02-09-2012, 04:23 AM
Quote:Well, to be honest, that is also a feature of the Pressfield book I enjoyed.
Yes, both sides would need to be portrayed, accurately.
Rhinocerous headed soldiers I don't recall in Herodotus.
I don't remember any fanged ninjas in Herodotus either! :lol:
Good point Byron, Steve P. did a wonderful job of NOT demonizing the Persian forces, the Egyptian "Tommy" and Dienekes are presented as two men who would have likely been fast friends under different circumstances, even given the circumstances there is still a profound respect between the two. There are also plenty of other examples of mutual respect found in Gates.
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Mark Hayes
"The men who once dwelled beneath the crags of Mt Helicon, the broad land of Thespiae now boasts of their courage"
Philiades
"So now I meet my doom. Let me at least sell my life dearly and have a not inglorius end, after some feat of arms that shall come to the ears of generations still unborn"
Hektor, the Iliad
Mark Hayes
"The men who once dwelled beneath the crags of Mt Helicon, the broad land of Thespiae now boasts of their courage"
Philiades
"So now I meet my doom. Let me at least sell my life dearly and have a not inglorius end, after some feat of arms that shall come to the ears of generations still unborn"
Hektor, the Iliad
