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|Text=[[Κλέων]], -ωνος ὁ.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Clĕon</b>: ōnis, = [[Κλέων]],<br /><b>I</b> a Grecian [[proper]] [[name]].<br /><b>I</b> An Athenian [[popular]] [[leader]], Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 11; id. Brut. 7, 28.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[rhetorician]] of [[Halicarnassus]], Nep. Lys. 3, 5.—<br /><b>III</b> A [[statuary]], Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 37.—<br /> A [[painter]], Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Clĕōn</b>,¹⁴ ōnis, m., Cléon,<br /><b>1</b> homme d’État athénien : Cic. Br. 28<br /><b>2</b> statuaire grec : Plin. 34, 87<br /><b>3</b> géographe grec : Avien. [[Ora]] mar. 48.
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{{Georges
|georg=Cleōn, ōnis, m. ([[Κλέων]]), [[ein]] Athener, [[von]] [[Gewerbe]] [[ein]] Gerber, [[berüchtigt]] [[als]] tollkühner [[Demagog]] in der [[Zeit]] [[nach]] Perikles, Cic. [[Brut]]. 28.
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{{wkpen
|wketx=Cleon (/ˈkliːɒn, -ən/; Greek: [[Κλέων]], Ancient Greek: [kléɔːn]; died 422 BC) was an Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War. He was the first prominent representative of the commercial class in Athenian politics, although he was an aristocrat himself. He strongly advocated for an offensive war strategy and is remembered for being ruthless in carrying out his policies. He is often depicted in a negative way, predominantly by Thucydides and the comedic playwright Aristophanes, who both represent him as an unscrupulous, warmongering demagogue. Cleon was the son of Cleaenetus.
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