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The messenger was an Athenian named Pheidippides, a professional long-distance runner. According to the account he gave the Athenians on his return, Pheidippides met the god Pan on Mount Parthenium , above Tegea .
Dec 6, 2016 · As the well-worn legend goes, after the badly outnumbered Greeks somehow managed to drive back the Persians who had invaded the coastal plain of Marathon, an Athenian messenger named...
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Pheidippides, also referred to as Pheidippides, was the messenger soldier who famously ran a long distance from the battlefield at Marathon to Athens in order to tell the people that the Athenians had, in fact won. After he gave his message, he promptly dropped dead from the exertion.
Sep 30, 2021 · Mythologised by the writings of poets and historians, the alleged deeds of a fleet-footed messenger in ancient Greece called Pheidippides inspired the creation of the world’s most popular mass participation running race – the marathon. But how far did this athlete really run? And in which direction?
In Athens 1896 Olympic Games. …followed the legendary route of Pheidippides, a trained runner who was believed to have been sent from the plain of Marathon to Athens to announce the defeat of an invading Persian army in 490 bce.
Why had no heavenly messenger come down to bid Sparta repent, under pain of divine vengeance? Alas, it seemed that the gods themselves had abandoned Athens in her utmost need! And yet no city honored them more devoutly — no folk in the world were more pious than the Athenians.
Discover the incredible story of Pheidippides, the messenger who ran 26.2 miles from Marathon to Athens to share the victory over the mighty Persian Empire. ...
