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For my western civ project I decided to do a series of comics about Ancient Greece in homage to Kate Beaton's Hark! A Vagrant series.
This one was inspired by all the inaccuracies we discussed in class about the movie and graphic novel 300. I couldn't help but poke fun at it.
It was of course in doing this project did I realize how much I realize I suck at comics. Especially when it comes to type. I don't know the proper kinds to put in through photoshop and my handwriting is just dumb...so yea...I feel like it really detracts from the whole thing overall. Oh well. Hopefully I'll still do alright on this project.

Here is the caption I wrote for this one:
"The true events that took place at the Battle of Thermopylae are quite differing from the pop-culture depictions in movies and graphic novels that most of us are familiar with. While it is common knowledge that 300 Spartans fought against an enormous population of invading Persians, it is often glossed over that anywhere from 4,000 to 7,000 other Greeks were on their side and fighting with them (Herodotus 7.202.1). It is an interesting oversight that this is ignored in modern times, and also perhaps slightly awkward for those who did fight. The Greek army was still known for being very strong, however, and part of the reason the Greeks were so successful in battle was from their military tactic of the phalanx formation—ironically a word very close that of “pharynx,” although the two were probably never mixed up. The phalanx formation was a line of men closely packed together “standing in long, parallel lines, close to each other. Every hoplite carried a large round shield…which covered his own left side and the right side of the man to his left” (Livius.org). Their spears emerged from this impenetrable line of shields, making it a very successful tactic, no doubt used in the Battle of Thermopylae. This is especially in contrast to Persian equipment, which, among other things, actually included wicker shields (Herodotus 7.61.1). It is interesting as well, that today the Persians are depicted in such an intimidating manner, when really their appearance was not far off that of the Greeks, Xerxes being no exception (Hope, 24).

"Greece." Livius. Articles on Ancient History. Livius.org. Web. 31 Mar. 2012. <[link] >.

Herodotus. Herodotus: The Histories. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1986, 1972. Print.

Hope, Thomas. Costumes of the Greeks and Romans. New York: Dover Publications, 1962. Print.

See the other comics here:
Sparta: [link]
Athens: [link]

Description
For my western civ project I decided to do a series of comics about Ancient Greece in homage to Kate Beaton's Hark! A Vagrant series.
This one was inspired by all the inaccuracies we discussed in class about the movie and graphic novel 300. I couldn't help but poke fun at it.
It was of course in doing this project did I realize how much I realize I suck at comics. Especially when it comes to type. I don't know the proper kinds to put in through photoshop and my handwriting is just dumb...so yea...I feel like it really detracts from the whole thing overall. Oh well. Hopefully I'll still do alright on this project.

Here is the caption I wrote for this one:
"The true events that took place at the Battle of Thermopylae are quite differing from the pop-culture depictions in movies and graphic novels that most of us are familiar with. While it is common knowledge that 300 Spartans fought against an enormous population of invading Persians, it is often glossed over that anywhere from 4,000 to 7,000 other Greeks were on their side and fighting with them (Herodotus 7.202.1). It is an interesting oversight that this is ignored in modern times, and also perhaps slightly awkward for those who did fight. The Greek army was still known for being very strong, however, and part of the reason the Greeks were so successful in battle was from their military tactic of the phalanx formation—ironically a word very close that of “pharynx,” although the two were probably never mixed up. The phalanx formation was a line of men closely packed together “standing in long, parallel lines, close to each other. Every hoplite carried a large round shield…which covered his own left side and the right side of the man to his left” (Livius.org). Their spears emerged from this impenetrable line of shields, making it a very successful tactic, no doubt used in the Battle of Thermopylae. This is especially in contrast to Persian equipment, which, among other things, actually included wicker shields (Herodotus 7.61.1). It is interesting as well, that today the Persians are depicted in such an intimidating manner, when really their appearance was not far off that of the Greeks, Xerxes being no exception (Hope, 24).

"Greece." Livius. Articles on Ancient History. Livius.org. Web. 31 Mar. 2012. <[link] >.

Herodotus. Herodotus: The Histories. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1986, 1972. Print.

Hope, Thomas. Costumes of the Greeks and Romans. New York: Dover Publications, 1962. Print.

See the other comics here:
Sparta: [link]
Athens: [link]