person
Cleitus the Black
Cleitus
also: Clitus
Macedonian officer and friend of Alexander, run through by the king at a banquet for resisting his adoption of Persian manners.
Reading notes
- On Anger §3.17 Clitus
Cleitus the Black, Alexander's friend, run through at a banquet for resisting Persian court manners.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §10.83.19 Clitus
Cleitus the Black, Alexander's friend and officer who had saved his life; Alexander killed him with a spear at a drunken feast (328 BC) and then wished to die of remorse.