“So, when Persia was dust, all cried, "To Acropolis! Run, Pheidippides, one race more! Athens is saved, thank Pan, go shout!" He flung down his shield, ran like fire once more: and the space 'twixt the fennel-field and Athens was stubble again, a field which a fire runs through, till in he broke: "Rejoice, we conquer!" Like wine through clay, joy in his blood bursting his heart, - the bliss!” –Robert Browning

The poetic words above refer to events that most accurately can be said to inspire __________________

Group of answer choices

The ability of modern Americans to contribute to a democratic society

The early-morning runs of an athlete training for the Boston Marathon

The artistic work of Stephen King

The words of Simonides inscribed at the field of Thermopylae