s8725074 2010-12-22 17:20
「馬拉松」的由來
<p class="yiv1107524803msonormal" style="margin: auto 0cm; line-height: 150%;"><font face="新細明體"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; line-height: 150%;">「馬拉松」一詞,其實是來自英文「<span lang="EN-US">marathon</span>」的翻譯。而「<span lang="EN-US">marathon</span>」實際上是希臘雅典東北方一個村鎮的名字,它因為一場戰役而留名千古。</span></font></p><p class="yiv1107524803msonormal" style="margin: auto 0cm; line-height: 150%;"><br><font face="新細明體"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; line-height: 150%;"></span><span style="color: black;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><font face="新細明體"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; line-height: 150%;">時間約在西元前五世紀左右,當時波斯是一個橫跨歐、亞、非三洲的強國,希臘則是尚未統一的城邦國家,兩者國力可說是天差地別。西元<span lang="EN-US">490</span>年,兩國發生大戰,沒想到希臘因用兵有方,以寡敵眾在馬拉松一地大敗波斯帝國,因此被稱為「馬拉松戰役」。 <br></span></font></p><p style="line-height: 150%;"><br><font face="新細明體"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; line-height: 150%;"></span><span style="color: black;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><font face="新細明體"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; line-height: 150%;">據說當時希臘戰勝後,有一名士兵從馬拉松一路跑至</span><span style="color: black;"></span><st1:chmetcnv w:st="on" tcsc="0" numbertype="1" negative="False" hasspace="False" sourcevalue="40" unitname="公里"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; line-height: 150%;" lang="EN-US">40</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; line-height: 150%;">公里</span></st1:chmetcnv><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; line-height: 150%;">外的雅典報捷,這名士兵抵達時,在高呼勝利後氣絕身亡。後人為了紀念他,便開始舉辦長途賽跑,而「馬拉松」到雅典的這段距離,也成了現今馬拉松賽跑的標準長度。 <br></span></font></p><p style="line-height: 150%;"><br><font face="新細明體"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; line-height: 150%;"></span><span style="color: black;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><font face="新細明體"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; line-height: 150%;">由於標準路程的長度是</span><span style="color: black;"><font size="3"> </font></span><st1:chmetcnv w:st="on" tcsc="0" numbertype="1" negative="False" hasspace="False" sourcevalue="42.195" unitname="公里"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; line-height: 150%;" lang="EN-US">42.195</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; line-height: 150%;">公里</span></st1:chmetcnv><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; line-height: 150%;">(約</span><span style="color: black;"><font size="3"> </font></span><st1:chmetcnv w:st="on" tcsc="0" numbertype="1" negative="False" hasspace="False" sourcevalue="26" unitname="英里"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; line-height: 150%;" lang="EN-US">26</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; line-height: 150%;">英里</span></st1:chmetcnv><span style="color: black;"><font size="3"> </font></span><st1:chmetcnv w:st="on" tcsc="0" numbertype="1" negative="False" hasspace="False" sourcevalue="385" unitname="碼"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; line-height: 150%;" lang="EN-US">385</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; line-height: 150%;">碼</span></st1:chmetcnv><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; line-height: 150%;">),需要高度的耐力及時間才能完成,因此「馬拉松」也成了費時費力或堅持不懈的代名詞。</span></font><span style="color: black;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
guhn0916 2010-12-25 00:47
感謝大大的分享<IMG alt="" src="http://dz.adj.idv.tw/images/smilies/default/smile.gif" border=0 smilieid="1">