| Ἀθῆναι, -ῶν, αἱ | Athens |
| Ἀθηναῖος, -α, -ον | Athenian |
| ἀπέχω | be distant, be away |
| δρόμος, -ου, ὁ | a running, run, race, race course |
| ἐπί | (prep. w/G.) on, upon; (w/D.) on, at, by; (w/A.) upon, to, against |
| ἑπτά | seven |
| ἥκω, ἥξω | come, have come, arrive |
| ὀκτώ | eight |
| σπεύδω, σπεύσω, ἔσπευσα | hasten |