If I was a Thespian

[Qoèlet]

I'd be pretty damn sick of this whole 300 Spartans business. There were 700 Thespians that stayed behind and lost their lives at Thermopylae in the final hails of arrows, just like Leonidus and the Spartans. But no-one's ever made a movie about them in all this time, and the Spartans have something like 3 by now. Even the monument at Thyrmopylae, as I understand it, only makes reference to the Spartans, informing the passerby to go to Sparta and tell them about the dead there. Of course, this particular version of the story has all of the non-Spartans high-tailing it out of there... why?

I just don't get it: why discount the contributions of the vast majority of combatants? I get that Frank Miller has a raging hard-on for the Spartans, but across the board attention has always been on the Spartans in this battle, meanwhile they accounted for less than 1/3 of the Greeks that made a conscious decision to stay behind at Thermopylae and be killed.

Nice film and all, though.

 

[SamuraiSon6]

according to the movie (not necessarily history) they were potters and sculpters who died within minutes...

 

[kytrigger]

I'd be pretty damn sick of this whole 300 Spartans business. There were 700 Thespians that stayed behind and lost their lives at Thermopylae in the final hails of arrows, just like Leonidus and the Spartans. But no-one's ever made a movie about them in all this time, and the Spartans have something like 3 by now. Even the monument at Thyrmopylae, as I understand it, only makes reference to the Spartans, informing the passerby to go to Sparta and tell them about the dead there. Of course, this particular version of the story has all of the non-Spartans high-tailing it out of there... why?

I just don't get it: why discount the contributions of the vast majority of combatants? I get that Frank Miller has a raging hard-on for the Spartans, but across the board attention has always been on the Spartans in this battle, meanwhile they accounted for less than 1/3 of the Greeks that made a conscious decision to stay behind at Thermopylae and be killed.

Nice film and all, though.

Yeah, they stayed behind and died with teh Spartans, but the tribute at Thermopylae is technically to them as well. Before the final battle, teh Spartans supposedly shared their capes with the Thespians basically making them honorary Spartans.

And anyway, yes they died there with the Spartans, but the Spartans were the ones in charge and the ones that lead the battle, therefore the ones well known.

 

[Demon Within]

Oh an why are they saving a Private Ryan when in reality his name was Sgt Fritz Niland!!???? WTF ZOMG HOLLYWOOD SHYSTERS.

 

[ScottishFogg]

there were 700 actors who were killed in battle? how tragic.

 

[Donnie Darko]

there were 700 actors who were killed in battle? how tragic.

well, it wouldn't be tragic of those actors were like Freddie Prinze Jr

 

[herakles]

I'd be pretty damn sick of this whole 300 Spartans business. There were 700 Thespians that stayed behind and lost their lives at Thermopylae in the final hails of arrows, just like Leonidus and the Spartans. But no-one's ever made a movie about them in all this time, and the Spartans have something like 3 by now. Even the monument at Thyrmopylae, as I understand it, only makes reference to the Spartans, informing the passerby to go to Sparta and tell them about the dead there. Of course, this particular version of the story has all of the non-Spartans high-tailing it out of there... why?

I just don't get it: why discount the contributions of the vast majority of combatants? I get that Frank Miller has a raging hard-on for the Spartans, but across the board attention has always been on the Spartans in this battle, meanwhile they accounted for less than 1/3 of the Greeks that made a conscious decision to stay behind at Thermopylae and be killed.

Nice film and all, though.

Hey Im Arcadian Greek from the Mantineia area and the Arcadians in the movie where shown as basically punks even thought we fought bravely in the actual battle

 

[kytrigger]

Hey Im Arcadian Greek from the Mantineia area and the Arcadians in the movie where shown as basically punks even thought we fought bravely in the actual battle

They weren't really punks in the movie. I mean they did show up of their own will, and they did demand to Leonidas that they fight instead of jut sitting behind the Spartan defenses. The only thing they didn't do was stay and die in the end. They actually retreated (well at least the ones still alive) like almost every person would do in that situation.

 

[herakles]

Well in the real battle they along with every non-Spartan was ordered to evacuate by Leonidas himself only the Thespians refuse to leave because the Hot-Gates was in their country so they had reason to stay and defend their homes.

I was saying that the Arcadians where a bunch wimps when fighting while the Spartans where War Gods! Something that wasn't that acturate in real life.