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• n  Athenian statesman who persuaded Athens to build a navy and then led it to victory over the Persians (527-460 BC)

• Themistocles

News & Articles

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• Hot Trailer: ‘300: Rise Of An Empire’
  Warner Bros has posted the first trailer for the long-awaited sequel to the stylish 2006 hit, though it isn’t coming out until March 7. In 300: Rise Of An Empire , Persian queen Artemisia (Eva Green) uses her “entire navy” to attack the Greeks, who are led by politician and general Themistocles (Sullivan Stapleton). Swords, axes, arrows, knives, flames, ships, horses, death, destruction — it’s ...
  June 13, 2013 - Deadline Hollywood

Quotes

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• Frank Miller in Los Angeles Times (blog)
  The time frame begins 10 years before '300' and the story starts with the Battle of Marathon, which was killer to draw, by the way, even if it was a lot of work,Miller said. "The lead character is Themistocles, who became warlord of Greece...