Cleonae (Argolis)
Cleonae or Kleonai (
Acrocorinthus by a rugged range of hills. Both Strabo and Pausanias describe Cleonae as a small place; and the former writer, who saw it from the Acrocorinthus, says that it is situated upon a hill surrounded on all sides by buildings, and well walled, so as to deserve the epithet given to it by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad – ἐϋκτιμένας Κλεωνάς ('well-built Cleonae').[3] Statius also speaks of "ingenti turritae mole Cleonae."[4]
Cleonae possessed only a small territory. It derived its chief importance from the
Diodorus mentions a temple of Heracles erected in the neighbourhood of the city in memory of that event.[6][7]
Cleonae is said to have derived its name either from
Clazomenae in Asia Minor.[9] In the Dorian conquest, Cleonae formed part of the lot of Temenus, and in early times was one of the confederated allies or subordinates of Argos. Indeed in the historical period, Cleonae was for the most part closely connected with Argos. After the Greco-Persian Wars, the Cleonaeans assisted the Argives in subduing Mycenae;[10] and they fought as the allies of Argos at the Battle of Mantinea (418 BCE).[11] Of their subsequent history little is known, though their city is occasionally mentioned down to the time of Ptolemy.[12][13][14][15][16]
Timanthes of Cleonae was a victor in the pankration.[17][18]
The site of ancient Cleonae is located near modern Ag. Vasileios, near Archaies Kleones.[19][20]
See also
References
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. viii. p.377. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ This river is now called Longo: its ancient name appears to have been Langeia (Stat. Theb. 4.51; William Martin Leake, Peloponnesiaca, p. 391).
- ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.570.
- ^ Statius Theb. 4.47.
- ^ Pindar Nem. 4.27.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "2.1". Description of Greece. Vol. 5. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library., et seq.
- ^ Pindar O. 10.36; Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. 4.33.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "15.1". Description of Greece. Vol. 2. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "3.9". Description of Greece. Vol. 7. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. viii. p.377. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 5.67.
- ^ Xenophon. Hellenica. Vol. 7.5.15.
- ^ Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 2.52.
- Ab urbe condita Libri[History of Rome]. Vol. 33.14, 34.25.
- ^ Ovid, Met. 6.417; Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.6.10.
- ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.16.20.
- ^ Suda, § tau.593
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 6.8.4
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cleonae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.