“Said to have been found by George Nugent Grenville, Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Isla

“Said to have been found by George Nugent Grenville, Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands, in Greece in 1834, the Corinthian helmet that contained the skull of its wearer is believed to date from the Battle of Marathon. The battle between Greek and Persian forces in 490 BCE gives rise to the legend of Pheidippides, the Athenian messenger who ran throughout Greece to warn of the impending battle and father of the modern marathon”.

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