Kleobis (Cleobis) and Biton (Ancient Greek: Κλέοβις, gen.: Κλεόβιδος; Βίτων, gen.: Βίτωνος) are two Archaic Greek Kouros brothers from Argos, whose stories...
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Biton, Burkina Faso Biton of Pergamon, an ancient Greek writer of the Hellenistic period on war and siege machines Kleobis and Biton, the two Argive brothers...
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Kouros (section Origin and evolution)
name of the god but with a mortal, for example the 'Delphi Twins' Kleobis and Biton were honoured for their piety with matching kouroi. A direct influence...
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Solon states that the second-happiest men ever were the brothers Kleobis and Biton. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori Patsis, p. 391. Herodotus, Histories...
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the most important sculptural form was the kouros (See for example Biton and Kleobis). The kore was also common; Greek art did not present female nudity...
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Twins in mythology (section Greek and Roman mythology)
Trojan War. Mortal Kleobis and Biton - Sons of a Hera priestess in Argos Iasus and Pelasgus - Sons of Phoroneus or Triopas Proetus and Acrisius - Rival...
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Croesus (section Life and reign)
than Croesus: Tellus, who died fighting for his country, and the brothers Kleobis and Biton who died peacefully in their sleep after their mother prayed...
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Cléobis et Biton conduisent le char de leur mère au temple de Junon (Kleobis and Biton dragging their mother's cart to the temple of Juno). He was accepted...
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in the breastplate of the newly unearthed Argos cuirass and in the statues of Kleobis and Biton at Delphi. Dendra panoply Courbin, P (1957). "Une tombe...
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exact dates of birth and death are unknown. His life is little known. His most famous known work is the statues of Kleobis and Biton (Ancient Greek: Κλέοβις...
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