Cleonymus of Sparta (c. 340–c. 272 BC) Spartan general and member of the royal family of the Agiads
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Cleonymus of Athens (fifth century BC) Athenian general, cited by Aristophanes for his cowardry
Cleonymus: A supporter of Cleon, he is immortalized in later plays as the coward who threw away his shield at the Battle of Delium in 424 BCE (soon after The Acharnians was produced).