center; font-size:20pt; font-family:arial, sans-serif; font-weight:normal; color:white; } .ENCC { Name:English; lang:en-US; SAMIType:CC;} #STDPrn { Name:Standard Print;} #LargePrn { Name:Large Print; font-size:25pt;} #SmallPrn { Name:Small Print; font-size:15pt;} --> </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <SYNC Start=73210><P Class=ENCC> <i>When the boy was born</i> <SYNC Start=76300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=76300><P Class=ENCC> <i>like old Spartans<br>he was inspected.</i> <SYNC Start=79800><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=80430><P Class=ENCC> <i>If he had been small<br>or puny or sickly or misshapen</i> <SYNC Start=85030><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=85030><P Class=ENCC> <i>he would've been discarded.</i> <SYNC Start=87840><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=94710><P Class=ENCC> <i>From the time he could stand, he was<br>baptized in the fire of combat.</i> <SYNC Start=100220><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=122370><P Class=ENCC> <i>Taught never to retreat,<br>never to surrender,</i> <SYNC Start=126170><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=126170><P Class=ENCC> <i>taught that death on the battlefield<br>in service to Sparta</i> <SYNC Start=131440><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=131440><P Class=ENCC> <i>is the greatest glory he could<br>achieve in his life.</i> <SYNC Start=135080><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=149820><P Class=ENCC> <i>At age seven, as<br>is customary in Sparta.</i> <SYNC Start=154570><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=154570><P Class=ENCC> <i>the boy was taken from his mother<br>and plunged in a world of violence.</i> <SYNC Start=159810><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=160490><P Class=ENCC> <i>Manufactured by 300 years,<br>a Spartan warrior society</i> <SYNC Start=165780><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=165780><P Class=ENCC> <i>to create the finest soldiers<br>the world has ever known.</i> <SYNC Start=169900><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=170250><P Class=ENCC> <i>The agoge is its goal.</i> <SYNC Start=173190><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=173190><P Class=ENCC> <i>It forces the boy to fight,<br>starves him.</i> <SYNC Start=176630><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=176630><P Class=ENCC> <i>It forces him to steal.</i> <SYNC Start=179010><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=179010><P Class=ENCC> <i>And, if necessary,<br>to kill.</i> <SYNC Start=183020><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=184610><P Class=ENCC> <i>By rod and lash,<br>the boy was punished.</i> <SYNC Start=187390><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=187390><P Class=ENCC> <i>Taught to show no pain,<br>no mercy.</i> <SYNC Start=191740><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=192530><P Class=ENCC> <i>Hunts to be tested,<br>tossed into the wild.</i> <SYNC Start=196210><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=196210><P Class=ENCC> <i>Let to pit his wits and will<br>against nature's fury.</i> <SYNC Start=202060><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=202060><P Class=ENCC> <i>It was his initiation.<br>His time in the wild.</i> <SYNC Start=206730><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=206730><P Class=ENCC> <i>For he would return<br>to his people as Spartan</i> <SYNC Start=211720><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=211720><P Class=ENCC> <i>or not at all.</i> <SYNC Start=214280><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=236280><P Class=ENCC> <i>The wolf begins<br>to circle the boy.</i> <SYNC Start=239120><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=239120><P Class=ENCC> <i>Claws of black steel<br>burned this dark night.</i> <SYNC Start=244620><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=244620><P Class=ENCC> <i>Eyes glowing red,<br>jewels from the pit of hell itself.</i> <SYNC Start=249590><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=258810><P Class=ENCC> <i>The giant wolf sniffing,</i> <SYNC Start=262840><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=262840><P Class=ENCC> <i>savoring the scent<br>of the meal to come.</i> <SYNC Start=266110><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=290220><P Class=ENCC> <i>It's not fear that grips him,</i> <SYNC Start=292300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=292300><P Class=ENCC> <i>only a heightened<br>sense of things.</i> <SYNC Start=295680><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=296260><P Class=ENCC> <i>The cold air in his lungs.</i> <SYNC Start=299870><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=299870><P Class=ENCC> <i>Winds swept pines,<br>moving against the coming night.</i> <SYNC Start=303360><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=311180><P Class=ENCC> <i>His hands are steady.</i> <SYNC Start=313670><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=313670><P Class=ENCC> <i>His form... perfect.</i> <SYNC Start=318370><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=344150><P Class=ENCC> <i>And so the boy, given up for dead,<br>returns to his people.</i> <SYNC Start=348930><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=348930><P Class=ENCC> <i>To sacred Sparta, a king.<br>Our king!</i> <SYNC Start=353380><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=353380><P Class=ENCC> Leonidas! <SYNC Start=355470><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=361790><P Class=ENCC> It's been more than 30 years<br>since the wolf and the winter cold. <SYNC Start=366070><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=367100><P Class=ENCC> Now, as then, a beast approaches. <SYNC Start=370970><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=371440><P Class=ENCC> Patient and confident,<br>savoring the meal to come. <SYNC Start=376040><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=376960><P Class=ENCC> This beast is made of men<br>and horses, swords and spears. <SYNC Start=382540><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=383370><P Class=ENCC> An army of slaves,<br>vast beyond imagining, <SYNC Start=386150><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=386150><P Class=ENCC> ready to devour tiny Greece. <SYNC Start=388840><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=388840><P Class=ENCC> Ready to snuff out the world's<br>one hope for reason and justice. <SYNC Start=394550><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=396460><P Class=ENCC> A beast approaches. <SYNC Start=399290><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=401860><P Class=ENCC> It was King Leonidas himself<br>who provoked it. <SYNC Start=406990><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=409400><P Class=ENCC> Subtitled by Mihai <SYNC Start=416440><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=417110><P Class=ENCC> 300- Heroes of Thermopylae <SYNC Start=423170><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=486320><P Class=ENCC> My father taught me<br>that fear is always a constant. <SYNC Start=491210><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=491210><P Class=ENCC> By accepting it, <SYNC Start=493340><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=493340><P Class=ENCC> it makes you stronger. <SYNC Start=494810><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=494810><P Class=ENCC> My queen. <SYNC Start=496180><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=496180><P Class=ENCC> The Persian emissary<br>awaits Leonidas. <SYNC Start=498840><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=501600><P Class=ENCC> In the end, the Spartan's true strength<br>is the warrior next to him. <SYNC Start=507360><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=507690><P Class=ENCC> So give respect and honor to him.<br>It will be returned to you. <SYNC Start=511540><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=512610><P Class=ENCC> First, you fight with your head. <SYNC Start=516500><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=516500><P Class=ENCC> Then you fight with your heart. <SYNC Start=518840><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=520240><P Class=ENCC> What is it? <SYNC Start=521840><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=521840><P Class=ENCC> It's the Persian messenger.<br>He awaits you. <SYNC Start=525100><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=526360><P Class=ENCC> Do not forget today's lesson. <SYNC Start=527830><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=527830><P Class=ENCC> - Respect and honour.<br>- Respect and honour. <SYNC Start=530890><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=546070><P Class=ENCC> Councilman Theron,<br>you found yourself needed for once. <SYNC Start=549690><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=551610><P Class=ENCC> My king and queen,<br>I was just entertaining your guests. <SYNC Start=554810><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=554810><P Class=ENCC> I'm sure. <SYNC Start=556990><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=557400><P Class=ENCC> Before you speak, Persian,<br>know that in Sparta <SYNC Start=560180><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=560180><P Class=ENCC> everyone, even a King's messenger,<br>is held accountable <SYNC Start=563670><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=563670><P Class=ENCC> for the words of his voice. <SYNC Start=565980><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=565980><P Class=ENCC> Now, what message<br>do you bring? <SYNC Start=569890><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=570200><P Class=ENCC> Earth and water. <SYNC Start=573630><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=574940><P Class=ENCC> You rode all the way from Persia<br>for earth and water? <SYNC Start=579330><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=580100><P Class=ENCC> Do not be coy or stupid, Persian.<br>You can afford neither in Sparta. <SYNC Start=584440><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=584440><P Class=ENCC> What makes this woman think<br>she can speak amongst men? <SYNC Start=587160><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=587160><P Class=ENCC> Because only Spartan women<br>give birth to real men. <SYNC Start=590760><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=591450><P Class=ENCC> Let us walk<br>to cool our tongues. <SYNC Start=595740><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=597760><P Class=ENCC> If you value your lives<br>over your complete annihilation, <SYNC Start=600450><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=600450><P Class=ENCC> listen carefully, Leonidas. <SYNC Start=602910><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=602910><P Class=ENCC> Xerxes conquers and controls everything<br>he rests his eyes upon. <SYNC Start=606740><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=607760><P Class=ENCC> He leads an army so massive<br>it shakes the ground with its march. <SYNC Start=611010><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=611010><P Class=ENCC> So vast it drinks<br>the rivers dry. <SYNC Start=613880><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=613880><P Class=ENCC> All the God-King Xerxes<br>requires is this. <SYNC Start=617270><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=617270><P Class=ENCC> A simple offering of earth<br>and water. <SYNC Start=620680><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=620680><P Class=ENCC> A token of Sparta's submission<br>to the will of Xerxes. <SYNC Start=625450><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=635670><P Class=ENCC> Submission? <SYNC Start=639300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=640040><P Class=ENCC> Well, that's a bit of a problem. <SYNC Start=642560><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=642560><P Class=ENCC> See, rumor has it the Athenians<br>have already turned you down. <SYNC Start=647580><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=647580><P Class=ENCC> And if those philosophers and boy-lovers<br>have found that kind of nerve... <SYNC Start=652930><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=652930><P Class=ENCC> We must be diplomatic. <SYNC Start=654470><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=654470><P Class=ENCC> And of course, Spartans... <SYNC Start=658040><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=658040><P Class=ENCC> ...have their reputation<br>to consider. <SYNC Start=660240><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=660240><P Class=ENCC> Choose your next words<br>carefully, Leonidas. <SYNC Start=664340><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=664340><P Class=ENCC> They may be your last<br>as king. <SYNC Start=668160><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=707740><P Class=ENCC> Earth and water. <SYNC Start=711410><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=716350><P Class=ENCC> Madman.<br>You're a madman. <SYNC Start=718440><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=718440><P Class=ENCC> Earth and water.<br>You'll find plenty of both down there. <SYNC Start=723130><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=723130><P Class=ENCC> No man, Persian or Greek...<br>No man threatens a messenger. <SYNC Start=726850><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=726850><P Class=ENCC> You bring your crowns and heads<br>of conquered kings to my city steps. <SYNC Start=731860><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=731860><P Class=ENCC> You insult my queen. <SYNC Start=734170><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=734170><P Class=ENCC> You threaten my people<br>with slavery and death. <SYNC Start=738030><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=738030><P Class=ENCC> Oh, I've chosen my words<br>carefully, Persian. <SYNC Start=741230><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=741230><P Class=ENCC> Perhaps you should<br>have done the same. <SYNC Start=743220><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=743220><P Class=ENCC> This is blasphemy.<br>This is madness. <SYNC Start=747380><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=764580><P Class=ENCC> Madness? <SYNC Start=767200><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=767200><P Class=ENCC> This is Sparta! <SYNC Start=770510><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=855870><P Class=ENCC> Welcome, Leonidas. <SYNC Start=858020><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=858820><P Class=ENCC> We have been expecting you. <SYNC Start=861850><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=868590><P Class=ENCC> <i>The ephors.<br>Priests to the old gods.</i> <SYNC Start=873250><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=874290><P Class=ENCC> <i>Inbred swine,<br>more creature than man.</i> <SYNC Start=878810><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=879950><P Class=ENCC> <i>Creatures whom even Leonidas<br>must bribe and beg.</i> <SYNC Start=885130><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=886400><P Class=ENCC> <i>No Spartan king has gone to war<br>without the ephors' blessing.