Cleitus saves Alexander's life by killing Spithridates during the battle at the Granicus.

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Related Conflict :	Wars of Alexander The Great
Perpetrator (Person) :	Cleitus the Black Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Victim (Person) :	Spithridates Origin: Persian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: death
Third Party (Person) :	Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general Rhoesaces, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 50.6Plutarch Alexander 50.6 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Granikos (Biga Çayı)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	334 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign battle single combat
Motivation :	other
Application :	beating
Weapon :	lance
Original Text :	ἐπαναστὰς ὁ Κλεῖτος, ‘αὕτη μέντοι σε,’ εἶπεν, ‘ἡ δειλία τόν ἐκ θεῶν ἤδη τῷ Σπιθριδάτου ξίφει τόν νῶτον ἐπιτρέποντα περιεποίησε, καὶ τῷ Μακεδόνων αἵματι καὶ τοῖς τραύμασι τούτοις ἐγένου τηλικοῦτος ὥστε Ἄμμωνι σαυτὸν εἰσποιεῖν ἀπειπάμενος Φίλιππον’
Translation :	Cleitus sprang to his feet and said: ‘It was this cowardice of mine, however, that saved thy life, god-born as thou art, when thou wast already turning thy back upon the spear of Spithridates; and it is by the blood of Macedonians, and by these wounds, that thou art become so great as to disown Philip and make thyself son to Ammon.’
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
Remark :	motive: The motive is to save Alexander.
Notes :	The details are given in 16.5.
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