![]() ![]() ĭienekes is one of the main characters in Steven Pressfield's novel Gates of Fire. Herodotus also mention that Dienekes said many other similar things which made him unforgotten. Then we will fight in the shade.'" - Histories, 7.226 Dienekes, however, undaunted by this prospect, remarked with a laugh, 'Good. ![]() It is said that on the eve of battle, he was told by a native of Trachis that the Persian archers were so numerous that, their arrows would block out the sun. "Although extraordinary valor was displayed by the entire corps of Spartans and Thespians, yet bravest of all was declared the Spartan Dienekes. Herodotus related the following anecdote about Dienekes: He was acclaimed the bravest of all the three hundred Spartiates selected to fight in that battle. Dienekes or Dieneces (Greek: Διηνέκης) was a Spartan soldier who fought and was killed at the Battle of Thermopylae at 480 BC. ![]()
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