A scene from 300: Rise of an Empire.Warner Bros. Shortly after the 2007 release of 300—Zack Snyder’s computerized gorefest about the ancient Battle of Thermopylae—the Iranians issued an angry response ...

Peter Meineck is a Professor of Classics in The Modern World at New York University. He also founded Aquila Theatre and serves as the humanities program director. Meineck has held appointments at the ...

Captain (Vincent Regan), Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and the Spartans stand ready to halt the advance of the Persian army in 300. For those wondering, director Zack Snyder’s 300 isn’t a remake of the ...

IF looks could kill, the Spartan warriors who spend most of “300” flexing their six-pack abs at the invading Persian army surely would have won the battle of Thermopylae. In defense of Greece, the 300 ...

A Fort Greene artist has turned the movie “300” on its head, creating a contrasting short film that tells that story from the perspective of the Persians soldiers, rather than the chiseled Greek ...

Before there was an Alamo – or an Agincourt, or an Iwo Jima – there was the Battle of Thermopylae, ancient Greece’s official entry in the “all-time great last stands” sweepstakes. From a numbers ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The New York Times and the government of Iran agree: the movie "300" ...

In 480 BC at Thermopylae, a small Greek coalition, which included 300 Spartans, fought against an invading Persian army. Spoiler alert: The Spartans lost. But the valor shown in temporarily holding ...