Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander: At a Dionysus festival Alexander sacrificed to the Dioscuri, then quarreled with Cleitus at the drinking party and…
At a Dionysus festival Alexander sacrificed to the Dioscuri, then quarreled with Cleitus at the drinking party and killed him with a spear (narrated as a tragic event).
ἔνθα δὴ καὶ τὸ Κλείτου τοῦ Δρωπίδου πάθημα καὶ τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρου ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ξυμφοράν, εἰ καὶ ὀλίγον ὕστερον ἐπράχθη, οὐκ ἔξω τοῦ καιροῦ ἀφηγήσομαι.
Location: 4.8.1–4.8.9
At a drinking party he kills Cleitus with his own hand
οὐ πολλῷ δὲ ὕστερον συνηνέχθη καὶ τὰ περὶ Κλεῖτον, οὕτω μὲν ἁπλῶς πυθομένοις τῶν κατὰ Φιλώταν ἀγριώτερα λόγῳ μέντοι συντιθέντες ἅμα καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν καὶ τόν…
Location: Plut. Alexander 50
Place: Marakanda
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