What is the history of the marathon?

[axariotisxy]

I know that the marathon originated in ancient Greece...but what is the history and how did we end up with the modern day marathon?

 

[acamp7]

They were a total male dominated warrior society where everything was based off of war and geared towards preparing for war. Everyones skills and role in the community was surrounded by this culture. https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/sparta

 

[k_tsoukalas]

This article goes over the history - it is very interesting!

Ancient Greece - The First Marathon

Marathon, Greece today is a municipality but in Ancient Greece, it was the site of an battle during the Greco-Persian Wars, and the origin of the marathon.

www.greekboston.com