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He then ran the 40 km (25 mi) to the battlefield near Marathon and back to Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon (490 BC) with the word νικῶμεν (nikomen [8] 'We win!'), as stated by Lucian chairete, nikomen ('hail, we are the winners') [9] and then collapsed and died.
Marathon battle memorial. The beach of Schinias is located southeast of the town. The beach is popular as a spot for windsurfing and the Olympic Rowing Center used for the 2004 Summer Olympics is also located there. At the 1896 and 2004 Summer Olympics, Marathon was the starting point of the marathon races (for both women and men in 2004).
Delos is the small island directly to the bottom-left of Mykonos. Moving on, the Persian fleet approached Delos, whereupon the Delians also fled from their homes. [87] Having demonstrated Persian power at Naxos, Datis now intended to show clemency to the other islands, if they submitted to him. [85] He sent a herald to the Delians, proclaiming:
The second Persian invasion of Greece (480–479 BC) occurred during the Greco-Persian Wars, as King Xerxes I of Persia sought to conquer all of Greece. The invasion was a direct, if delayed, response to the defeat of the first Persian invasion of Greece (492–490 BC) at the Battle of Marathon, which ended Darius I's attempts to subjugate Greece.
Athenians on the beach of Marathon. Modern reenactment of the battle (2011) Herodotus does not give a figure for the size of the Athenian army. However, Cornelius Nepos, Pausanias and Plutarch all give the figure of 9,000 Athenians and 1,000 Plataeans; [47] [48] [49] while Justin suggests that there were 10,000 Athenians and 1,000 Plataeans. [50]
Jelly Roll successfully completed his first 5K run on Tuesday, and the musician was elated and pumped up!The Whitsitt Chapel artist participated in the 2 Bears 5K -- hosted by the 2 Bears 1 Cave ...
The Spartathlon is usually held around late September. Runners have 36 hours to run 246 kilometres (153 mi), roughly the equivalent of six consecutive marathons, between Athens and Sparti, the site of ancient Sparta. Runners have to deal with the Greek heat in the day, the cold of the night, and the mountainous terrain.
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