Trivia: What city did a Greek messenger run to after the Battle of Marathon?
Athens
Sparta
Cairo
Jerusalem
The correct answer is Athens
So why is this answer correct? : One of the most famous battles of the Greco-Persian Wars is now referenced every time someone completes a 26.2-mile run. According to legend, a messenger ran from Marathon to Athens (about 25 miles) to announce the Greek victory, dying of exhaustion upon his arrival. According to the Greek historian Herodotus, there was another trained runner named Pheidippides who covered 150 miles in two days before the battle to ask Sparta for support.