Sunday, July 19, 2009

Media Literacy on the Movie 300 Question 1

Did this battle really happen? How could 300 men fight so huge an army?
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  1. NoplayplayplayJuly 19, 2009 at 10:22 PM

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    We feel that the battle really did not happen in real life as it is not realistic. 300 people will easily be defeated by the huge army as they are dressed very lightly. 300 men fighting a huge army is mainly impossible as the 300 men lost in the end. If the battle really happened, people would not need a huge army to fight their enemies in WWI and WWII.

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  2. ZhenJuly 19, 2009 at 10:26 PM

    This battle did happen."The events are 90 percent accurate." An Allied force of approximately 7,000 men thus marched north to block the pass in the summer of 480 BC. The Persian army, alleged by the ancient sources to have numbered in the millions, arrived at the pass in late August or early September. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held up the Persians for seven days in total (including three of battle), before the rear-guard was annihilated in one of history's most famous last stands. During two full days of battle, the small force led by King Leonidas I of Sparta blocked the only road by which the massive Persian army could pass. After the second day of battle, a local resident named Ephialtes betrayed the Greeks by revealing a small path that led behind the Greek lines. Aware that they were being outflanked, Leonidas dismissed the bulk of the Greek army, and remained to guard the rear with 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, 400 Thebans and perhaps a few hundred others, the vast majority of whom were killed.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae
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