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Dilios
Multiple Characters
Persian King Xerxes
Queen Gorgo
Spartan King Leonidas

View Quote [The Spartans hold up their shields as a flurry of Persian arrows blot out the sun]
Leonidas: Persian cowards.
[Suddenly, Astinos begins laughing]
Stelios: What the hell are you laughing at?
Astinos: You had to say it!
Stelios: What?
Astinos: "Fight in the shade"!
[Other Spartans laugh with him]

View Quote Leonidas (decides to visit the small Persian contingent): Captain, I leave you in charge.
Captain: But my king ...
Leonidas: Don't worry, Captain. Remember, if they assassinate me, all of Sparta goes to war. Pray they're that stupid. Pray we're that lucky. Besides, there's no reason we can't be civil, is there?
Captain: None, sire. [thrusts his spear into a Persian's chest]

View Quote Gorgo: So, what does a realist want from his queen?
Theron: I think you know.

View Quote Stelios: It is an honour to die by your side.
Leonidas: It is an honour to have lived at yours.

View Quote [To Gorgo] It would take more than the words of a drunken adolescent girl to rob me of my desire for you.

View Quote [Xerxes is brought to Leonidas on a massive gold throne carried on the back of his servants] Let me guess. You must be ... Xerxes.

View Quote [After being threatened with the deaths of the Spartan women] Clearly you don't know our women. I might as well have marched them up here, judging by what I've seen.

View Quote They have served the dark will of Persian kings for five hundred years. Eyes as dark as night, teeth filed to fangs. Soulless. The personal guard to King Xerxes himself. The Persian warrior elite. The deadliest fighting force in all of Asia: the Immortals.

View Quote [Regarding the Arcadians] They shout and curse, stabbing wildly; more brawlers than warriors. They make a wondrous mess of things. Brave amateurs â€“ they do their part.

View Quote The Immortals. They failed our king's test, and a man who fancies himself a god feels a very human chill crawl up his spine.

View Quote Dawn: whips crack, barbarians howl. Those at the back cry, "Forward!" Those at the front cry, "Back!"

View Quote Our eyes bear witness to the grotesque spectacle brought forth from the furthest corner of Xerxes empire.

View Quote When muscle failed, they turned to their magic.

View Quote His helmet is stifling. His shield is heavy.

View Quote This will not be over quickly. You will not enjoy this. I am not your Queen. [Seconds after she stabs Theron to death ]