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While still in the city, the generals first sent to Sparta [22.4417,37.0667] (Perseus) Sparta the herald Philippides, an Athenian and a long-distance runner who made that his calling. As Philippides himself said when he brought the message to the Athenians, when he was in the Parthenian mountain above Tegea [22.4,37.5] (Perseus) Tegea he encountered Pan.
While still in the city, the generals first sent to Sparta [22.4417,37.0667] (Perseus) Sparta the herald Philippides, an Athenian and a long-distance runner who made that his calling. As Philippides himself said when he brought the message to the Athenians, when he was in the Parthenian mountain above Tegea [22.4,37.5] (Perseus) Tegea he encountered Pan.
[2] Pan called out
Philippides' name and bade him ask the
Athenians why they paid him no attention, though he was of goodwill to the
Athenians, had often been of service to them, and would be in the future.
[3] The
Athenians believed that these things were true, and when they became prosperous they established a sacred precinct of Pan beneath the Acropolis. Ever since that message they propitiate him with annual sacrifices and a torch-race.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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