Marathon
Stories Podcast: A Bedtime Show for Kids of All Ages
Stories Podcast / Wondery
4.2 • 12.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Today's episode is an adaptation of a Greek myth. When Athens is under attack by the Persian army Callimachus and Miltiades take the entire Athenian army out to meet them. Follow along as the swift Philippides saves the day.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello! Welcome to Stories Podcast. I'm your host Amanda Welden. Today's story is called |
| 0:08.2 | Marathon, an adaptation of a Greek myth written for you by Daniel Hines. |
| 0:14.3 | If you would like to support Stories Podcast and get every episode ad-free and a week |
| 0:18.8 | early, subscribe to our Wondery Plus Kids feed on iTunes or your Apple Podcast app. We |
| 0:24.8 | wanted to let all of you know that we've just launched our official YouTube channel at youtube.com slash stories podcast. |
| 0:32.6 | If you've ever wanted to read along with us, these videos are just for you. |
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| 1:06.2 | Thanks! Enjoy the episode! |
| 1:10.2 | Marathon |
| 1:13.5 | Once upon a time in ancient Greece, the city of Athens was at war. The Persian army was invading, |
| 1:22.8 | meaning to take over the country and expand the Persian Empire. |
| 1:27.0 | The Greeks wanted to remain independent, so the city of Athens sent forth an army. |
| 1:33.5 | Athens and its people, the Athenians, valued knowledge and wisdom above all else. |
| 1:40.0 | It was a city of philosophers and artists and politicians. They weren't warriors by nature, |
| 1:46.3 | unlike their neighboring city of Sparta, which was all about being strong and fast and deadly. |
| 1:52.3 | When the Persian army came, the Athenians asked the Spartans for help. |
| 1:56.5 | But unfortunately, the Spartans were in the middle of a holy month of celebration, |
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