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 The plain of Marathon today |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
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| Country: | Greece |
| Periphery: | Attica |
| Prefecture: | East Attica |
| Mayor: | Spýros Zágaris |
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| - Population: | 8,882 |
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| - Density: | 92 /km² (237 /sq mi) |
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| Postal: | 190 07 |
| Area: | 22940 |
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Marathon (Demotic Greek: Μαραθώνας, Marathónas; Attic/ Katharevousa: Μαραθών, Marathṓn) is an ancient Greek city-state, a contemporary town in Greece, the site of the battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the heavily outnumbered Athenian army defeated the Persians. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume The Greek Postal code system is is administered by ELTA (Ελληνικά Ταχυδρομεία Hellenic Post) This is a list of dialing codes in Greece. The first digit represents type of service Greek Vehicle registration plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (e Dimotiki (δημοτική, " of the people" or Demotic is the modern Vernacular form of the Greek language. The Ancient Greek language is the historical stage in the development of the Hellenic language family spanning the Archaic (c Katharevousa (Καθαρεύουσα, lit "the purified one" is a form of the Greek language conceived in the early 19th century by Greek intellectual Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία The Battle of Marathon ( Greek: Μάχη τοῡ Μαραθῶνος Machē tou Marathōnos) during the Greco-Persian Wars took place in 490 Events By place Greece Darius I sends an expedition under Artaphernes and Datis the Mede across Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia A burial mound (Greek Τύμβος, tymbos, i. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly e. tomb) for the 192 Athenian dead was erected near the battlefield. The Tymbos is now marked by a marble memorial stele and surrounded by a small park. A stele (from Greek:, stēlē, ˈstiːli plural stelae,, stēlai, ˈstiːlaɪ also found Latinised singular stela
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History
The name of the athletic long-distance endurance race, the "marathon", comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek soldier, who was sent from the town of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been miraculously defeated in the Battle of Marathon. The marathon is a long-distance foot race with an official distance of 42 Pheidippides (el Φειδιππίδης sometimes given as Phidippides or Philippides) hero of Ancient Greece, is the central figure in a story which It is said that he ran the entire distance without stopping, but moments after proclaiming his message "Nenikekamen" ("We were Victorious!") to the city he collapsed dead from exhaustion. The account of the run from Marathon to Athens first appears in Plutarch's On the Glory of Athens in the 1st century AD who quotes from Heraclides Ponticus lost work, giving the runner's name as either Thersipus of Erchius or Eucles. Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus ( Greek: Μέστριος Πλούταρχος c "Heraclides" redirects here The former Butterfly Genus of the same name is now included in Papilio. [1] Lucian of Samosata (2nd century AD) also gives the story but names the runner Philippides (not Pheidippides). [2]
The Greek historian Herodotus, the main source for the Greco-Persian Wars, mentions Pheidippides as the messenger who ran from Athens to Sparta asking for help. Herodotus of Halicarnassus ( Greek: Hēródotos Halikarnāsseús) was a Greek Historian who lived in the 5th century BC ( 484 BC&ndash In some Herodotus manuscripts the name of the runner between Athens and Sparta is given as Philippides.
There are two roads out of the battlefield of Marathon towards Athens, one more mountainous towards the north whose distance is about 34. 5 km (21. 4 miles), and another flatter but longer towards the south with a distance of 40. 8 km (25. 4 miles). It has been successfully argued that the ancient runner took the more difficult northern road because at the time of the battle there were still Persian soldiers in the south of the plain.
Marathon (μάραθον) is the Greek word for fennel. Fennel ( Foeniculum vulgare) is a Plant Species in the Genus Foeniculum (treated as the sole species in the genus by It is believed that the town was originally named so because of an abundance of fennel plants in the area. The sophist and magnate Herodes Atticus was born in Marathon. Herodes Atticus ( also known by his Roman name Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes Marathonios (ca In 1925, a dam was constructed by the American company ULEN in a valley above Marathon, in order to ensure water supply for Athens. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's It was completed in 1930. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. About 10 km² of forested land were flooded to form Lake Marathon. Lake Marathon or the Marathon Reservoir (Greek Λίμνη Μαραθώνος Marathónos'' or Λίμνη Μαραθώνα Marathóna'' is a water supply The Dionysos-Nea Makri road, part of GR-83, passes through a traffic-light-controlled one-lane driveway on the crest of the dam wall. The plain area lies to the southeast.
The beach of Schinias is located southeast of the town and it is a popular windsurfing spot and the Olympic Rowing Center for the 2004 Summer Olympics is also located there. Windsurfing is a surface water sport using a windsurf board also commonly called a sailboard usually two to five meters long and powered by a single sail The Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre was built to host the rowing and flatwater canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece. The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated At the 1896 and 2004 Summer Olympics, Marathon was the starting point of the marathon races (for both women and men in 2004). The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, were an International The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated The marathon is a long-distance foot race with an official distance of 42 The area is susceptible to flash flooding, because of forest fires having denuded parts of the eastern slopes of Mount Penteli especially in 2006. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Another natural disaster was frost, on February 23, 2008, many vegetable crops that started planting were destroyed. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
Population
| Year | Communal population | Change | Municipal population | Change |
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| 1981 | 4,841 | - | - | - |
| 1991 | 5,453 | +612 or +12. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. 64% | 12,979 | - |
| 2001 | 4,399 | -1,054 or -19. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. 33% | 8,882 | -4,097 or -31. 57% |
The other settlements in the municipality are Ágios Panteleímon (pop. 1,489), Káto Soúli (1,477), Vranás (731), Aýra (235), Vóthon (207), Áno Soúli (188), and Schiniás (156).
See also
- List of municipalities of Attica, Communities of Attica
- Battle of Marathon
- Dimitrion Yordanidis, oldest man to have run the marathon, at age 98
References
- ^ PDF (875 KB) 2001 Census (Greek). This is a complete list of the municipalities and communities of Greece, ordered by prefecture. This is a list of settlements in the periphery of Attica, Greece. The Battle of Marathon ( Greek: Μάχη τοῡ Μαραθῶνος Machē tou Marathōnos) during the Greco-Persian Wars took place in 490 Dimitrion Yordanidis (born c 1878 was a Greek runner who according to Guinness World Records, completed the 26-mile Marathon course from Marathon Greece National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ). www. statistics. gr. Retrieved on 2007-10-30. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge.
- ^ (Greek) Basic Characteristics. Ministry of the Interior. www. ypes. gr. Retrieved on 2007-08-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great.
External links
- Official web site (Greek)
| Northwest: Kapandriti and Varnavas (both communes) | North: Grammatiko (commune) | Northeast: Grammatiko, Aegean Sea | |
| West: Stamata (commune) |
Marathon | East: Aegean Sea | |
| Southwest: Rodopoli (commune) | South: Nea Makri |
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