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  2. Pheidippides - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. Jeremiad - Wikipedia

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    The prophet Jeremiah lamenting the fall of Jerusalem, engraving by Gustave Doré, 1866. A jeremiad is a long literary work, usually in prose, but sometimes in verse, in which the author bitterly laments the state of society and its morals in a serious tone of sustained invective, and always contains a prophecy of society's imminent downfall.

  4. Pheidippides (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  6. Epiphany (ancient Greece) - Wikipedia

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    It was also widely believed that the runner, Pheidippides, on the eve of the battle of Marathon, met with Pan on Mount Parthenion, where the god promised to support the Athenians. After their unexpected victory, the grateful Athenians introduced Pan’s cult into their city. [5] At the Battle of Salamis, visions of the sons of Aias were

  7. Talk:Pheidippides - Wikipedia

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    At the start of the article, it says Pheidippides ran "240km" but at the end, it talks about Pheidippides "semi-historical run through 250km of Greek countryside". Which one is the real distance? I would change it if other sites didn't contradict each other. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.218.66.118 08:25, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

  8. Nadir of American race relations - Wikipedia

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    The nadir of American race relations was the period in African-American history and the history of the United States from the end of Reconstruction in 1877 through the early 20th century, when racism in the country, and particularly anti-black racism, was more open and pronounced than it had ever been during any other period in the nation's history.

  9. Running in Ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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    There were many lengths and types of foot races in ancient Greece. The standard distance that these races were measured in was the stade (where one stadia is approximately 185 meters). The stadion race was the most prestigious; [ 9 ] the mythical founder of the Olympic Games could allegedly run it in one breath.