Cleinias (disambiguation)

Cleinias (Kleinias) may refer to a number of people from ancient Greek history:


 * Members of the Alcmaeonidae family
 * Cleinias, father of the Athenian statesman and general Alcibiades
 * Cleinias, brother of Alcibiades, younger brother of the famous general
 * Cleinias, son of Axiochus; he is introduced as a very young man by Plato in the dialogue called Euthydemus
 * Cleinias of Tarentum, Pythagorean philosopher
 * Cleinias of Croton, tyrant of Croton c. 495 BC
 * Cleinias of Sicyon, magistrate of Sicyon c. 270-264 BC, father of Aratus of Sicyon.
 * Cleinias of Crete, a cretan lawgiver who appears in Plato's Laws.