the name of several noted men of antiquity. 1. Of an Athenian, who, though originally a tanner, became general of the armies of the state by his intrigues and eloquence. He took Theron in Thrace, and was killed at Amphipolis in a battle with Brasidas the Spartan general, Olymp. 89th. 2. A general of Messenia, who disputed with Arisodemus for the sovereignty. 3. A statuary. 4. A poet who wrote a poem on the Argonauts. 5. An orator of Halicarnassus who composed an oration for Lykander, in which he intimated the propriety of making the kingdom of Sparta elective. 6. A Magnesian who wrote some commentaries, in which he speaks of portentous events, &c.

CLEONÆ, in Ancient Geography, a town of Argolis, above Mycenæ, on the road which leads from Argos to Corinth; standing on an eminence, on every side occupied by houses. In the forest near this town was slain by Hercules the huge lion (Sil. Italicus, Seneca). Cleonæus the epithet. Cleonæum Sidus, the lion.—Another Cleonæ on Mount Athos in Chalcidice.