Pheidippides - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pheidippides is the central figure in a story that was the inspiration for a modern sporting event, the marathon race. Pheidippides is said to have run from ...
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Legendary Runner of Marathon - Pheidippides - Awesome Stories
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History tells us that Pheidippides ran to Athens with the news of the great victory his people had over the Persians at Marathon. It was 490 BC, and the distance he ran was about 26 miles (or, around 40 kilometers). ... An Athenian