Cleander(Κλέανδρος).
1. Tyrant of Gela, which had been previously subject to an oligarchy. He reigned for seven
years, and was murdered B. C. 498, by a man of Gela named Sabyllus.
He was succeeded by his brother Hippocrates, one of whose sons was also called Cleander. The
latter, together with his brother Eucleides, was deposed by Gelon when he seized the
government for himself in B. C. 491. (Hdt.
7.154, 155; Aristot. Pol.
5.12, ed. Bekk.; Paus. 6.9.)