In 300, Spartan soldier Dilios recounts the story as a speech before the real-life Battle of Plataea. The monsters, giant elephants, and exaggerated battles are

In 300, Spartan soldier Dilios recounts the story as a speech before the real-life Battle of Plataea. The monsters, giant elephants, and exaggerated battles are portrayed as wartime propaganda, turning the Spartans into legends and the Persians into terrifying enemies meant to inspire the Greek army…