However the Spartans are shocked and confused to still see so many ships landing on the beach nearby the next morning after the storm has subsided. They eventually arrive at the Hot Gates in time to witness a powerful storm erradicate many Persian ships. Leonidas welcomed the Arcadians, in spite of their lack of training compared to he and his Spartans. Along the way, Leonidas is happy to cross paths with a small contingent of Arcadian soldiers whom had received word of the Spartans heading to war with Persia and sought to join forces.
While Leonidas embarks on his journey with the 299 other soldiers to the Hot Gates, Gorgo remains behind in Sparta in hopes of rallying the support of the council to send the rest of the Spartan army to his aid. The councilman know full-well his true intentions, but cannot legally stop him according to Sparta's laws. Although the council has withheld permission to go to war because of the Ephors, they cannot deny Leonidas his right to travel with a personal bodyguard.
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It is soon revealed that the Ephors are being bribed by Xerxes with gold in order to withold Sparta from fully partaking in the war.ĭistraught, Leonidas laments to his wife his predicament, she wisely inquires "ask yourself, what would a free man do?" The next day, Leonidas has gathered with 300 of his finest soldiers and intend to set out to Thermopylae. Leonidas suspects the Ephors motives, and bitterly returns home to his wife. The Ephors consult their oracle and deny Leonidas permission to go to war, claiming that they must honor a sacred religious festival, else Sparta will fall. Leonidas then seeks the approval of the Ephors, prophets to the ancient Greek kings, to lead the Spartan army to war against Persia. Leonidas, now grown and married with a young boy, defies Xerxes by killing the emissarys body guards and casting them all in addition to the emissary into a deep pit.
Years later, Sparta is approached by an emissary and his guards who warns of the impending defeat of Sparta by Xerxes and his Persian army. He returns to Sparta, claiming his kingship in the process. It is at this point he's confronted by a large wolf and fearlessly defeats it. It is alluded to that the rest of Sparta presumes him to be dead. His trials in the Agoge are briefly touched on, showcasing him brawling with other Spartan boys and by age 15 is left out in the wilderness alone.
The film opens with the inspection of Leonidas as a baby, followed by his admission into the Agoge at age 7.
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