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'''King Leonidas I:''' ... Submission... Well, that's a bit of a problem. See rumor has it, the ''Athenians'' have already turned you down. And if those philosophers and... "boy-lovers" have found that kind of nerve...\\
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'''King Leonidas I:''' ... Submission... Well, that's a bit of a problem. See See, rumor has it, the ''Athenians'' have already turned you down. And if those philosophers and... "boy-lovers" have found that kind of nerve...\\
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'''Envoy:''' Choose your next words carefully, Leonidas. They may be your last, as king.\\
''(Leonidas turns and ponders the offer. He observes his beloved country and his people meaningfully, to finally focus on Queen Gorgo)''\\
''(Leonidas turns and ponders the offer. He observes his beloved country and his people meaningfully, to finally focus on Queen Gorgo)''\\
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'''Envoy:''' Choose your next words carefully, Leonidas. They may be your last, last as king.\\
''(Leonidas turns and ponders the offer. He observes his beloved country and his people meaningfully, to finally focus on QueenGorgo)''\\Gorgo.)''\\
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''(having made up his mind, he draws his sword on the Persian envoy, [[TooDumbtoLive whose back is to a large well]]. Artemis and his Spartan Soldiers follow suit and draw their swords on the envoy's guards, disarming and arresting them)''\\
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'''Leonidas:''' [[ExactWords Earth and water...]] [[DeadpanSnarker You'll find plenty of both down there]].\\
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'''Leonidas:''' [[ExactWords Earth and water...]] [[DeadpanSnarker You'll find plenty of both down there]].\\there.]]\\
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'''Envoy:''' [[VillainousBreakdown This is]] ''[[VillainousBreakdown blasphemy]]''! [[VillainousBreakdown THIS IS]] ''[[VillainousBreakdown MADNESS]]''[[VillainousBreakdown !]]\\
''(Leonidas lowers his sword, seemingly repentant after nearly committing this taboo, he looks back to his wife, who after a pause reverse nods, giving him her blessing for what's to come)''\\
''(Leonidas lowers his sword, seemingly repentant after nearly committing this taboo, he looks back to his wife, who after a pause reverse nods, giving him her blessing for what's to come)''\\
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'''Envoy:''' [[VillainousBreakdown [[ThisCannotBe This is]] ''[[VillainousBreakdown blasphemy]]''! ''[[ThisCannotBe blasphemy!]]'' [[VillainousBreakdown THIS IS]] ''[[VillainousBreakdown MADNESS]]''[[VillainousBreakdown !]]\\
MADNESS!]]''\\
''(Leonidas lowers his sword, seemingly repentant after nearly committing thistaboo, he taboo. He looks back to his wife, who after a pause reverse nods, nods to him, giving him her blessing for what's to come)''\\come.)''\\
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-->--''The exchange involving Stelios's famous BadassBoast''[[note]]While some aspects may be embellished, in the film and the source material, according to Herodotus. [[TruthInTelevision THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED]] But it was an official emissary who '''PROBABLY''' (we can't know for certain...) didn't show up on the back of slaves or lose a hand.[[/note]]
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-->--''The exchange involving Stelios's famous BadassBoast''[[note]]While some aspects may be embellished, in the film and the source material, according to Herodotus. [[TruthInTelevision THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED]] But Herodotus, ''[[TruthInTelevision this actually happened]]''...but it was an official emissary who '''PROBABLY''' '''probably''' (we can't know for certain...) certain) didn't show up on the back of slaves or lose a hand.[[/note]]
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'''Leonidas:''' PERSIANS! [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molon_labe COME AND GET THEM]]!
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'''Leonidas:''' PERSIANS! [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molon_labe COME AND GET THEM]]!THEM!]]
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'''Leonidas:''' PERSIANS! [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molon_labe COME AND GET THEM]]!\\
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'''Leonidas:''' PERSIANS! [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molon_labe COME AND GET THEM]]!\\THEM]]!
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'''Stelios:''' ''(grins)'' Then we will fight in the shade.\\
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'''Stelios:''' ''(grins)'' Then we will fight in the shade.\\
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-->'''Persian Envoy:''' If you value your lives over complete annihilation, listen carefully, Leonidas. Xerxes conquers and controls everything he rests his eyes upon. He leads an army so massive it shakes the ground with its march, so vast it drinks the rivers dry. All the God-King Xerxes requires is this: a simple offering of earth and water. A token of Sparta's submission to the will of Xerxes.
