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'rejoice, we conquer'

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Druid Ridge Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland. My best guestimate is this is Pheidippides (or Philippides) the Athenian herald who ran 150 miles from Marathon to Sparta to announce the Persian invasion. He then ran to Athens to report the Greek victory before dying from exhaustion.

From Robert Browning's "Pheidippides"

So, when Persia was dust, all cried, "To Acropolis!
Run, Pheidippides, one race more! the meed is thy due!
Athens is saved, thank Pan, go shout!"
He flung down his shield
Ran like fire once more: and the space
'twixt the fennel-field
And Athens was stubble again,
a field which a fire runs through,
Till in he broke: "Rejoice, we conquer!"
Like wine through clay,
Joy in his blood bursting his heart, - the bliss!
Image size
1200x1861px 1.28 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS REBEL T1i
Shutter Speed
1/395 second
Aperture
F/5.0
Focal Length
40 mm
ISO Speed
160
Date Taken
Apr 5, 2011, 3:46:59 AM
Sensor Size
5mm
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dougthebear's avatar
I would love to know any inscription on this statue, it is interesting that it appears to be bronze, rather than the usual marble / cast concrete used for cemeteria.

Nice image too