Pheidippides
or Phi·dip·pi·des
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 BrowningAt first Pheidippides refuses but finally agrees, though he warns his father that he will rue his act.
Authors of Greece | T. W. LumbHe 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. BrookePheidippides is as full of fire, of careless heroism as Hervé Riel, and told in as ringing verse.
The Poetry Of Robert Browning | Stopford A. BrookePheidippides 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
Phidippides
/ (faɪˈdɪpɪˌdiːz) /
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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