Subject: "300" research advice?
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Posted on: 2011-11-07 04:43:00 UTC
Hey, all. I'm currently working on a sporking of a very, very painful 300 Suefic, and I've come across a problematic piece of verbiage. Would anyone else familiar with the movie care to weigh in?
In the Suefic, the auxiliaries who at first challenge the Spartans on the road are referred to as "Acadians." The problem is that I can't find much information about what these guys are actually called in the film, especially since a lot of the dialogue is slurred and/or yelled. They could be Arcadians or Achaeans (both legitimate regions in Greece), or very improbably, Akkadians. The only Acadia I've been able to turn up is a Canadian region colonized by the French in the 17th century.
So I guess my question is--is this the Suethor's mistake, or Frank Miller's? Were these guys actually called Acadians in the film, or are there going to be confused French-Canadian settlers in the middle of ancient Greece? I've been searching, but I can't seem to find it out one way or the other. Any help would be greatly appreciated.