Although extraordinary valor was displayed by the entire corps of Spartans and Thespaians, yet bravest of all was declared Dienekes. 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, when they fired their volleys, the mass of arrows blocked out the sun. Dienekes, however, quite undaunted by this prospect, remarked with a laugh, 'Good. Then we'll have our battle in the shade.'
--Herodotus
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