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pheidippides
/fəˌdɪpəˈdiːz/
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What does pheidippides mean?
proper noun
- A runner who is said to have ran from Marathon to Athens to deliver to news of the Athenian victory at the Battle of Marathon, inspiring the marathon race
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IPA pronunciation
/fəˌdɪpəˈdiːz/
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/ˌfeɪdɪpəˈdiːz/
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Their feelings toward the unseen powers at work about them were in the main pleasant; as witness the little story about Pheidippides meeting the god Pan as he was making with hot haste toward Sparta to announce the arrival of the Persians.