ῶνος (ὁ) [ᾰᾰ] Marathon (auj. Marathónas), village et dème attique sur la côte S.-E. de l’Attique, OD. 7, 80 ; ESCHL. Pers. 475 ; HDT. 1, 62 ; 6, 117, etc. ; THC. 1, 18, etc. ; DÉM. 172, 23, etc.

➳ ἡ Μ. PD. O. 13, 106.

Étym. cf. μαραθών.

s. LGPN

ῶνος, ὁ, also ἡ, Pi. O. 13.110; (< μάραθον); — Marathon, so called from its being overgrown with fennel (Str. 3.4.9), Od. 7.80, Hdt. 1.62, etc. ; Μαραθῶνι at M., Ar. Eq. 781, etc. ; Μαραθῶνάδε to M., And. 1.107; Μαραθωνόθεν from M., Aristid. 2.218J. ; — Adj. Μαραθώνιος, α, ον· Μ., τά, festival in celebration of the victory of Marathon, D.H. 5.17.

Place, proper name

• ancient deme of Attica located near the modern Marathonas. (TOPOS text)
• Site of the Athenian victory at Marathon in 490 BCE, plain near Schinias, Attiki. (TOPOS text)