One might expect a Spartan warrior who had both lost his shield ... discovered that victory could be accomplished best without fighting. Brasidas would make many more mistakes in his campaigns ...

He played Stelios, one of the 300 Spartan warriors who fight alongside King Leonidas (Butler) as they defend their home from King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and the invading Persian armies.

spoken by the Spartan warrior Dienekes. When he was told how Persian archers could quite literally blot out the sun with their arrows, he casually responded with the line about fighting in the shade.