biography
pronunciation:
[miyloh, meeloh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (6th-c BC)
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| biography:
| Legendary Greek wrestler from the Greek colony of Croton in S Italy. He won the wrestling contest at five successive Olympic Games, and swept the board at all other festivals. A man of huge stature, he boasted that no one had ever brought him to his knees. It is said that he carried a live ox upon his shoulders through the stadium at Olympia, then ate it all in a single day. He played a leading part in the military defeat of Sybaris in 511 BC. Tradition has it that in his old age he tried to split a tree, which closed upon his hands and held him there until he was devoured by wolves. |
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