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The battle between the Greeks and the Persians took place at Thermopylae. Thermopylae was a narrow mountain pass, made up of the sea on one side and cliffs on the other. Herodotus’ account of this battle is found in Book 7, Xerxes War. Another account of this battle can be seen in the movie 300. The Persian “god,” Xerxes, has acquired much “earth and water,” and wants more; he seeks out the Greek empire. He has armies of the millions, and the Greeks can not match those numbers. Although the book and the movie are accounts of the same battle, the viewpoint, the tone and some key points are different in comparison.
Herodotus states there in Thermopylae a small force led by King Leonidas of Sparta met the Persian army of millions. Although it is not just Spartans it is a whole army of Greeks who are ready to defeat the Persians. Xerxes is interested in as much territory power as possible and goes to battle with his army that he thinks is unbeatable, due to the......

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