Phrynon

In 636 BC, he won the stadion or pentathlon in the Olympic Games (36th Olympiad).

[4] In the period 608–606 BC, a war was conducted by Athens against Mytilene over control of Sigeum.

[2] In order to end the conflict quickly, Phrynon accepted the invitation to duel made by the Mytilenean general Pittacus (one of the Seven Sages of Greece).

[1][2] Phrynon was defeated at the duel because Pittacus had a hidden net beneath his shield and with it caught and killed him.

[4] The Athenian soldiers received the corpse of their general and, withdrawing from Mytilene, carried it back to Athens, where Phrynon was buried with honors.