Painting of Pheidippides as he gave word of the
Greek victory over Persia at
the Battle of Marathon to the people of Athens.Luc-Olivier
Merson, 1869
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 the Persians at the Battle of Marathon.The
traditional story relates that Pheidippides (530 BC–490 BC), an
Athenian herald or hemerodrome (translated as
"day-runner""courier" "professional-running
courier" or "day-long runner, was sent to Sparta to
request help when the Persians landed at Marathon, Greece. He
ran about 240 km (150 mi) in two days. He then ran the
40 km (25 mi) from the battlefield near Marathon
to Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persia in
the Battle of Marathon (490 BC) with the
word nikomen "We win!", as stated by Lucian chairete, nikomen ("hail,
we are the winners")and then collapsed and died.
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