On Thursday, Sept. 11, local classicist William Scott Proffitt visited UB to introduce the 2007 action movie 300 to students and faculty in the Bogomolny Room.  Proffitt made the screening special by discussing the original sources for our knowledge of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae.  He compared and contrasted the historical and archeological sources to the different scenes in the movie.  Then, the audience enjoyed a free screening of the film with fresh-popped popcorn, courtesy of the UB Students Events Board.

Jacques-Louis David’s painting of King Leonidas hangs in the Louvre, Paris (click to enlarge).