Running in Ancient Greece Athens to Sparta and then back to Marathon in 490 BCE. He was sent to gain the help of the Spartans against the attack of the Persian army in Marathon. In 1896, at the first modern Olympics, the very first modern-day marathon was run. To honor the history of Greek running, Greece chose a course that would mimic the route run by Pheidippides. The race course covered . The route started at a bridge in the town of Marathon and ended in the Olympic stadium reference perseus project. Another event in the ancient Olympic Games was the pentathlon. The pentathlon
Athens News in March 2013, after a long period of economic problems, making it a victim of the Greek crisis. In 1993, the Athens News was redesigned and revamped when it was acquired by the Lambrakis Foundation, a non-profit research centre specialising in education. As such, it formed part of the Lambrakis Press Group. It was the first Greek newspaper to be published on the internet - an online edition appeared in 1995. In 2001, after 49 years as a daily, the "Athens News" became a weekly, appearing on Fridays. In October 2008, the paper was acquired by Myenpi Publishing. Since November