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Clis⋅the⋅nes

  [klahys-thuh-neez]
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–noun
Cleisthenes.

Cleis⋅the⋅nes

  [klahys-thuh-neez]
–noun
active c515–c495 b.c., Athenian statesman.
Also, Clisthenes.
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Cleis·the·nes 1   (klīs'thə-nēz')   
Greek tyrant of Sicyon who led the Ionian population of the region in a revolt against the Dorians.
Cleis·the·nes 2   (klīs'thə-nēz')   
Athenian statesman who enacted the legal reforms of Solon, replaced the older family-based political organization with one based on locality, and is generally regarded as the founder of Athenian democracy.
Clis·the·nes   (klĭs'thə-nēz')   
See Cleisthenes1, Cleisthenes2.
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