</i> <SYNC Start=890880><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=892750><P Class=ENCC> The Persians claim their forces<br>number in the milions. <SYNC Start=896760><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=897550><P Class=ENCC> I hope, for our sake,<br>they exaggerate. <SYNC Start=900430><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=901370><P Class=ENCC> But there's no question we face<br>the most masive army ever assembled. <SYNC Start=905750><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=905750><P Class=ENCC> Before your plan is heard,<br>what do you offer? <SYNC Start=911660><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=921210><P Class=ENCC> We will use our superior<br>fighting skills, <SYNC Start=925210><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=925210><P Class=ENCC> and the terrain of Greece itself<br>to destroy them. <SYNC Start=929510><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=929510><P Class=ENCC> We will march north,<br>to the coast. <SYNC Start=932090><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=932090><P Class=ENCC> - We'll make sure...<br>- It is august, Leonidas. <SYNC Start=935650><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=935650><P Class=ENCC> The full moon approaches. <SYNC Start=938000><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=938000><P Class=ENCC> Tha sacred and ancient festival. <SYNC Start=941250><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=941250><P Class=ENCC> Sparta wages no war<br>at the time of the Carneia. <SYNC Start=945570><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=945570><P Class=ENCC> Sparta will burn! <SYNC Start=947730><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=947730><P Class=ENCC> Our men will die armed <SYNC Start=949430><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=949430><P Class=ENCC> and your women<br>and children will be slaves or worse. <SYNC Start=953360><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=955190><P Class=ENCC> Now, we will block<br>the Persian coastal assault, <SYNC Start=960430><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=960430><P Class=ENCC> by rebuilding the great<br>Phocian wall. <SYNC Start=962930><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=962930><P Class=ENCC> From now, we will funnel them<br>into the mountain pass <SYNC Start=965880><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=965880><P Class=ENCC> we call The Hot Gates. <SYNC Start=967960><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=967960><P Class=ENCC> Now, in that narrow corridor,<br>their numbers will count for nothing. <SYNC Start=972410><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=972410><P Class=ENCC> Wave after wave of Persian attack<br>would smash against Spartan shields. <SYNC Start=978740><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=979680><P Class=ENCC> Xerxes' losses will be so great,<br>his men so demoralized <SYNC Start=984100><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=984100><P Class=ENCC> he will have no choice<br>but to abandon his campaign. <SYNC Start=988230><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=988230><P Class=ENCC> We must consult the Oracle. <SYNC Start=992190><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=992190><P Class=ENCC> Trust the gods, Leonidas. <SYNC Start=994700><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=994700><P Class=ENCC> I'd prefer you trusted<br>your reason. <SYNC Start=998390><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=998390><P Class=ENCC> Your blasphemies have cost us<br>quite enough already. <SYNC Start=1004300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1005520><P Class=ENCC> Don't compound them. <SYNC Start=1010140><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1010910><P Class=ENCC> We will consult the Oracle. <SYNC Start=1016030><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1017880><P Class=ENCC> <i>Diseased old mystics.</i> <SYNC Start=1020900><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1021320><P Class=ENCC> <i>Worthless remnants<br>of the time</i> <SYNC Start=1022960><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1022960><P Class=ENCC> <i>before Sparta's ascent<br>from darkness.</i> <SYNC Start=1025830><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1026220><P Class=ENCC> <i>Remnants of a senseless<br>tradition.</i> <SYNC Start=1029210><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1029710><P Class=ENCC> <i>A tradition even Leonidas<br>cannot defy.</i> <SYNC Start=1034220><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1034220><P Class=ENCC> <i>For he must respect<br>the word of the ephors.</i> <SYNC Start=1038880><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1038880><P Class=ENCC> <i>That is the law.</i> <SYNC Start=1041320><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1043410><P Class=ENCC> <i>And no Spartan,<br>subject or citizen,</i> <SYNC Start=1046970><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1046970><P Class=ENCC> <i>man or woman, slave or king<br>is above the law.</i> <SYNC Start=1052420><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1087290><P Class=ENCC> <i>The ephors choose only<br>the most beautiful Spartan girls</i> <SYNC Start=1091560><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1091560><P Class=ENCC> <i>to live amongst them<br>as oracles.</i> <SYNC Start=1094250><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1094250><P Class=ENCC> <i>Their beauty is their curse.</i> <SYNC Start=1097420><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1097420><P Class=ENCC> <i>For the old wretches<br>have the needs of men...</i> <SYNC Start=1101610><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1102680><P Class=ENCC> <i>...and souls as black as hell.</i> <SYNC Start=1105890><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1109670><P Class=ENCC> Pray to the winds. <SYNC Start=1112230><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1115550><P Class=ENCC> Sparta will fall. <SYNC Start=1118330><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1120790><P Class=ENCC> All Greece will fall. <SYNC Start=1123950><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1126400><P Class=ENCC> Trust not in men. <SYNC Start=1129690><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1132130><P Class=ENCC> Honor the gods. <SYNC Start=1134710><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1139120><P Class=ENCC> Honor the Carneia. <SYNC Start=1142460><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1144650><P Class=ENCC> <i>The king's climb down<br>is harder.</i> <SYNC Start=1148100><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1148100><P Class=ENCC> <i>Pompous, inbred swine.</i> <SYNC Start=1151060><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1151410><P Class=ENCC> <i>Worthless, diseased, rotten.</i> <SYNC Start=1154260><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1154870><P Class=ENCC> <i>Corrupt.</i> <SYNC Start=1156690><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1160260><P Class=ENCC> Truly you're in the God King's<br>favor now. <SYNC Start=1163330><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1164430><P Class=ENCC> Oh, wise and holy men. <SYNC Start=1166780><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1166780><P Class=ENCC> Yes. <SYNC Start=1168200><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1168200><P Class=ENCC> And when Sparta burns,<br>you shall bathe in gold. <SYNC Start=1173020><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1173520><P Class=ENCC> Fresh oracles shall be delivered<br>to you daily, <SYNC Start=1177890><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1177890><P Class=ENCC> from every corner<br>of the Empire. <SYNC Start=1182430><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1217710><P Class=ENCC> Your lips gonna finish<br>what your fingers have started. <SYNC Start=1220950><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1224310><P Class=ENCC> Has the oracle rogued you<br>of your desire as well? <SYNC Start=1227340><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1228320><P Class=ENCC> It will take more than the words<br>of a drunken adolescent girl <SYNC Start=1231460><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1231460><P Class=ENCC> to rogue me of my desire<br>for you. <SYNC Start=1233780><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1237470><P Class=ENCC> Then why is it distant? <SYNC Start=1239690><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1241790><P Class=ENCC> Because it seems now<br>I'am a... <SYNC Start=1245490><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1245490><P Class=ENCC> ...slave and captive<br>of luxurious old men. <SYNC Start=1250360><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1250360><P Class=ENCC> The oracle's words can set fire<br>to all that I love. <SYNC Start=1253880><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1253880><P Class=ENCC> So that is why my king<br>loses sleep <SYNC Start=1255790><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1255790><P Class=ENCC> and is forced from<br>the warmth of his bed? <SYNC Start=1258320><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1260560><P Class=ENCC> There's only<br>one woman's words <SYNC Start=1261790><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1261790><P Class=ENCC> that should affect<br>the mood of my husband. <SYNC Start=1264440><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1265640><P Class=ENCC> Those are mine. <SYNC Start=1267950><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1271370><P Class=ENCC> Then what must a king do<br>to save his world <SYNC Start=1273930><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1273930><P Class=ENCC> when the very laws he has sworn<br>to protect force him to do nothing. <SYNC Start=1279070><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1281340><P Class=ENCC> It is not a question of what<br>a Spartan citizen should do, <SYNC Start=1284450><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1284450><P Class=ENCC> nor a husband, nor a king. <SYNC Start=1287570><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1288460><P Class=ENCC> Instead ask yourself,<br>my dearest love: <SYNC Start=1291750><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1292380><P Class=ENCC> What should a free man do? <SYNC Start=1295320><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1360200><P Class=ENCC> - This is all of them?<br>- As you ordered. 300. <SYNC Start=1363560><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1365250><P Class=ENCC> All with born sons<br>to carry on their name. <SYNC Start=1368180><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1379450><P Class=ENCC> We are with you, sire.<br>For Sparta, for freedom. <SYNC Start=1383300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1383300><P Class=ENCC> To the death. <SYNC Start=1385940><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1396160><P Class=ENCC> He is your son. <SYNC Start=1398030><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1398590><P Class=ENCC> He is too young<br>to have felt a woman's warmth. <SYNC Start=1401660><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1401660><P Class=ENCC> I have others to replace him. <SYNC Start=1403410><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1403410><P Class=ENCC> Astinos is as brave<br>and ready as any. <SYNC Start=1405890><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1405890><P Class=ENCC> No younger than we were the first time<br>you stood next to me in battle. <SYNC Start=1409890><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1413820><P Class=ENCC> You are a good friend. <SYNC Start=1415510><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1416000><P Class=ENCC> But a better captain...<br>There is none. <SYNC Start=1419310><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1425190><P Class=ENCC> My good king. <SYNC Start=1426780><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1428070><P Class=ENCC> My good king,<br>the oracle has spoken. <SYNC Start=1431520><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1431520><P Class=ENCC> The ephors have spoken.<br>There must be no march. <SYNC Start=1434280><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1434280><P Class=ENCC> It is the law, my lord. <SYNC Start=1436320><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1436320><P Class=ENCC> The Spartan army must<br>not go to war. <SYNC Start=1438340><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1438340><P Class=ENCC> Nor shall it. <SYNC Start=1439840><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1441300><P Class=ENCC> I've issued no such orders. <SYNC Start=1443340><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1443340><P Class=ENCC> I'm here just taking<br>a stroll, stretching my legs. <SYNC Start=1446970><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1446970><P Class=ENCC> These 300 men are<br>my personal bodyguard. <SYNC Start=1451600><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1452470><P Class=ENCC> - Our army will stay in Sparta.<br>- Where will you go? <SYNC Start=1456610><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1459590><P Class=ENCC> I hadn't really thought<br>about it, but I... <SYNC Start=1461880><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1462600><P Class=ENCC> ...now that you ask,<br>I suppose I'll head north. <SYNC Start=1467740><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1469140><P Class=ENCC> The Hot Gates. <SYNC Start=1472150><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1472960><P Class=ENCC> Move out! <SYNC Start=1474310><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1475510><P Class=ENCC> Move out! <SYNC Start=1477460><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1478770><P Class=ENCC> What shall we do? <SYNC Start=1480620><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1481840><P Class=ENCC> - What can we do?<br>- What can you do? <SYNC Start=1485600><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1488380><P Class=ENCC> Sparta will need sons. <SYNC Start=1492810><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1540220><P Class=ENCC> Spartan! <SYNC Start=1541980><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1551130><P Class=ENCC> Yes, my lady? <SYNC Start=1552800><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1568500><P Class=ENCC> Come back with your shield<br>or on it. <SYNC Start=1573050><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1574610><P Class=ENCC> Yes, my lady. <SYNC Start=1576260><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1584630><P Class=ENCC> <i>Goodbye, my love.</i> <SYNC Start=1586660><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1587560><P Class=ENCC> <i>He doesn't say it.</i> <SYNC Start=1589530><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1590280><P Class=ENCC> <i>There's no room for softness,<br>not in Sparta.</i> <SYNC Start=1594300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1594920><P Class=ENCC> <i>No place for weakness.</i> <SYNC Start=1597690><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1601080><P Class=ENCC> <i>Only the hard and strong<br>may call themselves Spartans.</i> <SYNC Start=1605150><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1606210><P Class=ENCC> <i>Only the hard, only the strong.</i> <SYNC Start=1610190><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1639120><P Class=ENCC> <i>We march.</i> <SYNC Start=1640830><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1641710><P Class=ENCC> <i>For our lands, for our families,<br>for our freedoms.</i> <SYNC Start=1646670><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1647990><P Class=ENCC> <i>We march.