-->'''King Leonidas I:''' ... Submission... Well, that's a bit of a problem. See rumor has it, the ''Athenians'' have already turned you down. And if those philosophers and... "boy-lovers" have found that kind of nerve...
-->'''Theron:''' We must be diplomatic--
-->'''Leonidas:''' ''(cutting him off)'' And, of course, ''Spartans''... have their reputation to consider.
-->'''Envoy:''' Choose your next words carefully, Leonidas. They may be your last, as king.
-->''(Leonidas turns and ponders the offer. He observes his beloved country and his people meaningfully, to finally focus on Queen Gorgo)''
-->'''Leonidas:''' ''(internally)'' Earth and water...
-->''(having made up his mind, he draws his sword on the Persian envoy, [[TooDumbtoLive whose back is to a large well]]. Artemis and his Spartan Soldiers follow suit and draw their swords on the envoy's guards, disarming and arresting them)''
-->'''Envoy:''' Madman... You're a madman!
-->'''Leonidas:''' [[ExactWords Earth and water...]] [[DeadpanSnarker You'll find plenty of both down there]].
-->'''Envoy:''' ''(frantic)'' No man, Persian or Greek, ''no man'' threatens a messenger!
-->'''Leonidas:''' You bring the crowned heads of conquered kings to ''my'' city's steps! You ''insult'' my queen. You threaten my people with ''slavery'' and ''death''! [[ExactWords Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, Persian.]] [[TooDumbToLive Perhaps you should have done the same.]]
-->'''Envoy:''' This is ''blasphemy''! THIS IS ''MADNESS''!
-->''(Leonidas lowers his sword, seemingly repentant after nearly committing this taboo, he looks back to his wife, who after a pause reverse nods, giving him her blessing for what's to come)''
-->'''Leonidas''': ''(facing the envoy)'' [[TranquilFury Madness?]] '''''[[SuddenlyShouting THIS!]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis IS!]] [[PreMortemOneLiner SPAR]]-[[MemeticMutation TA!!!]]'''''
-->''(pankration kicks the Persian messenger straight in the solar plexus sending him flying into the near bottomless depths of the well)''
-->'''King Leonidas I:''' ... Submission... Well, that's a bit of a problem. See rumor has it, the ''Athenians'' have already turned you down. And if those philosophers and... "boy-lovers" have found that kind of nerve...
-->'''Theron:''' We must be diplomatic--
-->'''Leonidas:''' ''(cutting him off)'' And, of course, ''Spartans''... have their reputation to consider.
-->'''Envoy:''' Choose your next words carefully, Leonidas. They may be your last, as king.
-->''(Leonidas turns and ponders the offer. He observes his beloved country and his people meaningfully, to finally focus on Queen Gorgo)''
-->'''Leonidas:''' ''(internally)'' Earth and water...
-->''(having made up his mind, he draws his sword on the Persian envoy, [[TooDumbtoLive whose back is to a large well]]. Artemis and his Spartan Soldiers follow suit and draw their swords on the envoy's guards, disarming and arresting them)''
-->'''Envoy:''' Madman... You're a madman!
-->'''Leonidas:''' [[ExactWords Earth and water...]] [[DeadpanSnarker You'll find plenty of both down there]].
-->'''Envoy:''' ''(frantic)'' No man, Persian or Greek, ''no man'' threatens a messenger!
-->'''Leonidas:''' You bring the crowned heads of conquered kings to ''my'' city's steps! You ''insult'' my queen. You threaten my people with ''slavery'' and ''death''! [[ExactWords Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, Persian.]] [[TooDumbToLive Perhaps you should have done the same.]]
-->'''Envoy:''' This is ''blasphemy''! THIS IS ''MADNESS''!
-->''(Leonidas lowers his sword, seemingly repentant after nearly committing this taboo, he looks back to his wife, who after a pause reverse nods, giving him her blessing for what's to come)''
-->'''Leonidas''': ''(facing the envoy)'' [[TranquilFury Madness?]] '''''[[SuddenlyShouting THIS!]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis IS!]] [[PreMortemOneLiner SPAR]]-[[MemeticMutation TA!!!]]'''''
