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Cleon

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Cle·on  (kln) Died 422 b.c.
Athenian political and military leader who led the democratic faction after the death of Pericles (429 b.c.).
Cleon [ˈkliːɒn]
n
(Biographies / Cleon (death date: 422 bc) M, Athenian, MISC: demagogue, POLITICS: military leader) died 422 bc, Athenian demagogue and military leader


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Still it will always have some significant part, as 'in walking,' or 'Cleon son of Cleon.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
Andrea del Sarto, Fra Lippo Lippi, Cleon, Karshish, Balaustion, and many scores of others, make of his poems a great gallery of portraits unsurpassed in interest by those of any author whatever except Shakspere.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
Well, sir, I don't believe any boy in the form enjoyed the sets-to between Cleon and the Sausage-seller more than I did-- eh, Arthur?
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
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