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简介：Thisclassicalpeplumtellsafictitiousstorysetin490BC,thetimeoftheMedicWarsduringwhichPersianarmiessweeptheAncientworld.HavingbroughthometoAthenstheOlympicvictor'slaurelcrown,PhilippidesjoinsascommandertheSacredGuard,whichisexpectedtodefendthecity-state'sliberty,ayearafterthechasingofthetyrantHippias.AtheniansupportersofHippiasconspire,hopingtosidePhilippidesbymarriagetoTheocrites'expensiveservantCharis,andthusneutralizetheguard.Shefailstoseducehim,ashisheartisalreadytakenbyayounggirlbeforethelearnshernameisAndromeda,daughterofCreuso.EverythingpersonalislikelytobeputonholdwhenthenewsbreaksthatthePersianKingofkingsDarius'svastarmyismarchingonGreece,hopingitsinternaldivisionwillmakeitsconquestawalk-over.TheocritesreproachesMiltiadestoholdbackthesacredguardtodefendthePallastempleafteralikelydefeat...…