Marathon and will finish with an impressive circus in the city center - The spectacular finish will take place for the first ...

Greek runner Ploutarchos Pourliakas has proved yet again that age is just a number and poses no barrier to determination after he completed the 41st edition of the Athens Marathon on Sunday ...

A copy of Themistocles' order to evacuate Athens was discovered on stone in ... the victorious Athenian general at Marathon ten years before. He symbolically exchanged his riding equipment for ...

When the Persian army landed at Marathon in 490 BC, the Athenians chose Phidippides, their best runner, to send word to other Greeks of the invasion. Setting out from Athens, Phidippides made for ...

Cheering, dancing and chants filled Stegeman Coliseum on Saturday, March 29, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Students were ...

Having brought home to Athens the Olympic victor's laurel crown, Philippides joins as commander the Sacred Guard, which is expected to defend the city-state's liberty, a year after the chasing of ...