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Battle of Marathon

noun

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

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... republics (so-called) ad infinitum and ad nauseam. "Greece," cries one of the foremost of our orators, "had her republics, but they were the republics of one freeman and ten slaves; and the battle of Marathon was fought by slaves unchained from the doorposts of their master's houses. Italy had her republics; they were the republics of wealth and skill and family, limited and aristocratic. Holland had her republic, the republic of guilds and landholders, ...

— The Arena - Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 • Various

... Chicago stands on the West Side, and was built in 1839 A.D. The oldest horse in Chicago works for the Lake View Street-Car Company, and was present at the battle of Marathon 490 B.C. ...

— Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions - Vol. I • Slason Thompson

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