Get to know Cleon better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Cleon meaning
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Using Cleon
- The main meaning on this page is: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Context around Cleon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cleon
- In this selection, "cleon" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, anti, jokes, pro, jokes, respectively and skousen stand out and add context to how "cleon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a certain cleon accompanied st and and anti cleon respectively. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cleon" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cleon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The first settlers arrived in Cleon Township late in 1865, selecting property on which to enter homestead claims. (18 words)
The plays are particularly scathing in criticism of war profiteers, among whom populists such as Cleon figure prominently. (18 words)
For example, he names his two main characters “Philocleon” and “Bdelycleon”, which mean “pro-Cleon” and “anti-Cleon”, respectively. (19 words)
But these satirical diatribes appear to have had no effect on Cleon's political career — a few weeks after the performance of The Knights - a play full of anti-Cleon jokes - Cleon was elected to the prestigious board of ten generals. (41 words)
A legend which states that a certain Cleon accompanied St. Lazarus to Gaul and was the founder of the Church of Toulon, is based on a 14th-century forgery that was ascribed to a 6th-century bishop named Didier. (39 words)
This ecclesiastical Cleon is the type of all vain, noisy, self-asserting teachers, whose main object is to get their own way—an object which they effect by browbeating all who differ from them. (34 words)
Example sentences (12)
But these satirical diatribes appear to have had no effect on Cleon's political career — a few weeks after the performance of The Knights - a play full of anti-Cleon jokes - Cleon was elected to the prestigious board of ten generals.
For example, he names his two main characters “Philocleon” and “Bdelycleon”, which mean “pro-Cleon” and “anti-Cleon”, respectively.
Another Spartan commander who used a sneak attack to good effect was Brasidas at Amphipolis in 422 bc, where he was under siege from Cleon of Athens.
Lee was first elected in 2010, swept along by the Tea Party wave, which in Utah was fueled by the writings of the late Mormon conspiracy theorist, W. Cleon Skousen.
The first settlers arrived in Cleon Township late in 1865, selecting property on which to enter homestead claims.
This ecclesiastical Cleon is the type of all vain, noisy, self-asserting teachers, whose main object is to get their own way—an object which they effect by browbeating all who differ from them.
A legend which states that a certain Cleon accompanied St. Lazarus to Gaul and was the founder of the Church of Toulon, is based on a 14th-century forgery that was ascribed to a 6th-century bishop named Didier.
Barrett (2003) p.34 Cleon also seems to have had no real power to limit or control Aristophanes: the caricatures of him continued up to and even beyond his death.
In The Knights for instance, Cleon's corrupt service to the people of Athens is originally depicted as a household relationship in which the slave dupes his master.
Pay was raised from 2 to 3 obols by Cleon early in the Peloponnesian war and there it stayed; the original amount is not known.
Teammate Cleon Jones says the ball was still rising when it hit the seats, so it very likely could have been the longest home run ever hit at Shea Stadium.
The plays are particularly scathing in criticism of war profiteers, among whom populists such as Cleon figure prominently.