17th April 2010, 11:03 AM
They were bare chested and muscular because that is how the Greeko artisans depicted power in males, hairless (except the head, facial air to show wisdom, and pubic hair) with rippling muscles, even on old people. It just went with the art style of everything. They looked how they sculpted themselves, painted themselves, etc because the film is a form of art as a sculpture or painting of that period. I thought it was brilliant.