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Has it a wooden wall now?
Answer me. Yes or no?
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- Yes.
- A wooden wall?
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A splendid one. I know how splendid
because I've supervised its building.
:17:13
Our new Athenian ships, manned
by the bravest sailors in the world.
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There is our wooden wall.
:17:21
The wall far-seeing Jove
declares shall keep us safe.
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The gods don't lie.
:17:29
Shall we not heed their words,
:17:32
rather than listen to fools,
thieves, and blasphemous cowards?
:17:39
- This is an insult!
- Following divine advice,
:17:44
Athens shall fight to her victory.
:17:46
A victory she invites all Greece to join.
:17:54
Speak, friend.
:17:56
I represent Phocis.
:17:58
We are a small state.
We can field but 1,000 soldiers.
:18:02
Who will help us if we fight?
Will Sparta come to our defence?
:18:06
Sparta! Sparta!
:18:10
The delegate from Phocis
asks the vital question.
:18:13
Athens has ships,
but Sparta has the finest army in Greece.
:18:18
Sir, is it not fitting that we now
hear from the representative of Sparta?
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King Leonidas of Sparta.
:18:29
A Spartan king cannot act
without the authority of his people.
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But I know my people.
And I know they will fight.
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Will they lead all others?
:18:45
Sparta will fight
:18:47
whether others will follow or not.
:18:53
- Sir.
- Yes?
:18:55
You will hear words never before uttered
in the history of our country.