Athenian

  • 131Cimon — /suy meuhn/, n. 507 499 B.C. Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades). * * * born с 510 died с 451 BC, Cyprus Athenian statesman and general. He was the son of Miltiades. A conservative, he promoted Sparta and… …

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  • 132democracy — /di mok reuh see/, n., pl. democracies. 1. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. 2. a state… …

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