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types of gender stereotypes in films still exist. Men are typically portrayed to be the hero, while women are often portrayed as sexual objects. In the movie 300 and according to "8 Reasons It Wasn 't Easy Being Spartan.", the Spartan men served and protected the city of Sparta, while the Spartan women did domestic chores and were just to be there to breed more strong warriors. “Long-term effects also involve learning processes. From infancy, humans learn how to perceive, interpret, judge, and respond

behind their walls and did not directly meet the Spartans while they despoiled Attica, it’s is fair to say that the Spartans had gotten into the minds of the Athenians. This simple strategy of attack risked very little but gained so much. In the second year of the war, Athens was struck by a terrible plague. Going to close to Athens exposed the Spartans to contracting the disease. If that happened it is fair to say that the end of Sparta campaign would have been inevitable. After overwhelming

children were trained to be strong and to have good fighting skills. With most of their population being helots, or serfs, it was necessary to have a well-organized and highly trained fighting force to put down any revolts. Therefore, even though the Spartan military was comparatively small, it was very strong.<br><br>Athens derived her military strength from a strong navy. In 481 BC the city of Athens discovered a large silver mine on publicly owned land. Athens used this silver to build a fleet

(Herodotus 176) and Leonidas never did. Demaratus also said that Spartans would oppose Xerxes “in battle even if all the other Greeks come around to your way of thinking” (Herodotus 176) and, although this was not the case, Leonidas always acted as a man of values who would never give up. In fact, he never thought about the possibility of giving up. Leonidas was a fighter, a man who would fight until his last drop of blood was spilled, a Spartan. We see, therefore, a big difference between Xerxes and Leonidas

about the movie, they missed a vital part that explains all of the inaccuracies. The story of 300 is told by a Spartan, named Aristodemus, who was sent away by Leonidas before the final battle. (Link 1) Aristodemus tells the other Spartans the story just before the battle of Plataea, where a united Greek force annihilated the Persian army. The whole story is propaganda to make the Spartans seem like heroes and the Persians like evil monsters. The implication is that much of it is exaggerated for dramatic

Published in 1998, Gates of Fire, by Steven Pressfield uses vivid imagery to tell the intense story of The Battle of Thermopylae. He is a fictional and nonfictional historical writer and usually writes novels on the perspectives of warriors of ancient Greece, so he would be a reliable and qualified writer on this subject. This battle is one of the most famous battles in history that was fought in ancient Greece, this story takes place in the hot summer of 480 BC and the story is told in the perspectives

troops, however Xerxes still resigns as the supreme commander of mass numbers in Persian worriers over sea and land. The movie is called "300: The Rise of an Empire" directed by Noam Murro. Following the victorious war over Leonidas's three-hundred Spartan, the commander of the Persian army, Xerxes, marches towards the major Greek city-states. First on the path of Xerexes' army is the Democratic City of Athenes, which bases its strength on its fleet, lead by admiral Themistocles. Undeniably dramatic

The movie 300 was directed by Zach Snyder in 2006. It is an action- war movie with many extraordinary scenes caught on film. The shot sequence begins with the perspective of anyone watching. This is to make the audience feel as if they are there. Then the Persian states that a woman should not be able to speak among men. This movie is set in a time of where women were considered servants. However, this is not the case in Sparta where women are considered to be equal to men. This shows the

depiction of the Spartan culture and the Battle of Thermopylae. The movie begins by providing insight into Spartan culture. The narrator states that when boys were born, they were subject to a thorough examination. The inspection determined whether or not the newborn son would meet the requirements to be a Spartan soldier and engage in battle. Furthermore, if the child appeared to be sickly or small in stature they would be deserted and left to die. At that moment, I knew that Spartans took their reputation

Before the Spartans were known for their military might, they were just another Greek City-State. The Spartans took pride in their artistic skills, especially Spartan poetry . A key event in the rise of Sparta was the conquest of Messenia in the 8th century . After the conquest of Messenia, the Messenian citizens were made slaves, or Helots as the Spartans would call them . After dealing with a Messenian slave revolt, a Spartan called Lycurgus created a set of laws which all Spartan citizens had