Celebrating The 2500 Year Anniversary Of The Battle Of Thermopylae
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- 2500 years ago, in 480 B.C., 8000 hoplites gave their lives in the famous Battle of Thermopylae. This video, in celebration of their courage, compares the historical texts to the film 300. Enjoy!
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Wow, what a milestone.
2500 years ago. Crazy!
I prefer to remember Marathon, where the Spartans didn't even bother to show up, but Athenian citizen-soldiers did. If it wasn't for those reservists, there would have been no 300. Because of the battle most of have forgotten, the battle everyone remembered is still celebrated.
Right, the battle of Marathon, Salamis, Thermopylae all deserve praise! I think Thermopylae gets more attention because of the reputation of the Spartan military and King Leonidas. Marathon is in fact, imo, much greater significantly because, unlike Thermopylae, the Athenians actually won a battle against significant odds. I also think Thermopylae gets more praise because the idea of self-sacrifice is something that is in the heart of all humans and that concept is maximized by authors such as Herodotus and Plutarch. If you read the historical text by Herodotus, it is written from a pro-Athenian perspective. The Spartans were fighting for all of Greece and for freedom. But the Spartans for me were always tricky to understand, definitely self-centered, but who wasn't?
@@DanCostaAcademicus Very well put. I have not read Herodotus directly, although I certainly should. I also understand why the 300 are legendary in popular culture whereas Marathon or Salamis are not, and I admire anyone who covers any ancient history, to be fair. I just get cranky about the Spartans because I think our line of modern culture is more influenced by other Greek city-states but Spartans share an inordinate claim to contemporary consciousness. You are the wrong person to be complaining to about that, obviously. I should add my thanks here instead, which I do.
@@KaiTakApproach Spartans are definitely more glorified than the Athenians which is a shame because Athens and the Roman Republic have massive influence over our culture, especially the U.S. I want to do another 2500 year anniversary for the Battle of Salamis, a very important event which sparked off Athens's destiny as a naval power as well as the Delian League. Herodotus is an entertaining read. He was from Helicarnassus and was born after the city was liberated by the Athenians during the Persian Wars when they liberated Ionia. He was definitely pro-democratic. If you read his works on Darius's rise to the throne Darius and his men, after killing the imposter of Cambyses brother, debate on the type of government they want to enact and they discuss democracy. If you know anything about the workings of the Persian Empire it is most certainly fabricated by Herodotus that Darius would discuss Democracy as a viable choice.