The Boston Globe, April 15th, 2001
MARATHON, Greece - On the coastal plain where more than 2,500 years ago a warrior named Pheidippides began a legendary run, a new battle is underway. It pits historians and archeologists against government officials and 2004 Olympics organizers over a site near a key Greek triumph over the Persians. Preservationists want no part of plans to build a lake for an Olympic rowing center. Pheidippides' run - some say he went to Athens to announce Greece's victory over the Persians; others assert that he ran much farther, to Sparta, days earlier to seek aid against the Persians - gave name to today's...
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