movie 300: the battle of Thermopylae
October 6th, 2006
Just seen a trailer for the upcoming film: 300. It looks absolutely amazing. It features the battle of Thermopylae - whereby an alliance of Greek states fought the Persian army in a mountain pass. The Greeks were vastly outnumbered, but managed to hold off the enemy in what is said to be “one of the most famous last stands in history”.
The small force, which was led by king Leonidas of Sparta held the only road passable, and inflicted massive casualties on the invading Persian army, led by Xerxes.
The fighting continued, and on the third day of fighting, a Spartan man named Ephialtes betrayed the Greeks, and revealed to the Persians a route through the mountains which led them behind the Greek army.
Facing certain death, the king remained with 300 of his bodyguards, facing an onslaught of over a million Persions.
[Confused] King Leonadis, Movie 3000, Thermopoly, Spatan, Ephilates [...well you got here anyways!]
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