Battle of Thermopylae 480 BC
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Very good article. I agree – immortals in ninja uniforms were funny in 300.
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Very informative, thanks! Great blog.
Great article, grat pics. Spartans were true HEROES!
The 300 movie was awesome. Stunning effects, excellent music and a great atmosphere. ” Come and take our weapons! “
a fantastic article…was extremely helpful. I was just wondering of the quote by Dilios (“Remember us.” As simple an order as a king can give. “Remember why we died.” For he did not wish tribute, nor song, nor monuments nor poems of war and valor. His wish was simple. “Remember us,” he said to me. That was his hope, should any free soul come across that place, in all the countless centuries.) was historically accurate or if it was just something added into the movie. if it is accurate, i was just wondering where I could find it as i’m doing a major project on the battle of thermopylae
I agree, nice and independent article. I googled a little to find this article:
It seems Dilios was not even a real character. He was inspired by Aristodemus (a real warrior). I guess his words are Holywood product. Hope this helps.
Kostas, Greece
Stelios wasn’t a real person either as he represented Dienekes who was regarded as the bravest of all the 300.
I am not sure who was more evil in this fight.
I am really accept the power of Spartans yet the film Meet the
Spartans spoils the whole glory and the effort… if anyone doesn’t watch the movie please see and raise our hands against this type of imitations…
In the end this shows valor comes unexpectedly and does not knock twice. Talking with a comrade (World War II and Korea War Vet) he told me that valor is not restricted to only your contrymen. While it is easy to hate the enemy in time of war, there are those among them you do not like but never hate and those who fought with honor and you respect them because together the peace can be won.
hey good artical
I appreciate you taking to time to cnotribute That’s very helpful.
Thank you very much, I am doing an artical on the thermopylae battle and i found the extremely helpful
The Battle of Thermopylae is a classic example of a delaying action The Greeks ensured the defeat of the Persians, the victory proved an expensive, Zerxes would lose a large portion of his fleet at salamis, thus his supply of the army would be at best minimal and a poorly led and poorly fed army does not win many battles, one point most do not bring up is that leonadis was in his forty’s if not his fifty’s, I think that he saw this as his last chance for glory before old age took over, and it was foretold that a Spartan king must die for Sparta to win the war, the time between the battle of Thermopylae and the battle of Salamis is only thirty days, some argue that it made little difference, after the Persians cleared the pass at Thermopylae they marched south sacking a few resting cities and burnt Athens to the ground, after his fleet was effectivly destroyed by the Atheian fleet, he took most of the army back to persa, losing large numbers to desease and hunger, the forces he left were destroyed at Plantia by the greek allied army, Persia ceased to be a threat to Greece, and alexander removed Persia from world events about 150 years later.
The Spartans were not heroes Konstantinas … they were a military regime who had slaves of their own. The film 300 is nothing more than a idiotic inaccurate film.
thank you the statistics and the info really helped i am doing a paper comparing the persains and the spartans