Touraj Daryaee, now Baskerville Professor of Iranian History and the Persian World at the University of California, Irvine, criticized the film's use of classical sources, writing: Some passages from the Classical authors Aeschylus, Diodorus, Herodotus and Plutarch are split over the movie to give it an authentic flavor.
Touraj Daryaee, sekarang Baskerville Profesor Iran Sejarah dan Persia Dunia di University of California, Irvine, mengkritik penggunaan film dari sumber-sumber klasik, menulis: Beberapa bagian dari penulis klasik Aeschylus, Diodorus, Herodotus dan Plutarch dibagi atas film untuk memberikan rasa otentik.