Originally Posted by ADL Colin

Are you kidding me? You ever read Herodotus? This is one of the greatest stories in history. A few hundred free men laid down their lives to hold up the entire Persian army at the pass. Their sacrifice gave the Athenians and Spartans time to set up the victory at Salamis; which in the end saved western civilization. As far as women, Gorgo's appearance as a womam before the Spartan court is legendary and out of character for contemporary greek city states. The strength of Spartan women in the pages of Herodotus later agitated Aristotle enough to write about it.

The story has a fantastic plot and Herodotus is a master story-teller.