Myron (English spelling)

Japanese: ミロン - みろん（英語表記）Myron

Ancient Greek wrestler in the late 6th century BCE. Date of birth and death unknown. Sometimes written as Milo in English. Tribune Milo is a different person. Born in Croton, southern Italy. Participated in the juvenile competition at the Olympian Games, and after coming of age, won six wrestling events between 540 and 516 BCE. He also won the Pythian Games six times, the Isthmian Games ten times, and the Nemean Games nine times, over a period of 30 years. He left behind stories of holding up a collapsing house, carrying a cow on his back and running through the stadium, eating its meat in one day, and finally dying when his hand got caught in the middle of an oak tree when he was splitting it in half, and was eaten by a wolf.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

前6世紀後半古代ギリシアのレスリング競技者。生没年不詳。英語表記でMiloとされることもある。護民官ミロは別人。南イタリアのクロトン生れ。オリュンピア祭の少年競技に参加，成人してからは前540‐前516年にかけて6回，レスリングの勝者となっている。そのほかにピュティア祭に6回，イストミア祭に10回，ネメア祭に9回優勝，その期間は30年に及んだ。倒れかけた家を支えたとか，雌牛をかついで競技場を走り，その肉を1日で食べたというエピソードを残し，最後はカシの木を二つ割りにしたとき手をはさまれ，オオカミに食われて死んだという。

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