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Kleonai
Cleonae

A city in the domain of Agamemnon.

  During the Trojan War, Agamemnon, commander-in-chief of the Achaian army, mustered troops from throughout the Aigialos,1 including the cities of Kleonai, Aigion, Araithyrea, Gonoessa, Helike, Hyperesia, Korinth, Mykenai, Orneiai, Pellene, and Sikyon.

1. The Aigialos once encompassed all the land that came to be known as Achaia.

Kleonai

References:
Homer, Iliad book 2, line 570
Pausanias, Description of Greece book 7.1.1 and 7.1.4
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