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Battle of Marathon   /bˈætəl əv mˈɛrəθˌɑn/   Listen
Battle of Marathon

noun
1.
A battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians.  Synonym: Marathon.





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... a tragic writer was in 499 B.C., and in 484 B.C. he won a prize in the tragic contests. He took part in the battle of Marathon, in 490 B.C., and also fought in the battle of Salamis, in 480 B.C. He visited Sicily twice, and probably spent some time in that country, as the use of many Sicilian words in ...
— Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes • Aeschylus


Words linked to "Battle of Marathon" :   Ellas, marathon, Hellenic Republic, Greece, pitched battle


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