[Mr. Jazzy]

"Moral of story - Greeks lost.. Movie was a total fantasy"

Moral of the story is that there are some things, like freedom, that are WORTH defending to the death. Greeks lost the battle, but western society and the ideas of democratic republics survived and are the same principals the United States were founded upon.

What would you say about the battle for the Alamo? "Moral of the story -Texicans lost."

In case you didn't know, the film is entertainment, not a documentary.

[amchugh]

The irony is that the Spartans were heroes for preserving the seeds of democracy even though they had nothing but contempt for Athenian democracy.