-->''(pankration kicks the Persian messenger straight in the solar plexus sending him flying into the near bottomless depths of the well)''
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-->'''King
'''King Leonidas I:''' ... Submission... Well, that's a bit of a problem. See rumor has it, the ''Athenians'' have already turned you down. And if those philosophers and... "boy-lovers" have found that kind of
-->'''Theron:'''
'''Theron:''' We must be
-->'''Leonidas:'''
'''Leonidas:''' ''(cutting him off)'' And, of course, ''Spartans''... have their reputation to
-->'''Envoy:'''
'''Envoy:''' Choose your next words carefully, Leonidas. They may be your last, as
-->''(Leonidas
''(Leonidas turns and ponders the offer. He observes his beloved country and his people meaningfully, to finally focus on Queen
-->'''Leonidas:'''
'''Leonidas:''' ''(internally)'' Earth and
-->''(having
''(having made up his mind, he draws his sword on the Persian envoy, [[TooDumbtoLive whose back is to a large well]]. Artemis and his Spartan Soldiers follow suit and draw their swords on the envoy's guards, disarming and arresting
-->'''Envoy:'''
'''Envoy:''' [[YoureInsane Madman... You're a
-->'''Leonidas:'''
'''Leonidas:''' [[ExactWords Earth and water...]] [[DeadpanSnarker You'll find plenty of both down there]].
'''Envoy:''' ''(frantic)'' [[VillainousBreakdown No man, Persian or
-->'''Leonidas:'''
'''Leonidas:''' You bring the crowned heads of conquered kings to ''my'' city's steps! You ''insult'' my queen. You threaten my people with ''slavery'' and ''death''!
-->'''Envoy:'''
'''Envoy:''' [[VillainousBreakdown This
-->''(Leonidas
''(Leonidas lowers his sword, seemingly repentant after nearly committing this taboo, he looks back to his wife, who after a pause reverse nods, giving him her blessing for what's to
-->'''Leonidas''':
'''Leonidas''': ''(facing the envoy)'' [[TranquilFury Madness?]] '''''[[SuddenlyShouting THIS!]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis IS!]] [[PreMortemOneLiner SPAR]]-[[MemeticMutation
-->''(pankration
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-->'''Persian Slave-driver:''' ''(encountering a group of Greeks building a wall to hold off the Persians)'' I am the emissary to the ruler of all the world, the god of gods, king of kings, and by ''that'' authority, I demand that ''someone'' show me your commander!
-->''(he is ignored by the Greeks)''
-->'''Slave-driver:''' Listen. Do you think the paltry dozen you slew scare us? These hills ''swarm'' with our scouts! And do you think your pathetic wall will do anything other than ''fall'' like a heap of dry leaves in the face of...
-->''(realises that the stone wall is partially made up of Persian corpses)''
-->'''Stelios:''' Our ancestors built this wall, using ancient stones from the bosom of Greece herself. And with a little Spartan help, your Persian scouts provided the mortar!
-->'''Slave-driver:''' You will pay for your BARBARISM! ''(swings his whip to strike Stelios, who surges forward, leaps toward him in one bound and chops his weapon-hand off bellow the elbow, in mid-air)'' My arm!
-->'''Stelios:''' It's not ''yours'' any more. Go now, run along and tell your Xerxes that he faces ''free men'' here, not slaves. Do it quickly, before we decide to make our wall just a little bit bigger.
-->'''Slave-driver:''' ''(panting in pain and fury)'' No, ''not'' slaves. Your ''women'' will be slaves. Your ''sons'', your ''daughters'', your ''elders'' will be slaves, but not you! By noon this day, you will all be dead men! The thousand nations of the Persian Empire ''descend'' upon you! Our arrows will blot out the sun!
-->'''Stelios:''' ''(grins)'' Then we will fight in the shade.
--->--''The exchange involving Stelios's famous BadassBoast''[[note]]While some aspects may be embellished, in the film and the source material, according to Herodotus. [[TruthInTelevision THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED]] But it was an official emissary who '''PROBABLY''' (we can't know for certain...) didn't show up on the back of slaves or lose a hand.[[/note]]
-->''(he is ignored by the Greeks)''
-->'''Slave-driver:''' Listen. Do you think the paltry dozen you slew scare us? These hills ''swarm'' with our scouts! And do you think your pathetic wall will do anything other than ''fall'' like a heap of dry leaves in the face of...
