英语翻译The Spirit of Marathon Athens was a beautiful city in an

英语翻译
The Spirit of Marathon Athens was a beautiful city in ancient Greece.The Persians wanted very much to have it as their.In September of 490 BC,a fierce battle between the Persians and the Greeks happened at a place called Marathon,north of Athens.After days of hard fighting,the Greeks won the battle.With great joy,the Greeks sent Pheidippides,a soldier who was good at running,back to Athens to telll their people the news of victory.The distance from Marathon to Athens was about 26 miles.Pheidippides was eager to get to Athens as soon as possible,so he ran the whole distance without stopping.He was very tired,but he did not give up.He kept on running and running.When he finally got to the city of Athens,he couldnot move any more.He shouted,"Good news!we have won"Then,he fell down and died.The story of Pheidippides has been told for more than two thousand years.When the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens at the end of the 19th century,people were looking for a big event to recall the ancient glory of Greece.The idea of a marathon race came up.It was a long distance running event-26.2 miles or 42.195 kilometers.Now every four years at the Olympic Games,one of the important events is the marathon.