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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A village and plain of ancient Greece northeast of Athens. It was the site of a major Athenian victory over the Persians in 490 BC.
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And readers may well remember, as history seeks to repeat itself, that the marathon of the 2004 Summer Olympics revived the traditional route from Marathon to Athens ending at Panathinaikon Stadium, the venue for the 1896 Summer Olympics.
Alex Pattakos: Running the Marathon of Life: It's About the Route, Not the Destination Alex Pattakos 2010
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And readers may well remember, as history seeks to repeat itself, that the marathon of the 2004 Summer Olympics revived the traditional route from Marathon to Athens ending at Panathinaikon Stadium, the venue for the 1896 Summer Olympics.
Alex Pattakos: Running the Marathon of Life: It's About the Route, Not the Destination Alex Pattakos 2010
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And readers may well remember, as history seeks to repeat itself, that the marathon of the 2004 Summer Olympics revived the traditional route from Marathon to Athens ending at Panathinaikon Stadium, the venue for the 1896 Summer Olympics.
Alex Pattakos: Running the Marathon of Life: It's About the Route, Not the Destination Alex Pattakos 2010
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And readers may well remember, as history seeks to repeat itself, that the marathon of the 2004 Summer Olympics revived the traditional route from Marathon to Athens ending at Panathinaikon Stadium, the venue for the 1896 Summer Olympics.
Alex Pattakos: Running the Marathon of Life: It's About the Route, Not the Destination Alex Pattakos 2010
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And readers may well remember, as history seeks to repeat itself, that the marathon of the 2004 Summer Olympics revived the traditional route from Marathon to Athens ending at Panathinaikon Stadium, the venue for the 1896 Summer Olympics.
Alex Pattakos: Running the Marathon of Life: It's About the Route, Not the Destination Alex Pattakos 2010
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(Indeed, the first Olympic marathon celebrated Pheidippides 'purported run in 490 B.C. from Marathon to Athens to bring news of a Greek victory over the Persians.)
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Among the events to be completed will be the men's 'marathon, which begins in the Greek village of Marathon.
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It said that they were running the marathon, from Marathon, with him.
NYT > Home Page By JOHN BRANCH 2010
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It said that they were running the marathon, from Marathon, with him.
NYT > Home Page By JOHN BRANCH 2010
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