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    Herodotus's manuscripts the form appears Pheidippides. Other than Herodotus's manuscripts, the form Pheidippides is only attested in Aristophanes's The...
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    footsteps of Pheidippides, an Athenian messenger sent to Sparta in 490 BC to seek help against the Persians in the Battle of Marathon. Pheidippides, according...
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    philosopher who runs The Thinkery Strepsiades, student who joins The Thinkery Pheidippides, his son Chaerephon, disciple of Socrates The Clouds, who form the chorus...
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    has original text related to this article: Pheidippides In 1879, Robert Browning wrote the poem Pheidippides. Browning's poem, his composite story, became...
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    runner, Pheidippides (or Philippides in some accounts) had been sent to Sparta to request that the Spartan army march to the aid of Athens. Pheidippides arrived...
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    that the runners of Ancient Greece ran barefoot. According to legend, Pheidippides, the first marathoner, ran from Athens to Sparta in less than 36 hours...
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    outnumbered Athenian army defeated the Persians. Legend has it that Pheidippides, a Greek herald at the battle, was sent running from Marathon to Athens...
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    including the Spartathlon, based on the 246 km run of Greek messenger Pheidippides from Athens to Sparta during the Battle of Marathon in a day and a half...
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    include Parthenon Drive, Kronos Drive, Hercules Place, Plato Place, and Pheidippides Place. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total...
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  • Pheidippides was an ancient Greek runner. Pheidippides can also refer to: Phidippides cardiomyopathy, cardiomyopathic changes that occur after long periods...
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  • Phidippides cardiomyopathy refers to the cardiomyopathic changes that occur after long periods of endurance training. This term was coined by Justin E...
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  • represents Socrates as a sophistic philosopher who teaches the young man Pheidippides how to formulate arguments that justify striking and beating his father...
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    world records between 100 miles and 1,000 miles. In 1991, he starred as Pheidippides in the movie The Story of the Marathon: A Hero's Journey, which chronicles...
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    Aristophanes's comedy The Clouds, "Mr. Good Reason" gives the character Pheidippides a description of the ideal youth: "A glistening chest and glowing skin...
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    fought against the Persians. It was also widely believed that the runner, Pheidippides, on the eve of the battle of Marathon, met with Pan on Mount Parthenion...
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    return home. Before the Battle of Marathon, the Athenians send a runner, Pheidippides, to seek help from Sparta. However, the Spartans delay sending troops...
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    Persian prince Cyrus the Younger. Famously, the Ancient Greek courier Pheidippides is said to have run 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to bring the news...
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    followed this with The Giant of Marathon (1959) where he was cast as Pheidippides, the famous wartime messenger of the Battle of Marathon. By now Reeves'...
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  • Thom Newell Alex Lamb Running time 41–54 minutes Production companies Pheidippides David Kirschner Productions Eat the Cat Universal Content Productions...
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    "Marathon Cup." The legend of the ancient run — the run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides to announce victory at the Battle of Marathon to either Athens — had...
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    marathon course is based on the legend from which the race gained its name: Pheidippides, a messenger in Ancient Greece, ran from the Battle of Marathon to Athens...
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  • Onomacritus, Greek compiler of oracles (approximate date) (d. 480 BC) Pheidippides, Greek runner (approximate date) (d. c. 490 BC) December — Cyrus the...
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  • HHTV Sport: Live from the Battle of Marathon, where dedicated messenger Pheidippides is about to inadvertently invent what's sure to become an iconic long-distance...
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    meaning "day runners". One of the most famous running messengers is Pheidippides, who according to the legend ran from Marathon to Athens to announce...
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    Based upon a popular myth stemming from the Battle of Marathon, in which Pheidippides ran to Athens from the town of Marathon, Greece to carry the message...
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    Aristophanes, illustrates the equestrian snobbery of Athenian aristocrats: Pheidippides, the son of the hero is addicted to race-horses and so ruins his father...
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  • Cary Elwes) is a Trojan Academy student and arrogant Trojan prince. Pheidippides was mentioned as a student of Chiron who ran 10000 metres and set a new...
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  • "We have won." The traditional story relates that the Athenian herald Pheidippides ran the 40 km (25 mi) from the battlefield near the town of Marathon...
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    Frenchman Michel Bréal, who was inspired by the legend of the messenger Pheidippides, who had run from Marathon to Athens to announce the Athenian victory...
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  • their role in transmitting vital information. One famous example is Pheidippides, who is remembered for his run from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens...
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