CLEOMENES

Meaning of CLEOMENES in English

Pronunciation: kl ē - ' ä-m ə - ˌ n ē z

Function: biographical name

name of 3 kings of Sparta: especially III (reigned 235-222 B.C. )

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

CLEOMENES — biographical name name of 3 kings of Sparta: especially III (reigned 235-222 B.C.)
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CLEOMENES — biographical name name of 3 kings of Sparta: especially III (reigned 235-222 B.C.)
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CLEOMENES — died 219 BC Agiad Spartan king (r. 235222). Seeking to institute social reforms, in 227 he canceled debts, redistributed land, …
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CLEOMENES — died 491 BC Spartan king (519491). An Agiad (descendant from the legendary founders of Sparta), he ruled jointly with Demaratus. …
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CLEOMENES — Клеомен
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CLEOMENES III — died 219 BC Agiad Spartan king (r. 235–222). Seeking to institute social reforms, in 227 he canceled debts, redistributed land, …
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CLEOMENES I — died 491 BC Spartan king (519–491). An Agiad (descendant from the legendary founders of Sparta), he ruled jointly with Demaratus. …
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CLEOMENES III — /klee om"euh neez'/ died c220 B.C., king of Sparta c235-c220.
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CLEOMENES III — died 219 BC Spartan king (235222) who reorganized Sparta's political structure and struggled unsuccessfully to destroy the Achaean League. A …
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CLEOMENES I — died 491 BC Spartan king from 519 BC to his death, a ruler who consolidated his city's position as the …
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MEGALOPOLIS — Ancient city, central Peloponnese, Greece. Occupying both banks of the Helisson River, it was founded in 371–368 BC by Epaminondas …
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III — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Afonso III Alexander III Amenhotep III Andronicus III Palaeologus Antiochus III Augustus III Cabell …
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TYRANT — Greek Tyrannos a cruel and oppressive ruler or, in ancient Greece, a ruler who seized power unconstitutionally or inherited such …
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VERGHINA — also spelled Vergina, archaeological site and ancient capital of Macedonia in Imatha noms (department), northern Greece. It is situated on …
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TELESILLA — flourished 5th century BC , Argos Greek poet noted for saving the city of Argos from attack by Cleomenes and …
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SOUTHERNE, THOMAS — born 1660, Oxmantown, Dublin, Ire. died May 26, 1746, London, Eng. Irish dramatist, long famous for two sentimental tragedies that …
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NABIS — died 192 BC last ruler (207192) of an independent Sparta. Nabis carried on the revolutionary tradition of Kings Agis IV …
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MEGALOPOLIS — Modern Greek Megalpolis, ancient and modern settlement, noms (department) of Arkadha, of the Peloponnese, Greece, just northwest of which lay …
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LEOTYCHIDES — born c. 545 BC died c. 469 also spelled Leotychidas Spartan king of the Eurypontid family and a successful military …
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LEONIDAS — died 480 BC, Thermopylae, Locris Spartan king whose stand against the invading Persian army at the pass of Thermopylae in …
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HIPPIAS — died 490 BC tyrant of Athens from 528/527 to 510 BC. He was a patron of poets and craftsmen, and …
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DEMARATUS — flourished 5th century BC king of Sparta, together with Cleomenes I, who frustrated Cleomenes' designs on both Athens and Aegina. …
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ARCHIDAMUS V — flourished 3rd century BC 27th Spartan king of the Eurypontids, son of Eudamidas II, grandson of Archidamus IV. He fled …
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ARATUS OF SICYON — born 271 BC died 213 Greek statesman of the Hellenistic Period, a skilled diplomatist and guerrilla fighter who for many …
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ANTIGONUS III DOSON — born c. 263 BC died c. 221 BC king of Macedonia (from 227 BC) who, in defeating Cleomenes of Sparta, …
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ANTIGONID DYNASTY — ruling house of ancient Macedonia from 306 to 168 BC. The Antigonid dynasty was established when Demetrius I Poliorcetes, the …
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ALEXANDRIA — city, seat of Douglas county, western Minnesota, U.S. The city lies in a lake-resort and dairy-farm region. Settled in 1858 …
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ACHAEAN LEAGUE — 3rd-century-BC confederation of the towns of Achaea in ancient Greece. The 12 Achaean cities of the northern Peloponnese had organized …
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RESTORE — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES restore calm ▪ The presence of soldiers helped restore calm . restore confidence (= make …
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MEGALOPOLIS — n. Ancient city, central Peloponnese, Greece. Occupying both banks of the Helisson River, it was founded in 371368 BC by …
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III — Abd al Rahman III Afonso III Alexander III Amenhotep III Andronicus III Palaeologus Antiochus III Augustus III Cabell Calloway III …
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КЛЕОМЕН — Cleomenes
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