07-27-2006, 04:22 PM
One minor quibble with Pressfield in Gates Of Fire...
About midway through the book he has one of the characters (one of the daughters) comment that the young boy's face is a red as a tomato.
Now, perhaps I am mistaken but I was under the impression that tomatoes were unknown in Ancient Greece/Rome.
I do not have the book close to hand but as I remember it there are a couple of instances when Pressfield's characters speak in a decidedly modern idiom.
Again these are minor, though the mention of tomatoes was a bit of a surprise. However, over all I did enjoy the book and think it would be a better basis for a film than Miller's 300.
Narukami
About midway through the book he has one of the characters (one of the daughters) comment that the young boy's face is a red as a tomato.
Now, perhaps I am mistaken but I was under the impression that tomatoes were unknown in Ancient Greece/Rome.
I do not have the book close to hand but as I remember it there are a couple of instances when Pressfield's characters speak in a decidedly modern idiom.
Again these are minor, though the mention of tomatoes was a bit of a surprise. However, over all I did enjoy the book and think it would be a better basis for a film than Miller's 300.
Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
Burbank CA
