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35-984: [REDACTED] Look up milon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Milon may refer to: First name [ edit ] 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 in Artois St. Milon (c. 730), monk of Abbaye de Saint-Wandrille at Fontenelle Milon ( fr ) (died 1104) French cardinal of Saint-Aubin Milon, Welsh knight in 13th-century medieval romance Lai de Milon by Marie de France Surname [ edit ] Titus Annius Milo , Roman senator, defended by Cicero in Pro Milone fr:Bertrand Milon (15th century), French diplomat, founder of

70-568: A NES videogame about a character named Milon Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Milon . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Milon&oldid=1188907899 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Human name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

105-510: A chariot drawn by four horses, and racing with a horse (without a chariot), held in a hippodrome in the plain of Krisa, not far from the sea, in the place where the original stadium was sited. (ref: Pindar ) The other athletic contests took place in the Stadium. In the Roman period theatrical competitions were introduced, carried out in the late- Hellenistic theater . Pausanias writing in

140-461: A lion's skin and carrying a club. Hereupon the Sybarites took the field with an army of three hundred thousand men. The Crotonians had but an hundred thousand, which were commanded by Milo the wrestler, who at the first onset put to flight that wing of the army which was opposite to him: for he was of invincible strength, and had courage answerable to his strength, and had been six times victor at

175-402: A pomegranate so firmly that nobody could wrest it from him by force, and yet he did not damage it by pressure. He would stand upon a greased quoit, and make fools of those who charged him and tried to push him from the quoit. He used to perform also the following exhibition feats. He would tie a cord round his forehead as though it were a ribbon or a crown. Holding his breath and filling with blood

210-639: A ritual sacrifice was performed in the Temple of Apollo . After four days of festivities, the Games began. The athletic and equestrian events were the same as those at Olympia, apart from the lack of the four-horse chariot, and the addition of running races for boys. Unlike at Olympia where there was a separate festival for women (the Heraean Games ), women were allowed to compete at Delphi in both athletic and artistic events. The only recorded female victor

245-492: Is Tryphosa, winner of the girl's stadion running race . The athletic competition included four-track sports ( stade , diaulos , dolichos and hoplitodromos (racing encumbered with pieces of Hoplite armor)), wrestling , boxing , pankration , and the pentathlon . These sports were introduced to the games gradually over time. The final day of the games was dedicated to equestrian races which gradually came to include harness racing, synoris (a chariot drawn by two horses),

280-480: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Milo of Croton He was a six-time Olympic victor; once for boys wrestling in 540 BC at the 60th Olympics, and five-time wrestling champion at the 62nd through 66th Olympiads. Milo kept on competing, even well after what would have been considered a normal Olympic athlete's prime; by the 67th Olympiad, he would have been over 40 years of age. He also attended many of

315-710: 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 and also that he commanded the Crotonian army which defeated the Sybarites in 511 BC, while wearing his Olympic wreaths and dressed like Hercules in

350-553: The University of Nantes  ; fr:Joseph Milon (19th century), French painter Louis Milon (18th century), French dancer fr:Michaël Milon , French karateka Le Père Milon , story by Guy de Maupassant Places [ edit ] Milon-la-Chapelle , commune in Yvelines (78). La Ferté-Milon , commune of l' Aisne . Other [ edit ] AONS Milon , Greek sport club Milon's Secret Castle ,

385-560: The 2nd century AD, says the oldest contest at Delphi was the singing of the Hymn to Apollo , god of arts and music. The first Games run by the Delphic Amphictyony , which he dates to the third year of the forty-eighth Olympiad (i.e. 586  BC) featured contests of singing accompanied by cithara (a lyre), and separate contests for playing the aulos (a double-reeded wind instrument) solo, and accompanied. The latter of these

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420-628: The 4th century AD. The Pythian Games were ranked second in importance behind the Olympics. Unlike the Olympics, the Pythian Games also featured competitions for art and dance, which pre-dated the athletic portion of the games, and women were allowed to take part in some events. Victors received a wreath of bay laurel , sacred to Apollo, from the Vale of Tempe , in Thessaly . Smaller versions of

