...This movie had fucking everything . The film starts off with the training of King Leonidas. He spears a damn wolf to death from the very beginning. .... Maybe 5-10 minutes after that, Leonidas is grown up and a king and all that. Some Persian dude comes to ask Sparta to surrender to Xerxes and Persia. Leonidas kicks the guy into this huge pit . My face was seriously just like o__________o and I ...

300 & Geekdom

..., curled his arms into a mock-Schwarzenegger pose and bellowed out a timeless remark of King Leonidas of Sparta that has in the last week become the catchphrase of the year: “...’s rights). So you might think that righties would love the film. But they’re nervous that Emperor Xerxes of Persia, not the freedom-loving Leonidas, might be George Bush. Our so-called conservatives, who have cut all ties ...

History is not boring

...of the Persian wars, when Persia spent 60 years attempting to...B.C. and the Persian king Xerxes I was preparing to...prepared. The first scouting reports Xerxes received said that the Spartans...custom when preparing for war. Xerxes' next act was to offer...which Leonidas promptly refused. So Xerxes demanded that they surrender their...Persian advance was stopped forever. Xerxes immediately sailed home and left...

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..., but it was still hot when he was alive). But now he's playing the Prince of Motherfucking Persia, and certain parts of my body are very happy about that. God dammit, Gyllenhaal, let go of Reese Witherspoon's hand and grab my ass! I'm Xerxes, for chrissakes, I AM YOUR GOD KING AND YOU MUST DO MY BIDDING! I really hope this movie turns out to be good, but even...

Ахеменидская Персия и Армения

...delivered battle far indeed from Persia. 5. (47-55.) Darius the...2. (3-11.) Darius the king says: Ahuramazda bestowed upon me...countries of which I became king: Persia, Elarn, Babylonia, Assyria, Arabia...Sind, Skudra, petasos-wearing Ionians, ... XERXES, PERSEPOLIS H. (XPh) 1. (1...countries of which I was king ... (= DNa 18-22); Media, Elam...says: When that I became king, there is among these countries...

300 and Dexter and such...

... fifteen minutes into 300 to pay enough attention to catch the king dude's name and realise the bloody thing was about the ... fact that despite fantastical monsters and an interesting interpretation of ancient Persia it was far more historically accurate then bloody Braveheart. The ...bit annoyed about it though, as I believe they generally consider Xerxes rule to be Quite A Good Bit of their history. ...

Great read!

... with elephants, rhinos, and various beasts; Xerxes as a gay stereotype; while the.... Hellenised Jews pushed the Seleucid king, to enforce anti circumcision and anti... representing them when some of Xerxes key generals were Ethiopian, Carthaginian, ...and China, and one can include, Persia and Israel were vastly different ... Spartan/Persian conflict. They respected Xerxes and their xenophobia was targeted ...

... versions of Troy and Van Helsing way back when, she still delivers: [The God-King of Persia rolls up on his Antelope Throne to represent. Xerxes is seven feet tall and fabulous .] XERXES: BOW TO ME. LEONIDAS: Why should we? XERXES: Our culture is far superior to yours. LEONIDAS: Girl, please—give me one example. XERXES: My panties are made of solid gold. Go go go....

"Spartans! What is your profession?"

...lends him the insight to crush Persia .   Ephialtes goes from disgraced Greek general...stuff I didn’t like.   Leonidas, King of the Spartans, was great ... such an effective and inspiring King need to yell so much ... go to war, support their king, and fend off an opponent ... their shit together to face Xerxes on land and sea.   Sparta ... the myth.”   That’s why Xerxes sounds like a bad guy ...