TIL that the ancient Greek messengers (hemerodromos: one of the men in the Greek military known as day-long runners) routinely ran hundreds on miles on trips to spread information across the Greek city states.

setembro 29, 2020

TIL that the ancient Greek messengers (hemerodromos: one of the men in the Greek military known as day-long runners) routinely ran hundreds on miles on trips to spread information across the Greek city states.

TIL that the ancient Greek messengers (hemerodromos: one of the men in the Greek military known as day-long runners) routinely ran hundreds on miles on trips to spread information across the Greek city states. https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a20836761/the-real-pheidippides-story/ foyouri September 29, 2020 at 05:05PM

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TIL that the ancient Greek messengers (hemerodromos: one of the men in the Greek military known as day-long runners) routinely ran hundreds on miles on trips to spread information across the Greek city states.

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