455-438: The 5th century BC, mostly the tyrants of Sicily and the conservative aristocracy of Aegina , constituted the clientele of the poet. Thus, his Odes of Victory reflect the aristocratic ideals which were losing ground so fast. The winner's laudation is reinforced by adding mythological details. However, a prerequisite for understanding and cherishing the poems is a well-educated audience. The poet uses his work not only to speak of

490-464: The Pythian Games were celebrated in many other cities of the Levant and Greece. The Pythian Games supposedly start with the death of the mythical serpent, Python . Ovid states that the games were inaugurated to celebrate Apollo 's killing of the serpent, "Lest in a dark oblivion time should hide the fame of this achievement, sacred sports he instituted" ( Metamorphoses, 1.445-6). According to Ovid,

525-470: The Pythian Games. In those poems, Pindar praises not only the victors, but also their families, as well as the aristocratic and athletic ideals of the late archaic period. Pindar worked on lyric poetry. The largest part of his surviving works is the Victory Odes (Epinikia), chorus songs to be sung in the homeland of the winner of the Games upon his return. The Greek aristocracy of the first half of

560-555: The Vale of Tempe , in Thessaly . This is similar to the practice in the other Panhellenic games, which were all on this account called "stephanitic" ("crown") games. Smaller versions of the Pythian Games were celebrated in many other cities of the Levant and Greece. Of the 45 poems composed by the Theban poet Pindar in honor of winners at the Panhellenic games, 12 were called Pythionikoi , since they were composed for winners at

595-487: The boys; at Pytho he won six among the men and one among the boys. He came to Olympia to wrestle for the seventh time, but did not succeed in mastering Timasitheus, a fellow-citizen who was also a young man, and who refused, moreover, to come to close quarters with him. It is further stated that Milo carried his own statue into the Altis. His feats with the pomegranate and the quoit are also remembered by tradition. He would grasp

630-408: The crack open, when Milo tried, he could not free his fingers from the stump. There he waited for the villager to return with food. Legend then says that Milo met his end when wolves, or a lion, took advantage of his predicament and descended upon him. The statue of Milo the son of Diotimus was made by Dameas, also a native of Crotona. Milo won six victories for wrestling at Olympia, one of them among

665-430: The eighth Pythian Games. Poetry and prose contests were another feature of the Pythian Games. A panel of judges chose victors. Contests of Tragic acting probably involved both individual performances and dramatic productions. Painting competitions were introduced in the mid-5th century BC. No monetary prizes were awarded to winners in the Games. Instead they received a wreath of bay laurel , sacred to Apollo, from

700-559: The end of the First Sacred War . As of that time, they did not take place every eight years as in the past, but every four years, two years before and after the Olympic Games, presumably at the end of August. Preparations for the games began six months prior. Nine citizens from Delphi, called theoroi , were sent to all Greek cities to announce the beginning of the games in order to attract athletes, as well as to declare

735-420: The exact competition of each athlete. Thus, we can constitute a list of the winners as follows: In 498 B.C. Hippokles from Thessaly won at the children's diaulos (10th Pythionicus). In 490 B.C. Midas from Akragas won at the musical contests as a flute player (12th Pythionicus). In 486 B.C. Megakles from Athens won at the chariot racing (7th Pythionicus). In 475 (?) and in 474(?) B.C. Hieron of Syracuse won

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770-566: The four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece . They were held in honour of Apollo at his sanctuary in Delphi every four years, two years after the Olympic Games , and between each Nemean and Isthmian Games . The Pythian Games were founded sometime in the 6th century BC. In legend they were started by Apollo after he killed Python and set up the Oracle at Delphi . They continued until

805-554: The games, which included restorations for all structures of the Sanctuary, from the temples to the streets and fountains. Scores of people flocked to the games from all over Greece, bringing in substantial revenue to the city. Despite the rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire during the 4th century, Delphi remained an active pagan site and the Pythian Games continued to be celebrated at least until AD 424. Unfortunately,

840-408: The man if he could attempt to split the wood with his strength, not using any tools at all. The villager, honored by Milo's offer, went off to fetch food while Milo worked. Milo immediately tried to pull the stump apart by inserting his fingers in the crack where the villager had driven the wedges. As he pulled the stump open, the wedges fell out, trapping Milo's fingers. Without the wedges there to hold

