How Indian Zoroastrians helped shape modern Iran

Re:How Indian Zoroastrians helped shape modern Iran by yazaddaruvala on Saturday June 19, 2021 @03:56PM (#27563876)

The story of 300 depicts the Persians in a very negative way lol. They don’t seem at all Zoroastrian in the movie (multiple idols, and weird rituals, no likeness of anything Zoroastrian shows up). It’s a great movie tho!

In reality those Persians were Zoroastrian, at least in name. I say “in name” because the Battle of Thermopylae (i.e. 300) would have been 500-2000 years after the creation of the Zoroastrian religion[0], I’m sure more than a little was altered/forgotten.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire

[0] We don’t have much recorded history that dates back that far and it’s a matter of academic debate when exactly the religion started.

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Re:How Indian Zoroastrians helped shape modern Iran by triceratops on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @11:58PM (#27600634)

> The story of 300 depicts the Persians in a very negative way lol

For sure. The movie's framing device is a Spartan soldier recounting a glorified version of the Battle of Thermopylae, and building up Leonidas as a heroic figure, as a way to fire up the troops for the next battle against the Persians. That's why I put "bad" in quotes - it's Spartan propaganda.

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