Pheidippides

or Phi·dip·pi·des

[ fahy-dip-i-deez ]

/ faɪˈdɪp ɪˌdiz /

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noun

the Athenian runner who secured aid from Sparta in the struggle between the Athenians and the Persians 490 b.c.

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Words nearby Pheidippides

pheasant coucal, pheasant's eye, Pheba, Phebe, Phèdre, Pheidippides, phellem, phelloderm, phellogen, phelonion, Phelps

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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

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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