But it was not - it's not meant to be a reconstruction of the text of Herodotus and the 300 at Thermopylae.ĬONAN: And Herodotus, of course, the great classical historian. HANSON: Well, I think within the ground rules of the stylized adaptation of a graphic novel - which was itself derived from secondary sources - it was very interesting. VICTOR DAVIS HANSON (Historian, Syndicated Columnist): Thank you for having me, Neal. He joins us now by phone from his home in Fresno, California. E-mail: historian, and syndicated columnist Victor Davis Hanson attended the premier of "300" in Hollywood. Unidentified Man #1: Then we will fight in the shade.ĬONAN: If you saw the picture, if you have questions about it, particularly about its fidelity to history, give us a call. A thousand nations of the Persian Empire descend upon you. Unidentified Man #2: Your women will be slaves. Run along and tell your Xerxes he faces free men here, not slaves. In this scene, a menacing Persian officer threatens a Spartan detachment. For those who went to see "Wild Hogs" instead, "300" is a stylized account of the Battle of Thermopylae, where those 300 Spartans held a narrow mountain pass in Northern Greece against a gigantic army of invading Persians in 480 B.C., where nothing less than the survival of Western civilization was at stake. The movie version of Frank Miller's graphic novel "300" opened on Friday to -well, let's be kind - mixed reviews, and then dominated at the box office, taking in a spectacular $70 million over the weekend.
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