Marathon Greece: Nenikekamen, We Are Victorious!

Athenians on the beach of Marathon. Modern re-enactment of the battle (2011) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

‘Nenikekmen / We are victorious’ cried Pheidippides as he stumbled exhausted into Athens’ agora, after running over the mountain, to announce their victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. 

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