Tuesday, 30 August 2022

Ancient Greek Colonoscopy?

 

Or so it seems.

In fact, the slide identifies this as "Louvre, Puget   Milo de Crotona"
So, in summary:
  • The Louvre, Paris - World famous art gallery / art museum.
  • Pierre Puget (b. 1620, Marseille, d. 1694, Marseille) French Sculptor
  • Milo of Croton - A sculpture by said french marble-basher, depicting
  • Milo of Croton - An ancient Greek Wrestler, with more fame and power than any grappler from WWE.
Bonus - The Death of Milo of Croton.

The Ancient Greeks typically attributed remarkable deaths to famous persons in keeping with their characters. The date of Milo's death is unknown, but according to Strabo and Pausanias , Milo was walking in a forest when he came upon a tree-trunk split with wedges. In what was probably intended as a display of strength, Milo inserted his hands into the cleft to rend the tree. The wedges fell from the cleft, and the tree closed upon his hands, trapping him. Unable to free himself, the wrestler was devoured by wolves.
Wrestler, Soldier, Athlete, ICon .... and Dumb-Ass.

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