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Greetings.
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- Greetings, King Leotychidis.
- Greetings, King Leonidas.
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Greetings, friends.
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I bear important news.
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Sparta has been selected
to lead the united Greek cities
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in the war against Persia
both on land and on the sea.
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Athens has surrendered
her naval leadership to us.
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- But the council decides how Sparta acts.
- Of course. But the council must act quickly.
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Why?
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In order that we reach
the first line of defence in time.
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- Where might that be?
- The pass of Thermopylae.
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Of course - the pass that protects Athens.
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No! It's the pass that protects Greece.
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Mere cities don't matter now.
It is Greece that counts!
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Only by being united
can we hope to avoid slavery.
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I am no politician.
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But I will plead this cause until the moon
wanes and the night brings forth a new day.
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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.
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You should have heard
Xenathon speak tonight.
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Shouting the isolation of Sparta.
He made me sick.