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Who was called as the heroic Greek runner |
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Answer» Answer: PheidippidesExplanation: By that time the image of a HEROIC long-distance runner (in ancient Greek a hemerodromos) named Pheidippides, who ran from Marathon to Athens to ANNOUNCE to his fellow Athenians their great victory (in 490 Be) over the Persian forces on the PLAIN of Marathon, was FIRMLY entrenched in the popular imagination. |
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