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300 (2007)

300 (2007)

"300" is an epic action film released in 2007, directed by Zack Snyder. This visually stunning movie is based on Frank Miller's graphic novel of the same name, which is a fictional retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BCE. The film features an impressive ensemble cast, including Gerard Butler as King Leonidas, Lena Headey as Queen Gorgo, and David Wenham as Dilios, among others.

"300" tells the story of the valiant Spartan warriors who defend their homeland against the invading Persian army, led by the ruthless God-King Xerxes. With its revolutionary visual effects, breathtaking battle sequences, and a powerful score by Tyler Bates, the film immerses audiences in a visceral and thrilling cinematic experience.

If you are a fan of "300" or simply intrigued by its soundscape, you can explore and download the film's soundtrack and audio clips from a variety of platforms. Dive into the world of the Spartans and relive their courageous fight against overwhelming odds by immersing yourself in the sounds of "300".

A beast approaches...
A fine thrust.
A good start.
A handful stay.
A new age has begun.
A Persian emissary awaits Leonidas.
A Persian messenger awaits you.
A scouting party.
A simple offering of earth and water...
A single weak spot and the phalanx shatters.
A tale of victory.
A thousand nations of the Persian Empire descend upon you.
All Greece will fall.
All his 40 years have been a straight road...
All men are not created equal. That's the Spartan code, my little queen.
All the God King Xerxes requires is this:
All with born sons to carry on their name.
An age of freedom.
An army of slaves, vast beyond imagining, ready to devour tiny Greece.
And all will know that 300 Spartans...
And before this battle was over...
And by Spartan law, we will stand and fight...
And do you think your pathetic wall will do anything...
And from there, we will funnel them into the mountain pass we call the Hot Gates.
And I would die for any one of mine.
And if those philosophers and boy lovers have found that kind of nerve, then
And now, as then, a beast approaches.
And now, as then, it's not fear that grips him...
And one more thing...
And our honored dead.
And so my king died...
And upon seeing the headless body of his own young son...
And wave after wave of Persian attack...
And when Sparta burns, you shall bathe in gold.
And while you"re at it, search your own.
And with a little Spartan help...
And you can arrange for me to speak to the council?
And you, Arcadian. What is your profession?
Arcadian...
As did you.
As simple an order as a king can give.
Astinos!
Astinos!
At age 7, as is customary in Sparta...
BAKER: This is a surprise. DAXOS: Silence.
Battle formations.
Be unfortunate if anything were to happen to him.
Because it seems...
Because only Spartan women give birth to real men.
Before wounds and weariness have taken their toll...
Besides...
Bold Leonidas gives testament to our bloodline.
Brave amateurs, they do their part.
Brothers, fathers, sons...
But accepting it...
But don't think that you...
But I am a generous god. I can make you rich beyond all measure.
But I am kind.
But it doesn't change the fact that your husband has brought war upon us.
But most importantly, send our army for hope.
But not you, no.
But the... .
But there's no question, we face the most massive army ever assembled.
But these footprints... .
But this beast is made of men and horses...
But what of adultery?
But why would I want to do that?
But you bring only this handful of soldiers against Xerxes?
But you have another talent unlike any other Spartan.
But, sire, I am fit and ready for battle.
By morning, the Immortals will surround us. The Hot Gates will fall.
By noon this day you will be dead men.
By rod and lash the boy was punished...
CAPTAIN: None, sire.
CAPTAIN: The wall is solid.
CHILD [WHISPERING]: It's quiet now.
Children!
Choose your next words carefully, Leonidas.
Claws of black steel...
Clearly you don't know our women.
Come and get them!
Come back with your shield...
Come, Leonidas.
Consider the beautiful land you so vigorously defend.
Consider the fate of your women.
Councilman Theron. You found yourself needed, for once.
COUNCILMAN: My good king.
Councilmen...
Creatures whom even Leonidas must bribe and beg.
Curses the gods and mourns alone.
Dawn.
Daxos, calm yourself.
DAXOS: There can be no victory here.
Despite your insufferable arrogance...
Despite your several insults, despite your horrid blasphemies...
Did you not receive a similar payment, which you took...
DILIOS: "Goodbye, my love."
DILIOS: Diseased old mystics.
DILIOS: Immortals.
DILIOS: Into hell's mouth we march.
