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"Pheidippides' Athlos" Race
Pheidippides' Athlos, the true story
Feidippides’ Athlos (the Feat of Feidippides) is a foot race, inspired and conceived by
Yiannis Kouros to mark the completeness of the overexertion of Pheidippides, who
was sent by the Athenians in 490 BC to seek help from Sparta and return to Athens.
The idea was born after Spartahlon '83...
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