The 300 Spartans (1962)

John Crawford: Agathon the Spartan Spy

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• Agathon the Spartan Spy : Leonidas! The barbarians have sent an emissary to talk with you. It is Hydarnes himself.

  Leonidas, Spartan King : Hydarnes? Good, get me a clean cloak.

  Agathon the Spartan Spy : How many men do you want for an escort?

  Leonidas, Spartan King : [Scornfully]  When has a Spartan king needed an escort to talk to a mere Persian?

• Leonidas, Spartan King : Why were you not in council?

  Agathon the Spartan Spy : Because I'm not a good liar. I don't want to frighten them.

  Leonidas, Spartan King : Then the army is as enormous as they say?

  Agathon the Spartan Spy : Leonidas, it is bigger than anything you can imagine. For six days, I watched them pass. Six days! I ran out of numbers and still more of them came. They're drinking the rivers dry. And at night there are more of their campfires than there are stars in the sky!

  Leonidas, Spartan King : Good. When I was a boy, I always wanted to reach the stars with my spear.