Pheidippides

or Phi·dip·pi·des

[ fahy-dip-i-deez ]

noun

1. the Athenian runner who secured aid from Sparta in the struggle between the Athenians and the Persians 490 b.c.

Pheidippides

/ faɪˈdɪpɪˌdiːz /

noun

1. Pheidippides5th century bc5th century bcMAthenianSPORT AND GAMES: athlete 5th century bc . Athenian athlete, who ran to Sparta to seek help against the Persians before the Battle of Marathon (490 bc )

Example Sentences

What is the claim of Pheidippides—as Browning presents him—to memory as a hero?

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At first Pheidippides refuses but finally agrees, though he warns his father that he will rue his act.

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He ran along like Pheidippides to his goal, without halting for one instant to consider the methods of his running.

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Pheidippides is as full of fire, of careless heroism as Hervé Riel, and told in as ringing verse.

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Pheidippides stood before his people and gave it all, the warning, and the comfort and the inspiration.

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