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'''King Leonidas''': "Madness"...? '''[[Where Do You Think You Are?|THIS! IS! SPARTA!]]''' ''([[Shoot the Messenger|kicks Persian messenger into the pit]])'' }}

 

Zack Snyder is reportedly working on a "sequel" to ''300'' which would show the war from the Athenian point of view, and Frank Miller is working on a prequel about Xerxes.

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* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: Both sides hack a lot of limbs and heads off quite cleanly, despite having only iron weapons.

* [[Acoustic License]]: At the end of the film, the narrator is talking to an army of over a thousand men. Somehow, the guys way in the back, who are probably half a mile away, hear him perfectly fine.

* [[Artistic License]]: As [[Frank Miller]] put it, he doesn't let the facts get in the way of a good story.

* [[Armor Is Useless]]: Played so very straight.

* [[Artistic License History]]: The movie is so obviously not meant to reflect actual history. In fact, historical records of the event are already believed to be rather sensationalized and greatly embellished. [[Zack Snyder]] and [[Frank Miller]] also drew inspiration from ancient artwork, which, much like Hollywood, glamorize battles of the past. Audiences have loved muscle-bound, half-naked supermen kicking the snot out of each other for [[Older Than They Think|quite a while]]. The embellishment is heavily implied as part of the Greek propaganda even during the film. On the other hand, Zack Snyder did state rather audaciously that the history presented in the film is "90% accurate, although the visuals are pretty crazy". However, none of these explain a few details:

** The Spartan soldiers' disdain for the Ephors and the supernatural in general. Spartans were particularly religious for Ancient Greeks.

* [[Acceptable Feminine Goals]]: As was the case in real life, Spartan women seem to take the highest pride in giving birth to strong Spartan soldiers. Gorgo boasts, "Only Spartan women give birth to ''real'' men." In fact, only women who died in childbirth merited a tombstone in ancient Sparta.

* [[Final Speech]]

* [[Five-Man Band]]:

** [[Big Good]] / [[The Hero]]: Leonidas

* [[Take That]]: Leonidas gets one aimed at Ephialtes. As the latter faces the former whilst the Persians are about to attack, Leonidas tells him, "May you live forever." Hence, either intending that his betrayal should be remembered throughout the generations, or due to that the Spartans valued death in combat highly. Hence Leonidas gave him his version of the finger.

* [[Testosterone Poisoning]]: Only Spartan women can handle the sheer manliness!

* [[Unperson]]: Xerxes threatens to do this to all of Sparta if Leonidas doesn't bow down to the King of Kings.

* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: The whole movie is Dilios telling a campfire story to boost morale, and as [[Frank Miller]] said, he doesn't let the facts get in the way of a good story. More specifically, he even narrates parts he wasn't even present for (the ending of the battle, for instance).

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