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Pheidippides (Ancient Greek: Φειδιππίδης, Ancient Greek pronunciation: [pʰeː.dip.pí.dɛːs], Modern Greek: [fi.ðiˈpi.ðis] lit. ' Son of Pheídippos ' ) or Philippides ( Φιλιππίδης ) is the central figure in the story that inspired the marathon race .
Covers "Michigan: The Great Lakes frontier" (chapter 9), "Florida: A sectional frontier" (chapter 10), and "Arkansas: A frontier more West than South" (chapter 11). Part 5: The Second Great Migration (1830–1850), Covers "The new counties of Alabama and Mississippi: A frontier more South than West" (chapter 12) and "The last frontier of the ...
Pheidippides was an ancient Greek runner. Pheidippides can also refer to: Phidippides cardiomyopathy, cardiomyopathic changes that occur after long periods of endurance training; 42585 Pheidippides, an asteroid; a comic character in The Clouds
Quizlet is a multi-national American company that provides tools for studying and learning. [1] Quizlet was founded in October 2005 by Andrew Sutherland, who at the time was a 15-year old student, [ 2 ] and released to the public in January 2007. [ 3 ]
The Spartathlon is based on the run of Pheidippides, [1] who ran from Athens to Sparta before the Battle of Marathon in a day and a half to seek aid against the Persians. Five Royal Air Force officers attempted the course in 1982 and the competition was started the next year.
The Clouds (Ancient Greek: Νεφέλαι, Nephelai) is a Greek comedy play written by the playwright Aristophanes.A lampooning of intellectual fashions in classical Athens, it was originally produced at the City Dionysia in 423 BC and was not as well received as the author had hoped, coming last of the three plays competing at the festival that year.
Plutarch's main principle was that the study of Aristotle must precede that of Plato, and like the Middle Platonists believed in the continuity between the two authors. With this object he wrote a commentary on Aristotle's On the Soul (De Anima) which was the most important contribution to Aristotelian literature since the time of Alexander of Aphrodisias; and a commentary on the Timaeus of Plato.
Herodotus, who has been called the 'Father of History', [7] was born in 484 BC in Halicarnassus, Asia Minor (then under Persian overlordship). He wrote his 'Enquiries' (Greek— Historia ; English— (The) Histories ) around 440–430 BC, trying to trace the origins of the Greco-Persian Wars, which would still have been relatively recent ...