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Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Yahoo says Frank Miller has made a movie of the Battle of Thermopylae and it's due out in March '07.

Wa-hoo!

For those of you who are historically challenged, that was the battle where 300 Spartans stood off the invading Persian Empire for 3 days, defending 'democracy' against the nefarious Persian (modern Iran) Shahenshah (King of Kings) Xerxes. (Democracy is in quotes since the Spartans had TWO kings, making defence of democracy rather ironic.)

Anyway, since you live in Korea and doubtless have a lot of free time, you should hustle down to Kyobo and buy Penguin's Herodotus' The Histories'--it's by far the best modern translation. And it's a hoot! Herodotus sets out to explain how the war came about and he takes hundreds of pages to make his point. Reading it is like sitting down in a bar on a rainy Saturday afternoon with a good friend who is a great story-teller. He starts out in the direction of making his point, but then gets distracted by great story after great story. Whether they are all 100% true or not is beside the point. A good story is a good story.

Hope the movie is good.

edited for an oops over the wrong Persian king. Darius, Xerxes...all those damn ancient Persians look alike to me.

The Chewbacca Defense · Joined: 29 May 2004 Location: The ROK and a hard place

I watched the preview of it yesterday....bloody awesome

http://movies.go.com/trailer?cid=854153&vid=854162

SuperFly · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: In the doghouse

Yes but do you know what "MOLON LABE" mo-lone lah-veh means? And who said it? Winner gets a cookie. I wonder if he'll say it in the movie.

The Chewbacca Defense · Joined: 29 May 2004 Location: The ROK and a hard place

King Leonidas was it not?

"Come and get them"

SuperFly · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: In the doghouse

And what did it mean? Very Happy

The Chewbacca Defense · Joined: 29 May 2004 Location: The ROK and a hard place

lol that was quick see above...apparently it is the most notable quote of military history...and rightly so.

Julius · Joined: 27 Jul 2006

Some nice special effects but is it all just macho warfare? Or is there any human element to the story?

And....The rhino being ridden into battle..is entirely fictional..of course. Why didn't they just put in a star trek ship as well if they were going to include that??

the_beaver · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Question for any ancient Greek speakers in the crowd:

How is Leonidas pronounced?

I've heard both Le-uh-NI-dus and Lee-ON-i-dus. Or something like that.

The Chewbacca Defense · Joined: 29 May 2004 Location: The ROK and a hard place

I'd go with the first one.

SuperFly · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: In the doghouse

Leh O Nee das

Short, soft e

And the O is pronounced like:

Like you say Daaay-O daylight comes and me wanna go home.

D is pronounced like a Th like in the word "the"

And chewbacca is ex army Razz

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Tiberious aka Sparkles · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: I'm one cool cat!

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

cwemory · Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Location: Gunpo, Korea

Will the Spartans be perfoming naked calisthenics in the film? If so, I probably won't be seeing it.