He hopes to redeem them by fighting for Leonidas. Ephialtes claims that his parents fled Sparta at his birth to save his life. Strong storms destroy some of Xerxes fleet, but it is only a small percentage of the massive army they will face.A horribly disfigured man, Ephialtes (Andrew Tiernan), comes to see Leonidas to warn him of the goat path at the rear of his position. In sight of the approaching Persian army, they construct a wall to contain the Persians' advance. Joined by Arcadians and other Greeks, they arrive at the Hot Gates of Thermopylae. He points out that he has brought more soldiers than they. Leonidas asks the professions of the allied army, who are craftsmen and artisans. His wife says goodbye, telling him to come back with his shield or on it, and gives him a necklace.On the road they meet some allies, who are shocked that the Spartans are sending such a small force. Leonidas elects to take 300 of his best soldiers as his "bodyguard" on a leisurely walk to the strategic Hot Gates location. Leonidas departs in anger, and the priests receive their bribe of Xerxes' gold from the Spartan traitor, Theron (Dominic West), for their negative response.Leonidas is reluctant to defy the corrupt clergy outright, but his wife (Lena Headey) encourages him to think outside the box. In her drugged trance she decrees that Sparta must not go to war, lest they interrupt the sacred Carneian festival. The Ephors, wary of the plan, consult the Oracle (Kelly Craig). He proposes to repel the numerically superior enemy by using the terrain of the Hot Gates of Thermopylae, funneling the Persians into a narrow pass between the rocks and the sea. Acknowledging the threat of Xerxes's invasion force, he visits the Ephors (priests) to obtain their favour before sending the Spartan army in battle. Insulted by their attitude, King Leonidas kicks the messengers into a well.
He returns home to be crowned King.Years later, messengers visit King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) requesting Sparta's submission to King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro). At age 15, young King-to-be Leonidas (Tyler Neitzel) lures a wolf into a narrow passage so that he can kill it. Even the King endures this rite of passage. At age 7, each young boy is torn from his mother and makes his own way in the wilderness, to return a man. They raise their boys in the school of hard knocks - in combat training, a small boy's loss of his weapon earns a bloody lip from the hand of his own father. The Spartans inspect each infant born to ensure it is whole - if it is deformed, the baby is abandoned to die.
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