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    Milo or Milon of Croton (late 6th century BC) was a famous ancient Greek athlete from the Greek colony of Croton in Magna Graecia. He was a six-time Olympic...
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  • Milo of Croton, after his legendary strength. Mayne himself enjoyed a hot cup of Milo every night till his death at age 93. Mayne was an alumnus of Trinity...
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  • the United States. Milo Lüdtke Puig, Spanish seventh grader Milo of Croton, 6th-century BC ancient Greek wrestler Milo (bishop of Trier) (died 762 or...
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    famous ancient Greek athlete Milo of Croton, after his legendary strength. The product was even noted as "tonic food". Milo is manufactured by evaporating...
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    Milo is a town in Yates County, New York, United States. The population was 7,006 at the 2010 census. The town was named after Milo of Croton, a famous...
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  • N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Bybon, early 6th century BC weight lifter Milo of Croton, 6th century BC wrestler, reputed to have carried a bull on his shoulders...
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    famous of whom was Milo of Croton. The physicians of Croton were considered the foremost among the Greeks, and among them Democedes, son of Calliphon, was...
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    Aleksandr Karelin (category Recipients of the Order of St. Sava)
    2021. Snowden, Jonathan (12 February 2013). "Milo of Croton, Alexander Karelin and the Tragic Demise of Olympic Wrestling". Bleacher Report. Archived...
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  • legendary shepherd of Aetolia, famous in Antiquity for his victory over Milo of Croton, who in turn, was the most successful wrestler of the Ancient Olympics...
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  • Pometian revolt. December 4—A solar eclipse darkens Egypt (computed, no clear historical record of observation). Milo of Croton, ancient Greek wrestler...
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    first mention of "Progressive overload" in history is associated with Milo of Croton (late 6th century BC), who was a famous athlete of Ancient Greece...
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  • Milo of Croton, ancient Greek wrestler Milo governor of Taranto (fr), general under the command of Pyrrhus of Epirus. St. Milon (c. 1158), bishop of Thérouanne...
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    Mnesarchus, Myia and Arignote). The wrestler Milo of Croton was said to have been a close associate of Pythagoras and was credited with having saved...
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    January 21, 1823, it was incorporated as Milo, named after Milo of Croton, a famous athlete from ancient Croton in Magna Graecia, Italy. It would become...
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    civilizations of feats of strength performed by great heroes, perhaps mythological, such as Heracles, Goliath, Orm Storolfsson and Milo of Croton. In Ancient...
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    Temple "D", Valle dei Templi, Agrigento, Sicily Milo of Croton Archytas of Taras 5th century BC Greek coins of Taras (now Taranto) with the eponym Taras hero...
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  • Astylos of Croton or Astylus of Croton (Ἄστυλος/Ἀστύαλος ὁ Κροτωνιάτης) was an ancient athlete who competed in three successive Olympic Games. In 488 and...
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    reclaim his original roles. In 2007, he appeared as Giacomo Casanova and Milo of Croton in CBBC's Ed and Oucho. Larwood appeared in the 2008 ITV2 sketch show...
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    occur as in the case of Arrhichion, but they were very rare... Copeland, Cody (10 February 2021). "The Bizarre Death Of Milo Of Croton". Grunge.com. Retrieved...
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    Ancient peoples of Italy Battle of Pandosia Greek coinage of Italy and Sicily Italiot Greek: modern dialects Magna Graecia Milo of Croton Phlyax play Siceliotes...
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    Ancient Olympic Games (category History of gymnastics)
    most famous of all pankratiasts".) Milo of Croton (wrestling, legendary six-time victor: once as youth, the rest in the men's event) Diagoras of Rhodes (boxing...
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    workers with his feats of strength. After learning of the tale, Cyr attempted to mimic the practice of legendary strongman Milo of Croton, who as a child carried...
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    Cemetery. Milo of Croton by François Dumont, reception piece for the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, The Louvre, 1768 Collective Acts of civil...
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    Olympics and other Panhellenic Games. Amongst the most famous were Milo of Croton, who won six wrestling events in six Olympics in a row, along with seven...
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    Heracles.[citation needed] Milo of Croton was one of the most famous wrestlers from this ancient time period. At one set of games, no one challenged him...
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    name of Kroton, by Greek Achaeans in around 710 BC. It grew to become a town of 50,000 to 80,000 inhabitants around 500 BC. The wrestler Milo of Croton was...
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    gardens also contain the only surviving bronze of John Graham Lough's gigantic statue of Milo of Croton. On the estate is Shotton Surface Mine, a large...
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    civilizations of feats of strength performed by great heroes, perhaps mythological, such as Heracles, Goliath, Orm Storolfsson and Milo of Croton. Competitions...
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    dates back at least to Ancient Greece, when legend has it that wrestler Milo of Croton trained by carrying a newborn calf on his back every day until it was...
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    "wrestling | History, Styles, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. "Milo of Croton | Biography, Wrestling, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. "Wrestling...
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