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That's not quite correct. As it was, Xerxes was able to retreat leisurely (it took him over a month-and-a-half* to meander back through Macedon and Thrace, to the Hellespont pontoon-bridges he built to get across from continental Asia to Europe, back to the Persian land); yes he had his Imperial navy, too, but that was for fighting, not for troop transport. (Another story and probably more interesting battle concerning the Athenian's brand new navy of 200 triremes versus the best seamen in the world: the Ph

That is the cutest puppy I have seen all day. Socks would have been apt, but predictable. Quick, take her away, before she makes me cuddle her!

Does Bok get two titles? "

Just finished VALIS (PKD). Not everyday you read a new cosmogony.

Well, that's more down to attention-seeking.

At least you can get a good cuppa in the UK.

Me likey.

Won't vorpal dice decapitate the roller?

One of the historical inaccuracies in the film is that the Spartans weren't wearing armour. A lot of the one-liners are actually historical sayings: the Spartans called themselves Lacad

Persian Fire: The First World Empire Battle for the West (Tom Holland does an excellent job of compiling a narrative of the historical world under the first Persian Emperor, Cyrus the Great, through Darius and his son — grandson to Cyrus — crown Prince Xerxes, despite the dearth of reliable surviving information, together with more reliable (just) records of classic Greece.) The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus discusses what he thinks is the central dilemma of a godless universe, namely: why not just give up and commit suicide, and get it all over with without all the fuss.) Both EXCELLENT.

Only by people suffering from Pareidolia.

I hadn't seen the film at the time I wrote what I wrote. Having now seen it, I can confidently say that there is NO WAY THIS IS A POLITICAL FILM. It just isn't. It's a (vaguely homo-erotic) muscle-bound men with swords (and spears) killing each other in an graphic-novel inspired arty-noir film. Seriously. It just uses standard film devices (cripple = bad character), not political diatribe (Leonidas = Bush). And there is NO WAY anyone in their right mind would equate Leonidas with Bush. As for the film, it managed to tell a story that didn't overtly break any historical fact (apart from some of the set-up pieces) ... they just omitted some of the more complex parts of the stories to tell a dumbed-down action adventure. (The historical fact is actually more interesting and stranger than the film, believe it or not.) Still, the details of the period and the politics aren't particularly conducive to a film ...

Firstly, it's polite to include a copy of what is relevant in a link, so that the readers know what you are talking about and don't have to follow the link to read the topic. Like this: Secondly, this has already been discussed here.

He's at a castle presently and not answering his calls.

Because I didn't and will not watch those.

I don't like it.

I'm not sure why you are taking (or at least emphasizing) this interpretation; actually, the more relevant comparison (and one that has been made previously) is about the hubris of a superpower and the valiant sacrifice (for a principle) of a small group of independents. To quote Tom Holland's Persian Fire, which is the narrative historical analysis of the era (well, this is the marketing blurb on the back cover): About a hundred years later, at the end of the Peloponnesian Wars (with the Spartan hegemony against the Athenians), the Spartans borrowed money, equipment and men from a Persian satrap (in the modern Dardanelles, where the Athenians had a strategic base of operations for their food supplies from the Black Sea). It seems that the idea died with those martyrs ... As an aside, the Spartans were regarded as peculiar by the other Greek city-states not because they had slaves (everyone did), but because they had Greek slaves (the Helots were neighbours they forcefully indentured). That, and Spartan women were equally as free in society as the men (and no chores to do, so they were more administrators of the household). Fixed.

After carefully considering all the party policies and assessing the management capabilities ... most people vote for the party that their parents voted for.

I cannot disagree.

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The acting wasn't nearly so bad as the script.

I am playing as a girl on my first time through. "

Not yet, no. I've heard good things, though. Just about to finish Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus, then I fancy a bit of historical exposition: Persian Fire (Tom Holland: not a classic, but some history is also on the wishlist).

You could dial by writing out the number ...