Meaning of "Clisthenes" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF CLISTHENES

Clisthenes  [ˈklaɪsθəˌniːz]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLISTHENES

Clisthenes is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CLISTHENES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cleisthenes

Cleisthenes was a noble Athenian of the Alcmaeonid family. He is credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in 508/7 BC. For these accomplishments, historians refer to him as "the father of Athenian democracy." He was the maternal grandson of the tyrant Cleisthenes of Sicyon, as the younger son of the latter's daughter Agariste and her husband Megacles. Also, he was credited with increasing the power of the Athenian citizens’ assembly and for reducing the power of the nobility over Athenian politics.

TRANSLATION OF CLISTHENES

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• Translator English - Marathi: क्लिस्टिनेस
• Translator English - Turkish: Kleistenes
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• Translator English - Greek: Ο Κλεισθένης
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLISTHENES»

Discover the use of Clisthenes in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Clisthenes and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Eleven Comedies

Aristophanes. CLISTHENES. ... so that he may hear your speeches and inform him of your deliberations and intentions. CHORUS. Buthowwould a man fail to be recognized amongst women? CLISTHENES. Euripides singed and depilated him  ...

Aristophanes, 2013

The Greek Classics: Aristophanes - Eleven Plays

CLISTHENES And she who carries the child? FIRST WOMAN Surely; she's my nurse. MNESILOCHUS [aside] This is the end. [He runs off.] CLISTHENES Hi! you there! where are you going? Stop. What are you running away for?

Aristophanes, James H. Ford, 2006

The Thesmophoriazusae

Yes, yes, pass on to the rest. CLISTHENES. And she who carries the child? MNESILOCHUS (aside). I'm a dead man. (He runs off.) CLISTHENES (to Mnesilochus). Hi! you there! where are you off to? Stop there. Whatareyourunning away for?

Aristophanes, 2012

A Dissertation Upon the Epistles of Phalaris: With an Answer ...

-Now Pisistratus's sons were driven out at Olymp. ixvn, 1#; and there must be an interval of some years between that and Clisthenes's exile. Phalaris therefore, who relieves Clisthenes after his banishment, must have been still in the throne ...

Richard Bentley, 1817

Aristophanis: comoediae

CLISTHENES. Impudens utíque es. Ta igitut: rem tuam âge: opperior enim bic. CHORUS. Opperire, quaeso, et observa earn di- ligenter: solam enim illam , о bone, »on novimus. CLISTHENES. Heus tu, perdiu mingis. , - MNESLLOCHUS.

Philippo Invernizi, 1826

A dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris: with an answer ...

Now Pisistratus's sons were driven out at Olymp. ixvn, 1*; and there must be an interval of some years between that and Clisthenes's exile. Phalaris therefore, who relieves Clisthenes after his banishment, must have been still in the throne ...

Richard Bentley, Charles Boyle (4th earl of Orrery.), Samuel Salter, 1817

The Eleven Comedies - Complete

Aristophanes. CLISTHENES. ... so that he may hear your speeches and inform him of your deliberations and intentions. CHORUS. Buthowwould a man fail to be recognized amongst women? CLISTHENES. Euripides singed and depilated him  ...

Aristophanes, 2013

Aristophanis comoediae auctoritate libri praeclarissimi ...

CLISTHENES. Ut quidquid consultaretis , et fa- cere decerneretis , ille esset sermonum vestrorum ex- plorator. CHORUS. At quomodo fefellit noi mulieribus immixtus vir? CLISTHENES. Pilos ipsi adussit et evulsit Euripides, et quod ad reliqua ...

Aristophanes, Thomas Mitchell, Philippus Invernizi, 1826

A Dissertation Upon the Epistles of Phalaris ; with an ...

This person Mr. D. shpposes to be the famous Clisthenes the Athenian, who had almost as great a share in driving out the family of Pisistratus, as Brutus the Roman had in expelling the Tarquins. Now Pifistratus's sons were driven out at Olymp ...

Richard Bentley, 1777

History of Herodotus

The Sicyonians kept these names, not only during the reign of Clisthenes, but even after his death, by the space of sixty years : then, however, they took counsel together, and changed to the well-known names of Hylleeans, Pamphylians, and ...