“Upon seeing the headless body of his own young son, the captain...”

A scene from 300 2007

[Regarding Captain Artemis]

Upon seeing the headless body of his own young son, the captain breaks rank. He goes wild, blood-drunk. The captain's cries of pain at the loss of his young son are more frightening to the enemy than the deepest battle drums. It takes three men to restrain him and bring him back to our own. The day is ours ... no songs are sung.

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