The book starts out in “Lakonia, Greece”, where we are introduced to the helots, the subjugated population of Messenia. The book was written by Kieron Gillen, illustrated by Ryan Kelly with colours by Jordie Bellaire. Today, I want to write about Three, published in 2014 by Image Comics. But are there any comic books that cover, more or less, similar ground and that at least try to be more historically accurate? The answer is yes, fortunately. So, I wouldn’t recommend that you read Frank Miller’s 300 for its historical accuracy. The movie ramps it all up to eleven and adds even more fantastical elements, such as an armoured rhino and a monstrous Persian executioner. Both the Persians the Spartans, for example, are little more than caricatures. Much of 300, however, is invented specifically for the book.
He also seems to have read some of the original sources – there are lines taken directly from Herodotus – and perhaps a few books on Greek warfare (apparently the wrong ones, but that’s a different story).
Miller based his book on the 1962 movie The 300 Spartans, which he saw as a child. As far as popular interpretations of the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) are concerned, Frank Miller’s graphic novel 300 looms large.
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