However, the film also reflects on the eventual decline of Athenian democracy following its defeat by Sparta ... democracy, Athens, Pericles, civic duty, art, philosophy, theater, athletic ...

He burst onto the scene in 425 B.C. during Sparta’s struggle against Athens in the Peloponnesian War, breaking through a large cordon with just 100 men to relieve the beleaguered city of Methone ...