:04:03
No, Ellas. But you shouldn't speak like that.
:04:06
- Why, you yourself gave me the shield.
- I know. I know it all.
:04:10
I know that for a Spartan,
life is a kind of preparation for death.
:04:15
But why should a love like ours go down
and be trampled in dirt and blood?
:04:20
We must be ready to die for our country.
But we don't have to die.
:04:26
- I want to live and come to you with victory.
- Victory? Did you see the enemy out there?
:04:31
And there are only 300 of you.
:04:33
We have men from other cities. Good men.
:04:36
Everybody expects the Spartans to die first.
:04:39
- Why hasn't the Spartan army arrived?
- They will come.
:04:42
- When?
- I don't know, but they will come.
:04:46
Our people won't abandon us.
:04:56
- Those are the horses of Leonidas.
- That's my aunt's servant riding them.
:05:00
It must be an important message from Sparta.
I must get back to camp.
:05:04
Ellas, I must go.
:05:12
My wife is a very clever woman.
Even if the messenger had been captured,
:05:17
no one would have guessed that
there was a message hidden under the wax.
:05:28
Shall we leave you alone, Leonidas?
:05:33
No.
:05:40
This news concerns us all.
:05:43
Our troops are not coming.
:05:47
Why, Leonidas?
:05:50
The council made a secret decision
to fortify the isthmus of Corinth,
:05:55
and not to go beyond it.