(Κλεισθένης; Kleisthénōs).
[1] Tyrant of Sicyon c. 600-570 BC
Tyrant of Sicyon (c. 600-570 BC), son of Aristonymus, from the family of Orthagoras, whose tyranny lasted about 100 years (c. 665-565 BC.; Aristot. Pol. 1315b 11ff.; cf. Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F 61). During the war with Argus C. pursued an anti-Argive domestic ideology, including prohibition of the presentation of the Homeric epics because they favoured Argos. The Argive hero Adrastu…