"A little less than a year ago, I thought about my king's enigmatic mention of victory. Time showed that he was right ... One free Greek to another spread the words of the bold Leonidas and his 300 Spartans, so far from home, gave their lives not only for Sparta, but for all of Greece! "
"Now, here in this luxurious section called the audience, the hordes of Xerxes will all be annihilated and so the barbarians torment themselves ... 10,000 Spartans commanding 30,000 free Greeks! The enemy has 3 men for each of us, a great number for one Greek! Today, we will free the world from mysticism and tyranny and begin the brightest future we can imagine! Thank you, men! To Leonidas and his 300 warriors!"
"There will be no glory in his sacrifice! I will erase Sparta's mere remembrance of history. Every piece of Greek parchment will be burned. Any historian, Greek scribe, will have his eyes gouged out and his tongues cut out of their mouths. of Sparta or Leonidas will be punished with death. The world will never know that you existed!"