300 is a graphic novel written and drawn by Frank Miller and colored by Lynn Varley. It tells the story of the Spartans, the Persians, and the Battle of Thermopylae. The individual volumes were collected and reprinted in their entire by Dark Horse in 1999. Publishers Weekly wrote: "Form and content are ideally wedded: Miller's writing is stark, his drawings moody and dramatic, and intensified by Varley's grimly appropriate palette of earth and blood. The reader can see and feel the harshness of both the Grecian landscape and Sparta's battle-worshipping culture, as Miller presents the complex historical moment facing the 300." The novel was made into a movie.
Ancient Greek Military World | ||
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Wars | ||
Battles | Battle of Artemisium • Battle of Chaeronea • Battle of Corinth • Battle of Leuctra • Battle of Marathon • Battle of Plataea • Battle of Salamis • Battle of Samothrace • Battle of Thermopylae • | |
Men and Military Life | Alcibiades • Alexander the Great • Greek helmets • Greek shield • Homosexuality in the militaries of ancient Greece • Hoplite • Leonidas I • Macedonian phalanx • Milo of Croton • Pericles • Phalanx formation • Sacred Band of Thebes • Themistocles • Thucydides • Trireme • | |
Literature | ||
Miscellaneous | 300 (graphic novel) • The 300 Spartans (movie) • Achilles • Ares (God of War) • Athena (Goddess of War and Military Strategy) • Patroclus • Riace bronzes • Troy (movie) • Winged Victory of Samothrace (sculpture) • |