Cimon
Americannoun
noun
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Inside, white-haired, friendly little Minister Cimon P. Diamantopoulos gravely stated his pride in his country.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the Greek Minister wrote his neat, self-controlled Cimon P. Diamantopoulos, the consonants reached across the parchment.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cimon, then the most prominent man in Athens, persuaded the Athenians to send assistance, on the ground that Athens could not “stand without her yoke-fellow” and leave “Hellas lame.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
When Miltiades was dead, Cimon found that he could not receive his father's body for honorable interment unless he paid the fine.
From Darius the Great Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
His son, Cimon, could not pay his father’s debts; he therefore assumed his debts and fetters, that his father might have funeral rites.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
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