Sara, Luke, and Sam take their first dive into ancient history, rather than myth, this week with the 2007 violent, machismo-soaked 300! Learn all about the Persian Wars and Spartan life while enjoying topics of discussion such as: jock rock as a movie, fun ancient instruments, and the Greeks' aversion to pants.

• Aulos music - The aulos played in this video is a reconstruction based on an ancient aulos discovered in Egypt.
• Map: The Achaemenid Empire at its Greatest Extent - This map (from Wikimedia Commons) shows the Persian empire at its greatest extent, around 500 BCE. The first war between Persians and Greeks occurred a decade later in 490 BCE.
• English translation of Herodotus's Histories - An English translation of Herodotus's Histories, which is our main Greek source for the Persian Wars. (P.S.: This website, Lacus Curtius, is a great resource in general for translations of other ancient texts!)
• English translation of Aeschylus's Persians - A 2009 translation of Aeschylus's play The Persians, which was performed at the City Dionysia festival in Athens in 472 BCE.