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Pheidippides is remembered as the historical figure of the messenger. He is famous because he ran all the way from the Marathon battlefield to Athens, after the Marathon battle between the Persian empire and Athenians in 490 BC.

As soon as he delivered the news of the victory, after running around 26 miles, Pheidippides dropped dead from the exhaustion.

In his honor, today there are marathon races and the Olympian sporting event, which show the biggest importance of Pheidippides in the modern world.