</i> <SYNC Start=1649930><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1651890><P Class=ENCC> Daxos, what a pleasant surprise. <SYNC Start=1655640><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1655640><P Class=ENCC> This morning is full<br>of surprises, Leonidas. <SYNC Start=1657600><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1657600><P Class=ENCC> We've been tricked.<br>Can't be more than a few hundred. <SYNC Start=1659870><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1659870><P Class=ENCC> - This is a surprise.<br>- Silence! <SYNC Start=1662120><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1664560><P Class=ENCC> We heard Sparta<br>was on the warpath. <SYNC Start=1667340><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1667340><P Class=ENCC> We were eager to join forces. <SYNC Start=1669420><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1669420><P Class=ENCC> If it is blood you seek,<br>you're welcome to join us. <SYNC Start=1673900><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1673900><P Class=ENCC> But you bring only this handful<br>of soldiers against Xerxes? <SYNC Start=1676990><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1677310><P Class=ENCC> I see I was wrong to expect Sparta's<br>commitment to at least match our own. <SYNC Start=1680860><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1682100><P Class=ENCC> Doesn't it? <SYNC Start=1683490><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1685470><P Class=ENCC> You there. <SYNC Start=1687190><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1687720><P Class=ENCC> - What is your profession?<br>- I'm a potter, sir. <SYNC Start=1691680><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1692680><P Class=ENCC> And you, Arcadian, what<br>is your profession? <SYNC Start=1696540><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1696800><P Class=ENCC> - Sculptor, sir.<br>- Sculptor. <SYNC Start=1699370><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1700480><P Class=ENCC> - And you?<br>- Blacksmith. <SYNC Start=1702330><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1707220><P Class=ENCC> Spartans, what is your profession? <SYNC Start=1710800><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1717810><P Class=ENCC> See, old friend? <SYNC Start=1719220><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1719880><P Class=ENCC> I brought more soldiers<br>than you did. <SYNC Start=1722300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1732910><P Class=ENCC> <i>No sleep tonight.</i> <SYNC Start=1734330><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1735850><P Class=ENCC> <i>Not for the king.</i> <SYNC Start=1737010><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1738420><P Class=ENCC> <i>All his forty years<br>have been a straight road</i> <SYNC Start=1740400><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1740400><P Class=ENCC> <i>to this one gleaming<br>moment in destiny.</i> <SYNC Start=1743130><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1744110><P Class=ENCC> <i>This one radiant clash<br>of shield and spear,</i> <SYNC Start=1747310><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1747310><P Class=ENCC> <i>sword and boone<br>and flesh and blood.</i> <SYNC Start=1749800><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1752790><P Class=ENCC> <i>His only regret is that he has<br>so few to sacrifice.</i> <SYNC Start=1758590><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1779270><P Class=ENCC> We're being followed. <SYNC Start=1780710><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1786780><P Class=ENCC> It has followed us since Sparta. <SYNC Start=1788650><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1793680><P Class=ENCC> My king, look! <SYNC Start=1795890><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1817980><P Class=ENCC> What happened here? <SYNC Start=1819090><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1819840><P Class=ENCC> Where are all the people? <SYNC Start=1821020><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1821830><P Class=ENCC> Persians. <SYNC Start=1823250><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1824260><P Class=ENCC> I put their number around 20. <SYNC Start=1825640><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1828210><P Class=ENCC> Scouted path. <SYNC Start=1829830><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1832430><P Class=ENCC> But these footprints. <SYNC Start=1834580><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1846180><P Class=ENCC> Leonidas. <SYNC Start=1846970><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1861530><P Class=ENCC> Child. <SYNC Start=1862490><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1895790><P Class=ENCC> It's quiet now. <SYNC Start=1898020><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1898990><P Class=ENCC> They came with mist<br>from the blackness. <SYNC Start=1905350><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1906760><P Class=ENCC> With their claws and fangs<br>they grabbed us. <SYNC Start=1910590><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1912410><P Class=ENCC> Everyone... but me. <SYNC Start=1917550><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1929970><P Class=ENCC> The villagers... They found them. <SYNC Start=1934450><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1945090><P Class=ENCC> Have the gods no mercy? <SYNC Start=1947030><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1949240><P Class=ENCC> We are doomed. <SYNC Start=1950040><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1951220><P Class=ENCC> Quiet yourself. <SYNC Start=1953080><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1957620><P Class=ENCC> The child speaks<br>of the Persian ghosts. <SYNC Start=1959610><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1960400><P Class=ENCC> Known from the ancient times. <SYNC Start=1961550><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1963780><P Class=ENCC> They are the hunters<br>of men souls. <SYNC Start=1965440><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1967320><P Class=ENCC> They cannot be killed<br>or defeated. <SYNC Start=1969100><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1970710><P Class=ENCC> Not this darkness. <SYNC Start=1971810><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1972560><P Class=ENCC> Not these Immortals. <SYNC Start=1973940><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1976410><P Class=ENCC> Immortals? <SYNC Start=1978150><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1979310><P Class=ENCC> We'll put their name<br>to the test. <SYNC Start=1982560><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2003930><P Class=ENCC> <i>Into the Hot Gates we march.</i> <SYNC Start=2006820><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2007060><P Class=ENCC> <i>Into that narrow corridor<br>we march.</i> <SYNC Start=2010370><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2010370><P Class=ENCC> <i>Where Xerxes' numbers<br>count for nothing.</i> <SYNC Start=2013350><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2014420><P Class=ENCC> <i>Spartans, citizen soldiers,<br>freed slaves.</i> <SYNC Start=2017860><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2017860><P Class=ENCC> <i>Brave Greeks all.</i> <SYNC Start=2020270><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2020880><P Class=ENCC> <i>Brothers, fathers, sons.</i> <SYNC Start=2024140><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2024390><P Class=ENCC> <i>We march.</i> <SYNC Start=2025730><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2027450><P Class=ENCC> <i>For honor's sake, for duty's sake,<br>for glory's sake, we march.</i> <SYNC Start=2031300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2031300><P Class=ENCC> Look! <SYNC Start=2032460><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2032710><P Class=ENCC> Persians. <SYNC Start=2033990><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2039650><P Class=ENCC> <i>Into hell's mouth, we march.</i> <SYNC Start=2043000><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2052600><P Class=ENCC> That's our seas,<br>motherless dogs, <SYNC Start=2055000><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2055000><P Class=ENCC> as they're embraced by the loving<br>arms of Greece itself. <SYNC Start=2057630><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2058090><P Class=ENCC> Come. <SYNC Start=2059370><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2061460><P Class=ENCC> True. <SYNC Start=2062900><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2067700><P Class=ENCC> It does look like rain. <SYNC Start=2069870><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2073130><P Class=ENCC> <i>Zeus stabs the skies<br>with thunderbolts.</i> <SYNC Start=2076310><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2076600><P Class=ENCC> <i>And batters the Persian ships<br>with hurricane wind.</i> <SYNC Start=2080760><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2082140><P Class=ENCC> <i>Glorious.</i> <SYNC Start=2084340><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2096720><P Class=ENCC> <i>Only one amongst us<br>keeps his Spartan reserve.</i> <SYNC Start=2099820><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2105550><P Class=ENCC> <i>Only he.</i> <SYNC Start=2107250><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2107470><P Class=ENCC> <i>Only our king.</i> <SYNC Start=2110190><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2127540><P Class=ENCC> My queen. <SYNC Start=2128890><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2135120><P Class=ENCC> My queen, the courtyard is<br>no fitting place for a married woman. <SYNC Start=2139150><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2139370><P Class=ENCC> I'm afraid gossip and protocol are<br>the least of my worries now, councilman. <SYNC Start=2143420><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2146240><P Class=ENCC> Such secrecy needed. <SYNC Start=2148110><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2148110><P Class=ENCC> How am I to trust<br>beyond the walls of my own home? <SYNC Start=2150430><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2150850><P Class=ENCC> Even here, Theron has eyes and ears<br>which fuel Sparta with doubt and fear. <SYNC Start=2154470><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2154760><P Class=ENCC> You speak as if all Sparta<br>conspires against you. <SYNC Start=2158250><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2158670><P Class=ENCC> I wish they were<br>only against me. <SYNC Start=2161330><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2163570><P Class=ENCC> Many on our council would vote<br>to give all we have <SYNC Start=2166860><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2166860><P Class=ENCC> and follow Leonidas. <SYNC Start=2168970><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2169240><P Class=ENCC> But you must show them favor. <SYNC Start=2171750><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2173470><P Class=ENCC> And you can arrange me<br>to speak to the council? <SYNC Start=2176030><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2176030><P Class=ENCC> If it is reason they want,<br>I will let them know. <SYNC Start=2178290><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2178860><P Class=ENCC> Know what, my queen? <SYNC Start=2181050><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2181050><P Class=ENCC> Freedom isn't free at all. <SYNC Start=2183420><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2183420><P Class=ENCC> That it comes with<br>the highest of costs. <SYNC Start=2185670><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2185670><P Class=ENCC> The cost of blood. <SYNC Start=2187590><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2189100><P Class=ENCC> I will do my best to gather<br>our council <SYNC Start=2191950><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2192260><P Class=ENCC> and its chambers shall be filled<br>with your voice. <SYNC Start=2195690><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2196370><P Class=ENCC> - I'm in your debt.<br>- Nope. <SYNC Start=2198210><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2198510><P Class=ENCC> Leonidas is my king<br>as well as yours. <SYNC Start=2201840><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2227530><P Class=ENCC> I saw those ships<br>smash on the rocks. <SYNC Start=2229510><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2230500><P Class=ENCC> How can this be? <SYNC Start=2231980><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2231980><P Class=ENCC> We saw but a fraction of the monster<br>that is Xerxes' army. <SYNC Start=2235550><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2235950><P Class=ENCC> There can be no victory here. <SYNC Start=2237880><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2242120><P Class=ENCC> Why do you smile? <SYNC Start=2243780><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2245690><P Class=ENCC> Arcadian, I've fought<br>countless times <SYNC Start=2250780><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2250780><P Class=ENCC> yet I've never met an adversary<br>that could offer me <SYNC Start=2253380><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2253380><P Class=ENCC> what we Spartans call<br>a beautiful death. <SYNC Start=2256530><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2257050><P Class=ENCC> I can only hope, <SYNC Start=2258480><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2258480><P Class=ENCC> with all the world's warriors<br>gathered against us, <SYNC Start=2261670><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2261670><P Class=ENCC> there might be one down there<br>who's up to the task. <SYNC Start=2265810><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2276810><P Class=ENCC> Move! <SYNC Start=2278550><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2280240><P Class=ENCC> Keep going, you dogs. <SYNC Start=2282150><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2290830><P Class=ENCC> Move! <SYNC Start=2292490><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2294450><P Class=ENCC> Forward I say. <SYNC Start=2296520><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2299430><P Class=ENCC> Stop here! <SYNC Start=2301170><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2301500><P Class=ENCC> Who commands here? <SYNC Start=2303030><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2306170><P Class=ENCC> I am the emissary<br>to the ruler of all the world. <SYNC Start=2311900><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2311900><P Class=ENCC> The god of gods. <SYNC Start=2314290><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2314290><P Class=ENCC> King of kings. <SYNC Start=2316230><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2316230><P Class=ENCC> And by that authority, I demand that<br>someone show me your commander. <SYNC Start=2321990><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2325320><P Class=ENCC> Listen. Do you think the paltry<br>dozen you slew scares us? <SYNC Start=2331320><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2331320><P Class=ENCC> These hills swarm<br>with our scouts. <SYNC Start=2335490><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2335490><P Class=ENCC> And do you think your<br>pathetic wall <SYNC Start=2338680><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2338680><P Class=ENCC> will do anything except fall <SYNC Start=2341300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2341300><P Class=ENCC> like a heap of dry leaves<br>in the face... <SYNC Start=2345610><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2358160><P Class=ENCC> Our ancestors built this wall, <SYNC Start=2361020><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2361020><P Class=ENCC> using ancient stones<br>from the bosom of Greece herself. <SYNC Start=2365080><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2365620><P Class=ENCC> And with a little Spartan help, <SYNC Start=2368120><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2368120><P Class=ENCC> your Persian scouts<br>supplied the mortar. <SYNC Start=2370870><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2370870><P Class=ENCC> You will pay for your<br>barbarism. <SYNC Start=2375600><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2394380><P Class=ENCC> My arm! <SYNC Start=2395520><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2398250><P Class=ENCC> It's not yours anymore. <SYNC Start=2400600><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2400600><P Class=ENCC> Go now. Run along and tell your<br>Xerxes he faces free men here. <SYNC Start=2405120><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2405120><P Class=ENCC> Not slaves.