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Yes, Ellas.
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Of course I'll speak to him
about you and Phylon.
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You two should be married.
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What could be keeping him so long?
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He went straight to the council
without even stopping to see me.
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- He's never done that before.
- But, Aunt Gorgo, this is a dangerous time.
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Everyone is talking about the war
and our men marching north.
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Do you think that...
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- I didn't even greet you. Forgive me.
- And you haven't asked about your son.
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- How is he? Is he well?
- Is he well?
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Today he fought with his toy sword
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against a boy a whole head taller than he,
and he defeated him.
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You could hear his war cry
all the way to the marketplace.
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Strong lungs are no proof of wisdom.
:30:56
You should have heard
Xenathon speak tonight.
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Shouting the isolation of Sparta.
He made me sick.
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- But he loves our country.
- Not as much as he hates Athens.
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He can never forget his two sons
were killed by the Athenians in battle.
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Dead children are not easy to forget,
Leonidas.
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To remember is one thing.
To grow bitter in hatred, that's another.
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That man is dangerous. He could sway
that council to put me in a terrible position.
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I could not disobey,
and I cannot break my word.
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What word?
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I promised Themistocles
to lead my men in defence of Thermopylae.
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Thermopylae?
But that's so far away from Sparta.
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To a Greek, no part of Greece is far away.
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You are tired, my love.
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Before the sun rises you must rest.
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It's past midnight.
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See how dark the sky is.
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When you left for Corinth,
I went to see Megistias, the old priest.