page_title: Kleobis and Biton
section_title: Statues
hierarchical_section_title: Kleobis and Biton / Statues
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Marmor-Statuen der beiden Brüder de:Kleobis und Biton (Gestalten der griechischen Mytologie) in Lebensgröße, die 1893/1894 in Delphi gefunden wurden. Vermutlich ein Weihegeschenk der Stadt Argos, um 580 v. Chr. entstanden, heute im archäologischen Museum von Delphi ausgestellt. English: Statues of Kleobis and Biton (identified by inscriptions on the base) dedicated to Delphi by the city of Argos, signed by [Poly?]medes of Argos. Marble, ca. 580 BC. H. 1.97 m (6 ft. 5 ½ in.), after restoration. Archaeological Museum of Delphi, no. 467, 1524.
context_page_description: Kleobis and Biton are two Archaic Greek Kouros brothers from Argos whose stories date back to about 580 BC. Two statues, discovered in Delphi, represent them.
  The story can first be seen in Herodotus Histories, where Solon tells King of Lydia, Croesus about the happiest person in the world.
caption: The twin statues by Polymedes of Argos, conventionally known as "Kleobis and Biton".
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