<br>Do it quickly. <SYNC Start=2408680><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2408680><P Class=ENCC> Before we decide to make our wall<br>just a little bit bigger. <SYNC Start=2411830><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2412060><P Class=ENCC> No, not slaves. <SYNC Start=2416580><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2418000><P Class=ENCC> Your women will be slaves. <SYNC Start=2421610><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2421610><P Class=ENCC> Your sons, your daughters,<br>your elders <SYNC Start=2425910><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2425910><P Class=ENCC> will be slaves, but not you. <SYNC Start=2429230><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2430400><P Class=ENCC> By noon this day,<br>you will be dead men. <SYNC Start=2434960><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2435570><P Class=ENCC> A thousand nations of the<br>Persian Empire descend upon you. <SYNC Start=2440920><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2442030><P Class=ENCC> Our arrows will blot out the sun. <SYNC Start=2445660><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2447350><P Class=ENCC> Then we will fight in the shade. <SYNC Start=2449800><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2451610><P Class=ENCC> The wall is solid. <SYNC Start=2453050><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2453560><P Class=ENCC> It'll do the job of funneling<br>the Persians into the Hot Gates. <SYNC Start=2456300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2456940><P Class=ENCC> Captain, have the men found any route<br>through the hills to our back? <SYNC Start=2459880><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2459880><P Class=ENCC> None, sire. <SYNC Start=2461690><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2462370><P Class=ENCC> There is such a route,<br>good king. <SYNC Start=2464310><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2464600><P Class=ENCC> Just past that western ridge. <SYNC Start=2466540><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2466980><P Class=ENCC> It's an old goat path. <SYNC Start=2468740><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2468740><P Class=ENCC> The Persians could use it<br>to outflank us. <SYNC Start=2471270><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2471840><P Class=ENCC> Not one step closer. <SYNC Start=2474090><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2474790><P Class=ENCC> Monster! <SYNC Start=2475840><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2476780><P Class=ENCC> Wise king, I humbly request<br>an audience. <SYNC Start=2480700><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2480700><P Class=ENCC> I'll skewer you where<br>you stand. <SYNC Start=2482330><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2482330><P Class=ENCC> I gave no such order. <SYNC Start=2485280><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2494850><P Class=ENCC> Forgive the captain.<br>He's a good soldier. <SYNC Start=2498360><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2498730><P Class=ENCC> But a bit short on manners. <SYNC Start=2501380><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2501610><P Class=ENCC> There is nothing<br>to forgive, brave king. <SYNC Start=2504720><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2504720><P Class=ENCC> I know what I look like. <SYNC Start=2506110><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2506110><P Class=ENCC> You wear the crimson of a Spartan. <SYNC Start=2508050><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2508430><P Class=ENCC> I am Ephialtes,<br>born of Sparta. <SYNC Start=2513500><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2514710><P Class=ENCC> My mother's love led<br>my parents to flee Sparta <SYNC Start=2518890><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2518890><P Class=ENCC> lest I be discarded. <SYNC Start=2520880><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2521260><P Class=ENCC> But your shield? <SYNC Start=2523100><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2523100><P Class=ENCC> And armor? <SYNC Start=2524620><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2524950><P Class=ENCC> My father's, sir. <SYNC Start=2526880><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2528020><P Class=ENCC> I beg you, bold king, <SYNC Start=2530540><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2530750><P Class=ENCC> to permit me to redeem<br>my father's name <SYNC Start=2534860><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2534860><P Class=ENCC> by serving you<br>in combat. <SYNC Start=2537470><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2537470><P Class=ENCC> My father trained me<br>to feel no fear. <SYNC Start=2540700><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2540700><P Class=ENCC> To make spear and shield<br>and sword as much a part of me <SYNC Start=2544740><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2544740><P Class=ENCC> as my own beating heart. <SYNC Start=2546620><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2546620><P Class=ENCC> I will earn my father's armor,<br>noble king, <SYNC Start=2549910><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2550110><P Class=ENCC> by serving you<br>in the battle. <SYNC Start=2552580><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2557560><P Class=ENCC> Fine thrust. <SYNC Start=2559130><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2559700><P Class=ENCC> I will kill many Persians. <SYNC Start=2562220><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2567260><P Class=ENCC> - Raise your shield.<br>- Sire? <SYNC Start=2570020><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2570250><P Class=ENCC> Raise your shield<br>as high as you can. <SYNC Start=2572630><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2579910><P Class=ENCC> Your father should have told you<br>how our phalanx works. <SYNC Start=2583660><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2583660><P Class=ENCC> We fight as a single,<br>impenetrable unit. <SYNC Start=2588680><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2588680><P Class=ENCC> That is the source<br>of our strength. <SYNC Start=2591760><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2592070><P Class=ENCC> Each Spartan protects<br>the man to his left, <SYNC Start=2595590><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2595950><P Class=ENCC> from thigh to neck,<br>with his shield. <SYNC Start=2599350><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2599740><P Class=ENCC> A single weakspot<br>and the phalanx shatters. <SYNC Start=2604370><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2605570><P Class=ENCC> From thigh to neck, Ephialtes. <SYNC Start=2609460><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2610780><P Class=ENCC> I am sorry, my friend. <SYNC Start=2612990><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2612990><P Class=ENCC> But not all of us are made<br>to be soldiers. <SYNC Start=2615490><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2615490><P Class=ENCC> But I... <SYNC Start=2616170><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2616170><P Class=ENCC> If you want to help<br>at a Spartan victory... <SYNC Start=2618320><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2618320><P Class=ENCC> - Yes?<br>- Clear the battlefield of the dead. <SYNC Start=2620390><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2620390><P Class=ENCC> Tend to wounded,<br>bring them water. <SYNC Start=2622630><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2622830><P Class=ENCC> Why? <SYNC Start=2624450><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2624450><P Class=ENCC> But as for the fight itself,<br>I cannot use you. <SYNC Start=2629300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2640300><P Class=ENCC> Mother, father,<br>you were wrong. <SYNC Start=2644880><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2647530><P Class=ENCC> You are wrong, Leonidas. <SYNC Start=2651070><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2651870><P Class=ENCC> You are wrong. <SYNC Start=2653460><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2654630><P Class=ENCC> Dispatch the Phocians<br>to the goat path. <SYNC Start=2657060><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2657320><P Class=ENCC> Pray to the gods nobody<br>tells the Persians about it. <SYNC Start=2661200><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2667450><P Class=ENCC> Earthquake. <SYNC Start=2668480><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2669350><P Class=ENCC> No, Captain. <SYNC Start=2670980><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2671900><P Class=ENCC> Battle formations. <SYNC Start=2674450><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2698170><P Class=ENCC> This is where we hold them. <SYNC Start=2700560><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2701370><P Class=ENCC> This is where we fight. <SYNC Start=2703780><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2704310><P Class=ENCC> This is where they die! <SYNC Start=2706620><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2706620><P Class=ENCC> On these shields, boys! <SYNC Start=2709340><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2711600><P Class=ENCC> Remember this day, men, <SYNC Start=2714070><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2714070><P Class=ENCC> for it will be yours<br>for all time. <SYNC Start=2717570><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2729230><P Class=ENCC> Spartans, lay down<br>your weapons! <SYNC Start=2733680><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2749930><P Class=ENCC> Persians! <SYNC Start=2751230><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2752890><P Class=ENCC> Come and get them! <SYNC Start=2754930><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2776500><P Class=ENCC> Hold! <SYNC Start=2777660><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2780730><P Class=ENCC> Give them nothing. <SYNC Start=2782760><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2782760><P Class=ENCC> But take from them everything. <SYNC Start=2786490><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2788190><P Class=ENCC> Stay ready. <SYNC Start=2789470><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2805800><P Class=ENCC> That's the best you can do? <SYNC Start=2808180><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2810830><P Class=ENCC> Push! <SYNC Start=2813390><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2822870><P Class=ENCC> Now! <SYNC Start=2824270><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2835970><P Class=ENCC> Push! <SYNC Start=2837330><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2881040><P Class=ENCC> No prisoners! <SYNC Start=2883060><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2883890><P Class=ENCC> No mercy! <SYNC Start=2885850><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2965090><P Class=ENCC> They look thirsty. <SYNC Start=2966460><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2968190><P Class=ENCC> Well, let's give them<br>something to drink. <SYNC Start=2970820><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2974180><P Class=ENCC> To the cliffs. <SYNC Start=2976400><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3000480><P Class=ENCC> Hold! <SYNC Start=3001960><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3004450><P Class=ENCC> A hell of a good start! <SYNC Start=3006450><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3029390><P Class=ENCC> Tuck tail! <SYNC Start=3031480><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3037480><P Class=ENCC> Persian cowards. <SYNC Start=3039300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3046910><P Class=ENCC> What the hell are you<br>laughing at? <SYNC Start=3048720><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3048730><P Class=ENCC> We had to say it. <SYNC Start=3050400><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3050410><P Class=ENCC> - What?<br>- We fight in the shade. <SYNC Start=3053750><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3067760><P Class=ENCC> Recover. <SYNC Start=3069010><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3092950><P Class=ENCC> Today, no Spartan dies. <SYNC Start=3096690><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3120630><P Class=ENCC> Easy, son. <SYNC Start=3122000><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3148470><P Class=ENCC> <i>We do what we were<br>trained to do.</i> <SYNC Start=3150350><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3150430><P Class=ENCC> <i>What we were bred to do.<br>What we were born to do.</i> <SYNC Start=3155120><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3162520><P Class=ENCC> <i>No prisoners, no mercy.</i> <SYNC Start=3165120><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3165790><P Class=ENCC> <i>A good start.</i> <SYNC Start=3167610><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3236760><P Class=ENCC> I was afraid you might<br>not come. <SYNC Start=3238770><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3238770><P Class=ENCC> - I'm sorry, my son is...<br>- Is doing what children do best. <SYNC Start=3242210><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3242210><P Class=ENCC> Please don't apologize. <SYNC Start=3244740><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3246650><P Class=ENCC> Your son starts the agoge<br>next year. <SYNC Start=3248540><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3249190><P Class=ENCC> That is always a difficult<br>time for a Spartan mother. <SYNC Start=3253590><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3254030><P Class=ENCC> Yes, it will be hard<br>but also necessary. <SYNC Start=3257780><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3261340><P Class=ENCC> You will speak before<br>the council in two days time. <SYNC Start=3265700><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3267160><P Class=ENCC> My husband does not have<br>two days. <SYNC Start=3269710><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3269860><P Class=ENCC> Think of the two days<br>as a gift. <SYNC Start=3272370><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3273850><P Class=ENCC> It's no secret. <SYNC Start=3275230><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3275990><P Class=ENCC> Theron wants what you control.