The Giant of Marathon

La battaglia di Maratona English version The Giant of Marathon is a 1959 ItalianFrench international coproduction sword and sandal film, loosely based on the Battle of Marathon. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur and Mario Bava Bava had to step in to complete the film. It starred Steve Reeves as Phillipides.

Athenian supporters of Hippias conspire, hoping to sideline Phillippides with a marriage to Theocrites expensive servant Charis, and thus neutralize the guard. She fails to seduce him, as his heart is already taken by a young girl before he learns her name is Andromeda, daughter of Creuso.Everything personal is likely to be put on hold when the news breaks that the vast army of Darius, the Persian King of Kings, is marching on Greece, hoping that its internal division will make its conquest a walkover. Theocrites instructs Miltiades to hold back the Sacred Guard to defend the temple of Pallas after a likely defeat, and proposes instead to negotiate terms with Darius, but is told an alliance with Sparta could save the Hellenic nation. ........

Source: Wikipedia