300: This is Sparta! (Funny, it looks a lot like modern America)

In a previous post, I discussed the problem of how 300 (2007, dir. Zack Snyder) depicts the battle of Thermopylae. But the battle isn’t the only problem with the film. We also need to talk about the film’s depiction of Spartan society. (You didn't think that the only problems with this film were in the…

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The mythos behind the battle is cool and all, but in actuality it was a disaster for the Greeks and did very little to slow the Persians down. The battles of Marathon

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I don't even know what they're trying to say here. And are they aware how super into gay sex the Spartans were? Seems like a thing they'd be very much against.

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Did Sparta really look like what was described in the movie 300? - Quora

TIL, In the movie 300, a Persian emissary is thrown down a well by Leonidas. In reality, Sparta sent two volunteers back to Persia to be executed, in atonement for the deaths