Cleo'nymus
(
*Klew/numos).
1. An Athenian, who is frequently attacked by Aristophanes as a pestilent demagogue, of burly stature, gluttonous, perjured, and cowardly. (
Aristoph. Ach. 88,
809,
Eq. 953, 1290, 1369,
Nub. 352, 399, 663, &c.,
Vesp. 19, 592, 822,
Pax, 438, 656, 1261,
Av. 289, 1475; comp.
Ael. VH 1.27.)