The Art of Running : From Marathon to Athens on Winged Feet

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The Art of Running : From Marathon to Athens on Winged FeetIn 490 BCE the indefatigable Athenian herald Philippides made his legendary 26 mile run to deliver to the people of Athens news of their citys victory over the Persians. Each year, all over the world, thousands of athletes and millions of enthusiasts replicate Philippidess marathon. Why do we run? To what end all the effort and pain? The Greeks were the first to ask these questions and to wonder why we choose to measure ourselves against others; they

and purpose remain obscure

Since the rediscovery of a passage from its Greek model

Θέλω πίσω την ψυχή μου

Γιατί ήξερε πως

Greek text with facing-page treanslation

the stories of itinerant priests

που θα γίνει οδηγός της Έλι

Problems of syntax

as this edition gives primary importance to the words and attempts to explain them in their context without undue philological annotation

Tacitus' account of Nero's principate is an extraordinary piece of historical writing

better known for his austere Stoic moralism

and significant parts of On the Soul and Parva Naturalia