Ephraim Lytle, assistant professor of Hellenistic History at the University of Toronto, said 300 selectively idealizes Spartan society in a "problematic and disturbing" fashion, as well as portraying the "hundred nations of the Persians" as monsters and non-Spartan Greeks as weak.
Ephraim Lytle, asisten profesor Helenistik Sejarah di Universitas Toronto, mengatakan 300 selektif mengidealkan masyarakat Spartan secara "bermasalah dan mengganggu", serta menggambarkan "seratus bangsa Persia" sebagai monster dan non-Spartan Yunani lemah .