<br>It's his voice you must silence. <SYNC Start=3281660><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3282030><P Class=ENCC> Make him your ally<br>and you will have your victory. <SYNC Start=3286620><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3287640><P Class=ENCC> Thank you. <SYNC Start=3289270><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3290050><P Class=ENCC> You are wise as you are kind. <SYNC Start=3292490><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3319030><P Class=ENCC> Ah, there's your mother. <SYNC Start=3320560><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3327710><P Class=ENCC> You should keep a better eye<br>on him if he is to be king one day. <SYNC Start=3330300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3331240><P Class=ENCC> It would be unfortunate<br>if anything were to happen to him. <SYNC Start=3333230><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3335160><P Class=ENCC> Or to his beautiful mother. <SYNC Start=3337240><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3358040><P Class=ENCC> Our Greek comrades are begging<br>for a crack at the Persians, sire. <SYNC Start=3362840><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3363480><P Class=ENCC> Good. I have something<br>I think they can handle. <SYNC Start=3367710><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3368410><P Class=ENCC> Tell Daxos I want him <SYNC Start=3370430><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3370430><P Class=ENCC> and 20 of his best,<br>eager, sober, <SYNC Start=3372820><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3373040><P Class=ENCC> ready for the next job. <SYNC Start=3374810><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3374810><P Class=ENCC> King Leonidas! <SYNC Start=3376570><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3379270><P Class=ENCC> - Stelios, catch your breath, boy.<br>- Yes, my lord. <SYNC Start=3382610><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3383770><P Class=ENCC> The Persians are approaching. <SYNC Start=3385960><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3387220><P Class=ENCC> A small contingent.<br>Too small for an attack. <SYNC Start=3390340><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3394900><P Class=ENCC> Captain, I'll leave you in charge. <SYNC Start=3397830><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3397830><P Class=ENCC> - But, sire...<br>- Relax, old friend. <SYNC Start=3400130><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3400240><P Class=ENCC> If they assasinate me,<br>all of Sparta goes to war. <SYNC Start=3403820><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3405730><P Class=ENCC> Pray they're that stupid. <SYNC Start=3407980><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3409290><P Class=ENCC> Pray... we're that lucky. <SYNC Start=3413120><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3416850><P Class=ENCC> Besides... <SYNC Start=3418260><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3420970><P Class=ENCC> ...there's no reason<br>we can't be civil. <SYNC Start=3423660><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3424590><P Class=ENCC> Is there? <SYNC Start=3425980><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3427590><P Class=ENCC> None, sire. <SYNC Start=3429300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3447890><P Class=ENCC> Let me guess. <SYNC Start=3449260><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3450640><P Class=ENCC> You must be Xerxes. <SYNC Start=3453620><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3465720><P Class=ENCC> Come, Leonidas. <SYNC Start=3467530><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3469160><P Class=ENCC> Let us reason together. <SYNC Start=3471430><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3471590><P Class=ENCC> It would be a regrettable waste. <SYNC Start=3473420><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3473670><P Class=ENCC> It would be nothing<br>short of madness, <SYNC Start=3475540><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3475540><P Class=ENCC> were you, brave king, and your<br>valiant troops to perish. <SYNC Start=3479820><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3480740><P Class=ENCC> All because of a simple<br>misunderstanding. <SYNC Start=3483380><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3483600><P Class=ENCC> There is much our cultures<br>could share. <SYNC Start=3485630><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3485630><P Class=ENCC> Haven't you noticed we've been sharing<br>our culture with you all morning? <SYNC Start=3489360><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3489590><P Class=ENCC> Yours is a fascinating tribe. <SYNC Start=3492320><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3492320><P Class=ENCC> Even now you are defiant,<br>in the face of annihilation. <SYNC Start=3496340><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3496340><P Class=ENCC> In the presence of the god, it isn't<br>wise to stand against me, Leonidas. <SYNC Start=3501520><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3501620><P Class=ENCC> Imagine what horrible fate<br>awaits my enemies <SYNC Start=3503900><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3503900><P Class=ENCC> when I will gladly kill<br>any one of my own men for victory. <SYNC Start=3506980><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3506980><P Class=ENCC> And I would die<br>for any one of mine. <SYNC Start=3509660><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3509660><P Class=ENCC> You Greeks take pride<br>in your logic. <SYNC Start=3512160><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3512160><P Class=ENCC> I suggest you employ it. <SYNC Start=3514050><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3514050><P Class=ENCC> Consider the beautiful lands<br>you so vigorously defend. <SYNC Start=3517210><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3517210><P Class=ENCC> Picture it reduced to ash<br>at my will. <SYNC Start=3520450><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3520450><P Class=ENCC> Consider the fate of your women. <SYNC Start=3522540><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3522540><P Class=ENCC> Clearly, you don't know our women. <SYNC Start=3524840><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3524840><P Class=ENCC> I might as well have marched<br>them up here, <SYNC Start=3527300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3527300><P Class=ENCC> judging by what I've seen. <SYNC Start=3529290><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3530160><P Class=ENCC> You have many slaves,<br>Xerxes, <SYNC Start=3532860><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3532860><P Class=ENCC> but few warriors. <SYNC Start=3535450><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3535910><P Class=ENCC> It won't be long<br>before they fear my spears... <SYNC Start=3539310><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3540250><P Class=ENCC> ...more than your whips. <SYNC Start=3542440><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3546670><P Class=ENCC> It's not the lash they fear. <SYNC Start=3549040><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3552210><P Class=ENCC> It is my divine power.<br>But I'm a generous god. <SYNC Start=3556820><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3557070><P Class=ENCC> I can make you rich beyond<br>all measure. <SYNC Start=3559430><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3559650><P Class=ENCC> I will make you warlord<br>of all Greece. <SYNC Start=3562170><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3562170><P Class=ENCC> You'll carry my battle standard<br>to the heart of Europa. <SYNC Start=3566060><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3566270><P Class=ENCC> Your Athenian rivals<br>will kneel at your feet. <SYNC Start=3571430><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3572050><P Class=ENCC> If you will but kneel at mine. <SYNC Start=3575050><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3576190><P Class=ENCC> You are generous... <SYNC Start=3578210><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3578910><P Class=ENCC> ...as you are divine. <SYNC Start=3581580><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3582620><P Class=ENCC> King of kings. Such an offer<br>only a madman would refuse. <SYNC Start=3587750><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3588640><P Class=ENCC> But the... <SYNC Start=3590230><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3591290><P Class=ENCC> ...the idea of kneeling it's...<br>you see... <SYNC Start=3595310><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3595520><P Class=ENCC> Slaughtering of all those men of yours<br>has left a nasty cramp in my legs. <SYNC Start=3602380><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3602380><P Class=ENCC> So kneeling will be hard<br>for me. <SYNC Start=3605140><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3605140><P Class=ENCC> There will be no glory<br>in your sacrifice. <SYNC Start=3608430><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3608690><P Class=ENCC> I will erase even the memory<br>of Sparta from the histories. <SYNC Start=3612410><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3612820><P Class=ENCC> Every piece of Greek parchment<br>shall be burned. <SYNC Start=3616230><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3616230><P Class=ENCC> Every Greek historian<br>and every scribe <SYNC Start=3618560><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3618560><P Class=ENCC> shall have their eyes spun out<br>and their tongues cut from their mouths <SYNC Start=3621620><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3621890><P Class=ENCC> whilst honoring the very name of Sparta<br>or Leonidas will be punishable by death. <SYNC Start=3627200><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3628750><P Class=ENCC> The world will never know<br>you existed at all. <SYNC Start=3631390><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3634220><P Class=ENCC> The world will know that free men<br>stood against a tyrrant. <SYNC Start=3638890><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3638890><P Class=ENCC> That few stood against many. <SYNC Start=3642230><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3642230><P Class=ENCC> And before this battle was over,<br>that even a God King can bleed. <SYNC Start=3649190><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3656370><P Class=ENCC> You fought well today. <SYNC Start=3658030><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3660210><P Class=ENCC> For a woman. <SYNC Start=3661880><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3662840><P Class=ENCC> As did you. <SYNC Start=3664620><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3664750><P Class=ENCC> Maybe you've been injured,<br>you weren't able to keep up with me. <SYNC Start=3667190><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3668430><P Class=ENCC> Perhaps I was so far ahead,<br>you couldn't see me. <SYNC Start=3672580><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3673960><P Class=ENCC> Or were you offering<br>your backside to the Thespians. <SYNC Start=3676610><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3678130><P Class=ENCC> Jealousy... <SYNC Start=3679540><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3679930><P Class=ENCC> ...is not becoming my friend. <SYNC Start=3681510><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3685170><P Class=ENCC> Move it, men! <SYNC Start=3686640><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3689350><P Class=ENCC> Pile those Persians high. <SYNC Start=3692050><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3694980><P Class=ENCC> For unless I miss my guess... <SYNC Start=3697270><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3698420><P Class=ENCC> ...we're in for one wild night. <SYNC Start=3701050><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3725310><P Class=ENCC> <i>They have served the dark will<br>of Persian kings for 500 years.</i> <SYNC Start=3730140><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3730680><P Class=ENCC> <i>Eyes as dark as night.</i> <SYNC Start=3733070><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3733070><P Class=ENCC> <i>Teeth filed to fangs.</i> <SYNC Start=3735690><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3737300><P Class=ENCC> <i>Soulless.</i> <SYNC Start=3739010><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3746850><P Class=ENCC> <i>The personal guard<br>to king Xerses himself.</i> <SYNC Start=3749210><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3749210><P Class=ENCC> <i>The Persian warrior elite.</i> <SYNC Start=3751550><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3753490><P Class=ENCC> <i>The deadliest fighting<br>force in all of Asia.</i> <SYNC Start=3756010><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3757240><P Class=ENCC> <i>The Immortals.</i> <SYNC Start=3759290><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3767680><P Class=ENCC> <i>The God King has betrayed<br>a fatal flaw.</i> <SYNC Start=3770680><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3771540><P Class=ENCC> <i>Hybris.</i> <SYNC Start=3773010><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3775520><P Class=ENCC> <i>Easy to taunt.<br>Easy to trick.</i> <SYNC Start=3778120><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3779010><P Class=ENCC> <i>Before wounds and weariness<br>have taken their toll,</i> <SYNC Start=3781470><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3781470><P Class=ENCC> <i>the mad king throws<br>the best he has at us.</i> <SYNC Start=3784280><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3785660><P Class=ENCC> <i>Xerxes has taken the bait.</i> <SYNC Start=3787310><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3787310><P Class=ENCC> Spartans, push! <SYNC Start=3789860><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3800030><P Class=ENCC> <i>Immortals.</i> <SYNC Start=3801540><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3801990><P Class=ENCC> <i>They put their name<br>to the test.</i> <SYNC Start=3804590><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3849000><P Class=ENCC> Father! <SYNC Start=3850560><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3956150><P Class=ENCC> My king! <SYNC Start=3957740><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4030210><P Class=ENCC> Arcadians, now! <SYNC Start=4032770><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4034450><P Class=ENCC> Go! <SYNC Start=4035560><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4035560><P Class=ENCC> Let's show the Spartans<br>what we can do. <SYNC Start=4037610><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4037960><P Class=ENCC> Go! <SYNC Start=4039340><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4048890><P Class=ENCC> <i>They shout and curse,<br>stabbing wildly,</i> <SYNC Start=4052160><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4052160><P Class=ENCC> <i>more brawlers<br>than warriors.</i> <SYNC Start=4054570><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4055170><P Class=ENCC> <i>They make a wondrous<br>mess of things.</i> <SYNC Start=4057500><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4058790><P Class=ENCC> <i>Brave amateurs.<br>They do their part.</i> <SYNC Start=4061210><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4109130><P Class=ENCC> <i>Immortals.