Description acceptable. Artemis’s aid to these people was honored in an annual festival where 500 goats were sacrificed. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these people, such as Cynaegirus (“sin-uh-JYE-russ”), who were buried in the soros and honored as cultic heroes. Panaenus painted a mural of these people being aided by the Twelve Olympians and Theseus in the Stoa Poikile (“poi-KEE-leh”).
ANSWER: Marathonomachoi [accept descriptions of the Athenian veterans of the Battle of Marathon or Athenians who fought at the Battle of Marathon; accept descriptions of the Athenian dead from the Battle of Marathon; accept Greeks or Hellenes or Éllines in place of “Athenians”; prompt on Athenians or Greeks; prompt soldiers or veterans or hoplites or similar answers]
[10e] According to legend, the god Pan appeared to this man to say he would help the Athenians at Marathon. In a later story, this man ran 26 miles from Marathon to announce the victory at Athens, then died.
ANSWER: Pheidippides [or Philippides]
[10m] Troops from this city were the only ones to help Athens at the Battle of Marathon. According to Herodotus, Aristides (“air-ih-STY-deez”) the Just led Athenian forces at a battle near this city that was honored with the “Serpent Column.”
ANSWER: Plataea [accept Battle of Plataea]
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