Pheidippides
or Phi·dip·pi·des
[fahy-dip-i-deez]
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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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The victors sent the runner Pheidippides to bear the news to Athens.
Introductory American HistoryHenry Eldridge Bourne
But nowadays one had need be a Milo and a fleet Pheidippides in one, Sir.
What is the claim of Pheidippides—as Browning presents him—to memory as a hero?
Browning's Shorter PoemsRobert Browning
The poet finishes the story, which he has hitherto allowed Pheidippides to tell for himself.
Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert BrowningRobert Browning
Pheidippides bowed his head even in the heat of the race, bowed his head and listened.
The Potter and the ClayArthur F. Winnington Ingram
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