300 reviewed by a famous Classicist
 

I always enjoy Daniel Mendelsohn's writing. He's a classicist who writes intelligently for a popular audience. He has an interesting take here on 300 that is unique. He also gives a good primer on the movie's historicity.

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20231

Well I'm too cheap to pay for it. Why don't you sneak us more of it, as I was just getting interested.

Oh, I thought I did. I'll try again.

Try this:

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20231?email

Same results.