Cimon

[ sahy-muhn ]

noun
  1. 507–499 b.c., Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).

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How to use Cimon in a sentence

  • Thucydides was then a boy; schylus died in that year; Cimon was recalled from exile, and the Athenians completed their long walls.

  • Shortly after the democracy obtained another triumph in the ostracism of Cimon .

  • Thus forced to turn away without his father's corpse, Cimon visited his friends, who lent him the necessary money.

    The Story of the Greeks | H. A. Guerber
  • Cimon was not the only rich man in Athens, however; for Per´i-cles, another citizen, was even wealthier than he.

    The Story of the Greeks | H. A. Guerber
  • Now, although Cimon was so good and thoughtful, you must not imagine that it was always very easy for him to be so.

    The Story of the Greeks | H. A. Guerber

British Dictionary definitions for Cimon

Cimon

/ (ˈsaɪmən) /


noun
  1. died 449 bc, Athenian military and naval commander: defeated the Persians at Eurymedon (?466)

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