The story of Philippides is the rare example where the myth is actually toned down compared to reality. Absolutely brilliant story.
Pheidippides, if anyone was wondering.
Submitted 11 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to memes@sopuli.xyz
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Zagorath@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I feel like I’m missing something. What’s the myth and what’s the reality?
Zagorath@aussie.zone 11 months ago
The common story is “he ran from Marathon to Athens to alert Athens of the Greek victory at the Battle of Marathon, and promptly died after doing so”.
The reality is that before the battle, he ran the much longer distance from Athens to Sparta over 2 days to ask for Spartan aid in the upcoming battle. Sparta said they would help, but could not leave for a few days due to religious reasons (I’ve seen some sources cite a religious festival, and others say it was because they could only set out under a full moon). So Philippides then ran back to Athens to tell them. Sparta would not arrive until after the battle, but Athens won anyway.
There are some claims that then Philippides ran back to Athens as per the common story, but these are attested much later and so are likely untrue.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Pheidippides nuts lmao gotem
niktemadur@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Define “fun”. It’s still a grueling ordeal, about pushing the human body much closer to its’ limits than it is at rest state, via a constant, monotonous, extended strain on it.
“Fun” would be a 5K.
egonallanon@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I mean I quite enjoy running marathons ultimately even though they’re a lot of effort.
LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world 10 months ago
we’re gatekeeping fun now, I see. NO having fun when running a marathon. it’s a HARD rule. are you smiling while you run? fuck you. you’re not doing it right. you should be wincing in pain, you pussy! /s
sheez most marathoners will tell you the grueling ordeal is the fun part.
nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Modern YouTubers: let’s see if I can run this marathon for fun with absolutely no training after years of eating nothing but Cheetos and funions.
niktemadur@lemmy.world 10 months ago
…AND right after eating a full fresh ghost pepper.
SavedKriss@lemmy.world 11 months ago
[deleted]Zagorath@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Ignoring the fact that “funny” and “fun” are not synonyms, running is absolutely fun. It’s type 2 fun, not the quick dopamine hit of watching a movie or playing a video game, but I absolutely love running and would definitely describe it as “fun”.
lauha@lemmy.one 10 months ago
Type 2 fun, also known as adult-onset fun as contrast to type 1 fun aka juvenile fun.
voracitude@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“For fun” and “funny” are different things, though. I’ve turned down loads of offers to run marathons from friends who do it for fun.
Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 11 months ago
And I thought it was funny that they’d offer
BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Fun facts!
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 10 months ago
So he didn’t warn them about the Persians…?