Finally we are going to get our revenge. We are going to easily win this.
Oh no! We're all going to die.
The Results of the Battle
Yay! We won
The Persians wanted to punish the Athens for helping the Ionians revolt against them so Darius, the leader of the Persians decided to attack the Athens.
Pheidippides
Athenian's won the battle! The Persians are going to attack!
Wow! That's surprising! We thought they were all going to die. Oh no we need to prepare.
The Persians landed in Marathon and outnumbered the Greeks 3 to 1. Everyone expected the Persians to win the battle.
Welcome Back
I told about the Athenian victory and warned them.
The Athens surround the Persians and kill most of them.
The End
Pheidippides ran from Athens to Marathon to tell of the Athenian victory and to warn of a Persian attack.
Pheidippides runs back from Marathon to Athens after telling of the Athenian victory and warning of a Persian attack.
Good job!
Pheidippides dies from exhaustion after running 240 miles in two days.