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Alexander I of Macedon, runner and Olympic winner; Astylos of Croton; Pheidippides Phidippides, acclaimed runner and 'inspirator' of the Olympic Marathon race, who had run back and forth between Athens and Sparta in order to relay news of the Battle of Marathon, resulting in his death from ultimate exhaustion, when in his last breath he yelled out "We (the Greeks) won".
People of Abruzzese descent (47 P) People from the Province of Pescara (6 C, 16 P) Politicians of Abruzzo (5 C, 7 P) S. Sportspeople from Abruzzo (6 C) T.
The following are people born in or otherwise closely associated with the city of Athens, Texas. Pages in category "People from Athens, Texas" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Abruzzo (US: / ɑː ˈ b r uː t s oʊ, ə ˈ-/, [3] [4] UK: / æ ˈ b r ʊ t s oʊ /; [5] Italian:; Abruzzese Neapolitan: Abbrùzze [abˈbruttsə], Abbrìzze [abˈbrittsə] or Abbrèzze [abˈbrɛttsə]; Aquilano: Abbrùzzu), historically known as Abruzzi, is a region of Southern Italy with an area of 10,763 square km (4,156 sq mi) and a population of 1.3 million.
The ancient Greek tribes (Ancient Greek: Ἑλλήνων ἔθνη) were groups of Greek-speaking populations living in Greece, Cyprus, and the various Greek colonies.They were primarily divided by geographic, dialectal, political, and cultural criteria, as well as distinct traditions in mythology and religion.
For most of its history, the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta in the Peloponnese was ruled by kings. Sparta was unusual among the Greek city-states in that it maintained its kingship past the Archaic age. It was even more unusual in that it had two kings simultaneously, who were called the archagetai, [1] [n 1] coming from two separate lines.
Aristarchus, sent from Athens, around 545-540, to rule instead of Melas III [14] Pasicles, 540-530 BC, killed when returning from a feast. Aphinagorus, fl. 530 BC; Comas, fl. 530 BC; Athenagoras, late 6th century BC; Phanes; Melancomas, around 500 BC; Syrpax, until 334 BC (stoned) Hegesias, before 323 BC (assassinated) Melancomas II, fl. 214 BC