Cleinias

Father of Alcibiades
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroFather of Alcibiades
PlacesGreece
isPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
BirthAthens, Athens Municipality, Central Athens Regional Unit, Attica Region
DeathChaeronea
Family
Father:Alcibiades
Spouse:Deinomache
Children:Cleinias Alcibiades
The details

Biography

Cleinias (Ancient Greek: Κλεινίας), father of Alcibiades, brother of Axiochus, 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. Cleinias died at the Battle of Coronea in 447 BC.

He is also credited with the Cleinias Decree, which involved the tightening up of the process of tribute collection in the Athenian Empire. Attributing this inscription to this particular Cleinias, the father of Alcibiades, places the decree in the early 440s, usually given as 447, as Cleinias died at the Battle of Coronea in 447.

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