For other uses, see Pheidippides (disambiguation).
Pheidippides
Statue of Pheidippides alongside the Marathon Road
Born
c. 530 BC
Athens
Died
c. 490 BC
Athens
Pheidippides (Greek: Φειδιππίδης, Ancient Greek pronunciation:[pʰeː.dip.pí.dɛːs], Modern Greek:[fi.ðiˈpi.ðis]; "Son of Pheídippos") or Philippides (Φιλιππίδης) is the central figure in the story that inspired two modern sporting events, the marathon race and the Spartathlon.
Pheidippides is said to have run from Marathon to Athens to deliver news of the victory of the battle of Marathon.
Herodotus' manuscripts the form appears Pheidippides. Other than Herodotus' manuscripts, the form Pheidippides is only attested in Aristophanes' The Clouds...
footsteps of Pheidippides, an Athenian messenger sent to Sparta in 490 BC to seek help against the Persians in the Battle of Marathon. Pheidippides, according...
philosopher who runs The Thinkery Strepsiades, student who joins The Thinkery Pheidippides, his son Chaerephon, disciple of Socrates The Clouds, who form the chorus...
runner, Pheidippides (or Philippides in some accounts) had been sent to Sparta to request that the Spartan army march to the aid of Athens. Pheidippides arrived...
that the runners of Ancient Greece ran barefoot. According to legend, Pheidippides, the first marathoner, ran from Athens to Sparta in less than 36 hours...
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world records between 100 miles and 1,000 miles. In 1991, he starred as Pheidippides in the movie The Story of the Marathon: A Hero's Journey, which chronicles...
including the Spartathlon, based on the 246 km run of Greek messenger Pheidippides from Athens to Sparta during the Battle of Marathon in a day and a half...
marathon race and course is inspired by the Ancient Greek legend of Pheidippides, a messenger who is said to have run from Marathon to Athens to bring...
has original text related to this article: Pheidippides In 1879, Robert Browning wrote the poem Pheidippides. Browning's poem, his composite story, became...
return home. Before the Battle of Marathon, the Athenians send a runner, Pheidippides, to seek help from Sparta. However, the Spartans delay sending troops...
with Strepsiades, an Athenian businessman, worried about his lazy son Pheidippides. To educate him, Strepsiades enrolls him in Socrates’ School of Thinkology...
Persian prince Cyrus the Younger. Famously, the Ancient Greek courier Pheidippides is said to have run 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to bring the news...
Based upon a popular myth stemming from the Battle of Marathon, in which Pheidippides ran to Athens from the town of Marathon, Greece to carry the message...
followed this with The Giant of Marathon (1959) where he was cast as Pheidippides, the famous wartime messenger of the Battle of Marathon. By now Reeves'...
Aristophanes's comedy The Clouds, "Mr. Good Reason" gives the character Pheidippides a description of the ideal youth: "A glistening chest and glowing skin...
greatest runner, Pheidippides (or Philippides) was sent to Sparta to request that the Spartan army march to Athens' aid. Pheidippides arrived during the...
Onomacritus, Greek compiler of oracles (approximate date) (d. 480 BC) Pheidippides, Greek runner (approximate date) (d. c. 490 BC) December — Cyrus the...
Michel Bréal, a friend of Pierre de Coubertin, based on the legend of Pheidippides. This Athenian soldier first completed a two-day run to seek Spartan...
"We have won." The traditional story relates that the Athenian herald Pheidippides ran the 40 km (25 mi) from the battlefield near the town of Marathon...
Frenchman Michel Bréal, who was inspired by the legend of the messenger Pheidippides, who had run from Marathon to Athens to announce the Athenian victory...
co-production with 5MM Chucky 2021–present Syfy USA Network co-production with Pheidippides, David Kirschner Productions and Eat The Cat Based on the 1988 film Child's...
Izzard: Marathon Man, a 2010 television special featuring Eddie Izzard Pheidippides, central figure in the Marathon story This disambiguation page lists...