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Date:
Sun, 26 May 1996
From:
"James D. Houck"
Subject:
The
Run of Pheidippides
Can
anyone help me locate the source for Pheidippides' (or Philippides')
alleged run from Marathon to Athens in 490BC? I am especially
interested in the account that he informed his fellow Athenians of
their victory (nike! nike! or nikomen! nikomen!) and then he fell
over dead. thanks for your help.
Date:
Mon, 27 May 1996
From:
Loizos Demetris
Subject: Re: The Run of Pheidippides
This
is just an Athenian myth. There is no ancient source that refers to
the incident, that is Pheidippides ran to Athens after the battle of
Marathon etc.
Date:
Mon, 27 May 1996
From:
Nigel Kennell
Subject:
Re: The Run of Pheidippides
The
story of a victory run from Marathon to Athens first appears in
Plutarch's Moralia (347C) over half a millenium later than the
Persian Wars; he gives credit to either Thersippus or Eukles.
Lucian, in the second century AD, says that a PhiLippides ran from
Marathon. The story is probably a confused version of the even more
astounding run that Herodotus tells us Phidippides completed from
Athens to Sparta just before the battle. He went to seek Spartan aid
and took 2 days to run the 145 miles between the two cities -- an
impressive, but not unbelievable feat (Hdt. 6.105-6)
Date:
Mon, 27 May 1996
From:
CARLOS ALONSO
Subject:
Re: The Run of Pheidippides
Lucian _A Slip of the Tongue in Salutation_ (Greek Title _Huper tou
en tei Prosagoregsei Ptaismatos_) Chapter 3, tells the story of
Philippides' run from Marathon.
Date:
Tue, 28 May 1996
From:
Bill Thayer
Subject:
Re: The Run of Pheidippides
an
impressive, but not unbelievable feat Hope not; I've walked 103
in that (57+46) with a very bad night's sleep in the intervening
night; was in agony BTW, leg cramps mostly, for about 3 days after,
having done it "cold", no hiking in the several years
before. That suggests to me that Phei_ippides might have been better
off walking rather than running; my limiting factor was *time*. Had
I not attempted to sleep, and thus wasted 8 hours or so, I could
have covered 145 miles in 2 days (I got to my destination at about 5
pm, my estimate is I would have got there around 8), and I don't
think I would have died of it, although I wasn't in particularly
good shape at the time. Plausibility is further undermined, surely
he could have borrowed a horse: if not at the beginning of the
route, along the way? |
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