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POPS300 x 4 Spartans -- The Living Legacy of King Leonidas The 2006 hit movie, 300, retold the ancient battle of Thermopylae in bold, graphic-novel terms. Reviewers and pundits of all political stripes saw the film as an analogy to the Iraq War, and audiences relived the heroic stand of the vastly outnumbered Spartans against the Persian king Xerxes I ("The Great"). Interesting history at http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/300-x-4-spartans-living-legacy-king-leonidas
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POPS Revealedix: the Gaul of Asterix was no joke after all "I have read about the new discoveries, but to be honest I don't think we will be reworking the Asterix stories," said Florence Richaud, a spokeswoman for Albert Rene, publishers of the series of albums. "The illustrator Albert Uderzo did try to make it authentic, but rather than educational material these are stories designed basically to make children laugh." Uderzo, 80, who has illustrated all of the Asterix adventures, is working on his memoirs and has no plans to give new life to his ferocious, moustached creation
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