Over time, the emissary trains Artemisia in combat. She planned to return to Greece when she was ready to watch it burn. She is found by the Persian emissary (Peter Mensah the same one that Leonidas kicked into the pit) and is looked after by him. Over the years, the soldiers raped and abused the girl until they left her on the side of the streets for dead. A soldier from the invading side walks to Artemisia and kicks her square in the face. As a child, a helpless and terrified Artemisia watched tearfully as her mother and father were slaughtered right before her eyes. Through a flashback, we learn of her story. It is believed that she is the sole survivor of an attack on her town. Scyllias tells them that the Persians are being led at sea by Artemisia.
Scyllias, along with his son Calisto (Jack O’Connell), reports back to Themistocles and his lieutenant Aekylos (Hans Matheson). He jumps into the sea and avoids being hit by the arrows of the Persians. He is Scyllias (Callan Mulvey), an Athenian soldier sent to spy on the Persians. “Well, then, allow me to introduce myself”, he boasts, before killing off several Persians. She sees a soldier on the ship that she is unfamiliar with. She decapitates the man and throws his head off the ship. Artemisia grabs her sword and says she may be Greek, but her heart is Persian. He chastises two of her guards for being Greeks working under a woman with Greek blood but a devotion to an enemy nation.
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Gorgo speaks with Themistocles to tell him that the Spartans do not share the same ideal of a free nation in the same way that he does.Ī prisoner is brought before Artemisia on her ship. Themistocles encounters Dilios (David Wenham), who tells him that Leonidas has already begun to lead his men on foot, adding that he already dealt with the emissary sent from Persia. He walks in on a training session where a group of Spartans beat down on one man as he tries to fight back. Themistocles travels to Sparta to request help from King Leonidas and his army. He also tells the council he will seek help from the Spartans. Themistocles insists that it is in the best interests of Greece that they fight for the sake of freedom, and so he demands that he be brought the best ships to go into battle. Although the Athenians want to desperately bring the Persians down, they are not keen on sending their men to sacrifice themselves in battle. In Athens, Themistocles meets with the council to discuss his own naval strategy for taking on the Persians. If only the gods can defeat the Greeks, then, she tells him, he is to become the god king.Īs Xerxes is set to lead his army on land through Thermopylae, Artemisia is prepared to ready her navy at sea. On the eighth day, Artemisia holds Xerxes and tells him that his father’s last words were not a warning, but a challenge. For a week, Xerxes sits and mourns the death of his father.
Artemisia pulls the arrow out of his chest to end his suffering. In his dying moments, he tells Xerxes that it is best to leave the Greeks alone, for only the gods can defeat them.
He and Xerxes are joined by Artemisia (Eva Green), Darius’s commanding naval officer, said to be as vicious as she is beautiful. The latter walks away, with Gorgo stating that he knew in his heart that he made a mistake not to kill Xerxes when he had the chance.ĭarius is returned to his kingdom to lie in his deathbed. Xerxes holds his father in his arms and locks eyes with Themistocles. He runs to his father’s side but is too late to save him as the arrow pierces him. He releases the bow just in time for Darius’s son, Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) to watch. Themistocles raises a bow and arrow, ready to commit the act that would make him known as a legend. The Greeks brutally and effortlessly take down the Persians one by one, paving the way for Themistocles to take aim at Darius, watching the massacre from his ship. The Athenian general Themistocles (Sullivan Stapleton) led his own army against them at the shores. She begins with King Darius (Igal Naor) leading his army of Persians into Greece in the Battle of Marathon. The film opens with Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey) narrating.
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