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The bust of Polydamas

Video in Italian | The story of one of the strongest men of antiquity

He is considered one of the strongest men of antiquity, like Hercules.

Polydamas is said to have caught a bull by its paw or to have blocked a cart on a downhill. Totally naked, he even succeeded  in defeating three heavily armed men.
Even his death is shrouded in myth. He was said to have sacrificed himself in preventing a cave's vault from collapsing thus succeeding in saving all his companions and letting them out.

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