Herodoros of Megara (trumpeter)
Athenaeus refers to the writer Amarantus from Alexandria who gave the description of the most famous trumpeter of antiquity.  Herodoros was said to be a man of immense size. He consumed approximately 7 kilos of bread and meat, 6 liters of wine and slept on a lion's hide.
He was the winner in the trumpeter's competition for ten successive Olympiads, the first one being in 328 BC and the last one in 292 BC, spanning almost a period of 40 years. He also helped Demetrios I the Besieger to defeat the town of Argos by simultaneously blowing loudly on two trumpets encouraging the soldiers.
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