The Battle of Thermopylae stands as one of the most heroic moments in all of Classical antiquity

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The Battle of Thermopylae stands as one of the most heroic moments in all of Classical antiquity. 300 Spartans, led by King Leonidas, held off a Persian army of hundreds of thousands of soldiers for days on end. Eventually, after the betrayal of Ephialtes, they were besieged on two sides and each and every soldier was killed. In this reading response, I would like you to spend half your time discussing the reliability of Herodotus' as a source for the Battle of Thermopylae. Is he reliable? Why or why not? What evidence can you point to in order to support your opinion? For the second half of the response, I would like you to compare and contrast Herodotus' depiction of the Battle of Thermopylae with Frank Miller's depiction of the same battle in his graphic novel 300.

 

• Read. Read the secondary sources concerning Herodotus and Herodotus' Histories.
• Read. Read Herodotus' description of the Battle of Thermopylae while keeping the assignment overview in mind.
• Read. Read Frank Miller's graphic novel 300 while keeping the assignment overview in mind.
• You are expected to use the ancient source as evidence for your argument. In order to receive full credit, you need to cite the ancient source at least three times using in-text, parenthetical citations. You also need to provide a full bibliographic reference for the ancient source at the end of your response. For in-text parenthetical citations go with this format (Ancient Author, Text Title, Line # if available otherwise Page #). For the end-of-response full bibliographic entry just standard MLA
• the template you need to use is in the attachment, as for the readings just click on the Blue words and go to the URL provided.