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Marathonian
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English
Etymology
From en Marathon ian.
Adjective
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Of or relating to Marathon in ancient Greece.
en 1924 Herbert Weir Smyth Aeschylean Tragedy IV. Prometheus 115 Systematic blasphemy may not with impunity mar the face of the Divine; and not even the magnificent fiction of the Marathonian warrior-poet could have rendered righteous the sacrilege of Prometheus’ mutiny against the will of the omnipotent father of gods and man.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Marathon in ancient Greece.