Stamata Revithi was a Greek woman who attempted to compete at the 1896 Summer Olympics. The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the I Olympiad, were the first modern Summer Olympic Games and the first Games since Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Ancient Olympic Games in AD 393 as part of the Christian campaign against paganism. ...

Revithi, a poor woman traveling from Piraeus to Athens, was passing through the city of Marathon, Greece shortly before the beginning of the marathon race invented for the Olympic program by Michel Bréal. She was told by event organizers that, as a woman, she was not allowed to take part in the race, on 10 April 1896. As a gesture of protest, Revithi ran the course the next day. Her time over the course was about five and a half hours, part of which Revithi claimed were spent looking at ships along the way rather than running. View of Piraeus A night ferry about to leave the port of Piraeus for the Dodecanese Piraeus, or Peiraeus (Modern Greek: Πειραιάς Peiraiás or Pireás, Ancient Greek / Katharevousa: Πειραιεύς Pireéfs) is a city in the prefecture of Attica, Greece, located south of Athens. ... The Parthenon seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west Athens (Greek: Αθήνα Athína IPA ) is the capital of Greece and of the Attica prefecture of Greece. ... Marathon (Greek, Modern: Μαραθώνας Marathona or Marathonas, Ancient/ Katharevousa: Μαραθών, Marathon) is a town in Greece, the site of the battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the Athenian army defeated the Persians. ... Modern day marathon runners The word marathon refers to a long-distance road running event of 42. ... Michel Jules Alfred Bréal (March 26, 1832 - 1915), French philologist, was born at Landau in Rhenish Bavaria, of French parents. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

She was given the nickname Melpomene, after the Greek muse of tragedy. Hesiod and the Muse, 1891 - Oil on canvas, Musee dOrsay, Paris Gustave Moreau Melpomene (to sing) was a Muse in Greek mythology. ...

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• [[|Tarasouleas, Athanasios, ]],  () (Summer 1993). The Female Spiridon Loues. Citius, Altius, Fortius 1 (3): 11-12. .