Marathon Beach
is really Marathon and Schinias Beach, Attica
Real place, reimagined
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
The beach at Marathon, where the Athenians beat the Persians, shown in the game with shipwrecks on the sand.
The real place
The battle of Marathon in 490 BCE gave its name to the marathon race. The long, pine-backed beach of Schinias, in the photo, lies along the bay where the Persian fleet landed.
Visiting
Marathon is about an hour from Athens. Visit the burial mound of the Athenian dead, the Soros, and the Marathon Run Museum; Schinias is a popular swimming beach.
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