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Old 08-29-2018, 05:00 PM   #2134
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Gr8 find.

NatGeo and PBS (speaking of U.S. companies) almost invariably have outstanding productions.

Marathons are not a subject that I'm interested in, however. Especially not since the carnage at the one in Boston 3 or 4 years ago.

But, there is one that fascinates me. It's been a while since I've read about it, or seen a documentary about it, so details are fuzzy in my mind (history buffs help me out here), but it involves the Greeks' defeat against the Persians in ancient times. A messenger was sent to Sparta to tell them the good news. It sounds outrageous, and maybe I'm wrong, but I think that the trip was a hundred miles or more, and the messenger _ran_ the entire distance. The messenger did make it to Sparta, gave the good news, and promptly died. The name of the place of the battle and where the runner left from? Marathon.
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