The wrestler
The ancient writer Philostratus claimed that a good wrestler should have a harmonious body and built, strong shoulders and hands and should not have a thin neck,  broad breastbone, strong ribs, flat stomach and flexible hip, strong thighs and legs and give off the impression of a strong statue.
Among the most famous wrestlers were the renowned Milon of Croton, Hipposthenes and his son Etimokles of Sparta, Aristodemus of Elis, Timasitheos of Croton and Isidorus of Alexandria.
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