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What modern sporting event was Made after the journey made by the messenger Pheidippides?
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∙ 8y ago
According to legend, the Athenians sent a messenger named Pheidippides home with the news.The runner raced nearly 25 miles (40.2) from Marathon to Athens. He collapsed from exhaustion and, with his last breath, announced, "victory." Then he died. Modern marathon races are named for this famous run and are just over 26 miles long.
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∙ 6y agoNone. The marathon run is named after the -plain of Marathon. The marathon run commemorates the run of the Athenian army of 18,000 which ran back the 26 miles from Marathon to their city to protect it from a naval landing by the Persians to take the city in their absence.
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What modern event was names after the journey made by the messenger Pheidippides?
marathon
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When the first marathon was run?
The modern Athens Marathon commemorates the run of the soldier Pheidippides from a battlefield at the site of the town of Marathon, Greece, to Athens in 490 B.C., bringing news of a Greek victory over the Persians. Legend has it that Pheidippides delivered the momentous message "Niki!" ("victory"), then collapsed and died, thereby setting a precedent for dramatic conclusions to the marathon.
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How did the marathon start?
The legend is that in 490 BC, a Greek messenger named Pheidippides (or Philippides) ran about 24 miles from Marathon to Athens to bring news of an Athenian army victory over the Turks. Supposedly he then collapsed and died of exhaustion. It's probably not exactly true, but everyone who studies Greek history reads the story. In the first modern Olympics in 1896, the organizers came up with the idea of a race from Marathon to Athens to commemorate Pheidippides' feat. It was won by a Greek named Spiradon Louis. It inspired a few Boston athletes in attendance to organize the first Boston Marathon a year later (1897). The official Marathon distance of 26.2 miles (actually 26 miles 385 yards) was adopted after the 1908 Olympics in London.
How did the Marathon began?
after the battle of marathon. A runner was sent to the capital to tell the news of the battle. He dropped dead after telling the news to the king. It's a Greek myth.
