If the Persians hide the sun, the battle will be in shade rather than sunlight. — Herodotus
If the Persians hide the sun, the battle will be in shade rather than sunlight.
In the original Greek
εἰ ἀποκρυπτόντων τῶν Μήδων τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἡ μάχη καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἡλίῳ.
430 BC
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Herodotus. The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 7, sect. 226.
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Herodotus. Ἱστορίαι [Histories]. c. 430 BC, bk. 7, sect. 226.