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)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Book 1
28:23 - Chapter 2
Book 2
28:20 - Chapter 3
Book 3
31:14 - Chapter 4
Book 4
26:22