[Streetlamp]

I provided the link instead of the whole text, because there is some profanity. A bit of hard edge. But an interesting parallel.

[NucSubs]

I don't think that is what he said. I think he made reference to that fact that even the philosophers and boy-lovers of Athens were defying Xerxes so Sparta had better.

[billybudd]

That makes no sense - the Spartans were the boy lovers. Man-boy sexual relations were institutionalized in the form of the Agogi.

[itsahoot]

"Last Stand of the 300" is being replaid on the History channel tonigh 8:00 Pacific time. Well worth the time to watch, for sure. Uses some of the same Computer grapuic tecniques as the move, maybe even shared, don't know since I haven't seen 300.