</i> <SYNC Start=4110750><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4111230><P Class=ENCC> <i>They failed our kings' test.</i> <SYNC Start=4113780><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4113780><P Class=ENCC> <i>And a man who fancies<br>himself a god...</i> <SYNC Start=4117220><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4117740><P Class=ENCC> <i>...feels a very human chill<br>crawl up his spine.</i> <SYNC Start=4122320><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4129630><P Class=ENCC> For our king! <SYNC Start=4130880><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4132080><P Class=ENCC> And our honored dead! <SYNC Start=4134380><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4134380><P Class=ENCC> Whom will Xerxes dare<br>to send next? <SYNC Start=4136590><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4137510><P Class=ENCC> There's nothing<br>that can stop us now. <SYNC Start=4139360><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4141080><P Class=ENCC> <i>Even the king allows himself<br>to hope for more than glory.</i> <SYNC Start=4144780><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4144780><P Class=ENCC> <i>Such mad hope.<br>But there it is.</i> <SYNC Start=4148330><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4148610><P Class=ENCC> <i>Against Asian endless hordes,<br>against all odds,</i> <SYNC Start=4152900><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4152900><P Class=ENCC> <i>we can do it,<br>we can hold the Hot Gates.</i> <SYNC Start=4156290><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4157060><P Class=ENCC> <i>We can win.</i> <SYNC Start=4159000><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4166710><P Class=ENCC> <i>Dawn.</i> <SYNC Start=4168220><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4169070><P Class=ENCC> <i>Whips crack.</i> <SYNC Start=4170930><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4171020><P Class=ENCC> <i>Barbarians howl.</i> <SYNC Start=4172870><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4173300><P Class=ENCC> <i>Those behind cry: "Forward"!</i> <SYNC Start=4176780><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4179130><P Class=ENCC> <i>Those in front cry:<br>"Back".</i> <SYNC Start=4182940><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4188950><P Class=ENCC> <i>Our eyes bear witness<br>to the grotesque spectacle</i> <SYNC Start=4191710><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4191710><P Class=ENCC> <i>called forth from the darkest<br>corners of Xerxes' Empire.</i> <SYNC Start=4194880><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4246040><P Class=ENCC> <i>When muscles failed,<br>they turned to their magic.</i> <SYNC Start=4250050><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4251680><P Class=ENCC> <i>One hundred nations<br>descend upon us.</i> <SYNC Start=4254230><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4254230><P Class=ENCC> <i>The armies of all Asia.</i> <SYNC Start=4256700><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4256700><P Class=ENCC> <i>Funneled into this narrow corridor,</i> <SYNC Start=4258780><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4258780><P Class=ENCC> <i>their numbers count<br>for nothing.</i> <SYNC Start=4261560><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4295520><P Class=ENCC> <i>They fall by the hundreds.</i> <SYNC Start=4297300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4297400><P Class=ENCC> <i>We send the severed bodies<br>and the fragile hearts</i> <SYNC Start=4300410><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4300410><P Class=ENCC> <i>back to Xerxes' feet.</i> <SYNC Start=4302890><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4319910><P Class=ENCC> <i>King Xerxes is displeased<br>with his generals.</i> <SYNC Start=4323180><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4324180><P Class=ENCC> <i>He disciplines them.</i> <SYNC Start=4326720><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4343570><P Class=ENCC> <i>Xerxes dispatches his monsters<br>from half a world away.</i> <SYNC Start=4347010><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4359070><P Class=ENCC> <i>They're clumsy beasts.</i> <SYNC Start=4361030><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4361340><P Class=ENCC> <i>And the pile of Persian dead<br>is slippery.</i> <SYNC Start=4364270><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4400080><P Class=ENCC> - You still here?<br>- Someone is got to watch your back. <SYNC Start=4402440><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4402440><P Class=ENCC> Well, now, I'm a little busy. <SYNC Start=4404140><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4444430><P Class=ENCC> Regroup! <SYNC Start=4446580><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4450310><P Class=ENCC> Astinos, my son! <SYNC Start=4453170><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4462810><P Class=ENCC> Astinos! <SYNC Start=4464200><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4464520><P Class=ENCC> No! <SYNC Start=4467330><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4490530><P Class=ENCC> <i>The day wears on.</i> <SYNC Start=4492310><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4493090><P Class=ENCC> <i>We lose few...</i> <SYNC Start=4494900><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4495500><P Class=ENCC> <i>...but each felled is a friend<br>or dearest blood.</i> <SYNC Start=4499450><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4500840><P Class=ENCC> <i>And upon seeing the headless<br>body of his own young son,</i> <SYNC Start=4504300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4504860><P Class=ENCC> <i>the captain breaks rank.</i> <SYNC Start=4507080><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4507080><P Class=ENCC> <i>He goes wild, blood drunk.</i> <SYNC Start=4509720><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4534870><P Class=ENCC> <i>Captain's cries of pain<br>at the loss of his son</i> <SYNC Start=4537270><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4537270><P Class=ENCC> <i>are more frightening to the enemy<br>than the deepest battle drums.</i> <SYNC Start=4541070><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4541640><P Class=ENCC> <i>It takes three men<br>to restrain him</i> <SYNC Start=4543250><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4543260><P Class=ENCC> <i>and bring him back<br>to our own.</i> <SYNC Start=4545320><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4545870><P Class=ENCC> <i>The day is ours.</i> <SYNC Start=4547760><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4548650><P Class=ENCC> <i>No songs are sung.</i> <SYNC Start=4551180><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4591410><P Class=ENCC> Your gods were cruel<br>to shape you so, friend Ephialtes. <SYNC Start=4595300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4598450><P Class=ENCC> The Spartans, too,<br>were cruel to reject you. <SYNC Start=4602830><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4606280><P Class=ENCC> But I am kind. <SYNC Start=4608170><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4614960><P Class=ENCC> Everything you could<br>ever desire. <SYNC Start=4617410><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4618570><P Class=ENCC> Every happiness you can imagine. <SYNC Start=4620730><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4622580><P Class=ENCC> Every pleasure your fellow Greeks<br>and your false gods have denied you. <SYNC Start=4627080><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4627940><P Class=ENCC> I will grant you. <SYNC Start=4630380><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4631310><P Class=ENCC> For I am kind. <SYNC Start=4633620><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4647810><P Class=ENCC> Embrace me as your king<br>and as your god. <SYNC Start=4650790><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4652220><P Class=ENCC> Yes! <SYNC Start=4653700><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4655340><P Class=ENCC> Lead my soldiers<br>to the hidden path <SYNC Start=4657660><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4657660><P Class=ENCC> that empties behind<br>the cursed Spartans, <SYNC Start=4660320><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4660320><P Class=ENCC> and your joys will be endless. <SYNC Start=4662560><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4671110><P Class=ENCC> Yes, I want it all. <SYNC Start=4673450><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4674690><P Class=ENCC> Wealth, women. <SYNC Start=4678220><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4680160><P Class=ENCC> And one more thing. <SYNC Start=4682080><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4685630><P Class=ENCC> I want an uniform. <SYNC Start=4687950><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4692700><P Class=ENCC> Done. <SYNC Start=4694450><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4696200><P Class=ENCC> You will find<br>that I am kind. <SYNC Start=4700120><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4701520><P Class=ENCC> Unlike the cruel Leonidas<br>that demanded that you stand, <SYNC Start=4705190><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4707860><P Class=ENCC> I require only that you kneel. <SYNC Start=4711960><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4739480><P Class=ENCC> Beautiful night. <SYNC Start=4741170><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4742900><P Class=ENCC> Yes, but I did not ask you here<br>for small talk, Theron. <SYNC Start=4746020><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4747420><P Class=ENCC> I'm assured of that. <SYNC Start=4748810><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4750880><P Class=ENCC> You've never spared<br>words with me. <SYNC Start=4752890><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4754320><P Class=ENCC> Can I offer you something?<br>A drink perhaps? <SYNC Start=4757090><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4757690><P Class=ENCC> Is it poison? <SYNC Start=4758970><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4759820><P Class=ENCC> Sorry to disappoint you,<br>it's only water. <SYNC Start=4762140><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4772420><P Class=ENCC> I'm told it's been arranged<br>for you to go before the council. <SYNC Start=4775350><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4776290><P Class=ENCC> Yes. <SYNC Start=4777910><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4778240><P Class=ENCC> I need your help <SYNC Start=4779220><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4779220><P Class=ENCC> in winning votes to send<br>the army north to our king. <SYNC Start=4782170><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4782170><P Class=ENCC> Yes. <SYNC Start=4783170><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4784410><P Class=ENCC> I can see the two of us<br>standing together. <SYNC Start=4786980><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4786980><P Class=ENCC> Me, politician, thou, warrior.<br>Our voices as one. <SYNC Start=4791150><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4792960><P Class=ENCC> But why would I want<br>to do that? <SYNC Start=4794750><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4795350><P Class=ENCC> It proves you care<br>for a king <SYNC Start=4796950><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4796950><P Class=ENCC> who, right now, fights<br>for the very water we drink. <SYNC Start=4799400><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4799690><P Class=ENCC> True. <SYNC Start=4800890><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4801360><P Class=ENCC> But this is politics,<br>not war. <SYNC Start=4803690><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4804320><P Class=ENCC> - Leonidas is an idealist.<br>- I know your kind too well. <SYNC Start=4808060><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4808630><P Class=ENCC> You send men to slaughter<br>for your own gain. <SYNC Start=4810500><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4810500><P Class=ENCC> Your husband, our king, has taken<br>300 of our finest to slaughter. <SYNC Start=4815300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4815310><P Class=ENCC> He's broken our laws and left<br>without the council's consent. <SYNC Start=4820180><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4820670><P Class=ENCC> - I'm simply a realist.<br>- You're an opportunist. <SYNC Start=4823710><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4824580><P Class=ENCC> You're as foolish as Leonidas <SYNC Start=4825910><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4825910><P Class=ENCC> if you think men<br>don't have a price in this world. <SYNC Start=4828330><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4828840><P Class=ENCC> All men are not created equal.<br>That's the Spartan code, my little queen. <SYNC Start=4832800><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4837220><P Class=ENCC> I admire your passion. <SYNC Start=4839100><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4840820><P Class=ENCC> But don't think that you,<br>a woman, even a queen, <SYNC Start=4845770><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4845780><P Class=ENCC> can walk into the council's chamber<br>and sway the minds of men. <SYNC Start=4848720><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4849770><P Class=ENCC> I own that chamber. <SYNC Start=4851920><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4852510><P Class=ENCC> As if it were built<br>with these hands. <SYNC Start=4854850><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4859010><P Class=ENCC> I could crush the life<br>out of you right now. <SYNC Start=4861620><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4863560><P Class=ENCC> You will go before the council<br>but your words will fall in deaf ears. <SYNC Start=4867190><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4867560><P Class=ENCC> Leonidas will receive<br>no reinforcements, <SYNC Start=4870370><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4870370><P Class=ENCC> and if he returns, without my help,<br>he would go to jail or worse. <SYNC Start=4875240><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4880050><P Class=ENCC> - Do you love your Sparta?<br>- Yes. <SYNC Start=4882810><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4883890><P Class=ENCC> - And your king?<br>- I do. <SYNC Start=4886480><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4891980><P Class=ENCC> Your husband fights<br>for his land, <SYNC Start=4894380><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4894380><P Class=ENCC> and his love. <SYNC Start=4895540><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4896440><P Class=ENCC> What do you have to offer? <SYNC Start=4898790><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4899570><P Class=ENCC> In return for my word that<br>I'll help you send our army north. <SYNC Start=4902710><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4906170><P Class=ENCC> What does a realist<br>want from his queen? <SYNC Start=4909340><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4913760><P Class=ENCC> I think you know. <SYNC Start=4915280><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4929960><P Class=ENCC> This will not be over quickly. <SYNC Start=4931830><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4933700><P Class=ENCC> You will not enjoy this. <SYNC Start=4936030><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4936680><P Class=ENCC> I am not your king. <SYNC Start=4938910><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4963710><P Class=ENCC> Dilios! <SYNC Start=4964810><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4967450><P Class=ENCC> I trust that scracth<br>hasn't made you useless. <SYNC Start=4971090><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4971870><P Class=ENCC> Hardly, my lord.