-->''(realises that the stone wall is partially made up of Persian corpses)''
-->'''Stelios:''' Our ancestors built this wall, using ancient stones from the bosom of Greece herself. And with a little Spartan help, your Persian scouts provided the mortar!
-->'''Slave-driver:''' You will pay for your BARBARISM! ''(swings his whip to strike Stelios, who surges forward, leaps toward him in one bound and chops his weapon-hand off bellow the elbow, in mid-air)'' My arm!
-->'''Stelios:''' It's not ''yours'' any more. Go now, run along and tell your Xerxes that he faces ''free men'' here, not slaves. Do it quickly, before we decide to make our wall just a little bit bigger.
-->'''Slave-driver:''' ''(panting in pain and fury)'' No, ''not'' slaves. Your ''women'' will be slaves. Your ''sons'', your ''daughters'', your ''elders'' will be slaves, but not you! By noon this day, you will all be dead men! The thousand nations of the Persian Empire ''descend'' upon you! Our arrows will blot out the sun!
-->'''Stelios:''' ''(grins)'' Then we will fight in the shade.
--->--''The exchange involving Stelios's famous BadassBoast''[[note]]While some aspects may be embellished, in the film and the source material, according to Herodotus. [[TruthInTelevision THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED]] But it was an official emissary who '''PROBABLY''' (we can't know for certain...) didn't show up on the back of slaves or lose a hand.[[/note]]
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-->''(he
''(he is ignored by the
-->'''Slave-driver:'''
'''Slave-driver:''' Listen. Do you think the paltry dozen you slew scare us? These hills ''swarm'' with our scouts! And do you think your pathetic wall will do anything other than ''fall'' like a heap of dry leaves in the face of...
''(realises that the stone wall is partially made up of Persian
-->'''Stelios:'''
'''Stelios:''' Our ancestors built this wall, using ancient stones from the bosom of Greece herself. And with a little Spartan help, your Persian scouts provided the
-->'''Slave-driver:'''
'''Slave-driver:''' You will pay for your BARBARISM! ''(swings his whip to strike Stelios, who surges forward, leaps toward him in one bound and chops his weapon-hand off bellow the elbow, in mid-air)'' My
-->'''Stelios:'''
'''Stelios:''' It's not ''yours'' any more. Go now, run along and tell your Xerxes that he faces ''free men'' here, not slaves. Do it quickly, before we decide to make our wall just a little bit
-->'''Slave-driver:'''
'''Slave-driver:''' ''(panting in pain and fury)'' No, ''not'' slaves. Your ''women'' will be slaves. Your ''sons'', your ''daughters'', your ''elders'' will be slaves, but not you! By noon this day, you will all be dead men! The thousand nations of the Persian Empire ''descend'' upon you! Our arrows will blot out the
-->'''Stelios:'''
'''Stelios:''' ''(grins)'' Then we will fight in the
--->--''The
-->--''The exchange involving Stelios's famous BadassBoast''[[note]]While some aspects may be embellished, in the film and the source material, according to Herodotus. [[TruthInTelevision THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED]] But it was an official emissary who '''PROBABLY''' (we can't know for certain...) didn't show up on the back of slaves or lose a hand.[[/note]]
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-->'''King Leonidas I:''' ''THIS'' is where we hold them! ''THIS'' is where we ''FIGHT''! THIS IS WHERE ''THEY DIE''!
-->'''Captain Artemis:''' EARN THESE SHIELDS, BOYS!
-->'''The Three Hundred:''' HAROO!
-->'''Leonidas:''' Remember this day, men. For it will be ''yours'' -- ''for all time''.
-->''(a mounted Persian Officer rides through his ranks to address the Spartans ahead)''
-->'''Officer:''' Spartans! Lay down your weapons!
-->''(their response is a javelin which flies up high from the pass and nails him from a good two hundred yards away on the descent; the look of stunned surprise on his dead features after he topples from his horse is priceless)''
-->'''Leonidas:''' PERSIANS! [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molon_labe COME AND GET THEM]]!
