02-09-2012, 04:58 AM
Really? I thought the Pressfield book was ok but there wasn't much "Greek" about it. I think by far the best books I've read on Greece have been the first two Christian Cameron novels, the Tyrant series. If you haven't read them you definitely should, as I believe I've told Dithyrambus before, they definitely get the Classicist seal of approval. They're pretty cheap right now on Amazon too.
As for the film, I still think a series detailing Persian/Mainland Greek/Ionian Greek interactions would be amazing. The death of Leonidas is a problem...in one sense it's the climax but you can't end there, thematically it would make no sense. We also need some Themistoklis love.
As for the film, I still think a series detailing Persian/Mainland Greek/Ionian Greek interactions would be amazing. The death of Leonidas is a problem...in one sense it's the climax but you can't end there, thematically it would make no sense. We also need some Themistoklis love.
Jass