Cleinias (disambiguation)
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Cleinias may refer to a number of people from ancient Greek history:
- Members of the Alcmaeonidae family
- CleiniasCleiniasCleinias , son of Alcibiades,, and member of the Alcmaeonidae family, was an Athenian who married Deinomache, the daughter of Megacles, and became the father of the famous Alcibiades. Plutarch tells us that he traced his family line back to Eurysaces, the son of Telamonian Ajax. He greatly...
, father of the Athenian statesman and general Alcibiades - Cleinias, brother of AlcibiadesCleinias, brother of AlcibiadesCleinias was the son of Cleinias, and a younger brother of the famous Athenian statesman Alcibiades, and a member of the wealthy and influential Alcmaeonidae family...
, younger brother of the famous general - Cleinias, son of Axiochus; he is introduced as a very young man by Plato in the dialogue called EuthydemusEuthydemus (dialogue)Euthydemus , written 380 BCE, is dialogue by Plato which satirizes what Plato presents as the logical fallacies of the Sophists. It describes a visit paid by Socrates and various youths to two brothers, Euthydemus and Dionysodorus, both of whom are prominent Sophists...
- Cleinias
- Cleinias of TarentumCleinias of TarentumCleinias of Tarentum was a Pythagorean philosopher, and a contemporary and friend of Plato, as appears from the story which Diogenes Laërtius gives on the authority of Aristoxenus, to the effect that Plato wished to burn all the writings of Democritus which he could collect, but was prevented by...
, Pythagorean philosopher