Leonidas at Thermopylae

Steven Pressfields: Gates of fire is based on a true story of how three hundred courageous warrior Spartans led by their king Leonidas and 700 Thespaian allies held off an army of over one million Persian infantrymen on a narrow pass in Thermopylae Greece in 480 B.C. for seven days. The Spartan Warriors were highly disciplined, physically and mentally tough soldiers that were dedicated to their country and way of life. The three hundred Spartan’s left home one day leaving their families behind,

of Thermopylae. At the beginning of the movie, a Persian messenger is sent to Sparta to talk to the King of Sparta, Leonidas. As Leonidas has a chat with the messenger, Leonidas brings out his sword and holds it against the messenger because he feels as if the messenger had threaten and disrespected his city and insulted his Queen. Leonidas then stomps on the ground and shouts "THIS IS SPARTA!" and kicks the messenger down into a pit. After word got around town about this happening, Leonidas went

The battle of Thermopylae is one of the most important and profoundly symbolic battles in Greek and Persian history. The three-day battle for the pass at the “Hot Gates” of Thermopylae was an overwhelming event that ended in the defeat of the Greeks by the Persian empire. Thermopylae, The Battle for the West, by Ernle Bradford, depicts in detail, important features that frame the significance of the battle. These features contribute to the overall strategies employed by the Persians and the Greeks

other jobs that molded who he is. Such jobs include advertising copywriter, schoolteacher, tractor-trailer driver, bartender, oilfield roustabout, attendant in a mental hospital, fruit-picker in Washington state, and screenwriter. His interest with Thermopylae is simply because of the intense fascination of the Spartan militia. There are several important characters in Gates of Fire all of which all have wonderful character development. Xeones is our main character who is the narrator himself. Xeones

Zack Snyder, the director of 300, which is based on the historical battle of Thermopylae. The movie does have a lot of truth. It is true that there was an epic battle at Thermopylae where King Leonidas of Sparta took 300 soldiers, all with a male heir at home, into the ‘Hot Gates’ where they held the Persian army for three days. Xerxes did have an army of 10,000 men called the Immortals. Ephialtes, he is the one who betray Greece by showing Xerxes men the path that allowing them to surround the 300

quote by G.K. Chesterton perfectly illustrates the Spartans and their courageous leader King Leonidas. The Spartans displayed brilliant determination and resiliency, even with death knocking on their door. While the Persians showed slyness and perseverance, when faced with adversity. Greece has a long and bloody history, the Spartans and Persians have had a large part in that, and the Battle of Thermopylae was one of the bloodiest in Greek history. Greece has a very lively history, along with being

I. Subject Gates of Fire is a story about the Spartan way of life and their fight to protect their country. The story is told by a dying Spartan squire named Xeones, who was captured by the Persian army after the battle at Thermopylae. He is telling the story to the Persian king. The story took place around 480 B.C. Xeones began the story in a small town where he grew up called Astakos. He tells of how his town was destroyed and how he was taken in by the Spartans. Eventually he became a servant

by Zack Snyder tells the story of the courage and solidarity of King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and his army of three hundred Spartans who fought the army of King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his colossal Persian army to their deaths. In 300, producers cover the Spartan life, the Spartan women, and the Battle of Thermopylae. Firstly, the story of the 300 Spartans. The movie 300 is based off of the historic Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. The movie begins with the King of Sparta holding a newborn

The battle of Thermopylae in year 480 BCE was a major part in the Greek victory of the Graeco-persian wars and for the battle of Greece as an independent nation leading to the Greek golden age and Hellenism forever changing the western world and its culture. (Frye)The start of the Graeco-Persian hostilities can be traced back to 499 BCE at the beginning of the Ionian revolt when Ionian Greeks revolted against their Persian leaders in a bloody civil war that lasted over seven years. The most significant

head’ highlights that Ten soldiers with a good commander can beat a hundred soldiers without a good tactician or organisation. Leadership was important to the Greek military machine as seen through legendary leaders such as Alexander the Great and Leonidas I. Alexander the great was born in Pella 356 B.C. His father was the king of Macedon. Alexander was 20 after his father died and he spent most of his years on the throne ruling a military campaign without any prior experience, through Asia to north-west