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Published: 2007-01-19 08:52:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 57431; Favourites: 532; Downloads: 1007
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Bryce & Poser.No postwork at all.
Background sky is a photo of mine, not a Bryce sky.
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Hi all,
In about 2 months a new Hollywood film named "300" is about to be released...Some of you may have seen the trailers in the net...It's actually based in Frank Miller's comic novell "300" which is about the ancient battle of Thermopylae at 480 BC bettween Greeks and Persians...In command of Greeks was king Leonidas of Sparta and his personal guard of 300 warriors.
According to the trailers i have seen the movie will be at list impressive...But both the movie and comic is not historically accurate...The true story Herodotus (the father of History) wrote some years after this battle is better by far and of course true.
The actual word Leonidas said to the Greeks troops (300 Spartans & 700 Thespiis) the last day was "Eat well because this night we 're gonna dine in Hades"(the place where Greeks beleived the dead go), meaning that nobody will survive or retreat from the battlefield, according to the Spartan law & ethic.
Here it has to be honoroubly mentioned that the 700 Thespiis stayed, fought & die not because of their law or any obligation but only for duty & honour.
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Sorry for this lesson people but i thought, just because of the movie release, i had to mention all this.
Of course my Bryce picture can not compare with all this fantastic Hollywood CGI, but i really hope you all like it...
Kind regards
Kostas Nikellis.
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greatest image of 300 spartans I have ever seen!
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Hey brother can I use this photo of yours on my design, I will just credit it to you. Thank you bro.
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I love how you acknowledged the Thespians many people forget that during the last day of battle 1,000 Thespians stayed behind and died with the Spartans, good work though
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Thx a lot, glad you like it.
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Wow! Amazing work! Love it!
I was wandering if you could let me us this image for an Android game called "Kingdoms of Myth", it's turn based strategy game based on a fantasy World. You can find a little bit more info in this rough website made by my colleges [link] (Sorry for the bad English). Of course you will have full credits of your work and link to your webpage if you want
Lot of thanks for your time
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One thing I am wonderign about the movie and comic... I heard that Sparta had another odd tradition - they had not one, but TWO kings. Where was the second one? I heard he remained in the city, in case Leonidas felt, but.. is he shown in the movie, or comic?
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The Greeks invented the concept of checks and balances on Government. Other nations, once they had a king, were pretty much at the mercy of whatever the king decided. But not the Greeks.
So Sparta had two kings, to keep an eye on each other. Athens had βdemocracyβ (though not in the sense that we understand the term). Another city-state had a form of Communism, where all the land was redistributed every 20 years, to keep anyone from getting too rich. And so it went.
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But things were a bit idealised, like the Athenian 'democracy' - more like republique...
and Sparta, well... Proto-eugenism, a distant root of fascism maybe...
And looked back in the past, you have the persian, a kingdom of order, law - a constitution I am told, and a refined culture... Granted, Orientalism show at times, but also Eurocentrism, in the views.
Things are less black and white, and the east gave as much as the west - the greeks admitted at times themselves, like the respect given to distant southern Egypt.
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That is true, Sparta had two kings.
They were not the actual rulers of the city-state, because they had to inform and listen the Ephors, 5 men elected by the people who's rensponsibility were to supervise the two kings.
The one king was the king of war issues. Leonidas was that guy.
The other king - Leotichidas in our case - had the rensonsibility of the usual city issues - something like the modern politicians doing in our days. The real politicians in Sparta were the Ephors though... The two kings had great power, but the ephors had to confirm their decisions.
Leonidas decide to go and fight at Thermopylae only with his personal guard of 300 Spartans, because he had the right to move only them without the Ephors agreement, and not the whole Spartan army.
Hope that helps man.
---Kostas
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Thank you, fascinating read
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Great work! a more accurate portrayal of the 300 Spartans,and yes Herodotus' was the one who wrote about the Battle of Thermophylae, though of course he did not see it himself.
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Great work! a more accurate portrayal of the 300 Spartans,and yes Herodotus' was the one who wrote about the Battle of Thermophylae, though of course he did not see it himself.
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Sympa, mais le casque du roi de Spart n'est pas fameux !
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I love this very much. I am Greek and this is a good representation of what they looked like. Thank you
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This wonderful piece has been feaured here:
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TY! 
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soo cool idea that for the sky...
and great work!!!!!
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Exw varethei na krazw tous 300...den kserw an mporeis na deis kapoia proigoumena journal mou...
ki epeisis mpravo gia tis plirofories, tis parathetw kai egw se kapoia sxetika deviations
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great worx....most people says i look like leonidas...check my webcam on deviantart
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Wow your the first one I have seen do the mohawk right
Thank you
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You were right, I love it! I am also glad you shared a bit of the true story for those who, unlike us 
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