a grand
tale to tell.
A tale of victory.
Victory.
Yes, my lord.
Sire, any message... ?
... for the queen ?
None that need be spoken.
Hundreds leave.
A handful stay.
Only one looks back.
Spartans !
Ready your breakfast
and eat hearty.
For tonight we dine in Hell !
May I give the floor now to the wife
of Leonidas and queen of Sparta.
Councilmen.
I stand before you
not only as your queen.
I come to you as a mother.
I come to you as a wife.
I come to you
as a Spartan woman.
I come to you
with great humility.
I am not here to represent
Leonidas.
His actions speak louder
than my words ever could.
I am here for all those voices
which cannot be heard.
Mothers, daughters, fathers, sons.
Three hundred families
that bleed for our rights
and for the very principles
this room is built upon.
We're at war, gentlemen.
We must send the entire spartan
army to aid our king
in the preservation of not just
ourselves but of our children.
Send the army for
the preservation of liberty.
Send it for justice.
Send it for law and order.
Send it for reason.
But, most importantly,
send our army for hope.
Hope that the king and his men have
not been wasted in the pages of history.
That their courage
bonds us together.
That we are made stronger
by their actions.
And that your choices today
reflect their bravery.
Three hundred.
Moving.
Eloquent, passionate.
But it doesn't change the fact
that your husband has brought war upon us.
You are wrong.
Xerxes brought it forth
and before that,
his father, Darius, at Marathon.
The Persians will not stop until
the only shelter we will find
is rubble and chaos.
This chamber needs
no history lesson, my queen.
Then what is the lesson
you would like to leave ?
Shall I begin to enumerate
all of them ?
Honor, duty, glory.
You speak of honor ?
Duty ? Glory ?
But what of adultery ?
- How dare you ?
- How dare I ?
Watch her, carefully.
She is a trickster
in true form.
Do not play with the members
of this sacred chambers, my queen.
Just hours ago, you offered
yourself to me.
Were I a weaker man,
I'd have her scent on me still.
- This is outrage.
- Ah, the hypocrite speaks.
Did you not receive
a similar payment ?
Which you took in exchange for her
having an audience with these noble men.
- That is a lie.
- Is it ?
Was he not, by your invitation, asked
to come the king's bedchamber ?
The very bed where you attempted
to negotiate with me
so vigorously.
You look shocked.
A bribe of the flesh,
gentlemen,
whilst her husband
promotes anarchy and war.
Words escape even
the most cunning tongues.
My little whore queen.
What queen-like behaviour !
Remove her from this chamber
before she infects us further
with her inglorious
and filthy self.
This will not be over quickly.
You will not enjoy this.
I am not your queen.
Traitor.
Traitor, traitor, traitor.
Leonidas.
My compliments.
And congratulations.
You surely have turned calamity
to victory.
Despite your insufferable
arrogance,
the God King has come to admire
Spartan valor
and fighting skills.
You will make a mighty ally.
Yield, Leonidas.
Use your reason.
Think of your men.
I beg you.
Listen to your fellow Greek.
He can attest to the divine
one's generosity.
Despite your several insults,
despite your horrid
blasphemies,
the lord of hosts is prepared
to forgive all.
And more: to reward
your service.
You fight for your lands.
Keep them.
You fight for Sparta.
She will be wealthier and more
powerful than ever before.
You fight for your kingship.
You will be proclaimed warlord
of all Greece.
Answerable only to the one
true master of the world.
Leonidas. Your victory
will be complete.
If you but lay down your arms
and kneel to holy Xerxes.
It's been more than 30 years
since the wind and the winter cold.
And now, as then, it's not
fear that grips him.
Only restlesness.
A heightened sense of things.
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