DILIOS: Into the Hot Gates we march.
DILIOS: Only one among us keeps his Spartan reserve.
DILIOS: The ephors, priests to the old gods.
DILIOS: The villagers.
DILIOS: They have served the dark will of Persian kings for 500 years.
DILIOS: They shout and curse...
DILIOS: We do what we were trained to do...
DILIOS: Zeus stabs the sky with thunderbolts...
Dilios.
Dispatch the Phocians to the goat path...
Do it quickly...
Do not play with the members of this sacred chamber, my queen.
Do you love your Sparta?
Doesn't it?
Don't compound them.
Done.
Each Spartan protects the man to his left...
Earn these shields, boys!
Earth and water.
Earthquake.
Easy to taunt, easy to trick.
EPHIALTES: You... .
EPHOR 1: Welcome, Leonidas.
EPHOR 2: The sacred and ancient festival.
EPHOR: "Pray to the winds...
Even here, Theron has eyes and ears which fuel Sparta with doubt and fear.
Even now you are defiant...
Even the king allows himself to hope for more than glory.
Every Greek historian and every scribe shall have their eyes put out...
Every one of them...
Every piece of Greek parchment shall be burned.
Everyone...
Everything you could ever desire...
Eyes as dark as night.
Eyes glowing red...
First...
For from free Greek to free Greek...
For he did not wish tribute or song...
For honor¥s sake, for duty's sake, for glory's sake, we march.
For I am kind.
For the queen?
For unless I miss my guess...
Forgive the captain.
Forward, I say!
Freedom isn't free at all.
Fresh oracles shall be delivered to you...
From the time he could stand, he was baptized in the fire of combat.
From thigh to neck, Ephialtes.
Funneled into this narrow corridor, their numbers count for nothing.
Gather round.
Give thanks, men...
Give them nothing...
Glorious.
Glory? Have you gone mad?
Go now. Run along and tell your Xerxes he faces free men here...
Go spread the word.
Go tell the Spartans, passerby...
Go!
Go! Show the Spartans what we can do.
Godspeed, Leonidas.
Good odds for any Greek.
Good.
GORGO: I"m in your debt. No.
GORGO: Your lips can finish what your fingers have started.
Gulls cawing...
Hardly, my lord. It's just an eye.
Have the gods no mercy?
Have the men found any route through the hills to our back?
He disciplines them.
He doesn't say it.
He goes wild, blood drunk.
He is a good soldier...
He is too young to have felt a woman's warmth.
He leads an army so massive, it shakes the ground with its march.
He speaks truth.
He's broken our laws and left without the council's consent.
Heart?
Hell of a good start.
His actions speak louder than my words ever could.
His form...
His helmet is stifling.
His helmet was stifling.
His roar is long and loud.
His shield is heavy.
His shield was heavy. It threw him off balance...
His wish was simple.
Hold!
Honor the Carneia."
Honor. Duty. Glory.
Hope that a king and his men have not been wasted to the pages of history.
How am I to trust beyond the walls of my own home?
How can this be?
Hubris.
I admire your passion.
I am Ephialtes, born of Sparta.
I am here for all those voices which cannot be heard.
I am not here to represent Leonidas.
I am sorry, my friend.
I am the emissary...
I beg you, bold king, to permit me...
I beg you.
I brought more soldiers than you did.
I can only hope...
I can see it, the two of us standing together.
I come to you as a mother.
I could crush the life out of you right now.
I found them.
I hadn't really thought about it...
I have lived my entire life without regret until now.
I have others to replace him. Astinos is as brave and ready as any.
I hope, for our sake, they exaggerate.
I know your kind too well. You send men to slaughter for your own gain.
I need your help in winning votes to send the army north to our king.
I own that chamber...
I put their number at around 20.
I saw those ships smash on the rocks.
I see I was wrong to expect Sparta's commitment to at least match our own.
I think you know.
I trust that scratch hasn't made you useless?
I trust that scratch hasn't made you useless?
I will do my best to gather our council.
I will earn my father's armor, noble king...
I will erase even the memory of Sparta from the histories.
I will kill many Persians.
I will make you warlord of all Greece.
I wish it were only against me.
I'd prefer you trusted your reason.
I've issued no such orders.
I"m a potter, sir.
I"m here just taking a stroll, stretching my legs.
I"m sorry to disappoint you, it's only water.
