Well Marathon (or Snickers as we kept calling it...) what a shocker. Although a place should always be judged on its cakeybakeynesses... Don't you think .?!? 🤣🍰🎂🥞💜🤟
The name Marathon comes from the legend of Pheidippides, the Greek messenger. The legend states that while he was taking part in the Battle of Marathon, which took place in August or September 490 BC, he witnessed a Persian vessel changing its course towards Athens as the battle was near a victorious end for the Greek army. He interpreted this as an attempt by the defeated Persians to rush into the city to claim a false victory or simply raid, hence claiming their authority over Greek land. It was said that he ran the entire distance to Athens without stopping, discarding his weapons and even clothes to lose as much weight as possible, and burst into the assembly, exclaiming "we have won!", before collapsing and dying.
Has that been confirmed as the accepted story .? We heard this version and a version where he was sent to Sparta to get reinforcements. Would you mind if we pinned this comment so that our viewers read the history...?? 💜🤟
@@findingxanadulife These are all legends anyway..😊 but no Spartans fought at Marathon they had their own battle with the Persians at Thermopylae earlier..🤪Go ahead you can pin the comments !😇😀
@antchatz1 Thanks for that. Oh yes, we know about the Spartans and Thespians at Thermopylae. 😍 We hope to stop off there on our way to Turkiye, to visit the battle ground/monument to the Spartans and try out the thermal springs too 😬💜🤟
Well Marathon (or Snickers as we kept calling it...) what a shocker. Although a place should always be judged on its cakeybakeynesses... Don't you think .?!? 🤣🍰🎂🥞💜🤟
Γειά σας! You must go to Meteora.
Hi..! Yes, we intend to go to Meteora before we head back to Spain. Thanks for the suggestion. 😘💜🤟
The name Marathon comes from the legend of Pheidippides, the Greek messenger. The legend states that while he was taking part in the Battle of Marathon, which took place in August or September 490 BC, he witnessed a Persian vessel changing its course towards Athens as the battle was near a victorious end for the Greek army. He interpreted this as an attempt by the defeated Persians to rush into the city to claim a false victory or simply raid, hence claiming their authority over Greek land. It was said that he ran the entire distance to Athens without stopping, discarding his weapons and even clothes to lose as much weight as possible, and burst into the assembly, exclaiming "we have won!", before collapsing and dying.
Has that been confirmed as the accepted story .? We heard this version and a version where he was sent to Sparta to get reinforcements. Would you mind if we pinned this comment so that our viewers read the history...?? 💜🤟
@@findingxanadulife These are all legends anyway..😊 but no Spartans fought at Marathon they had their own battle with the Persians at Thermopylae earlier..🤪Go ahead you can pin the comments !😇😀
@antchatz1 Thanks for that.
Oh yes, we know about the Spartans and Thespians at Thermopylae. 😍 We hope to stop off there on our way to Turkiye, to visit the battle ground/monument to the Spartans and try out the thermal springs too 😬💜🤟