<br>It's just an eye. <SYNC Start=4974480><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4974950><P Class=ENCC> The gods saw fit<br>to grace me with a spare. <SYNC Start=4977450><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4980050><P Class=ENCC> And the captain? <SYNC Start=4981920><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4983250><P Class=ENCC> Curses the gods<br>and mourns alone. <SYNC Start=4987300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4989010><P Class=ENCC> Leonidas! <SYNC Start=4990670><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4991930><P Class=ENCC> We are undone.<br>Undone I tell you. <SYNC Start=4994590><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4994760><P Class=ENCC> - Destroyed.<br>- Daxos, calm yourself! <SYNC Start=4996860><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4996960><P Class=ENCC> A hunchback traitor has led<br>Xerxes' Immortals <SYNC Start=4998850><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4998850><P Class=ENCC> to the hidden goat path<br>behind us. <SYNC Start=5000350><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5000430><P Class=ENCC> The Phocians you posted there<br>were scattered without a fight. <SYNC Start=5003850><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5004000><P Class=ENCC> This battle is over, Leonidas! <SYNC Start=5005840><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5005840><P Class=ENCC> This battle is over<br>when I say it is over! <SYNC Start=5009270><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5009270><P Class=ENCC> By morning, the Immortals<br>will surround us. <SYNC Start=5011360><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5011440><P Class=ENCC> The Hot Gates will fall. <SYNC Start=5013190><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5014400><P Class=ENCC> Spartans! <SYNC Start=5016280><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5016530><P Class=ENCC> Prepare for glory! <SYNC Start=5018950><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5019070><P Class=ENCC> Glory? <SYNC Start=5020200><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5020200><P Class=ENCC> Have you gone mad? <SYNC Start=5021870><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5022370><P Class=ENCC> There is no glory to be had now. <SYNC Start=5024330><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5024540><P Class=ENCC> Only retreat or surrender<br>or death. <SYNC Start=5027870><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5027910><P Class=ENCC> That is an easy choice for us,<br>Arcadian. <SYNC Start=5031410><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5031440><P Class=ENCC> Spartans never retreat.<br>Spartans never surrender. <SYNC Start=5036550><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5037550><P Class=ENCC> Go. Spread the word. <SYNC Start=5039640><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5040140><P Class=ENCC> Let every Greek assembled<br>know the truth of this. <SYNC Start=5043890><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5043890><P Class=ENCC> Let each amongst them<br>search his own soul. <SYNC Start=5047060><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5048480><P Class=ENCC> And while you're at it, <SYNC Start=5050230><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5050480><P Class=ENCC> search your own. <SYNC Start=5052310><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5060070><P Class=ENCC> My men will leave with me. <SYNC Start=5062070><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5067740><P Class=ENCC> Godspeed, Leonidas. <SYNC Start=5069410><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5076170><P Class=ENCC> Children! Children! <SYNC Start=5080420><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5081170><P Class=ENCC> Gather round. <SYNC Start=5082930><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5084760><P Class=ENCC> No retreat.<br>No surrender. <SYNC Start=5088560><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5088600><P Class=ENCC> That is Spartan law. <SYNC Start=5091770><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5092520><P Class=ENCC> And by Spartan law,<br>we will stand and fight. <SYNC Start=5097020><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5097770><P Class=ENCC> And die. <SYNC Start=5100020><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5103280><P Class=ENCC> A new age has begun. <SYNC Start=5106150><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5108450><P Class=ENCC> An age of freedom. <SYNC Start=5110950><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5112620><P Class=ENCC> And all will know that<br>three hundred Spartans <SYNC Start=5116370><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5116370><P Class=ENCC> gave their last breath<br>to defend it! <SYNC Start=5120130><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5139980><P Class=ENCC> My friend. <SYNC Start=5141900><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5145270><P Class=ENCC> I have lived my entire life<br>without regret until now. <SYNC Start=5150170><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5154240><P Class=ENCC> It's not that my son gave up<br>his life for his country. <SYNC Start=5159600><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5161960><P Class=ENCC> It's just that I never told him<br>I loved him the most. <SYNC Start=5165330><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5167590><P Class=ENCC> That he stood by me<br>with honor. <SYNC Start=5169710><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5171880><P Class=ENCC> That he was all that<br>was best in me. <SYNC Start=5174430><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5183850><P Class=ENCC> My heart is broken<br>for your loss. <SYNC Start=5186770><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5186770><P Class=ENCC> Heart? <SYNC Start=5188470><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5194030><P Class=ENCC> I have filled my heart<br>with hate. <SYNC Start=5199030><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5203160><P Class=ENCC> Good. <SYNC Start=5204870><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5213880><P Class=ENCC> Dilios! <SYNC Start=5216550><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5217380><P Class=ENCC> Let's take a walk. <SYNC Start=5219130><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5221130><P Class=ENCC> Yes, my lord. <SYNC Start=5223140><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5225470><P Class=ENCC> But, sire, I'm fit.<br>I'm ready for battle. <SYNC Start=5228390><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5228390><P Class=ENCC> That you are<br>one of the finest. <SYNC Start=5230730><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5231640><P Class=ENCC> But you have another talent<br>unlike any other Spartan. <SYNC Start=5234560><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5237900><P Class=ENCC> You will deliver<br>my final orders to the council <SYNC Start=5241400><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5241700><P Class=ENCC> with force and verve. <SYNC Start=5243990><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5246660><P Class=ENCC> Tell them my story. <SYNC Start=5248490><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5249240><P Class=ENCC> Make every Greek know<br>what happened here. <SYNC Start=5253280><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5254330><P Class=ENCC> You'll have a grand<br>tale to tell. <SYNC Start=5256670><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5258840><P Class=ENCC> A tale of victory. <SYNC Start=5260960><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5261260><P Class=ENCC> Victory. <SYNC Start=5262920><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5266720><P Class=ENCC> Yes, my lord. <SYNC Start=5268510><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5274520><P Class=ENCC> Sire, any message...? <SYNC Start=5278520><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5279770><P Class=ENCC> ...for the queen? <SYNC Start=5281690><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5303540><P Class=ENCC> None that need be spoken. <SYNC Start=5305960><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5320980><P Class=ENCC> Hundreds leave. <SYNC Start=5323560><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5324060><P Class=ENCC> A handful stay. <SYNC Start=5326480><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5331820><P Class=ENCC> Only one looks back. <SYNC Start=5333950><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5344370><P Class=ENCC> Spartans! <SYNC Start=5346330><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5347920><P Class=ENCC> Ready your breakfast<br>and eat hearty. <SYNC Start=5351000><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5351000><P Class=ENCC> For tonight we dine in Hell! <SYNC Start=5355010><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5364130><P Class=ENCC> May I give the floor now to the wife<br>of Leonidas and queen of Sparta. <SYNC Start=5370440><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5385120><P Class=ENCC> Councilmen. <SYNC Start=5386790><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5387120><P Class=ENCC> I stand before you<br>not only as your queen. <SYNC Start=5390620><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5391960><P Class=ENCC> I come to you as a mother. <SYNC Start=5394340><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5395790><P Class=ENCC> I come to you as a wife. <SYNC Start=5398130><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5400130><P Class=ENCC> I come to you<br>as a Spartan woman. <SYNC Start=5402760><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5407690><P Class=ENCC> I come to you<br>with great humility. <SYNC Start=5410220><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5414010><P Class=ENCC> I am not here to represent<br>Leonidas. <SYNC Start=5416490><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5416580><P Class=ENCC> His actions speak louder<br>than my words ever could. <SYNC Start=5419720><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5419820><P Class=ENCC> I am here for all those voices<br>which cannot be heard. <SYNC Start=5422180><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5422250><P Class=ENCC> Mothers, daughters, fathers, sons. <SYNC Start=5424620><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5424700><P Class=ENCC> Three hundred families<br>that bleed for our rights <SYNC Start=5428570><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5428570><P Class=ENCC> and for the very principles<br>this room is built upon. <SYNC Start=5431740><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5432310><P Class=ENCC> We're at war, gentlemen. <SYNC Start=5434830><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5434830><P Class=ENCC> We must send the entire spartan<br>army to aid our king <SYNC Start=5437480><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5437480><P Class=ENCC> in the preservation of not just<br>ourselves but of our children. <SYNC Start=5441120><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5441170><P Class=ENCC> Send the army for<br>the preservation of liberty. <SYNC Start=5444330><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5444420><P Class=ENCC> Send it for justice. <SYNC Start=5446510><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5446930><P Class=ENCC> Send it for law and order. <SYNC Start=5449260><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5449260><P Class=ENCC> Send it for reason. <SYNC Start=5451310><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5451400><P Class=ENCC> But, most importantly,<br>send our army for hope. <SYNC Start=5455100><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5455770><P Class=ENCC> Hope that the king and his men have<br>not been wasted in the pages of history. <SYNC Start=5459600><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5460240><P Class=ENCC> That their courage<br>bonds us together. <SYNC Start=5463360><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5463860><P Class=ENCC> That we are made stronger<br>by their actions. <SYNC Start=5466900><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5468090><P Class=ENCC> And that your choices today<br>reflect their bravery. <SYNC Start=5472070><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5473960><P Class=ENCC> Three hundred. <SYNC Start=5475550><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5483660><P Class=ENCC> Moving. <SYNC Start=5485540><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5485670><P Class=ENCC> Eloquent, passionate. <SYNC Start=5488960><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5489050><P Class=ENCC> But it doesn't change the fact<br>that your husband has brought war upon us. <SYNC Start=5493150><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5493220><P Class=ENCC> You are wrong. <SYNC Start=5494720><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5494720><P Class=ENCC> Xerxes brought it forth <SYNC Start=5496100><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5496120><P Class=ENCC> and before that,<br>his father, Darius, at Marathon. <SYNC Start=5498730><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5498740><P Class=ENCC> The Persians will not stop until<br>the only shelter we will find <SYNC Start=5502520><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5502520><P Class=ENCC> is rubble and chaos. <SYNC Start=5504370><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5504380><P Class=ENCC> This chamber needs<br>no history lesson, my queen. <SYNC Start=5508560><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5508730><P Class=ENCC> Then what is the lesson<br>you would like to leave? <SYNC Start=5511070><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5511150><P Class=ENCC> Shall I begin to enumerate<br>all of them? <SYNC Start=5513490><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5513490><P Class=ENCC> Honor, duty, glory. <SYNC Start=5517110><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5517160><P Class=ENCC> You speak of honor? <SYNC Start=5519160><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5519160><P Class=ENCC> Duty? Glory? <SYNC Start=5522440><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5523500><P Class=ENCC> But what of adultery? <SYNC Start=5525130><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5525230><P Class=ENCC> - How dare you?<br>- How dare I? <SYNC Start=5527850><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5527920><P Class=ENCC> Watch her, carefully. <SYNC Start=5530950><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5531000><P Class=ENCC> She is a trickster<br>in true form. <SYNC Start=5534170><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5534170><P Class=ENCC> Do not play with the members<br>of this sacred chambers, my queen. <SYNC Start=5537670><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5537670><P Class=ENCC> Just hours ago, you offered<br>yourself to me. <SYNC Start=5540840><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5540840><P Class=ENCC> Were I a weaker man,<br>I'd have her scent on me still. <SYNC Start=5545220><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5545320><P Class=ENCC> - This is outrage.