The Battle of Marathon (Encore)

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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In the year 490 BC, one of the most pivotal battles in world history took place. Just north of the City of Athens, Persian and Greek forces clashed in what was to be the first Persian attempt to invade Greece. Despite being seriously outnumbered, the Greeks managed to win a decisive victory that had long-lasting ramifications. Learn more about the Battle of Marathon, its causes, and its outcome on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Tourist Office of Spain Plan your next adventure at Spain.info Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following is an encore presentation of Everything Everywhere Daily.
0:07.4	In the year 490 BC, one of the most pivotal battles in world history took place.
0:12.3	Just north of the city of Athens, Persian and Greek forces clashed in what was to become the first Persian attempt to invade Greece.
0:19.6	Despite being outnumbered over two to one, the Greeks managed to win a decisive victory
0:23.8	that had long-lasting ramifications.
0:26.4	Learn more about the Battle of Marathon, its causes, and its outcome on this episode
0:30.9	of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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1:37.6	To understand why the Battle of Marathon took place, we have to understand the events that led up to it.
1:42.5	Even a cursory inspection would show that a clash
1:45.3	between Greece and Persia was pretty much inevitable. But first, let's start with Greece.
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