Do not forget who put the crown on your childish head! My king. Now sit on your golden throne and watch this battle from the safety I provide you.
Read more Artemisia QuotesFrom: 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
I will attack the Greeks with my entire navy!
Better we show them, we chose to die on our feet, rather than live on our knees!
The Oracle's words stand as a warning. A prophecy. Sparta will fall. All of Greece will fall. And Persian fire will reduce Athens to cinder. For Athens is a pile of stone and wood and cloth and dust. And, as dust, will vanish into the wind. Only the Athenians themselves exist, and the fate of the world hangs on their every syllable. Only the Athenians exist and only stout wooden ships can save them. Wooden ships, and a tidal wave of heroes' blood.