battle of marathon

1. 1.

   a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians

   SynonymsMarathon

   Broaderpitched battle

   Greece

Questions about battle of marathon

What does battle of marathon mean?

battle of marathon means "a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians".

What is another word for battle of marathon?

Close synonyms include Marathon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is battle of marathon a common word?

battle of marathon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.