Cleon

, an A then i an, who, though originally a tanner, became general of the armies of the state, by his intrigues and eloquence. He took Thoron in Thrace, and after distinguishing himself in several engagements, he was killed at A mph i polis, in a battle with Brasidas the Spartan general, 422 B.C. Thucydides , bks. 3, 4, . — Diodorus , bk. 12 .――A general of Me enia, who disputed with Aristo dem us for the sovereignty.――A statuary. Pausanias , bk. 1 , ch. 8 .――A poet who wrote a poem on the Argonauts.――An orator of Halicarna us, who composed an oration for Lysander, in which he intimated the propriety of making the kingdom of Sparta elective. Cornel i us Nepos & Plutarch , Lysander .――A Magnesian, who wrote some commentaries, in which he speaks of portentous events, . Pausanias , bk. 10 , ch. 4 .――A Sicilian, one of Alexander’s flatterers. Curtius , bk. 8 , ch. 5 .――A tyrant of Sicyon.――A friend of Phocion.