Cleonymus or Kleonymos may refer to:
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Cleonymus of Athens
Cleonymus () was a political ally of Cleon and an Athenian general. In 424 BC, Cleonymus had dropped his shield in battle and fled and was branded a coward. This act is often used to comic effect by Aristophanes.
References
*Martin Ostwald''From P ...
(fifth century BCE) Athenian general, cited by Aristophanes for his cowardice
* Cleonymus (d. 371 BCE), son of great beauty of
Sphodrias
Sphodrias () (d. 371 BC) was a Spartan general during the Spartan Hegemony over Greece. As governor of Thespiai in 378 BC, he made an unsuccessful attack against Athens without any order from Sparta. He was put on trial for this act, but unexpecte ...
and ''
aḯtas'' ("beloved") of
King Archidamus III of Sparta
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Cleonymus of Sparta
Cleonymus () was a member of the Spartan royal family of the Agiad dynasty.
Biography
Cleonymus was the second son of Cleomenes II and a pretender to the Spartan throne. He did not succeed his father (died 309/308 BC), allegedly because he was ...
(c. 340–c. 272 BCE) Spartan general and member of the royal family of the Agiads
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Cleonymus of Phlius Cleonymus or Kleonymos may refer to:
* Cleonymus of Athens (fifth century BCE) Athenian general, cited by Aristophanes for his cowardice
* Cleonymus (d. 371 BCE), son of great beauty of Sphodrias and '' aḯtas'' ("beloved") of King Archidamus III ...
(fl. 229 BCE) tyrant of the city of
Phlius
Phlius (; ) or Phleius () was an independent polis (city-state) in the northeastern part of Peloponnesus. Phlius' territory, called Phliasia (), was bounded on the north by Sicyonia, on the west by Arcadia, on the east by Cleonae, and on the ...
who was convinced to resign his post by
Aratus of Sicyon
Aratus of Sicyon (Ancient Greek: Ἄρατος ὁ Σικυώνιος; 271–213 BC) was a politician and military commander of Hellenistic period, Hellenistic Ancient Greece, Greece. He was elected strategos of the Achaean League 17 times, lead ...
in 329 BC
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''Cleonymus'' (wasp), an insect genus in the family Pteromalidae
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