Pheidippides, active 490 B.C.
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Pheidippides, fl. 490 B.C.
Phidippides, active 490 B.C.
Philippides, active 490 B.C.
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found: The first marathon, 2006:ECIP t.p. (Pheidippides)
found: Encyclopedia Britannica Online, Aug. 24, 2005:marathon (long-distance footrace; commemorates legendary feat of Greek soldier who, in 490 BC, is supposed to have run from Marathon to Athens to bring news of Athenian victory over Persians and then expired; story of this messenger from Battle of Marathon later conflated with story of another Greek soldier, Pheidippides, who ran from Athens to Sparta in advance of fighting)
found: Oxford classical dictionary, 1970:p. 811 (Pheidippides; or Philippides; Athenian courier dispatched to solicit Spartan help upon news of Persian landing at Marathon, 490 B.C.)
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