Many stories have been turned into movies, however when this happens there are usually several flaws within the movies that do not relate to the story. When the movie 300 was created based upon Herodotus’ account of the War at Thermopylae, there were a few faults within the film; two of the main flaws being, the matter in which Xerxes’ messengers were sent to King Leonidas to request earth and water, with the other key difference being the point of the battle in which the Spartan king Leonidas was killed. The film was flawed by the fact that Xerxes did not send messengers to Sparta. “But to Athens and Sparta Xerxes did not send heralds who had been sent into Hellas to demand earth, because of the following: previously when Darius had sent
