Pheidippides

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.

Pheidippides

Sisyphus punishment

Persephone supervising Sisyphus in the Underworld, Attica black-figure amphora (vase), 530 BC

Sisyphus

Sophocles

Anthology of Antigone - Sophocleus Video clips

Military of Mycenaean

The military nature of Mycenaean Greece (c. 1600–1100 BC) in the Late Bronze Age is evident by the numerous weapons unearthed, warrior and combat representations in contemporary art, as well as by the preserved Greek Linear B records. 

Boar's tusk helmets were typical of Mycenaean warfare.

Military of Mycenaean Greece