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-->'''Captain Artemis:''' EARN THESE SHIELDS, BOYS!
-->'''The Three Hundred:''' HAROO!
-->'''Leonidas:''' Remember this day, men. For it will be ''yours'' -- ''for all time''.
-->''(a mounted Persian Officer rides through his ranks to address the Spartans ahead)''
-->'''Officer:''' Spartans! Lay down your weapons!
-->''(their response is a javelin which flies up high from the pass and nails him from a good two hundred yards away on the descent; the look of stunned surprise on his dead features after he topples from his horse is priceless)''
-->'''Leonidas:''' PERSIANS! [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molon_labe COME AND GET THEM]]!
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-->'''Captain
'''Captain Artemis:''' EARN THESE SHIELDS,
-->'''The
'''The Three Hundred:'''
-->'''Leonidas:'''
'''Leonidas:''' Remember this day, men. For it will be ''yours'' -- ''for all time''.
''(a mounted Persian Officer rides through his ranks to address the Spartans
-->'''Officer:'''
'''Officer:''' Spartans! Lay down your
-->''(their
''(their response is a javelin which flies up high from the pass and nails him from a good two hundred yards away on the descent; the look of stunned surprise on his dead features after he topples from his horse is
-->'''Leonidas:'''
'''Leonidas:''' PERSIANS! [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molon_labe COME AND GET
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-->"Children, gather around... "No retreat, No Surrender." That is Spartan Law. And by Spartan Law, we will stand and fight!... And die... A new age has begun... An age of freedom! And all will know that Three Hundred Spartans, gave their last breath to defend it!
--->--''Leonidas's RousingSpeech, prior to their final stand at the Hot Gates, after Daxos communicated the bad news to the Spartans, and having declared to retreat from the battle with the rest of his Akkadian army.''
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-->"Remember us." As simple an order as a king can give. "Remember ''why'' we died."
-->For he did not wish tribute nor song... No monuments, no poems of war and valor. His wish was simple: "remember us," he said to me.
-->That was his hope. Should any free soul come across that place, in all the countless centuries yet to be, may all our voices whisper to you from the ageless stones... "Go tell the Spartans, passer-by, that here, by Spartan law, we lie."
-->And so my king died... and my brothers died...
-->Barely a year ago... long I pondered my king's cryptic talk of victory; time has proven him wise. For from free Greek to free Greek, the word was spread that bold Leonidas and his three hundred, so far from home, laid down their lives, not just for Sparta, but for all Greece and the promise this country holds.
-->Now, here on this ragged patch of earth called Plataea, XERXES' HORDES FACE ''OBLITERATION''!! ''(the other Greeks reply with a chorus of "HAROO!")''
-->Just there the barbarians huddle, sheer terror gripping tight -- their hearts with icy fingers, knowing full well what merciless horrors they suffered at the swords and spears of three hundred.
-->Yet they stare now across the plains at ''ten thousand Spartans'' commanding ''thirty thousand free Greeks!''
-->''(addressing the army)'' ''HAHOO''! ''(the Greeks reply with three "HAHOO!!"s, as homage to the Three Hundred Spartans)''
-->The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one! Good odds for any Greek. This day we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny, and usher in a future brighter than anything we could imagine...!
-->''GIVE THANKS, MEN!'' To Leonidas, and the brave three hundred! '''''TO VICTORY!!!'''''
--->--''Leonidas's RousingSpeech, prior to their final stand at the Hot Gates, after Daxos communicated the bad news to the Spartans, and having declared to retreat from the battle with the rest of his Akkadian army.''
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-->"Remember us." As simple an order as a king can give. "Remember ''why'' we died."
-->For he did not wish tribute nor song... No monuments, no poems of war and valor. His wish was simple: "remember us," he said to me.
-->That was his hope. Should any free soul come across that place, in all the countless centuries yet to be, may all our voices whisper to you from the ageless stones... "Go tell the Spartans, passer-by, that here, by Spartan law, we lie."
-->And so my king died... and my brothers died...
-->Barely a year ago... long I pondered my king's cryptic talk of victory; time has proven him wise. For from free Greek to free Greek, the word was spread that bold Leonidas and his three hundred, so far from home, laid down their lives, not just for Sparta, but for all Greece and the promise this country holds.
