Milo, 5X Ancient Olympic Winner

A statue of  his death

Milo of Croton was the strongest of all the Greek athletes in the Ancient Olympic Games. He was a five time winner of the games. He loved to tie a cord around his head, and break it with the swelling veins of his forehead. When he had something in his grasp nobody could take it from him even if it was ranging from just a pomegranate or one hand on a chariot. That item would not move from him.

One time, he actually saved some people with his strength. When a roof was about to collapse, he supported one of the pillars that held it up and let the people run to safety from the building.

Even though he could pick up even the heaviest animal, he couldn't escape them. Especially, when his hand accidentally got stuck between the two halves of a split tree he had tried to pull apart. He was ate by wolves.



Sources:
Milo of Kroton
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/milo.html
The Baldwin Project: Milo of Croton
http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=guerber&book=greeks&story=milo