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role in Peloponnesian war
- In Peloponnesian War
- In ancient Greek civilization: Spartan calls for peace

association with

Brasidas
- In Brasidas
Laches
- In Laches

viewed by

Aristophanes
- In Aristophanes: Babylonians
Thucydides
- In Thucydides: Character studies of Thucydides

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 22, 2024
	Modified link of Web site: Livius - Biography of Cleon.	Emily Rodriguez	Apr 03, 2020
	Added new Web site: Livius - Biography of Cleon.	Kanchan Gupta	Sep 12, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998