alleryStart learning →In legend, Heracles walked 200 steps in a straight line. What did he call that distance?
AA stadion
BA marathon
CA cubit
DAn olympiad
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. A stadion
The myth says the 200-step distance was named a stadion, which later became a unit of length and gave us the word stadium.
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