About two thousand and five hundred years ago, persia was a mighty Kingdom. their large army had landed in the bay near the town of marathon. their target Athens, a city state in Greece. Athens had a small army compared to the persian one, but the athenian soldiers were very brave. they have face the Persians before, but they need help from the other greek kingdoms now. they decided to send special messenger to in neighbouring Kingdom of sparta. his name was pheidippides.

pheidippides was a young man who served as a 'day - long runner'. He ran to Sparta like the wind. he covered the distance of nearly a hundred kilometres in a day. But alas! the people of Sparta were busy with some ceremonies. They did not want to join the battle immediately. pheidippides took this message back to Athens with the heavy heart, but on light feet. Again, He ran a hundred kilometres within a day.

When the generals of Athens heard the cold Spartan response, they did not lose heart. They were ready to fight on their own. the Persian army was watching a Athens like a cat watches mousehole. so, they decided to launch a surprise attack or persians. The athenian general sent their flank...