croton

It is said that Milo of Croton lifted a calf every day, growing stronger as it grew heavier.

Alcmaeon of Croton identified the brain as the seat of thought as early as the 5th century BCE.

My favorite historic example of typical modern hypertrophy-specific training is the training of Milo of Croton [1].

Caltrain from SF to MV is significantly faster than taking public transit from Long Island or Croton on Hudson to Manhattan.

The Pythagorean coin has the tripod from the Oracle of Delphi on it, two snakes, was minted in Croton and dates to 510 BC.

He was influenced by the concept presented by Philolaus of Croton (c.

I can easily imagine that it could mask the pungent smell of the croton oil.

Without having smelled croton oil myself, canned brisling (which is what it is, even if it was sold as sardines) has a quite strong smell and taste.

Catskill and Croton are both on Hudson river.

Lots of workers travel from Croton on Hudson or Long Island by train into Manhattan and take the subway from there; all of that is public transportation or at least publicly subsidized.

According to Wikipedia: > The notion that the Earth revolves around the Sun had been proposed as early as the 3rd century BC by Aristarchus of Samos,[1] who had been influenced by a concept presented by Philolaus of Croton (c.

Milo of Croton was a real guy, so it's not a "Greek Myth" in the usual sense.

Another Historical Easter Egg from Wikipedia [1]: "Medicinal" croton oil was supplied in the California Genocide to dying Indian groups.

Milo was also the name, of course inspired by Milo of Croton, that the owner of the business and virtual shop "Ironmind", Randall J.

Milo of Croton is often cited as the earliest recorded examples of a progressive resistance training program: "He would train in the off years by carrying a newborn calf on his back every day until the Olympics took place.

Well, it’s from 510 BC Croton, features the tripod from Delphi, and has little snakes at the bottom.

Then he trained the most successful Olympic athlete of all time, Milo of Croton, who won 5 consecutive Olympics.

Milo of Croton, trained by Pythagoras of Samos (the mystical mathematician), won 6 consecutive Olympic Games over 24 years.