Historicall accuracy was not the point of the movie. The entire point of making such a movie was to give to the adolescent violence-addicts something nice to watch

Howewer, i still keep asking myself, what was with the Goat-looking creature from Xerxe`s harem ? Was it a sugestions reffering to the decadence and perversion of the Persians ? Or was it a reference to the devil ? I did not understood...

Anyway, i do understand all the bad feelings that both greeks and iranians have towards this movie.