Dienekes is one of the main characters in Steven Pressfield 's novel Gates of Fire (1998). He is known for his memorable one-liners and quick wit, which resembles his real life quote of …

Herodotus writes that when Dienekes, a Spartan soldier, was informed that Persian arrows would be so numerous as "to block out the sun", he retorted, "So much the better...then we shall fight …

Dienekes or Dieneces (Greek: Διηνέκης) was a Spartan soldier who fought and was killed at the Battle of Thermopylae at 480 BC. He was acclaimed the bravest of all the three hundred …

Dienekes is a Spartan warrior who serves as Alexandros ’s beloved mentor and whom Xeo serves as squire at Thermopylae. His wife is Arete. He loved Arete while she was married to Iatrokles, …

The novel also details the heroics of several dozen Spartans, including the King of Sparta, Leonidas, [8] the Spartan Captain Polynikes, a young Spartan warrior named Alexandros, and …

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Dienekes (Διηνέκης) was a Spartan officer present at the Battle of Thermopylae. He was acclaimed the bravest of all the three hundred Spartiates selected to fight in that battle.

Dienekes (died 480 BC) was a Spartan soldier who fought alongside King Leonidas at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. Dienekes was born in Sparta, and he became a warrior at the time …

May 29, 2020 · #Sparta #Spartan #Dienekes #Greek #Soldier #ThermopylaeDienekes or Dieneces was a Spartan soldier who fought and died at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC...

Dienekes (died 480 BCE) was a Spartan officer who fought alongside King Leonidas at the Battle of Thermopylae against the Achaemenid Empire. In 480 BCE, Dienekes was present outside …