[DOC] [TLE] Pheidippides - Wikipedia [PAR] 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 
Marathon to Athens to deliver news of a military victory ... The traditional story 
relates that Philippides (530 BC490 BC), an Athenian .... Taylor & Francis, 23 
Jan 2003. [DOC] [TLE] Legendary Runner of Marathon - Pheidippides - Awesome Stories [PAR] History tells us that the runner from Marathon to Athens was Pheidippides, but ... 
History tells us that Pheidippides ran to Athens with the news of the great victory 
his ... It was 490 BC, and the distance he ran was about 26 miles (or, around 40 
kilometers). ... How do facts of history become intertwined with legends of history
? [DOC] [TLE] The First Marathon Run, The history of Phidippides [PAR] By the year 490 B.C., the Persian Army was ready to expand their territory and ... 
Sparta agreed to help but said they would not take the field until the moon was ... 
Phidippides ran back to Athens (another 140 miles!) ... Phidippides was again 
called upon to run to Athens (26 miles away) to carry the news of the victory and 
the... [DOC] [TLE] The Myth of Pheidippides and the Marathon - findingDulcinea [PAR] As many as 25000 people will run 26.2 miles today in the Boston Marathon, first 
run in 1897, ... In 490 B.C., the Athenian army defeated the invading Persian 
army in a battle in the ... According to legend, the Athenians then ordered the 
messenger Pheidippides to run ahead to Athens and announce the victory to the 
city. [DOC] [TLE] Why Pheidippides really died [Archive] - Track & Field News Forums [PAR] The real reason the run from Marathon was so hard is he ran this ... 490 BC 
September Athenian army, outnumbered 5:1, defeat ... Why ruin a good legend 
Malmo? ... on the plain of Marathon, about twenty-five miles from Athens, with the 
... Idylls of Pheidippides' dash to Athens, his announcement of victory,... [DOC] [TLE] 87-year-old North Carolina woman to run 81st, last marathon ... [PAR] Oct 25, 2010 ... "I wanted to do one more marathon," Hagerty said. ... At 66 years old, she ran her 
first marathon in Greensboro. ... The Athens race traces the run of the messenger 
Pheidippides in 490 B.C. from the plain of Marathon to Athens, where legend 
says he collapsed and died after announcing the victory of the... [DOC] [TLE] Pheidippides - Revolvy [PAR] Pheidippides is said to have run from Marathon to Athens to deliver news of a ... 
to announce the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon (490 BC) with 
... was an Athenian named Pheidippides, a professional long-distance runner. ..... 
of the Athenian plain, between the Parnitha and Penteli mountains, about 23... [DOC] [TLE] Marathon - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] May 19, 2013 ... The Battle on the plain of Marathon in September 490 BCE between ... forces of 
Persian King Darius was a victory which would go down. ... for the Greeks and all 
kinds of legends grew out of the events in September. ... battle and he ran to 
Sparta, first stopping at Athens, a total distance .... Marathon 490 BC. [DOC] [TLE] A History of the Marathon Race - 490 B.C. to 1975 [PAR] used as a noun to describe any long distance foot race; in a ... Greecemade 
famous in 490 B.C. as the Battle of Marathon. ... THE ANCIENT LEGEND OF 
MARATHON .... 23-79 A.D.], in his Naturalis. Historia, calls Pheidippides's run 
from Athens to Sparta a ... in the battle, and then ran back to announce the 
victory in. [DOC] [TLE] Pheidippides/Greek Professional Runner. 490 BC - Ran 150 miles ... [PAR] 490 BC - Ran 150 miles in 2 days, fought in the battle against Persia, then ran 
from Marathon to Athens to announce the victory. ... The First Marathon: The 
Legend of Pheidippides $14. Save ..... Joan said that she received visions from 
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Question: Legend says in 490 B.C., Pheidippides ran about 23 miles from this plain to Athens to announce a victory
Answer: Marathon