I"m sure.
I"m told it's been arranged for you to go before the council.
If it is blood you seek, you are welcome to join us.
If it is reason they want, I will let them know.
If they assassinate me, all of Sparta goes to war.
Imagine what a horrible fate awaits my enemies...
Immortals?
Immortals.
In the end...
Inbred swine.
Instead ask yourself, my dearest love...
Is it poison?
Is such secrecy needed?
It does look like rain.
It has followed us since Sparta.
It is August, Leonidas. The full moon approaches.
It is not a question of what a Spartan citizen should do...
It is the law, my lord.
It isn't wise to stand against me, Leonidas.
It narrowed his vision, and he must see far.
It proves you care for a king who right now fights for the very water we drink.
It takes three men to restrain him and bring him back to our own.
It was his initiation...
It won't be long before they fear my spears...
It would be a regrettable waste...
It would take more than the words of a drunken adolescent girl...
It'll do the job of funneling the Persians into the Hot Gates.
It's an honor to die at your side.
It's an honor to have lived at yours.
It's been more than 30 years since the wolf and the winter cold.
It's been more than 30 years since the wolf in the winter cold.
It's just that I never told him that I loved him the most.
It's not fear that grips him...
It's not the lash they fear...
Jealousy...
Just hours ago, you offered yourself to me.
Just pass that western ridge.
Keep going, you dogs!
Keep them.
King Leonidas.
Lead my soldiers to the hidden path that empties behind the cursed Spartans...
Left to pit his wits and will against nature's fury.
Leonidas is an idealist.
Leonidas will receive no reinforcements, and if he returns, without my help...
Leonidas, my compliments and congratulations.
Leonidas, my compliments and congratulations.
Leonidas, your spear.
Leonidas, your victory will be complete...
LEONIDAS: "Earth and water."
LEONIDAS: Captain, I leave you in charge. CAPTAIN: But sire
LEONIDAS: Daxos.
LEONIDAS: He is your son.
LEONIDAS: Now, the more you sweat here, the less you'll bleed in battle.
LEONIDAS: Recover.
LEONIDAS: Relax, old friend.
LEONIDAS: The Persians claim their forces number in the millions.
Leonidas!
Let every Greek assembled know the truth of this.
Let me guess.
Let us reason together.
Let us walk to cool our tongues.
Let's watch these motherless dogs...
Listen to your fellow Greek.
Listen. Do you think the paltry dozen you slew scares us?
Long I pondered my king's cryptic talk of victory.
Look! Persians.
LOYALIST: I was afraid you might not come.
LOYALIST: Know what, my queen?
LOYALIST: Many on our council would vote to give all we have...
Madman. You"re a madman.
Make him your ally...
Manufactured by 300 years of Spartan warrior society...
May I give the floor now...
May you live forever.
Maybe if I"m injured, you'll be able to keep up with me.
Me, politician. You, warrior. Our voices as one.
More likely offering your backside to the Thespians.
Mothers, daughters, fathers, sons.
Move it, men!
Move out!
Moving...
My captain?
My father taught me...
My father trained me to feel no fear, to make spear and shield and sword...
My friend.
My good king, the oracle has spoken.
My king and queen, I was just entertaining your guests.
My king.
My love.
My men will leave with me.
My queen!
My queen?
My son!
My wife.
No man, Persian or Greek, no man threatens a messenger.
No place for weakness.
No prisoners!
No prisoners. No mercy.
No retreat, no surrender.
No younger than we were the first time you stood next to me in battle.
No!
No.
Not now, I"m a little busy.
Not one step closer, monster!
Not slaves.
Not this darkness. Not these Immortals.
Now, here on this rugged patch of earth called Plataea...
Now, in that narrow corridor, their numbers will count for nothing.
Now, that's a bit of a problem.
Now, what message do you bring?
Now!
Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, Persian.
One hundred nations descend upon us, the armies of all Asia.
Only he.
Only one looks back.
Only retreat or surrender. Or death.
Only the hard and strong may call themselves Spartans.
Only the hard. Only the strong.
Or has the oracle robbed you of your desire as well?
Or to his beautiful mother.
Our arrows will blot out the sun.
Our eyes bear witness to the grotesque spectacle...
Our Greek comrades are begging for a crack at the Persians, sire.
