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Headword: Philippidês
Adler number: phi,347
Translated headword: Philippides
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
An Athenian, a day-runner; the man who accomplished [a run of] 1500 stades in a single night and day, arriving in Sparta [at the end of it]. But the law did not allow the Spartans to go on campaign before full moon.
Greek Original:
Philippidês, Athênaios, hêmerodromos: hos chilia pentakosia stadia ênuse dia mias nuktos kai hêmeras, pros Lakedaimonious aphikomenos. ho de nomos ouk eia strateuein autous pro panselênou.
Notes:
A summary--perhaps, Adler supposes, from FGrH 104--of the famous story in Herodotus 6.105-6; see also iota 545, pi 214.
In Herodotus the man's name is Philippides (as here) in some mss, 'Pheidippides' in others. The latter is the name of a character in Aristophanes, Clouds.
Keywords: athletics; biography; ethics; geography; historiography; history; law; military affairs; religion
Translated by: David Whitehead on 16 November 2001@08:11:03.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead on 6 September 2002@11:39:35.
David Whitehead (added note) on 6 September 2002@11:42:29.
Elizabeth Vandiver (Added link) on 14 December 2003@15:13:00.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 9 August 2011@06:09:14.
David Whitehead on 10 December 2013@03:40:53.
David Whitehead on 19 June 2016@05:52:25.
David Whitehead (modified and expanded note) on 22 February 2023@02:59:16.
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