![]() ![]() There is a law among Sparta where even if the King wants to go to war, he has to consult the Oracle and the Ephors, who are the priests of the Gods, and who are “more creature than man”. The messenger is outraged and says you cannot kill a messenger and that “this is blasphemy” and Leonidas roars back “this is Sparta” before he shoves the Persian (and his guards) into the pit. The messenger warns King Leonidas to carefully think before he replies to what Xerxes has asked of Sparta, but the King turns on the messenger and points his spear in his face, making the Persian back up to the edge of the black pit that you’ve seen in the trailer. When Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey) makes a comment, the messenger gets upset and asks how a woman can talk like that among men and she shoots back that “Spartan women are the ones who give birth to real men”. The messenger and his guards are led to the King where he explains that he is here on behalf of Xerxes, the Persian god/ king who has already taken out thousands of cities (including other Greek cities like Athens), and who wants the people of Sparta to bow down to him. He holds the skulls of other dead leaders in his hand. ![]() Life is moving along in Sparta when a Persian messenger rides through the city and asks to speak to King Leonidas (Gerard Butler). ![]()
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