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==History==
==History==
===Myths===
===Myths===
As told by [[Barnabas]], the captain of the ship ''[[Adrestia]]'', the Marathon Beach was the place where the legendary hero [[Theseus]] slew the [[Kretan Bull]].<ref name="MA">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Memories Awoken]]</ref>
As told by [[Barnabas]], the captain of the ''[[Adrestia]]'', Marathon Beach was the place where the legendary hero [[Theseus]] slew the [[Kretan Bull]].<ref name="MA">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Memories Awoken]]</ref>


===5th century BCE===
===5th century BCE===

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Marathon Beach is a beach which constitutes the northeast region of Attika, Greece. The area was known for the Battle of Marathon fought during the First Persian invasion between Athens and the Achaemenid Empire in 490 BCE.

History

Myths

As told by Barnabas, the captain of the Adrestia, Marathon Beach was the place where the legendary hero Theseus slew the Kretan Bull.[1]

5th century BCE

During the Peloponnesian War the beach was visited by the Spartan misthios Kassandra.[2]

Trivia

  • The town itself does not appear in Odyssey.

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