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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
That would be
Pheidippides, no?
Or is there a spelling with "l"s?
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The spelling difference comes from different manuscripts of Herodotus' books spelling it differently in the Greek leading to 2 different versions in translation. I don't know if the archaeologists have found something showing one of the 2 is more likely to be the correct name of this gentleman.
I usually use the L's because I grew up with Plutarch as one of the '
prides of my youth and in my later days a comfort of my fate' as Boethius would say, and I recall that is the one he used.