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The Oracle's words stand as a warning. 00:00:56.390 - 00:00:58.893
A prophecy- 00:00:59.602 - 00:01:00.603
Sparta Wm fall. 00:01:02.521 - 00:01:04.315
All of Greece will fall. 00:01:04.815 - 00:01:07.359
And Persian fire will reduce Athens to cinder. 00:01:14.366 - 00:01:17.995
For Athens is a pile of stone and wood... 00:01:18.746 - 00:01:21.290
...and cloth and dust... 00:01:21.540 - 00:01:23.209
...and, as dust, will vanish into the wind. 00:01:23.751 - 00:01:27.421
Only the Athenians themselves exist. 00:01:27.755 - 00:01:30.299
And the fate of the world hangs on their every syllable. 00:01:30.549 - 00:01:33.552
Only the Athenians exist. 00:01:40.476 - 00:01:41.602
And only stout wooden ships can save them. 00:01:43.687 - 00:01:46.148
Wooden ships... 00:01:47.900 - 00:01:49.568
...and a tidal wave of heroes' blood. 00:01:50.152 - 00:01:52.446
Leonidas, my husband... 00:02:02.039 - 00:02:04.708
...Leonidas, your king... 00:02:05.417 - 00:02:06.961
...Leonidas and the brave 300 are dead. 00:02:08.629 - 00:02:12.299
The free men and women of Greece... 00:02:13.592 - 00:02:15.219
...are not bound by a beautiful Spartan death. 00:02:15.469 - 00:02:18.222
War is not their love. 00:02:18.597 - 00:02:20.599
Yet he lay down his life for them. 00:02:20.850 - 00:02:23.185