Dienekes

Dienekes (Dieneces) - Herodotus wrote that he was the bravest of the 300 and who was immortalized by not only his deeds, but the following: When told that "The Persians were so numerous that their arrows would blot out the sun", his reply was "Good, then we shall fight them in the shade!" As a testament to Dienekes Spartan wit, Richard Egan as King Leonidas in 1962's 'The 300 Spartans' spoke this line as did Michael Fassbender who portrayed Stelios in Warner Bros. '300'.