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Pheidippides definition

Phei·dip·pi·des (fī dip′i dēz′)

5th cent. ; Athenian courier who ran to Sparta to seek aid against the Persians before the battle of Marathon

Etymology: prob. altered (by Herodotus) after Philippides

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