Marathon
['mærəθ(ə)n] or ['mærə,θɑn]
Definition
(noun.) any long and arduous undertaking.
(noun.) a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians.
(noun.) a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards.
Edited by Griffith--From WordNet
Examples
- Then, with the sudden energy of despair, she calls upon the heroes of Salamis, of Thermopyl?, of Marathon, to aid their mother in the time of need. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- This expedition made a landing near Marathon in Attica. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Persians were guided into Marathon by a renegade Greek, Hippias, the son of Peisistratus, who had been tyrant of Athens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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