‘End Of Sparta’ Mixes History With Invention
Filed by KOSU News in Art & Life.
October 18, 2011
Hollywood popularized some of the most important battles of ancient Greece in recent years.
Brad Pitt championed the Greeks against the Trojans in the battle of Troy. And Gerard Butler brought the battle of Thermopylae to the big screen in 300.
We know much less about the Battle of Leuktra, which is perhaps one of the most stunning military victories of all time.
NPR’s Neal Conan talks with military historian Victor Davis Hanson about his first foray into fiction, The End of Sparta. [Copyright 2011 National Public Radio]
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