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Marathon provided the model after it was reintroduced into English from Greek with the First Olympic Games at Athens in 1896, according to the OED . The long-distance running event honored the warrior who in 490 B.C. ran to Athens in order to announce the Greek victory over the Persians on the plains of Marathon.
According to legend, the soldier who ran from Marathon to Athens — a distance of 42 km (26 miles) — to report the victory then died of exhaustion.
The Marathon Man has been replaced by Dr. Soothe.
His feat is still commemorated today in the Olympic race known as the marathon.
My favorite story about acting happened minutes before the filming of a crucial scene in Marathon Man in Central Park.