Public Service Annoucnement "Then we will fight in the shade"

[jack]

Public service announcement:

* Whether you like the line or not, "Then we will fight in the shade!" was not made up by Zack Snyder.
* Nor was it made up by Frank Miller.
* It could have been made up by Herodotus. (According to wikipedia, according to Herodotus, according to rumour, Dienekes said it.)

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I can't spend my entire working day reading ancient greek historians (sadly) but I note that the freedom-v-slavery propaganda goes back to ancient times too; Herodotus has Xerxes tell his nobles, "thus both those who have committed wrong against us will have the yoke of slavery, and also those who have not committed wrong" when he's working up to his invasion of Greece and prospective subsequent conquest of all Europe.

Herodotus also has him predict that conflict between Greece and Persia is inevitable which, given Alexander's conquests and then Rome/Byzantium's centuries of war with Persia, and perhaps even the West's cold war with Iran since the revolution, might be considered prophetic. (Herodotus predated Alexander so this isn't hindsight.)