Can some actually tell me the true story about the 300?

Question

The movie 300 is now playing. I want to know the whole story if anyone knows its. The actual story about the 300 not about the movie.

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae
Try the link above. I should answer your questions.

Answer 2

There is probably some truth to the story. But the movie is totally fictional exaggerated by Hollywood. There were many battles between the persian empire and the greek empire and both sides won and lost many battles. Depending on whose side of the history you read you will find a different story. Of course, as the Greeks are more highly regarded in the Western world, one has to read the whole history from both sides to better know the truth.

Answer 3

this is called a tactical with draw. so the rest of the army will live to fight another day. he was the king so it was his obligation to his country men to take his elite force to battle the Persians while the rest of his men escaped, this was also prophesied by an oracle before he left to battle the Persians. their also was a huge sea battle going on where 200 Greek ships held off i think 1500 Persian ship which also protected the rear of the Greeks. the Greeks actually won the first few battles on land until the numbers became to great to defeat so better to lose 300 than the entire army. i almost forgot there were 1000 regular infantry that stayed behind also to help

Answer 4

I am Greek so I know the story.I hope you would understand:
the Greeks choose Thermopylae to fight the enemy.At first,The Greeks were going for a victory,but an inhabitant called Nightmare(=Efialtis)leaded the Persians from a path behind the Greek army.At that moment on,Leonidas(the Greek leader)told his fellow -combatants to leave.Leonidas with his 300 men will stay until the end.

Answer 5

Way too much to write here. Go to your local library. The real Spartans were the greatest fighters of all time. If you take everything into context, not even the Navy SEALs compare. It's worth researching. The Athenian naval victory during the same war was just as spectacular.

Answer 6

In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an small alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army at the pass of Thermopylae in central Greece. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. A small force led by King Leonidas of Sparta blocked the only road through which the massive army of Xerxes I could pass. After three days of battle a local resident named Ephialtes betrayed the Greeks, revealing a mountain path that led behind the Greek lines. Dismissing the rest of the army, King Leonidas stayed behind with 300 Spartans and 700 Thespian volunteers. Though they knew it meant their own deaths, they held their position and secured the retreat of the other Greek forces. The Persians succeeded in taking the pass but sustained heavy losses, extremely disproportionate to those of the Greeks. The fierce resistance of the Spartan-led army offered Athens the invaluable time to prepare for a naval battle that would come to determine the outcome of the war. The subsequent Greek victory in the Battle of Salamis left much of the Persian navy destroyed. Xerxes was forced to flee to Asia and left his army in Greece under Mardonius, who was to meet the Greeks in battle for one last time. The Spartans and other Greek allies assembled at full strength and decisively defeated the Persians in the Battle of Plataea, putting an end to the Greco-Persian War.

Answer 7

Well that's the thing there is little known about that era in time.

The persians were teh exhisting empire in the world.
and the greeks and romans were their slaves, they revolted and there was 300 spartains against an army of 1 million persians.

And that is the start of the GREEK empire.

Answer 8

The original writer of that battle is Herodotus who we credit as being the first writer of history. I would encourage you to read his fascinating book. You will learn that Athens and Sparta were city-states and had different governments. Sparta was a monarchy ruled by twins. Sparta also was a total warrior class of people whereas Athens was the cradle of democracy.

Answer 9

Frank Miller comic book.

Answer 10

http://iranpoliticsclub.net/history/300/

this should answer to the Greeks' great unethical and outrageous myths.