Queen Gorgo: "No terms were reached. Xerxes' messenger was... Well, he was rude and he lacked respect. He didn't understand the same threats made in Thebes and Athens would not work here. This is the birthplace of the world's greatest warriors. Men whose king would stand and fight and die for any one of them. Xerxes' messenger... did not understand this is no typical Greek city-state. This is Sparta."
Themistokles: "It was clear to the messenger there'd be no Spartan submission?"
Queen Gorgo: "It was clear."