<br>- Ah, the hypocrite speaks. <SYNC Start=5548570><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5548600><P Class=ENCC> Did you not receive<br>a similar payment? <SYNC Start=5550580><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5550650><P Class=ENCC> Which you took in exchange for her<br>having an audience with these noble men. <SYNC Start=5555140><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5555190><P Class=ENCC> - That is a lie.<br>- Is it? <SYNC Start=5557010><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5557030><P Class=ENCC> Was he not, by your invitation, asked<br>to come the king's bedchamber? <SYNC Start=5561230><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5561310><P Class=ENCC> The very bed where you attempted<br>to negotiate with me <SYNC Start=5564220><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5564220><P Class=ENCC> so vigorously. <SYNC Start=5566920><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5568750><P Class=ENCC> You look shocked. <SYNC Start=5570450><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5570450><P Class=ENCC> A bribe of the flesh,<br>gentlemen, <SYNC Start=5572180><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5572210><P Class=ENCC> whilst her husband<br>promotes anarchy and war. <SYNC Start=5576040><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5580210><P Class=ENCC> Words escape even<br>the most cunning tongues. <SYNC Start=5583380><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5583880><P Class=ENCC> My little whore queen. <SYNC Start=5586390><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5590590><P Class=ENCC> What queen-like behaviour! <SYNC Start=5593220><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5593980><P Class=ENCC> Remove her from this chamber<br>before she infects us further <SYNC Start=5597300><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5597300><P Class=ENCC> with her inglorious<br>and filthy self. <SYNC Start=5600900><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5606740><P Class=ENCC> This will not be over quickly. <SYNC Start=5609490><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5609960><P Class=ENCC> You will not enjoy this. <SYNC Start=5612410><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5612410><P Class=ENCC> I am not your queen. <SYNC Start=5614580><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5636010><P Class=ENCC> Traitor. <SYNC Start=5637600><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5638430><P Class=ENCC> Traitor, traitor, traitor. <SYNC Start=5640600><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5682470><P Class=ENCC> Leonidas.<br>My compliments. <SYNC Start=5686060><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5686140><P Class=ENCC> And congratulations. <SYNC Start=5688480><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5688730><P Class=ENCC> You surely have turned calamity<br>to victory. <SYNC Start=5692480><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5692480><P Class=ENCC> Despite your insufferable<br>arrogance, <SYNC Start=5695900><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5695900><P Class=ENCC> the God King has come to admire<br>Spartan valor <SYNC Start=5699220><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5699220><P Class=ENCC> and fighting skills. <SYNC Start=5700820><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5700820><P Class=ENCC> You will make a mighty ally. <SYNC Start=5701970><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5702010><P Class=ENCC> Yield, Leonidas. <SYNC Start=5704330><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5704740><P Class=ENCC> Use your reason.<br>Think of your men. <SYNC Start=5708830><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5711000><P Class=ENCC> I beg you. <SYNC Start=5712830><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5713000><P Class=ENCC> Listen to your fellow Greek. <SYNC Start=5714870><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5714950><P Class=ENCC> He can attest to the divine<br>one's generosity. <SYNC Start=5718920><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5719040><P Class=ENCC> Despite your several insults, <SYNC Start=5721680><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5721680><P Class=ENCC> despite your horrid<br>blasphemies, <SYNC Start=5724340><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5724340><P Class=ENCC> the lord of hosts is prepared<br>to forgive all. <SYNC Start=5727900><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5727930><P Class=ENCC> And more: to reward<br>your service. <SYNC Start=5730950><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5730930><P Class=ENCC> You fight for your lands.<br>Keep them. <SYNC Start=5734640><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5735520><P Class=ENCC> You fight for Sparta. <SYNC Start=5737770><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5737770><P Class=ENCC> She will be wealthier and more<br>powerful than ever before. <SYNC Start=5741530><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5741980><P Class=ENCC> You fight for your kingship. <SYNC Start=5744700><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5744700><P Class=ENCC> You will be proclaimed warlord<br>of all Greece. <SYNC Start=5747780><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5747780><P Class=ENCC> Answerable only to the one<br>true master of the world. <SYNC Start=5752370><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5752370><P Class=ENCC> Leonidas. Your victory<br>will be complete. <SYNC Start=5757260><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5757290><P Class=ENCC> If you but lay down your arms<br>and kneel to holy Xerxes. <SYNC Start=5763280><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5793880><P Class=ENCC> <i>It's been more than 30 years<br>since the wind and the winter cold.</i> <SYNC Start=5798750><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5798850><P Class=ENCC> <i>And now, as then, it's not<br>fear that grips him.</i> <SYNC Start=5803830><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5803830><P Class=ENCC> <i>Only restlesness.</i> <SYNC Start=5805640><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5805740><P Class=ENCC> <i>A heightened sense of things.</i> <SYNC Start=5809260><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5809840><P Class=ENCC> <i>The seaborne breeze cooly kissing<br>the sweat on his chest and neck.</i> <SYNC Start=5814840><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5814850><P Class=ENCC> <i>Gulls cawing,</i> <SYNC Start=5816350><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5816450><P Class=ENCC> <i>complaining even as they feast<br>on thousands of floating dead.</i> <SYNC Start=5820770><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5822170><P Class=ENCC> <i>The steady breathing<br>of the 300 at his back.</i> <SYNC Start=5826700><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5828140><P Class=ENCC> <i>Ready to die for him,<br>without a moment's pause.</i> <SYNC Start=5832110><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5834300><P Class=ENCC> <i>Every one of them<br>ready to die.</i> <SYNC Start=5839780><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5854560><P Class=ENCC> <i>His helmet is stifling.</i> <SYNC Start=5857720><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5877920><P Class=ENCC> <i>His shield is heavy.</i> <SYNC Start=5880900><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5888160><P Class=ENCC> Your spear. <SYNC Start=5890580><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5898800><P Class=ENCC> You there. <SYNC Start=5900590><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5900590><P Class=ENCC> Ephialtes. <SYNC Start=5902940><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5907730><P Class=ENCC> May you live forever. <SYNC Start=5910180><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5917490><P Class=ENCC> Leonidas, your spear. <SYNC Start=5920110><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5986450><P Class=ENCC> Stelios! <SYNC Start=5989590><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5998430><P Class=ENCC> Slaughter them! <SYNC Start=6000600><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6003270><P Class=ENCC> <i>His helmet was stifling.<br>It narrowed his vision.</i> <SYNC Start=6006970><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6007050><P Class=ENCC> <i>And he must see far.</i> <SYNC Start=6009490><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6009520><P Class=ENCC> <i>His shield was heavy.<br>It threw him off balance.</i> <SYNC Start=6013360><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6013780><P Class=ENCC> <i>And his target is far away.</i> <SYNC Start=6017700><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6082040><P Class=ENCC> <i>The old ones say we Spartans<br>have descended from Hercules himself.</i> <SYNC Start=6086340><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6088120><P Class=ENCC> <i>Bold Leonidas gives testament<br>to our bloodline.</i> <SYNC Start=6091680><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6092510><P Class=ENCC> <i>His roar is long and loud.</i> <SYNC Start=6097270><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6126760><P Class=ENCC> My king. <SYNC Start=6128130><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6140730><P Class=ENCC> It's an honor to die at your side. <SYNC Start=6145150><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6145900><P Class=ENCC> It's an honor to have lived<br>at yours. <SYNC Start=6149980><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6171340><P Class=ENCC> My queen. <SYNC Start=6173760><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6181350><P Class=ENCC> My wife. <SYNC Start=6183600><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6194910><P Class=ENCC> My love. <SYNC Start=6197080><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6342970><P Class=ENCC> <i>Remember us.</i> <SYNC Start=6344900><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6346670><P Class=ENCC> <i>As simple an order<br>as a king can give.</i> <SYNC Start=6349810><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6351790><P Class=ENCC> <i>Remember why we died.</i> <SYNC Start=6355010><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6356790><P Class=ENCC> <i>For he did not wish tribute<br>or song.</i> <SYNC Start=6360590><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6362600><P Class=ENCC> No monuments, no poems<br>of war and valor. <SYNC Start=6366930><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6369850><P Class=ENCC> His wish was simple. <SYNC Start=6372190><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6377560><P Class=ENCC> Remember us. <SYNC Start=6379860><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6380630><P Class=ENCC> He said to me. <SYNC Start=6382950><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6384070><P Class=ENCC> <i>That was his hope.</i> <SYNC Start=6386450><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6386480><P Class=ENCC> <i>Should any free soul<br>come across that place</i> <SYNC Start=6390850><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6390950><P Class=ENCC> <i>in all the countless<br>centuries yet to be,</i> <SYNC Start=6394810><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6394870><P Class=ENCC> <i>may all our voices whisper to you<br>from the ageless stones.</i> <SYNC Start=6401060><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6402130><P Class=ENCC> <i>Go tell the Spartans,<br>passerby,</i> <SYNC Start=6405890><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6406420><P Class=ENCC> <i>that here, by Spartan law,<br>we lie.</i> <SYNC Start=6412390><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6415230><P Class=ENCC> <i>So my king died...</i> <SYNC Start=6417810><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6418650><P Class=ENCC> <i>And my brothers died.</i> <SYNC Start=6421320><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6422980><P Class=ENCC> Barely a year ago. <SYNC Start=6426150><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6430220><P Class=ENCC> Long I pondered my king's<br>cryptic talk of victory <SYNC Start=6435580><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6435620><P Class=ENCC> and the time has proven<br>him wise. <SYNC Start=6438120><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6439180><P Class=ENCC> For from Greek to free Greek <SYNC Start=6442390><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6442450><P Class=ENCC> the word was spread that bold<br>Leonidas and his 300, <SYNC Start=6446950><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6447020><P Class=ENCC> so far from home, <SYNC Start=6449260><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6449320><P Class=ENCC> laid down their lives,<br>not just for Sparta, <SYNC Start=6452630><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6452660><P Class=ENCC> but for all Greece and the promise<br>this country holds. <SYNC Start=6457190><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6457550><P Class=ENCC> And now, here on this ragged<br>patch of earth called Platea, <SYNC Start=6462590><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6462740><P Class=ENCC> Xerxes' hordes face obliteration. <SYNC Start=6467360><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6469480><P Class=ENCC> Just there, the barbarians huddle. <SYNC Start=6472780><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6473200><P Class=ENCC> Sheer terror gripping tight <SYNC Start=6476280><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6476650><P Class=ENCC> their hearts with icy fingers. <SYNC Start=6480170><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6480250><P Class=ENCC> knowing full well what merciless<br>horrors they suffered <SYNC Start=6483490><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6483570><P Class=ENCC> at the swords and spears<br>of three hundred. <SYNC Start=6486710><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6487510><P Class=ENCC> Yet they stare now,<br>across the plain, <SYNC Start=6490810><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6490840><P Class=ENCC> at 10.000 Spartans,<br>commanding 30.000 free Greeks. <SYNC Start=6495750><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6503440><P Class=ENCC> The enemy outnumbers us<br>a paltry three to one. <SYNC Start=6507310><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6507510><P Class=ENCC> Good odds for any Greek. <SYNC Start=6510060><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6510450><P Class=ENCC> This day we rescue a world<br>from mysticism and tyranny <SYNC Start=6515070><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6515150><P Class=ENCC> and usher in a future brighter<br>that anything we can imagine. <SYNC Start=6518820><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6523890><P Class=ENCC> Give thanks, men... <SYNC Start=6525990><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6526040><P Class=ENCC> to Leonidas and the<br>brave three hundred. <SYNC Start=6529410><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6530000><P Class=ENCC> To victory! <SYNC Start=6533340><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp </BODY> </SAMI>