If Herodotus is to be believed , the 300 had a supporting cast of 4,000, give or take a phalanx :
. 80 Mycenaens
200 Phylians
400 Corinthians
400 Thebans
500 Maniteans
500 Tegeans
1120 Arcadians
And in case of any Persian theatrics
700 Thespians
Seven hundred Thespians-- by Apollo , the Muses , and the stunt double of Herakles , they must have fielded every media lawyer from Pergamon to Philadelphia !
Between the Arcadian agents , the Peloponnesian pistachio vendors , Rhodean rhinoceros wranglers, second unit ambrosia caterers , Persian Best Boy , Greek Key Grips , life insurance cover for The Immortals , Xena's kill fee for the Amazon outtakes and the audio remix for the Theban Band , it's a wonder Xerxes got a hemiobol on the stater on the box office split.
That's why the Thermopylae remake will surely get a hecatomb of Oscar nominations--not a single thespian appears to have been killed , injured , or otherwise employed in this production.
Or is that that they're chronosynclastic infundibulum fans-- It was a rather Darwinian battle.
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Posted by: Health News | March 18, 2011 at 12:33 AM