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Koroi are known as Kleovis and Biton.
The two boys who heroically pulled their
mother on her chariot to the sanctuary
where she was to worship. They pulled
the chariot for a distance of about 8km.
They died the same night peacefully
in their sleep according to Herodotus.
Over life size (6.15m) each.
Early 6th c. B.C. (circa 580 B.C.)
Made by Polymedes.
Kleobis and Biton