Cleon

[ klee-on ]

noun

1. died 422 b.c., Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.

Cleon

/ ˈkliːɒn /

noun

1. Cleon422 bcMAthenianMISC: demagoguePOLITICS: military leader died 422 bc , Athenian demagogue and military leader

Example Sentences

At an unaccredited college in Utah that was founded by acolytes of right-wing conspiracy-theorist crackpot Cleon Skousen.

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So was W. Cleon Skousen, a far-right Mormon conspiracy theorist whose work Beck champions.

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Another leader, Cleon, a Sicilian slave, captured the important city of Agrigentum.

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Such was the history of nearly all 'radicalism' and 'democracy' from the days of Cleon and Alcibiades down to the present time.

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Observe how old Cleon shakes, As if in picture he had shown him what He was to suffer.

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Cleon kept talking all the way, interrupted occasionally by Lydia.

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"They have finished breakfast," said Cleon, pushing me through the open doorway.

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