The movie is very beautiful and dazzling, but it makes people's attention somewhat biased.
Many film reviews are fair and knowledgeable, but the one I saw last time mentioned that "The Battle of Wenquan Pass embodies the faith of the Spartans," I can't completely agree.
Everything starts with the cold epitaph
Epitaph of Simonides
Original: (I don’t know if it can be displayed)
L xein', angellein Lakedaimoniois hoti tēide
keimetha tois keinōn rhēmasi peithomenoi.
English translation:
Go tell the Spartans, passerby, That here, by Spartan law, We lie.
There are many versions in English translation, here is the original text of Frank Miller, in the "300" comic.
Note that by the law is translated into Chinese, according to the promise. And I think the translation is appropriate in accordance with the Spartan Code and Military Regulations.
If understood in this way, the essence of the entire inscription will be considered from a different angle.
A long time ago, art critic Ruskin believed that the purpose of the inscription was not to attract attention, but to fear that the Spartans in their hometown would misunderstand that they were fighters who escaped responsibility. He hoped that the monument would be erected to allow the past travelers to bring the facts back to their hometowns.
There is also a legend that only 298 Spartan remains were found at that time, and the other two did not participate in the battle and fled back to Sparta. The two were dismissed by the Spartans. One of them committed suicide because he couldn't stand the long-term contempt of his elders in his hometown; the remaining one went into battle again and died in battle.
This is the fate of the Spartan man, determined by the nature of the country of Sparta:
Unlike the democratic Athens, Sparta’s government is an oligarchy, a Greek city-state known for its harsh discipline, dictatorship, and militarism.
Sparta stipulated that all men must join the army, and women are also strong and tough. Think that the soldiers are going to die on the battlefield. In short, a hegemonic nation with all soldiers.
It's a far cry from the topic, but I want to write a few more words: The Persians will win the Battle of Wenquan Pass, but the price of victory is too great. 20,000 casualties were also given to the Athenian navy with precious time, enabling Athens to win the next naval battle. Without the navy, Persia could not provide supplies to the army, which had a fatal impact on the Persian army. Step by step led to the entire second Boss War (the first Boss War, Sparta did not lend a helping hand to Athens) once again ended in the defeat of the Persians (after this, it has a more profound political and cultural destiny for Persia and Greece. Influence). From then on, Persia could no longer invade Greece.
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