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The Arcadians retreat upon learning of Ephialtes' betrayal, but the Spartans choose to stay. Leonidas orders an injured but reluctant Dilios to return to Sparta and inform his compatriots of what has happened. In Sparta, Queen Gorgo attempted to persuade the Spartan Council to reinforce the 300 Spartan soldiers making their last stand. Gorgo ...
Gorgo arrives at the battle along with ships from numerous Greek city-states including Delphi, Thebes, Olympia, Arcadia, and Sparta, all united against the Persians. Xerxes, watching the battle from a cliff, turns back, acknowledging his naval defeat and continuing the march of his army. Artemisia attacks Themistocles, but he stabs and kills her.
This category includes historical battles in which Greek city-state of Sparta (15th century BC–2nd century BC) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Battles of Sparta .
The battle has been featured in numerous works of art, and overall, there is a long tradition of upholding the story of the battle as an example of virtuous self-sacrifice. In 2006, American filmmaker Zack Snyder released the Hollywood action movie 300 based on the battle which grossed $456 million dollars worldwide. [179]
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Epitaph with Simonides' epigram (modern replica) The 300 Spartans is a 1962 CinemaScope epic historical drama film [1] depicting the Battle of Thermopylae.It was directed by Rudolph Maté and stars Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, David Farrar, Diane Baker, and Barry Coe.
When the Argives marched out to defend it, the two armies agreed to let 300 champions from each city fight, with the winner taking the territory. Presumably the idea was to reduce the total number of casualties. Both armies marched home, so as to prevent either side from helping their champions and escalating the duel into a full battle.
Go Tell the Spartans is a 1978 American war film directed by Ted Post and starring Burt Lancaster.The film is based on Daniel Ford's 1967 novel Incident at Muc Wa [1] about U.S. Army military advisors during the early part of the Vietnam War in 1964, when Ford was a correspondent in Vietnam for The Nation.