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'''Pheidippedes''' is the [[Greece|Greek]] messenger reputed to have run from [[Marathon]] to [[Athens]] in 490BC to tell the Athenians they had won the battle against the [[Persians]]<ref>http://www.coolrunning.co.nz/articles/2002a007.html</ref>.

'''Pheidippedes''' is the [[Greece|Greek]] messenger reputed to have run from [[Marathon]] to [[Athens]] in 490 BC to tell the Athenians they had won the battle against the [[Persians]]<ref>http://www.coolrunning.co.nz/articles/2002a007.html</ref>. In legend, Pheidippedes was reputed to have said "Rejoice, we conquer!" and then dropped dead of exhaustion. The modern-day race known as the marathon refers to his twenty-six mile run.

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