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Entry: Mama was a Spartan Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/mama_was_a_spartan#693 Post contents: Taki I love the article and I love most of the articles you have written. I'm tired of people who like to disrespect the great history of Greece and have no respect for our people and culture in general. There's a great range of opinions here from some coward who doesn't have the balls to put his name after his post, but has the balls to challenge you to tell this story to an Iranian on the street. Apparently these days courage is required to re-tell a true story, even though in the case of this movie it is what I would call a mythologized version. The Persian army by the way must have been massive by anyones account simply because of the numbers left over the winter to finish the job against the Greeks. Almost every source out there agrees the Persian army left behind after the defeat at Salamis was at approximately 300-350,000 strong. This army we all know (except for maybe anonymous) was completely wiped out at the Battle of Platea which was led by the Spartans. Chris Nivo Sent at: 2008 07 24