Themistocles then travels to Sparta to ask King Leonidas for help, but is informed by Dilios that Leonidas is consulting the Oracle, and Gorgo is reluctant to side with Athens. He returns to Persia and declares war on Greece to avenge his father.Īs Xerxes's forces advance towards Thermopylae, Themistocles meets with the council and convinces them to provide him with a fleet to engage the Persians at the sea. Xerxes finally reaches a cave and bathes in an otherworldly liquid, emerging as the 8-foot tall 'God-King'. Darius's naval commander, claims that Darius' last words were in fact a challenge and sends Xerxes on a journey through the desert.
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