Prof. Peter Baalam

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Prof. Peter Baalam

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"Marathon," presumably mostly means "big," as in roughly 25 miles without stopping, as in a messenger's journey on foot from Marathon to Athens. But in the legend, the original runner, Pheidippides, arrived in Athens with a single two-word message on his lips which he delivered to those in Athens who could hear him about the outcome of the Greeks' war with Persia -- and two very fitting words indeed, not only for the Greeks on that day but also and to this very era for the geeks who put on marathon readings. Pheidippides' words before collapsing: "We won!"