"My King," Dilios whispered, adjusting his greaves. "The Persians say their arrows will blot out the sun. The boys joke that we shall fight in the shade. But the sun... it feels good on the skin today."
In a final act of defiance, Leonidas hurls his spear and manages to wound Xerxes, proving that the "God-King" can bleed. The Spartans are eventually killed by a massive barrage of arrows, but their sacrifice buys enough time for the rest of Greece to unite and eventually defeat the Persian invasion at the battles of Salamis and Plataea. spartans 300 tamilyogi exclusive
"We are told that only a beautiful death matters. But I tell you this: a death is only beautiful if the life that preceded it was true. You are my brothers. You are my heart. Today, we do not fight for Greece. We do not fight for the Council. We fight for the man on your left, and the man on your right." "My King," Dilios whispered, adjusting his greaves