Greek wrestling
A point was scored when one player touched the ground with his back, hip or shoulder, or conceding defeat due to a submission-hold or was forced out of the wrestling-area.Wrestling was regarded as the best expression of strength out of all of the competitions and was represented in Greek mythology by Heracles.[citation needed] Milo of Croton was one of the most famous wrestlers from this ancient time period.[1] Suda writes about the wrestler Kleostratos (Ancient Greek: Κλεόστρατος) of Rhodes who won a victory in wrestling by throttling his opponent.[2] The wrestler Topsius (Ancient Greek: Τόψιος) was the brother of the philosopher, Dio of Alexandria.
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