MILO, a celebrated athlete of Crotona in Italy. His father's name was Diotimus. He early accustomed himself to carry the greatest burdens, and by degrees became a prodigy of strength. It is said that he carried on his shoulders a young bullock, four years old, for above forty yards; and afterwards killed it with one blow of his fist, and eat it up in one day. He was seven times crowned at the Pythian games, and six at the Olympian. He presented himself a seventh time; but no one had the courage or boldness to enter the lists against
Milo against him. He was one of the disciples of Pythagoras; and to his uncommon strength, it is said, the learned preceptor and his pupils owed their life: The pillar which supported the roof of the school suddenly gave way; but Milo supported the whole weight of the building, and gave the philosopher and his auditors time to escape. In his old age, Milo attempted to pull up a tree by the roots, and break it. He partly effected it; but his strength being gradually exhausted, the tree when half cleft re-united, and his hands remained pinched in the body of the tree. He was then alone; and, being unable to disentangle himself, he was devoured by the wild beasts of the place, about 500 years before the Christian era.