 The heifer seems to have earned its fame mainly by serving as a peg on which to hang epigrams, which tell nothing about the pose of the animal.Chionis, a 7th-century BC Olympic victor from Sparta, was commemorated in an idealized bronze by Myron.An epigram on Ladas, the fleetest runner of his time, notes that he was commemorated in a sculpture by Myron; of Myron's "Ladas" there is no known copy.