Frank Miller's 'Xerxes' Lithograph Announces '300' Prequel [Updated] - ComicsAlliance | Comics culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews

Well, we know what Frank Miller's followup to "300" will look like. It's a prequel that centers around the historical event known as the Battle of Marathon which lead directly to the events on which 3o0 was based. I liked the Movie and I've read the graphic novel. However I don't like the way Xerxes is portrayed or the Persian empire. Xerxes doesn't seem to be as bad as he was depicted. Don't forget he is also the same king who chose Ester in the Book of Ester. It was his empire that gave people freedom of religion and returned people back to the homes and territories they had been exiled from by the Assyrian and Babylonian empires. They were hardly completely evil and bent on world conquest. Xerxes had political and personal reasons for invading Greece and burning Athens to the ground. The Bible says that everything was laid out to bring about Jesus' coming. In hindsight I can see what God meant. Because Xerxes invaded Greece, it forced the Greeks to work together and laying the groundwork for Alexander the Great to make them into one nation and standardize the Greek language and paving the way for the Romans. Because Alexander spread Greek culture and language all over, the Romans left it in place and it became the language of commerce. This is why Septuagint and the New Testament were done in Greek and they were the common scripture for Jews and Gentiles for centuries. Xerxes was no more a Hitler or a psychopath than any other leader.
Frank Miller's 'Xerxes' Lithograph Announces '300' Prequel [Updated] - ComicsAlliance | Comics culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews