Milo of Croton, Milo also spelled Milon (flourished 6th century bc) Greek athlete who was the most renowned wrestler in antiquity. His name is still proverbial for extraordinary strength.
A greatly honoured native of Croton (now Crotone, Calabria), an Achaean Greek colony in southern Italy, Milo led the Crotoniate army to victory over the Sybarites (Greeks from Sybaris, also in southern Italy) about 510 bc. In six Olympic Games and in seven Pythian Games (both events held quadrennially.
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