"Although extraordinary valor was displayed by the entire corps of Spartans and Thespians, yet bravest of all was declared the Spartan 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, their arrows would block out the sun. Dienekes, however, undaunted by this prospect, remarked with a laugh, 'Good. Then we will fight in the shade.'" - Histories, 7.226 [1] Source.Similarly...
"...yet the Spartan Dienekes is said to have proved himself the best man of all, the same who, as they report, uttered this saying before they engaged battle with the Medes:--being informed by one of the men of Trachis that when the Barbarians discharged their arrows they obscured the light of the sun by the multitude of the arrows, so great was the number of their host, he was not dismayed by this, but making small account of the number of the Medes, he said that their guest from Trachis brought them very good news, for if the Medes obscured the light of the sun, the battle against them would be in the shade and not in the sun." HerodotusThe purpose of Dienekes' Place is to provide a forum for fellow warriors to express their views on the news of the day.
LANGUAGE WARNING: The punks’ parents were asleep on the job, apparently… On Friday, international Marxists and their useful ‘youthful’ idiots conducted so-called “climate strikes” around the world to “to disrupt business as usual.” Although many of the “climate strikers” engaged…
A group of communists protesting President Trump’s swing through California earlier this week decided to burn an American flag. [Updated at bottom] On Tuesday, a group identifying themselves as the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA was outside the Beverly Hills Hotel…
No, Bernie didn’t call them ‘sh*tholes’…but he may as well have. Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness!!! An American presidential candidate speaks about how important it is for America to fund the abortion in poor third world countries. I repeat,…
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Fifty years ago, long before Al Gore and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the present-day faces for climate-change alarmism, ‘intellectuals’ were predicting that sea levels could rise ten feet by the year 2000 and put New York City and Washington, D.C. underwater.
In a video posted to Twitter, it appears that a black man was quickly escorted away from Bernie Sanders when he attempted to ask the candidate about reparations.
Worse than coal or gas? Throwing some cold water on wind-power advocates, a Harvard study says that “Wide-scale US wind power could cause significant warming.”
Currently-married Rep. Ilhan Omar is being accused of having an affair with a non-Muslim political consultant.
From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.
The good news is that, finally, a pedophile who preys on the underaged will be castrated. The bad news is, Idaho taxpayers will be forced to pay for it.