Our hunchback traitor led Xerxes' Immortals to the hidden goat path behind us.
Our king, Leonidas!
Perhaps you should have done the same.
Persian cowards.
PERSIAN EMISSARY: Move!
PERSIAN: No! Ahh!
Picture it reduced to ash at my whim.
Pile those Persians high.
Pompous, inbred swine.
Pray...
Push!
Push!
Push! Push!
Quiet yourself.
Raise your shield.
Ready to snuff out the world's one hope for reason and justice.
Ready your breakfast and eat hearty...
Regroup!
Remember this day, men...
Remnants of a senseless tradition.
Remove her from this chamber before she infects us further...
See, rumor has it...
Send it for justice.
Send it for law and order.
Send it for reason.
Send the army for the preservation of liberty.
Shall I begin to enumerate all of them?
She is a trickster in true form.
She will be wealthier and more powerful than ever before.
Should any free soul come across that place...
Sire, any message... ?
Slaughter them!
So give respect and honor to him, and it will be returned to you.
So that is why my king loses sleep and is forced from the warmth of his bed?
So vast, it drinks the rivers dry.
Soulless.
Sparta wages no war at the time of the Carneia.
Sparta will burn!
Sparta will need sons.
SPARTAN: My king!
Spartans, citizen soldiers, freed slaves.
Spartans, push!
Spartans!
Spartans! Prepare for glory!
Starves them, forces them to steal...
Steady!
STELIOS: Behind us!
STELIOS: Father!
STELIOS: My king! Look!
STELIOS: Our ancestors built this wall...
STELIOS: Perhaps I was so far ahead you couldn't see me.
STELIOS: What happened here?
Stelios!
Stop here!
Submission.
Such an offer only a madman would refuse.
Such mad hope, but there it is:
Taught that death on the battlefield in service to Sparta...
Tell Daxos that I want him...
Tell them our story.
Thank you.
That few stood against many.
That he stood by me with honor.
That is always a difficult time for a Spartan mother.
That is Spartan law.
That is the law.
That is the source of our strength.
That their courage bonds us together.
That we are made stronger by their actions...
That you are, one of the finest.
The captain's cries of pain at the loss of his son...
The child speaks of the Persian ghosts, known from the ancient times.
The cold air in his lungs.
The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one.
The ephors have spoken. There must be no march.
The giant wolf sniffing...
The god king has betrayed a fatal flaw:
The gods saw fit to grace me with a spare.
The idea of kneeling, it's... .
The Immortals.
The old ones say we Spartans are descended from Hercules himself.
The Persians could use it to outflank us.
The Persians will not stop...
The personal guard to King Xerxes himself. The Persian warrior elite.
The Phocians you posted there were scattered without a fight.
The seaborne breeze coolly kissing the sweat at his chest and neck.
The Spartans, too...
The steady breathing of the 300 at his back...
The very bed where you attempted to negotiate with me so vigorously?
The wolf begins to circle the boy.
The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant.
Their beauty is their curse...
Then we will fight in the shade.
Then what is the lesson you would like to leave?
Then why so distant?
There is no glory to be had now.
There is nothing to forgive, brave king. I know what I look like.
There is such a route, good king.
There will be no glory in your sacrifice.
There's no room for softness...
There's only one woman's words that should affect the mood of my husband.
THERON: Ah, there's your mother.
These 300 men are my personal bodyguard.
These hills swarm with our scouts.
They are the hunters of men's souls.
They came with beasts from the blackness.
They cannot be killed or defeated.
They fall by the hundreds.
They make a wondrous mess of things.
They may be your last as king.
They... .
They"re clumsy beasts...
Think of the two days as a gift.
This chamber needs no history lesson, my queen.
This day, we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny...
This is blasphemy. This is madness!
This is Sparta!
This is where we fight!
This is where we hold them.
This will not be over quickly.
This will not be over quickly.
Those are mine.
Those behind cry, '"Forward!'"
Those in front cry, "Back!"
Three hundred families that bleed for our rights...
Three hundred.
Time has proven him wise.
To our king!
To the cliffs.
To the death.
To victory!
Traitor!
Traitor.
True.
True.
Trust not in men...
Trust the gods, Leonidas.
Tuck tail!
Unlike the cruel Leonidas, who demanded that you stand...
Use your reason. Think of your men.
Victory.
Was he not, by your invitation, asked to come to the king's bedchamber?