-->Now, here on this ragged patch of earth called Plataea, XERXES' HORDES FACE ''OBLITERATION''!! ''(the other Greeks reply with a chorus of "HAROO!")''
-->Just there the barbarians huddle, sheer terror gripping tight -- their hearts with icy fingers, knowing full well what merciless horrors they suffered at the swords and spears of three hundred.
-->Yet they stare now across the plains at ''ten thousand Spartans'' commanding ''thirty thousand free Greeks!''
-->''(addressing the army)'' ''HAHOO''! ''(the Greeks reply with three "HAHOO!!"s, as homage to the Three Hundred Spartans)''
-->The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one! Good odds for any Greek. This day we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny, and usher in a future brighter than anything we could imagine...!
-->''GIVE THANKS, MEN!'' To Leonidas, and the brave three hundred! '''''TO VICTORY!!!'''''
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--->--''Leonidas's
-->--''Leonidas's RousingSpeech, prior to their final stand at the Hot Gates, after Daxos communicated the bad news to the Spartans, and having declared to retreat from the battle with the rest of his Akkadian army.''
-->"Remember
->"Remember us." As simple an order as a king can give. "Remember ''why'' we died.
-->For
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For he did not wish tribute nor song... No monuments, no poems of war and valor. His wish was simple: "remember us," he said to me.
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That was his hope. Should any free soul come across that place, in all the countless centuries yet to be, may all our voices whisper to you from the ageless stones... "Go tell the Spartans, passer-by, that here, by Spartan law, we lie.
-->And
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And so my king died... and my brothers died...
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Barely a year ago... long I pondered my king's cryptic talk of victory; time has proven him wise. For from free Greek to free Greek, the word was spread that bold Leonidas and his three hundred, so far from home, laid down their lives, not just for Sparta, but for all Greece and the promise this country holds.
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Now, here on this ragged patch of earth called Plataea, XERXES' HORDES FACE ''OBLITERATION''!! ''(the other Greeks reply with a chorus of
-->Just
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Just there the barbarians huddle, sheer terror gripping tight -- their hearts with icy fingers, knowing full well what merciless horrors they suffered at the swords and spears of three
-->Yet
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Yet they stare now across the plains at ''ten thousand Spartans'' commanding ''thirty thousand free
-->''(addressing
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''(addressing the army)'' ''HAHOO''! ''(the Greeks reply with three "HAHOO!!"s, as homage to the Three Hundred
-->The
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The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one! Good odds for any Greek. This day we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny, and usher in a future brighter than anything we could imagine...
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''GIVE THANKS, MEN!'' To Leonidas, and the brave three hundred! '''''TO
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-->--'''Dilios's RousingSpeech [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RoYIpgFo9E before the Greek Army]], before beginning [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plataea The Battle of Plataea]]'''
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-->"Children, gather around... "No retreat, No Surrender." That is Spartan Law. And by Spartan Law, we will stand and fight!... And die... A new age has begun... An age of freedom! And all will know that Three Hundred Spartans, gave their last breath to defend it!
--->--''Leonidas's RousingSpeech, prior to their final stand at the Hot Gates, after Daxos communicated the bad news to the Spartans, and having declared to retreat from the battle with the rest of his Akkadian army.''
-->"Children, gather around... "No retreat, No Surrender." That is Spartan Law. And by Spartan Law, we will stand and fight!... And die... A new age has begun... An age of freedom! And all will know that Three Hundred Spartans, gave their last breath to defend it!
--->--''Leonidas's RousingSpeech, prior to their final stand at the Hot Gates, after Daxos communicated the bad news to the Spartans, and having declared to retreat from the battle with the rest of his Akkadian army.''
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-->''(having made up his mind, he draws his sword on the Persian envoy, whose back is to a large well. Artemis and his Spartan Soldiers follow suit and draw their swords on the envoy's guards, disarming and arresting them)''
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-->''(having made up his mind, he draws his sword on the Persian envoy, [[TooDumbtoLive whose back is to a large well.well]]. Artemis and his Spartan Soldiers follow suit and draw their swords on the envoy's guards, disarming and arresting them)''
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-->'''Envoy''' Choose your next words carefully, Leonidas. They may be your last, as king.
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