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4 unusual facts about Milo of Croton


Dimitrios Vergos

He was an athlete of the Alexandria Sport Fans Association, Milo Alexandria and of Panellinios.

John Graham Lough

He took lodgings in a first floor in Burleigh Street, above a greengrocer's shop, and there commenced to mould his colossal statue of Milo of Croton based on his studies of the Elgin marbles and the work of Michelangelo.

Nudity in sport

Famous athletes were honored by a statue erected for their commemoration (see Milo of Croton).

Pierre Puget

His statue of Milo of Croton (Louvre) had been completed in 1682, Perseus and Andromeda (Louvre) in 1684; and Alexander and Diogenes (bas-relief, Louvre) in 1685, but, in spite of the personal favour which he enjoyed, Puget, on coming to Paris in 1688 to push forward the execution of an equestrian statue of Louis XIV, found court intrigues too much for him.



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