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