Cleon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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CLEON kle n, d. 422 b.c., Athenian political leader. The son of a tanner, he had little education; nevertheless, he was a gifted speaker. He began his political career with a series of relentless attacks on Pericles . He was antagonistic...