Watch her carefully.
We are at war, gentlemen.
We are doomed.
We are undone. Undone, I tell you. Destroyed.
We are with you, sire.
We can hold the Hot Gates.
We can win."
We heard Sparta was on the warpath and we were eager to join forces.
We lose few...
We march.
We march...
We must consult the oracle.
We must send them.
We put their name to the test.
We saw but a fraction of the monster that is Xerxes' army.
We will consult the oracle.
We will march north to the coast, where I will make sure
We will use our superior fighting skills...
We'll put their name to the test.
We've been sharing our culture with you all morning.
Wealth. Women.
Well, it's left a nasty cramp in my leg...
Well, let's give them something to drink.
Well, that's an easy choice for us, Arcadian.
Were I a weaker man, I would have her scent on me still.
What can we do?
What can you do?
What do you have to offer...
What does a realist want with his queen?
What is it?
What makes this woman think she can speak among men?
What queen like behavior.
What shall we do?
When muscle failed...
Where are all the people?
Where will you go?
Whips crack. Barbarians howl.
Who commands here?
Whom will Xerxes dare to send next? Whom?!
Why, uttering the very name of Sparta or Leonidas will be punishable by death.
Windswept pines moving against the coming night.
Wise king, I humbly request an audience.
With their claws and fangs...
Words escape even the most cunning tongue...
Worthless remnants of a time before Sparta's ascent from darkness.
Worthless, diseased, rotten...
Xerxes conquers and controls everything he rests his eyes upon.
Xerxes' losses will be so great, his men so demoralized...
Yes, but I did not ask you here for small talk, Theron.
Yes, it will be hard. But also necessary.
Yes, milady?
Yes, milady.
Yes, my lord.
Yes, my lord.
Yes! I want it all.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yield, Leonidas.
You are a good friend...
You are generous...
You are wise as you are kind.
You are wrong!
You are wrong. Xerxes brought it forth...
You bring the crowns and heads of conquered kings to my city steps.
You can be sure of that.
You fight for Sparta.
You fight for your kingship.
You fought well today...
You Greeks take pride in your logic. I suggest you employ it.
You have many slaves, Xerxes...
You insult my queen.
You look shocked. A bribe of the flesh, gentlemen...
You must be Xerxes.
You never spared words with me.
You rode all the way from Persia for earth and water?
You see, slaughtering all those men of yours has... .
You should keep a better eye on him if he's to be king one day.
You surely have turned calamity into victory.
You there...
You threaten my people with slavery and death.
You wear the crimson of a Spartan.
You will be proclaimed warlord of all Greece...
You will carry my battle standard to the heart of Europa.
You will deliver my final orders to the council...
You will find...
You will go before the council, but your words will fall on deaf ears.
You will make a mighty ally.
You will not enjoy this.
You will not enjoy this. I am not your queen.
You will pay for your barbarism!
You will speak before the council in two days' time.
You'll find plenty of both down there.
You'll have a grand tale to tell.
Your Athenian rivals...
Your blasphemies...
Your father should have taught you how our phalanx works.
Your gods were cruel to shape you so, friend Ephialtes.
Your husband, our king, has taken 300 of our finest to slaughter.
Your shield and armor?
Your son starts the agoge next year.
Your sons, your daughters...
Your spear.
Your women will be slaves.
... you fight with your head. Then you fight with your heart.
And you? Blacksmith.
And your king? I do.
But not all of us were made to be soldiers. But I
How dare you. How dare l?
I'll skewer you where you stand. I gave no such order.
I"m simply a realist. You"re an opportunist.
If you want to help in a Spartan victory... Yes.
Is this all of them? As you ordered. Three hundred.
Respect and honor. LEONIDAS: Respect and honor.
Sculptor, sir. Sculptor.
Sire? Raise your shield as high as you can.
That is a lie. Is it?
The Spartan army must not go to war. Nor shall it.
There's much our cultures could share. Haven't you noticed?
This battle is over, Leonidas. This battle is over when I say it is over.
This is outrage. Oh, the hypocrite speaks!
We must be diplomatic. And, of course, Spartans...
We've been tricked. Can't be more than a hundred.
What a pleasant surprise. This morning's full of surprises, Leonidas.
What the hell are you laughing at? Well, you had to say it.
What? "Fight in the shade."
