Blot out the sun? Good. We'll fight in the shade.
Dienekes, Herodotus, Histories 7.226
Blot out the sun? Good. We'll fight in the shade.
Dienekes, Herodotus, Histories 7.226
The source
"Blot out the sun? Good. We'll fight in the shade." Dienekes said it in Herodotus, Histories 7.226. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.
"told the Persian arrows would hide the sun, he answered that they would then fight in the shade"Original Greek, Herodotus, Histories 7.226. Rendered from the ancient Greek; print the Greek with the English.
Who said it
The Spartans (8th–4th century BC). Laconic sayings from Lycurgus, Leonidas, Dienekes and the mothers of Sparta, recorded by Herodotus and Plutarch.
Questions
- Who said "Blot out the sun? Good. We'll fight in the shade."?
- Dienekes (8th–4th century BC). Source: Herodotus, Histories 7.226.
- What is the original Greek?
- told the Persian arrows would hide the sun, he answered that they would then fight in the shade. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.
- Is "Blot out the sun? Good. We'll fight in the shade." on a shirt?
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