Milo of Croton
6th-century BC wrestler from the Magna Graecian city of Croton
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- Born
- 550s BCE, Crotone
- Sport
- amateur wrestling
- Occupation
- amateur wrestler, military leader, athlete, philosopher
Milo or Milon of Croton (fl. 540 – 511 BC) was a famous ancient Greek athlete from Croton, which is today in the Magna Graecia region of southern Italy.
Milo was a six-time winner at the Olympics, once for boys' wrestling in 540 BC at the 60th Olympics and later five times for wrestling at the 62nd to 66th Olympics. He continued competing long after what would have been considered a normal Olympic athlete's prime, and would have been over 40 years of age by the 67th Olympiad. He also attended many of the Pythian Games. His historicity is attested by many classical authors, among them Aristotle, Pausanias, Cicero, Herodotus, Vitruvius, Epictetus, and the author of the Suda, but there are many legendary stories surrounding him.
Diodorus Siculus wrote in his history that Milo was a follower of Pythagoras who commanded the Crotonian army which defeated the Sybarites in 511 BC, while wearing his Olympic wreaths and dressed like Heracles in a lion's skin and carrying a club:
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Isthmian Games | ||
| Nemean Games | ||
| Pythian Games | ||
| ancient Olympic Games |
Awards and honours
- Olympic victor, wrestling (pale) -516
- Olympic victor, wrestling (pale) -520
- Olympic victor, wrestling (pale) -524
- Olympic victor, wrestling (pale) -528
- Olympic victor, wrestling (pale) -532
- Olympic victor, wrestling (boys) -540
- Periodonikes
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q338948 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.