Kleobis (Cleobis) and Biton (Ancient Greek: Κλέοβις, gen.: Κλεόβιδος; Βίτων, gen.: Βίτωνος) are two Archaic Greek Kouros brothers from Argos, whose stories date back to about 580 BCE. Two statues, discovered in Delphi, represent them.
The first known version of the story was described by Herodotus,[1] where Solon tells Croesus, the King of Lydia, about the happiest person in the world.[2][3]
- ^ Herodotus. Histories. 1.31.
- ^ Branscome, David (6 November 2013). Textual Rivals: Self-presentation in Herodotus' Histories. Ann Arbor, MI. ISBN 9780472118946. OCLC 868580097.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Wright, Anne Margaret (2016). Art and Architecture. Croy, Anita. Florence: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9781315497082. OCLC 953659636.