But just a few people know about the history of marathon.
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The name Marathon comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek messenger. The legend states that he was sent from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon (in which he had just fought), which took place in August or September, 490 BC. It is said that he ran the entire distance without stopping and burst into the assembly, exclaiming "Νενικήκαμεν" (Nenikékamen, 'We have won.') before collapsing and dying. (source : en.wikipedia.org)
Now I'm thinking, "It's hard to find someone like him these days."
He ran, He gave all he could give.
He gave his life.
We must have spirits like him.
Our duties are study and live. We could handle it.
And in the end, we could together speak,
"We have won."
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This is a poem (just the last paragraph) about Pheidippides by Robert Browning.
So, to this day, when friend meets friend, the word of salute
Is still "Rejoice!"—his word which brought rejoicing indeed.
So is Pheidippides happy forever,—the noble strong man
Who could race like a God, bear the face of a God, whom a God loved so well;
He saw the land saved he had helped to save, and was suffered to tell
Such tidings, yet never decline, but, gloriously as he began,
So to end gloriously—once to shout, thereafter be mute:
"Athens is saved!"—Pheidippides dies in the shout for his meed.
one little thing I knew ~
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