Phidippides
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It sure was for Phidippides, the first marathoner.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2011
Phidippides is said to have run in about three hours the 25 miles back to Athens to deliver the news.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2011
Phidippides knuckled down well to beat Quantitativeeasing in a sprint finish last time, but he would have been no better suited by the lack of early pace than the horses he beat and can improve.
From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2010
In the Oklahoma case, the CFTC's complaint alleges that, beginning in 2005, Phidippides Capital operated a $34 million hedge fund with approximately 60 investors.
From Time Magazine Archive
The wild sublimity of Aeschylus became the scoff of every young Phidippides.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
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