What's this? This is nothing.
You still here? Somebody's gotta watch your back.
... a Spartan's true strength is the warrior next to him.
... a token of Sparta's submission to the will of Xerxes.
... a woman, even a queen...
... all because of a simple misunderstanding.
... and 20 of his best eager, sober and ready for the next charge.
... and batters the Persian ships with hurricane wind.
... and before that, his father Darius at Marathon.
... and by that authority...
... and die.
... and follow Leonidas...
... and for the very principles this room was built upon.
... and her women and children will be slaves or worse.
... and if necessary, to kill.
... and it was King Leonidas himself who provoked it.
... and kneel to holy Xerxes.
... and more, to reward your service.
... and my brothers died...
... and pray to the gods nobody tells the Persians about it.
... and souls as black as hell.
... and that your choices today reflect their bravery.
... and the piled Persian dead are slippery.
... and the terrain of Greece herself to destroy them.
... and their tongues cut from their mouths.
... and usher in a future brighter than anything we can imagine.
... and your valiant troops to perish...
... answerable only to the one true master of the world.
... are more frightening to the enemy than the deepest battle drums.
... as a single, impenetrable unit.
... as if it were built with these hands.
... as much a part of me as my own beating heart.
... as they"re embraced by the loving arms of Greece herself. Come.
... as you are divine...
... at the swords and spears of 300.
... barely a year ago.
... but a bit short on manners.
... but each felled is a friend, or dearest blood.
... but few warriors.
... but me.
... but now that you ask...
... but you must show them favor.
... by rebuilding the great Phocian Wall.
... by serving you in the battle.
... can walk into the council chamber and sway the minds of men.
... clear the battlefield of the dead, tend the wounded, bring them water...
... commanding 30,000 free Greeks!
... complaining even as they feast on the thousands of floating dead.
... corrupt.
... coughed forth from the darkest corner of Xerxes' empire.
... daily...
... does not become you, my friend.
... eloquent, passionate.
... every happiness you can imagine...
... every pleasure your fellow Greeks and your false gods have denied you...
... except fall like a heap of dry leaves in the face of... ?
... feels a very human chill crawl up his spine.
... for a woman.
... for he must respect the word of the ephors.
... for it will be yours for all time.
... for our lands, for our families, for our freedoms.
... for the old wretches have the needs of men...
... for tonight we dine in hell!
... from every corner of the empire.
... from thigh to neck with his shield.
... fur as dark night.
... gave their last breath to defend it.
... have their reputation to consider.
... he said to me.
... he will go to jail or worse.
... he will have no choice but to abandon his campaign.
... he would have been discarded.
... his time in the wild...
... honor the gods.
... I am kind.
... I cannot use you.
... I demand that someone show me your commander.
... I have fought countless times...
... I require only...
... I stand before you not only as your queen.
... I want a uniform.
... I will grant you.
... if you but lay down your arms...
... if you will but kneel at mine.
... in all the countless centuries yet to be...
... in return for my word that I'll help you send our army north?
... in the face of annihilation and the presence of a god.
... in the preservation of not just ourselves, but of our children.
... is held accountable for the words of his voice.
... is that he has so few to sacrifice.
... is there?
... it is my divine power.
... it would be nothing short of madness were you, brave king...
... jewels from the pit of hell itself.
... know that in Sparta everyone, even a king's messenger...
... knowing full well what merciless horrors they suffered...
... laid down their lives not just for Sparta...
... lest I be discarded.
... let's take a walk.
... like all Spartans, he was inspected.
... listen carefully, Leonidas.
... makes you stronger.
... may all our voices...
... my little whore queen.
... nor a husband, nor a king.
... nor monuments, nor poems of war and valor.
... not for the king.
... not in Sparta.
... not slaves.
... O king of kings.
... only restlessness. A heightened sense of things.
... or not at all.
... perfect.
... ready to die for him without a moment's pause.
... ready to die.
... returns to his people, to sacred Sparta, a king!
... savoring the scent of the meal to come.
... sheer terror gripping tight their hearts...
... slave or king, is above the law.
... so far from home...
... so kneeling will be hard for me.
... Sparta will fall.
... stabbing wildly, more brawlers than warriors.
... sword and bone, and flesh and blood.
... swords and spears.
... taught to show no pain, no mercy.
... that even a god king can bleed.

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