[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 against ... He then ran the 
40 km (25 mi) from the battlefield near Marathon to Athens to announce the 
Greek victory... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Marathon - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC, during the first Persian invasion of 
Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a 
Persian ... Once the Ionian revolt was finally crushed by the Persian victory at the 
Battle of ... Greek messenger Pheidippides running to Athens with news of the 
victory... [DOC] [TLE] The First Marathon Run, The history of Phidippides [PAR] These were the years of the Persian and Greek wars. ... 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 warning about the
... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Marathon: Greeks Versus the Persians | HistoryNet [PAR] Jan 17, 2007 ... The Persians, expecting as easy a victory as they had won against enemies so .... 
army, and the Athenians, as soon as the news arrived, hurried to meet it. ... As 
stated by Herodotus, the geography of the plain of Marathon was ... the 26 miles 
from Marathon to Athens, Pheidippides exclaimed: Rejoice! [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 
... legendary run of Greek messenger Pheidippides from Marathon to Athens. ... in 
a battle in the plain of Marathon, located roughly 26 miles north of Athens. ... 
messenger Pheidippides to run ahead to Athens and announce the victory to the 
city. [DOC] [TLE] Pheidippides' Heroic Journey [Central Greece and Attica] - Hellenic ... [PAR] The Athenian Pheidippides did run an impressive distance in ancient times, ... 
their great victory (in 490 Be) over the Persian forces on the plain of Marathon, ... 
who ran from Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persian ... 
Pheidippides, the Marathon runner who brought the news of the great victory 
over... [DOC] [TLE] The Persians and the Achaemenid Empire - Emmanuel Enid [PAR] Aug 26, 2015 ... The Persian Empire would eventually be defeated by the Greek ... Many do not 
know that Cyrus is mentioned 23 times in the Bible, and is called ... thus the 
timeline of Esther stand in right order of time to carry on the history of Jewish 
affairs. ... Ran to Athens from Marathon ... 26 miles. Told them of the victory... [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 prior to the 
Marathon run. ... on the plain of Marathon, about twenty-five miles from Athens, 
with the ... Though Pheidippides was certainly not the runner who carried the 
news of Greek victory to Athens, and though it ... 10-05-2004, 02:23 PM. [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 twentieth-century ... 
Greecemade famous in 490 B.C. as the Battle of Marathon. The word .... 23-
79 A.D.], in his Naturalis. Historia, calls ... victory run from the plain of Marathon to 
Athens.12 Ehrenberg ... senger carrying the news of the victory to Athens. 15. [DOC] [TLE] marathon | race | Britannica.com [PAR] Long-distance footrace first held at the revival of the Olympic Games in ... It 
commemorates the legendary feat of a Greek soldier who, in 490 bc, ... with the 
story of another Greek soldier, Pheidippides, who ran from Athens to Sparta ... 
supposedly ran from Marathon to Athens to bring news of the Greek victory .... 23 
Oct. 2016 [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Marathon - New World Encyclopedia

Question: Carrying news of a Greek victory, Pheidippides ran from this plain to Athens, about 23 miles
Answer: Marathon