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| + | {{WHAT_TO_DO?|title1 = Persian Messenger|image1 = 44565-27476.gif|caption1 = The Messenger shortly before his death.}}The '''Persian Messenger '''was a man who served as the voice of [[Xerxes I of Persia]]. He was a well-spoken individual who was sent ahead of the Persian armies to seek peaceful submission to the rule of his master. His tongue, however, got the best of him during his brief summit with [[Leonidas I]] of Sparta, who took offense to the Messenger's claim that his decision to accept or deny submission would be his last as king. The King drew his blade upon the Persian, drawing a fierce verbal rebuke claiming madness. |
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| − | According to [[300: Rise of an Empire]], he was a Persian official who discovered young [[Artemisia]] left for dead in Persia. He raised and trained her. |
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| + | Calmly at first, Leonidas listed the offenses that the Messenger had committed in his short time behind the capital's walls. Having sought approval from his wife, the Spartan king kicked the Messenger into the seemingly bottomless pit behind the Persian, sending him screaming to his death in the void below. |
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| − | In the film [[300]], he served as an emissary sent all the way from Persia with a party of other Persian emissaries to Greece, demanding for the submission of Sparta to Persian God-King Xerxes himself. But Leonidas strongly disobeyed Xerxes by casting the Emissary and the other messengers into a ginormous pit of terror as he falls to his fate. |
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| + | It was later revealed in ''[[300: Rise of an Empire|Rise of an Empire]]'' that the Messenger discovered [[Artemisia]] and assisted in raising her as a servant of Xerxes and an instrument of his will. What this means in regards to the Messenger's position within the rank and structure of the Persian Empire remains a mystery, although it infers that he held a higher position than mere errand boy, and perhaps had Xerxes' ear on matters of state and military action.he is famous for the THIS IS SPARTA! Meme which the king says before kicking him into the hole |
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Revision as of 17:42, 21 November 2020
The Persian Messenger was a man who served as the voice of Xerxes I of Persia. He was a well-spoken individual who was sent ahead of the Persian armies to seek peaceful submission to the rule of his master. His tongue, however, got the best of him during his brief summit with Leonidas I of Sparta, who took offense to the Messenger's claim that his decision to accept or deny submission would be his last as king. The King drew his blade upon the Persian, drawing a fierce verbal rebuke claiming madness.
Calmly at first, Leonidas listed the offenses that the Messenger had committed in his short time behind the capital's walls. Having sought approval from his wife, the Spartan king kicked the Messenger into the seemingly bottomless pit behind the Persian, sending him screaming to his death in the void below.
It was later revealed in Rise of an Empire that the Messenger discovered Artemisia and assisted in raising her as a servant of Xerxes and an instrument of his will. What this means in regards to the Messenger's position within the rank and structure of the Persian Empire remains a mystery, although it infers that he held a higher position than mere errand boy, and perhaps had Xerxes' ear on matters of state and military action.he is famous for the THIS IS SPARTA! Meme which the king says before kicking him into the hole