There’s more to the world’s most famous race and runner, that helped to save western civilization. Much more! And the run from Marathon to Athens was just a small part of this extraordinary storied event.

This is a historically accurate, but fictional account of the life of the original marathon runner, Pheidippides. Little is known about the man, but much is known about the lifestyle and customs of his day, including the famous battle of Marathon.

Great liberty was taken with the actual life events of the famous runner Pheidippides, but the facts surrounding his life are as historically accurate as possible – including his four trips to Greece. The hope is to entertain you with this fictional story, while educating you with many of the known facts that surrounded his life and the world of Ancient Greece.