1:08:01
But Toris knows that every night
her man will be sleeping at her side.
1:08:04
They live for themselves. They do no harm.
1:08:08
Is it a crime to want to live in peace?
1:08:12
No, Ellas. But you shouldn't speak like that.
1:08:16
- Why, you yourself gave me the shield.
- I know. I know it all.
1:08:20
I know that for a Spartan,
life is a kind of preparation for death.
1:08:25
But why should a love like ours go down
and be trampled in dirt and blood?
1:08:30
We must be ready to die for our country.
But we don't have to die.
1:08:35
- I want to live and come to you with victory.
- Victory? Did you see the enemy out there?
1:08:41
And there are only 300 of you.
1:08:43
We have men from other cities. Good men.
1:08:45
Everybody expects the Spartans to die first.
1:08:48
- Why hasn't the Spartan army arrived?
- They will come.
1:08:52
- When?
- I don't know, but they will come.
1:08:55
Our people won't abandon us.
1:09:05
- Those are the horses of Leonidas.
- That's my aunt's servant riding them.
1:09:10
It must be an important message from Sparta.
I must get back to camp.
1:09:14
Ellas, I must go.
1:09:22
My wife is a very clever woman.
Even if the messenger had been captured,
1:09:27
no one would have guessed that
there was a message hidden under the wax.
1:09:38
Shall we leave you alone, Leonidas?
1:09:43
No.
1:09:50
This news concerns us all.
1:09:53
Our troops are not coming.
1:09:57
Why, Leonidas?
1:09:59
The council made a secret decision
to fortify the isthmus of Corinth,