This article compares two different approaches to the same historical story – the famous battle at
Thermopylae between the detachment of Spartans led by King Leonidas and the huge Persian army.
The analysis of Herodotus' text shows how numerous deviations and distortions of historical reality
are in this film.
Translated title of the contributionSpartan King Leonidas at Herodotus and in American Cinema (“300” directed by Zack Snyder, 2006)
Original languageRussian
Title of host publication«Homo loquens: язык и культура. Диалог культур в условиях открытого мира»
Subtitle of host publicationСборник научных трудов по материалам международной научной конференции. Электронное научное издание. Вып. 5
EditorsС. В. Киселёва, И. Б. Руберт, Н.А. Трофимова
Place of PublicationСПб.
PublisherИздательство Русской христианской гуманитарной академии
Pages176–181
ISBN (Print)9785907309166
StatePublished - 2020

    Research areas

  • Sparta, Spartans, Leonidas, Xerxes, Herodotus, Thermopylae

    Scopus subject areas

  • Arts and Humanities(all)

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