Marathon
[mar-uh-thon, -thuh n] /ˈmær əˌθɒn, -θən/
noun
1.
a foot race over a course measuring 26 mi. 385 yards (42 km 195 meters).
2.
any long-distance race.
3.
any contest, event, or the like, of great, or greater than normal, length or duration or requiring exceptional endurance:
a dance marathon; a sales marathon.
[mar-uh-thon] /ˈmær əˌθɒn/
noun
1.
a plain in SE Greece, in Attica: the Athenians defeated the Persians here 490 b.c.
2.
an ancient village that is near this plain.
3.
Classical Mythology. a son of Epopeus and the father of Corinthus.
/ˈmærəθən/
noun
1.
a race on foot of 26 miles 385 yards (42.195 kilometres): an event in the modern Olympics
2.
/ˈmærəθən/
noun
1.
a plain in Attica northeast of Athens: site of a victory of the Athenians and Plataeans over the Persians (490 bc)
n.
1896, marathon race, from story of Greek hero Pheidippides, who in 490 B.C.E. ran the 26 miles and 385 yards to Athens from the Plains of Marathon to tell of the allied Greek victory there over Persian army. The original story (Herodotus) is that he ran from Athens to Sparta to seek aid, which arrived too late to participate in the battle. Introduced as an athletic event in the 1896 revival of the Olympic Games, based on a later, less likely story, and quickly extended to mean “any very long event or activity.” Related: Marathoner (by 1912).
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