875-408: The olympic games; when he began his fight, he was crowned with olympic wreaths, wearing (like Hercules) a lion's skin and a club; at last he gained an absolute victory, and thereupon was much admired by his countrymen. Milo's death became a popular subject in art in late Italian Renaissance sculpture , continuing to around 1900, allowing the sculptor to show his skill in a dramatic anatomical pose. It

910-596: The period of the Sacred Truce ( Hieromenia ), aiming at protecting not only the theoroi and the athletes who traveled to Delphi but also the temple of Apollo itself. If a city was involved in armed conflict or in robberies during that period, its citizens were forbidden to enter the Sanctuary, participate in the games, or consult the Oracle. At the same time, the truce allowed the Amphictyony to focus on preparing for

945-425: The python was produced spontaneously by Gaea (mother earth) at the beginning of primordial time and was a threat to human beings. When Earth, spread over with diluvian ooze, felt heat ethereal from the glowing sun, unnumbered species to the light she gave, and gave to being many an ancient form, or monster new created. Unwilling she created this enormous Python.—Thou unheard of serpent spread so far athwart

980-446: The side of a vast mountain, didst fill with fear the race of newly created man. The God that bears the bow (a weapon used till then only to hunt the deer and agile goat) destroyed the monster with myriad darts, and almost emptied all his quiver, till envenomed gore oozed forth from livid wounds. -- Metamorphoses, 1.434-444. By killing the monster, Apollo rendered the area safe for human beings and established his ownship of

1015-427: The site. After burying the body, Apollo founded the oracle of Delphi . However, by slaying Python, Apollo had committed a crime and Zeus declared that he had to make amends. Apollo then created the Pythian Games to pay for the death. The historical timeframe of the Pythian Games started in 582 BC, when the administration of the Games was handed over to the Delphic Amphictyony , a council of twelve Greek tribes, at

1050-414: The testimonials and documents covering the Pythian Games were mainly destroyed by human violence and natural catastrophes. All the remaining resources highlight the glory and glamour of the Games. The records of Aristotle present an overview of the festivities: the Games lasted for six to eight days and were started by a reenactment of the victory of Apollo over Python. In a festive and glamorous procession,

1085-399: The veins on his head, he would break the cord by the strength of these veins. It is said that he would let down by his side his right arm from the shoulder to the elbow, and stretch out straight the arm below the elbow, turning the thumb upwards, while the other fingers lay in a row. In this position, then, the little finger was lowest, but nobody could bend it back by pressure. They say that he

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1120-632: The victory won by his client and his family, but also to accentuate the family's history and its connections all over Greece. The total number of Victory Odes is 45 celebrating the winners in the four most famous panhellenic athletic competitions: the Olympic , the Nemean , the Pythian and the Isthmian Games . The hymns celebrating victories in Pythian Games include 12 odes and offer information on

1155-442: Was a more compact equivalent of the Roman group of Laocoön and His Sons . Ancient sources and legends report that he took great pleasure in showing off his strength. He had a number of feats he would perform, such as: Legend has it that such feats were his eventual undoing. His final test of strength came when he was traveling the countryside and met a villager trying to split a stump with hammer and wedges. Milo excitedly asked

1190-400: Was abolished by the second Games because the music was considered "ill-omened" with dismal tunes accompanied by lamentations. Pythocritus of Sicyon was aulos victor at six consecutive festivals, the only player so to distinguish himself. He accompanied the pentathlon at the Olympics where a statue was erected to him. Pausanias ascribes the introduction of the cithara contest without vocals to

1225-536: Was killed by wild beasts. The story has it that he came across in the land of Crotona a tree-trunk that was drying up; wedges were inserted to keep the trunk apart. Milo in his pride thrust his hands into the trunk, the wedges slipped, and Milo was held fast by the trunk until the wolves—a beast that roves in vast packs in the land of Crotona—made him their prey. Such was the fate that overtook Milo. Pythian Games The Pythian Games ( ‹See Tfd› Greek : Τα Πύθια , translit.   Ta Pythia ) were one of

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