The marathon race commemorates the run of the soldier Pheidippides from a battlefield near Marathon, Greece, to Athens in 490 BC, bringing news of a Greek victory over the Persians. Pheidippides collapsed and died at the end of his historic run, thereby setting a precedent for dramatic conclusions to the marathon.
Marathon is a name of a city in ancient Greece.
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a Marathon, you can look up marathon Greece on any map
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It was the war between Greece and Persian people called the battle of Marathon.
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It is because in ancient Greece, a messenger from Marathon, Greece, had to deliver a message to Athens, Greece, so he ran 26.2 miles to get there, then dropped dead before he could deliver the message to the king.The original Marathon was during an ancient Greek war. A messenger delivered a message after running 26 miles, then died.
they were really hard living conditions
finis is associated to ancient Greece because its an ancient greek word!
Olympia, Sparta,Athens,Marathon,Mycenae,Thebes,Piraeus,or Salamis