Marathon

(noun.) any long and arduous undertaking.

(noun.) a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians.

(noun.) a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards.

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• Then, with the sudden energy of despair, she calls upon the heroes of Salamis, of Thermopyl?, of Marathon, to aid their mother in the time of need. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• This expedition made a landing near Marathon in Attica. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The Persians were guided into Marathon by a renegade Greek, Hippias, the son of Peisistratus, who had been tyrant of Athens. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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