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Definition of: Pheidippides
(fī·dip′ə·dēz)
Greek runner sent from Athens to Sparta to secure help against the Persians, 490 B.C.: sometimes confused with the runner, whose name is not preserved, who carried news of victory at Marathon to Athens. Also Phidippides.
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