Who is the villain in 300?

Xerxes of Legend
In a larger than life battle film like “300,” the villain has to be extra-larger than life. Xerxes, the king of Persia, is portrayed as seven feet tall.

Is 300 based on a true story?

Like the comic book, the “300” takes inspirations from the real Battle of Thermopylae and the events that took place in the year of 480 BC in ancient Greece. An epic movie for an epic historical event.

Is Xerxes Voice Real in 300?

His height and voice were both altered for the role of the Persian King. Director Zack Snyder talked about Xerxes’ exaggerated features in an interview, “… because we scaled him as we did, when his normal voice played, it was even stranger to me.

Who was Artemisia in 300?

Eva Green
Eva Green played Artemisia in the 2014 film, 300: Rise of an Empire.

Is Xerxes actually a god?

“He is a god”. Although he is bald and clean shaven in the film, the real Xerxes has “real” hair on his head and as well as a moustache and beard.

Did Xerxes really exist?

Xerxes I, Old Persian Khshayarsha, byname Xerxes the Great, (born c. 519 bce—died 465, Persepolis, Iran), Persian king (486–465 bce), the son and successor of Darius I.

Are Spartans still alive?

So yes, the Spartans or else the Lacedeamoneans are still there and they were into isolation for the most part of their history and opened up to the world just the last 50 years.

How tough was a Spartan?

The Spartan Army Spartan hoplites were well-trained and the fiercest of the Greek soldiers. Their constant training made them dexterous in the formation of a phalanx. The highlight of the phalanx formation was that the success in the battle was a team effort and no one man could take credit for the victory.

Who kills Artemisia?

One legend reported by Photios, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to 867 and from 877 to 886, has Artemisia falling in love with a man named Dardanus. According to Photios, when Dardanus rejected her, Artemisia threw herself over the rocks of Leucas and was swallowed by the Aegean Sea.

Is Artemisia a real person?

Artemisia was real enough, we learn from Herodotus, her contemporary and historian of the Greco-Persian Wars. She was indeed a Greek queen, who did fight for the Persians at Salamis. But far from being admiral-in-chief of the Persian navy, she contributed a mere handful of warships out of the total of 600 or so.