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| “ | Yes! I want it all. Wealth. Women. And one more thing... I want a uniform. | „ |
| ~ Ephialtes to Xerxes. |
Ephialtes of Thrachis, also simply known as Ephialtes, is a major antagonist of the 300 film series, based on the graphic novel 300 by Frank Miller. He is based on the real life historical figure of the same name.
He was portrayed by Andrew Tiernan.
His Evil Ranking[]
His Villainous Deeds[]
In General[]
- While he had a tragic and sympathetic backstory that he and his parents was banished from Sparta when he was a child, due to his ugliness and deformity, but he still had to fully realize what genocide he would cause by helping Xerxes invade Greece, by betraying Leonidas, therefore it's debatable whether his tragedy holds up or not.
- While he showed some remorse for his actions to Themistocles by admitting how awfully he acted by betraying his country, but he never truly redeemed himself.
- While not so heinous as Xerxes and Artemisia, he still passes the general standards and baseline because he indirectly caused the deaths of tems of thousands of innocent people, by helping Xerxes kill the three hundred warriors and invade Greece. Also God-King and his right-hand woman had much bigger resources than him, therefore it's unfair to compare him to them.
300[]
- After being declined by Leonidas to allow him join his army, he joins Xerxes and tells the Persians about the secret path to surround the Spartans. Also, Ephialtes partially subverted his tragic backstory, because he helped Xerxes put of spit towards Greeks and to get rich, plus he indirectly caused the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent people who had nothing to do with his tragedy.
The Rise of Empire[]
- He continues to help Xerxes and serve the tyrant, even if he showed some repentance to Themistocles for his crimes.
Why He Doesn't Stand Out?[]
- While he easily passes the general standards and baseline by indirectly causing the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent greeks by betraying Leonidas, but he still fails the heinous standards to Xerxes and Artemisia, who committed much worse crimes than him. The lack of resources doesn't help Ephialtes because he still fails the in-universe standards, because mostly follows Xerxes's orders.
- While that doesn't completely excuses his crimes, but his tragic backstory is still treated to sympathy, because he clearly loved his parents and initially offered Leonidas his services.
- He is geniunely affable to people as long as they don't stay on his way.
- He shows some remorse to Themistocles by admitting how horrible his betrayal was.