Cleonymus or Kleonymos may refer to:
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Cleonymus of Athens Cleonymus ( grc, Κλεωνύμος) 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.
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(fifth century BCE) Athenian general, cited by Aristophanes for his cowardice
* Cleonymus (d. 371 BCE), son of great beauty of
Sphodrias Sphodrias ( el, Σφοδρίας) (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 ...
and ''
aḯtas'' ("beloved") of
King Archidamus III of Sparta
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Cleonymus of Sparta (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 (; grc-gre, Φλιοῦς) 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 Cl ...
who was convinced to resign his post by
Aratus of Sicyon in 329 BC
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''Cleonymus'' (wasp), an insect genus in the family Pteromalidae
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