This set of videos is brilliant, sir. Dienekes became for me the ideal of the "Warrior Poet" so to speak. Discipline, restraint, courage, and yet not an automaton. Gates of Fire is some of the most beautiful writing I have ever had the pleasure of reading. It lingers with me long after each re-read.
I am halfway through Gates of Fire. It is the best thing I have read for years.
Just wanted to say it.
This set of videos is brilliant, sir. Dienekes became for me the ideal of the "Warrior Poet" so to speak. Discipline, restraint, courage, and yet not an automaton. Gates of Fire is some of the most beautiful writing I have ever had the pleasure of reading. It lingers with me long after each re-read.
Thank's for sharring this incredible insight!
Keep them coming Steven!
300 Spartans the original starring Richard Egan was excellent
It's fascinating how you pulled those threads together as the impetus for writing Gates of Fire. It is a fantastic book and an extraordinary story.
great video!
Hey Steve. Episode 11 doesn’t seem to be working. Just a heads up.
A squire or a Helot.
fake story, at absolute best the Persians were 50 to one hundred thousands.
Definitely not fake. Read up on your history. Even by modern estimates, the Spartans and greeks were outnumbered 20 or 30 to 1.