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.

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How to use Pheidippides in a sentence

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

    Browning's Shorter Poems | Robert Browning
  • At first Pheidippides refuses but finally agrees, though he warns his father that he will rue his act.

    Authors of Greece | T. W. Lumb
  • He ran along like Pheidippides to his goal, without halting for one instant to consider the methods of his running.

    The Poetry Of Robert Browning | Stopford A. Brooke
  • Pheidippides is as full of fire, of careless heroism as Hervé Riel, and told in as ringing verse.

    The Poetry Of Robert Browning | Stopford A. Brooke
  • Pheidippides stood before his people and gave it all, the warning, and the comfort and the inspiration.

    The Potter and the Clay | Arthur F. Winnington Ingram

British Dictionary definitions for Pheidippides

Pheidippides

Phidippides

/ (faɪˈdɪpɪˌdiːz) /


noun
  1. 5th century bc . Athenian athlete, who ran to Sparta to seek help against the Persians before the Battle of Marathon (490 bc)

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