The film revisits one of the ancient world’s most famous of last stands at Thermopylae. In 480 B.C.‚ our dutiful and fearless Spartan king took a mere 300 warriors with him to hold off encroaching Persian invaders‚ led by the imposing God/King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro). Think tens of thousands of Orcs descending upon the stronghold of Helm’s Deep‚ protected by only a couple of hundred Men and Elves. Here‚ in this high-concept battle film‚ these Persians also arrive filled with reckless hate. What
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ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT Text 1 TREADING WATER The end of semester is just days away. I should be cramming as usual‚ but my mind just won’t anchor. It drifts from scene to scene unsatisfied at every moment‚ a restless buoy in a swelling sea. I am a model student – what is the difference this time? The difference this time is that it is the last time. Once more through the examination mill and then out I pop – an educated graduate. I can’t help but think that I feel more like an Uncle Toby’s Raspberry
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convey the well-known story of the battle that took place in Thermopylae in 480 B.C. also known as the battle of Thermopylae. The movie starts off with Persia storming across the globe destroying and capturing every country in its path. When king Xerxes of Persia sends a messenger to Leonidas offer a peace treaty and promises if Leonidas bows down to Persian he will have total control over Sparta and Greece. But Leonidas refuses kicking the messenger into a well simultaneously causing a war between
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The Roman Empire and Persian Empire were some of the greatest civilizations of all time. There were many similarities in how these civilizations rose to power and how they fell from it. Among these were the over-expansion of territory which led to many problems that built up to their downfall and a similar political system that made local rebellions minimal. However the way in which these civilizations chose to try and correct their flaws is quite different. One of the biggest factors
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Livia and Octavian’s marriage. Women actually help the substantial political power as her husband Octavian commanded his daughter that she should not be buried in his own tomb. Persians are biblical relating to Esther and the events at the court of Xerxes from 486 to 465 BCE. The Persian court was ruled with absolute power by the king. They had made Memucan the government official and he told the king and the officials that the Queen was not just an embarrassment but was insulting the officials
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Battle of Thermopylae. During the summer of 480 BC‚ the great Spartan King Leonidas and his 300 soldiers accompanied by approximately 7000 Greeks held out for three days against hundreds of thousands of Persian soldiers‚ under the command of King Xerxes. This was no easy feat to accomplish by the Spartans‚ without their superior combat skills and warlike mentality‚ they would have easily been demolished by the Persian army. After two days of fighting‚ they were eventually betrayed by a man named
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become one of the most inspiring battles of Greek history. Leonidas‚ the Spartan “king‚” is warned by messengers from the Persian empire to kneel before Xerxes‚ the Persian god-king‚ or to see his beloved Sparta be destroyed and it’s loyal people be captured as slaves. Leonidas denies these requests as a free man who will kneel to no one. Xerxes‚ seeing this as a threat to his newly established empire‚ wages war against Leonidas his city state of Sparta. As in any story there is a traitor‚ which
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The Greek army held the Persians at the passage for three days’ despite being greatly outnumbered‚ with some sources suggesting there were 50 Persian soldiers to one Greek (Pudrusch 2007). However‚ a traitor informed Xerxes of a secret route that would lead the Persians to an area behind the Greeks. The Persians followed the path and trapped the Greek army (Hammond 1988‚ p. 555; Thomas 2014‚ p. 50). At this point‚ Leonides discharged most of the other Greek soldiers
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strongest depictions of women I’ve met in fiction for a while. The women don’t fight in the battles‚ yet are courageous and compassionate‚ intelligent and influential. One of my favourite speeches in the book is addressed to Xerxes‚ the King of Persia‚ and contrasts Xerxes with Leonidas: "I will tell His Majesty what a king is. A king does not abide within his tent while his men bleed and die upon the field. A king does not dine while his men go hungry‚ nor sleep when they stand at watch upon the
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Architecture‚ philosophy‚ literature‚ and even the very word “music” we owe to the Greeks. Greek poets‚ architects‚ mathematicians‚ and philosophers‚ founded a culture that we still identify with today. These are the people that introduced the world to democracy‚ the beginning of recorded history‚ politics‚ and even our very own vocabulary. To some extent‚ we even owe the start of theatre and comedy to the Greeks. The Greeks taught us a lot of things‚ good or bad‚ these things are still being used
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