Peter Meineck is a Professor of Classics in The Modern World at New York University. He also founded Aquila Theatre and serves as the humanities program director. Meineck has held appointments at the ...

Xerxes, the Persian King, played by Rodrigo Santoro, attempts to ply Leonidas, played by Gerald Butler, with promises of wealth and power if Leonidas' Spartan troops surrender, in the film 300.Warner ...

Captain (Vincent Regan), Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and the Spartans stand ready to halt the advance of the Persian army in 300. For those wondering, director Zack Snyder’s 300 isn’t a remake of the ...

A Fort Greene artist has turned the movie “300” on its head, creating a contrasting short film that tells that story from the perspective of the Persians soldiers, rather than the chiseled Greek ...

IF looks could kill, the Spartan warriors who spend most of “300” flexing their six-pack abs at the invading Persian army surely would have won the battle of Thermopylae. In defense of Greece, the 300 ...