Cleobus and Biton were of the Argive race. On the day of the festival of Juno, they wished to take their mother to Juno's temple, becuase she visited yearly. The oxen were away so they pulled their mother over 5 miles in the heat of the day to the temple. Becuase of their loving act, they achieved "the highest blessing to which mortals can attain." They brothers fell asleep in the temple and never woke up. They died without pain. 
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