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Battle of Marathon, The by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861)
Battle of Marathon, The by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Battle of Marathon, The by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861)

The Battle of Marathon is a rhymed, dramatic, narrative-poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Written in 1820, it retells powerfully The Battle of Marathon: during which the Athenian state defeated the much larger invading force during the first Persian invasion of Greece. (Summary from Wikipedia)