Harmodius and Aristogeiton (sculpture)

Statue of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, Naples. These are Roman copies of the Athenian originals, now lost
Historical plaster cast by Adolf Michaelis (Gypsothèque de Strasbourg)

A sculptural pairing of the tyrannicides Harmodius and Aristogeiton (Ancient Greek: Ἁρμόδιος καὶ Ἀριστογείτων, romanized: Harmodios, Aristogeitōn) was well known in the ancient world in two major versions but survives only in Roman marble copies. The lovers Harmodius and Aristogeiton were Athenian heroes whose act of daring in 514 BC opened the way for Athenian democracy.