Marathonian

American  

[mar-uh-thoh-nee-uhn] / ˌmær əˈθoʊ ni ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Marathon.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Marathon.

Etymology

Origin of Marathonian

First recorded in 1760–70; Marathon + -ian

Example Sentences

As soon as the Athenians heard this they sent their army of ten thousand men to guard the hills that surrounded the Marathonian plain.

From The Story of Mankind by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

But, lo! the boatman, overawed, before The pictured fane of Tell suspends his oar; Confused the Marathonian tale appears, While his eyes sparkle with heroic tears.

From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 by Knight, William

Men that wear the sign of Greeks upon you sealed, Yours is yet the choice to write yourselves in story Sons of them that fought the Marathonian field.

From Studies in Song, A Century of Roundels, Sonnets on English Dramatic Poets, The Heptalogia, Etc From Swinburne's Poems Volume V. by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

But lo! the boatman, over-aw'd, before The pictur'd fane of Tell suspends his oar; Confused the Marathonian tale appears, While burn in his full eyes the glorious tears.

From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 by Knight, William

Aeschylus son of Euphorion the Athenian this monument hides, who died in wheat-bearing Gela; but of his approved valour the Marathonian grove may tell, and the deep-haired Mede who knew it.

From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology by Mackail, J. W. (John William)