174:
58:
Cydippe was on her way to a festival in the goddess' honor. The oxen which were to pull her cart were overdue and her sons, Biton and
Cleobis pulled the cart the entire way (45 stadia; 8 km). Cydippe was impressed with their devotion to her and asked Hera to give her children the best gift a
92: ..." Plutarch (first century CE) is the earliest source for her name that is now available to us. Surely much intervening literature regarding Cydippe the priestess of Hera has been lost, since Plutarch was writing about 500 years after Herodotus first told the story.
59:
god could give a person. Hera had the two brothers drop dead instantaneously as the best thing she could give them was for them to die at their moment of highest devotion. This is
78:
Herodotus, the original source for this story, does not state the name of the mother of
Cleobis and Biton. The first mention of their mother's actual name can be found in
75:
as to who the most blessed people in history are. The most often used quotation from this episode is (roughly translated) "call no man blessed until he is dead."
215:
234:
244:
151:
239:
208:
47:
201:
158:
142:
147:
43:
185:
181:
27:
146:
with an
English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.
228:
35:
123:
137:
107:
60:
173:
83:
79:
72:
20:
68:
155:
87:
16:
Mythological Greek character, mother of Cleobi and Bitone
189:
67:
1.31) of the story and it comes couched as advice from
89:ἔτι δὲ Κλέοβις καὶ Βίτων, Κυδίππης τῆς μητρὸς αὐτῶν
159:Greek text available at Perseus Digital Library
209:
8:
216:
202:
156:Online version at the Topos Text Project.
100:
7:
170:
168:
188:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
14:
172:
235:Greek mythological priestesses
1:
245:Characters in Greek mythology
261:
167:
88:
48:priestess of Hera at Argos
18:
180:This article relating to
240:Greek mythology stubs
124:Greek Anthology, 3.18
42:), was the mother of
19:For other uses, see
197:
196:
44:Cleobis and Biton
252:
218:
211:
204:
176:
169:
126:
121:
115:
105:
91:
90:
71:the Athenian to
260:
259:
255:
254:
253:
251:
250:
249:
225:
224:
223:
222:
182:Greek mythology
165:
134:
129:
122:
118:
106:
102:
98:
82:, Frag. 133 (=
56:
28:Greek mythology
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
258:
256:
248:
247:
242:
237:
227:
226:
221:
220:
213:
206:
198:
195:
194:
177:
163:
162:
133:
130:
128:
127:
116:
99:
97:
94:
55:
52:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
257:
246:
243:
241:
238:
236:
233:
232:
230:
219:
214:
212:
207:
205:
200:
199:
193:
191:
187:
183:
178:
175:
171:
166:
160:
157:
153:
152:0-674-99133-8
149:
145:
144:
143:The Histories
139:
136:
135:
131:
125:
120:
117:
113:
109:
104:
101:
95:
93:
85:
81:
76:
74:
70:
66:
62:
53:
51:
49:
45:
41:
37:
36:Ancient Greek
33:
29:
22:
190:expanding it
179:
164:
141:
119:
111:
103:
77:
64:
63:'s account (
57:
39:
31:
25:
38:: Κυδίππη,
229:Categories
132:References
86:4.52.43) "
138:Herodotus
112:Histories
108:Herodotus
65:Histories
61:Herodotus
54:Mythology
84:Stobaeus
80:Plutarch
114:, 1. 31
73:Croesus
40:Kudíppē
32:Cydippe
21:Cydippe
150:
46:and a
184:is a
96:Notes
69:Solon
186:stub
148:ISBN
26:In
231::
154:.
140:,
110:,
50:.
30:,
217:e
210:t
203:v
192:.
161:.
34:(
23:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
