Gorgo
Background
Dilios is a warrior from Sparta, Greece.
During the events of 300 (2006) played by David Wenham
Dilios explains how a Spartan Baby A is inspected by a Spartan Baby Inspector to see if the child has any defects, in which case he would be discarded. As Leonidas @7/8 grew he would learn to fight with a sword by Leonidas' Father as Leonidas' Mother watched. He was taught that death on the battlefield for Sparta was the greatest glory. At age 7, Leonidas was taken away and taught how to fight by being pitted against other Spartan Boys at the agoge. As he grew older he was taught to show no pain as he was lashed by Spartan with Stick. His final test was to be thrown into the wild and forced to fend for himself. If he survived, then he was accepted as a Spartan. Leonidas manages to do this by luring a wolf into close quarters in the cleft of a cliff. He returns and eventually becomes the king of Sparta. Dilios continues the tale of how a new beast is looking for a feast, but this one made of men.
Leonidas walks out of the gates of Sparta and meets up with Captain and a group of 300 Spartans who all have had sons to continue their name. Leonidas inspects the men, including Dilios, and Stelios yells that they are all with Leonidas, Sparta and freedom. As the group of Spartans march, they come across Daxos and a group of free Greeks. Astinos tells the others that they are being followed and Leonidas and the others see Ephialtes on a hill. Stelios sees a village on fire and they enter the village and find it destroyed by the Persians. Burned Village Child walks up to Leonidas and then collapses and dies after telling him what happened to the village. Dilios tells the others he found the dead villagers and the Spartans and free Greeks stare in disgust at a tree with the villagers' bodies nailed to it. They march into the Hot Gates and see the Persian fleet floating nearby. During the night, a storm hits and destroys a number of Persian ships. Persian General 1 rides in front of a group of Persian soldiers and tells the Spartans to throw down their weapons, and is then killed by a thrown spear. The Persians attack and are repelled. After arrows are shot at the Spartans, a group of Persian cavalry attack and are all killed. Xerxes rides toward the Spartans on a giant litter and Leonidas goes to meet him. In the evening, a group of Immortals along with Uber Immortal (Giant), attack the Spartans and manage to kill a few Spartans. The battle continues the next day with the Spartans fighting giant rhinos and robed men throwing incendiary devices. The battle continues with elephants used against the Spartans. During the battle, Astinos gets his head cut off and the Captain kills a group of Persians in battle in revenge. After the battle, Dilios tends to his now damaged left eye. Leonidas walks up to him and asks how the Captain is doing and Daxos rides up and tells Leonidas that Ephialtes has betrayed them and is leading the Persians behind them. Daxos then leaves with his men. Leonidas orders Dilios to return to Sparta and to tell the Spartans their story and gives him Gorgo's necklace to give back to her. Dilios reaches Sparta and gives Gorgo her necklace, who then gives it to Pleistarchos. Dilios goes in front of the council and tells them the 300's story.
Almost a year passes and Dilios continues to tell the story to the Greeks now gathered at Plataea.
