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CLEISTHENES

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)

Pronounced: KLIES-thə-neez (English)   [key]

Latinized form of the Greek name Κλεισθενης (Kleisthenes), derived from κλεος (kleos) "glory" and σθενος (sthenos) "strength". This was the name of a 5th-century BC Athenian statesman.
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