Pheidippides
Sign in to savePheidippides (; ; , , ) or Philippides () was a 5th-century-BC Athenian running courier who was the central figure in the story that inspired the marathon race.
Person
- Born
- 0600-01-01
- Died
- 0490-09-12
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Recent publications · Crossref
4 total works indexed
- `Challenge'
· 1980 · cited 1x
- CORRESPONDENCE
· 1974
- Pheidippides goes to Bruges
· 1993
- "The Ballad of Dick King" and Other Poems
· 1951
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Pheidippides
- Person.image
- Statue of Pheidippides along the Marathon Road.jpg
- Person.image_size
- 251px
- Person.caption
- Statue of Pheidippides alongside the Marathon Road
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 600 BCE
- Died
- 12 September 490 BCE
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Place of birth
- Classical Athens
- Place of death
- Classical Athens
- Occupation
- courier
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Sport
- athletics
- Conflict
- Battle of Marathon
- Image
- Statue of Pheidippides along the Marathon Road.jpg
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Pheidippides (; ; , , ) or Philippides () was a 5th-century-BC Athenian running courier who was the central figure in the story that inspired the marathon race.
The best-known version of this story is the 1879 poem Pheidippides by Robert Browning, in which Pheidippides is said to have run approximately from Athens to Sparta (and back to Athens) before the Battle of Marathon (490 BC), in order to seek Spartan help against the Persians in the upcoming battle. Pheidippides then fought at the Battle of Marathon, and after the Athenian victory, he ran approximately from Marathon to Athens to deliver the news. He died immediately after announcing the Athenian victory.