Lexic.us

Definition of Marathon

1. Noun. Any long and arduous undertaking.

2. Noun. A footrace of 26 miles 385 yards.

3. Noun. A battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians.

Definition of Marathon

1. Noun. A 42.195 kilometre (26 mile 385 yard) road race. ¹

2. Noun. (figuratively by extension) Any extended or sustained activity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Marathon

1. a long-distance race [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marathon

maras marasca marasca cherry marascas maraschino maraschino cherry maraschinos marasmic marasmic thrombosis marasmic thrombus

marasmoid marasmus marasmuses marasquino marasquinos marathon (current term) marathon group psychotherapy marathon runner marathoner marathoners

marathoning marathonings marathonlike marathons maraud marauded marauder marauders marauding marauds

Literary usage of Marathon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Decisive Battles of the World by Edward Shepherd Creasy, John Gilmer Speed (1899)
"forces and heavier slaughter than had been seen at marathon signalized the conflicts of Greeks and Persians at Artemisium, Salamis, Plataea, ..."

2. Greece: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm), Karl Baedeker (1894)
"CARRIAGE from Athens to the Soros, or mound in the plain of marathon, ... 120) to Vrand, 4 hrs.; thence across the plain and past the Soros to marathon, ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1918)
"These two points constitute the two principal advantages of the marathon over a ball mill: the line contact gives positive crushing, while the substitution ..."

4. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1818)
"I. ATHENS TO marathon. Manners of the Athenians — Description of a Sail— Mode of Dancing practised by the Women—Superstitions— Funeral Rites of the ..."

5. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1818)
"I. ATHENS TO marathon. Manners of the Athenians — Description of a Ball— Mode of Dancing practised ly the Women—Superstitions—Funeral Rites of the ..."

6. The Ancient World from the Earliest Times to 800 A.D. by Willis Mason West (1904)
"The memory of marathon became the richest inheritance of the Athenians, ... Soon after marathon, Egypt revolted against Persia; and so the Greeks gained ten ..."

7. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest. With by William Smith (1897)
"Battle of marathon. § 7. Movements of the Persians after the ... Effect of the battle of marathon upon the Athenians. § 9. Glory of Miltiades. § 10. ..."

8. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1860)
"And, therefore, the Athenians were only just to their own merits in the extraordinary honours they paid to the true heroes of marathon, and in the monuments ..."

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