DISCLAIMER: If you haven’t seen 300 yet, the content in the movie is definitely not for children (or anyone for that matter) and not just because of the violence. And if you don’t 300 see it, check it out and maybe it’ll save you. But if you must know the end, everyone dies. If you […]
Tag Archives: Xerxes
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Apr
Apr
Frank Miller’s blockbuster hit 300 is an epic film depicting the heroic battle of the Spartans where three hundred men fought against a million to resist an evil empire led by the evil King Xerxes, who threatened to take his beloved home they are, that their children will serve the government. It is well written, […]
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Mar
Mar
Beyond words, this powerful film renders my supposed eloquence to pure silence… ‘300′ rips your heart with death but redeems it soon after with its glory. It is a must-see film. With ‘300,’ every warrior who is ready to die for glory ‘would have some wild night.’ Every citizen who advocates freedom ‘would be engaged.’ […]
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Sep
Sep
The Olympic Games are one of the many traditions that have their origin in the Greek-Western democracy, another is one of those models. Greece established itself as a series of ruling states. The two most powerful and famous of these cities were Athens and Sparta. Sparta was invaded by Dorios. The invaders forced the people […]
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Oct
Oct
Almost twenty thousand years ago, an army of three hundred chosen soldiers prayed to the tyrant with an army of legions and obtained what they thought was the highest honor they could achieve in this life. Glorious mortals died in battle. His legend of unshakable courage in the face of overwhelming odds has been an […]
The most famous military nation in the Greek world was Sparta. A rigid lifestyle and a structured strategy of honor, pride, perfection, and sacrifice. Extreme discipline and piety helped make the Spartan army one of the most feared and respected forces in all of the Mediterranean and Asia. Originating in the southeastern Peloponnese, a part […]
King Leonidas I, whose name meant “lion-like,” was king of Sparta between 488BC and 480BC. He is best known to history as the commander of the Spartan army at the Battle of Thermopylae during the Persian Wars. The story of his sacrifice has been an inspiration to generations and was recently brought to the big […]
To say that the Persian War – particularly the Battle of Thermopylae – is the single most defining moment in the history of Sparta would not be too far-fetched. Certainly, the decisive battle against the Persians in this mountain pass was not the only achievement of Sparta. However, it was in this particular instant that […]