Activity 2: In the ancient Olympic Games the winner of each event was called the Olympionic. Instead of a gold medal, the winner had a palm leaf placed in their hands and a crown placed on their head to show that they were the winner. Arguably one of the most famous Olympionics was a man named ‘Milo of Croton’ (see picture below). Use Google to research ‘Milo of Croton’ and post three interesting facts about him.
3 interesting facts about Milo Of Croton:
- Milo of Croton was a wrestler with several ancient olympic titles under his belt.
- Milo of Croton led the Crotoniate army to victory over the Sybarites (Greeks from sybaris, also in Southern Italy) about 510 BC
- Milo of Croton won 32 wrestling competitions
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