The World Around Us #20
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The First Words," a 1960 Gilberton comic, the struggle to communicate across distances takes a dramatic turn as ancient messengers like Pheidippides push their limits—running tirelessly to deliver urgent news during an invasion of Athens. Bruno Premiani’s expressive art brings to life the urgency and cost of early communication, capturing a moment where human effort meets the limits of the body.
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Looking for ways to send long-distance messages, people experiment with such methods as drums, smoke signals, and heliographs. Even so, most such messages need to be delivered by runner. Pheidippides runs himself to death carrying vital messages when Athens is invaded.
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