There's a great deal of debate on whether the Crypteia was real or not. The main source is Plutarch, who was writing centuries later about classical Sparta, and about a society that actively practiced disinformation during the period that he is describing. Check out information about the Spartan Mirage, it is pretty…

Hi, your review is good and this movie seems terrible, but you're really inaccurate with your historical facts. Your "There’s an irony here" paragraph is incorrect, or inaccurate. FWIW I'd be happy to e-mail you with links, quotes, citations, etc. that would correct that particular paragraph.