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Pheidippides is said to have run 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Marathon to Athens to deliver news of the victory of the Battle of Marathon, and, according to Herodotus, to have run from Athens to Sparta. This latter feat also inspired two ultramarathon races, the 246-kilometre (153 mi) Spartathlon and 490-kilometre (300 mi) Authentic Pheidippides Run.
Pheidippides' run to Sparta to bring aid has other legends associated with it. Herodotus mentions that Pheidippides was visited by the god Pan on his way to Sparta (or perhaps on his return journey). [33] Pan asked why the Athenians did not honor him and the awed Pheidippides promised that they would do so from then on.
At the same time, Athens' greatest runner, Pheidippides (or Philippides) was sent to Sparta to request that the Spartan army march to Athens' aid. [92] Pheidippides arrived during the festival of Carneia , a sacrosanct period of peace, and was informed that the Spartan army could not march to war until the full moon rose; Athens could not ...
Spartathlon is a 246-kilometre (153 mi) ultramarathon race held annually in Greece since 1983, between Athens and Sparti, the modern town on the site of ancient Sparta. 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
The Greek historian Herodotus, the main source for the Greco-Persian Wars, mentions Pheidippides as the messenger who runs from Athens to Sparta asking for help, and then runs back, a distance of over 240 kilometres [1] each way. [2] After the battle, he runs back to Athens to spread the news and raise the spirits.
The Ionians refused to capitulate and called upon Sparta for assistance, which she provided, in 396–395 BC. [212] Athens, however, sided with the Persians, which led in turn to another large-scale conflict in Greece, the Corinthian War. Towards the end of that conflict, in 387 BC, Sparta sought the aid of Persia to shore up her position.
Euphiletos Painter Panathenaic prize amphora depicting a running race, Metropolitan Museum of Art. In Ancient Greece, the history of running can be traced back to 776 BC. . Running was important to members of ancient Greek society, and is consistently highlighted in documents referencing the Ancient Olympic
Hermocrates is banished from Syracuse, he opposes Sparta’s alliance with Persia. 8.85; Alcibiades prevents Samian soldiers’ attack on Athens, calls for end to the 400. 8.86; Tissaphernes/Persia continues policy of letting Athens and Sparta wear each other out. 8.87; Alcibiades knew Tissaphernes would never send ships to support Sparta. 8.88