Alexander kills Cleitus with a spear.

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Related Conflict :	Wars of Alexander The Great
Perpetrator (Person) :	Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: shock
Victim (Person) :	Cleitus the Black Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: death
Third Party (Person) :	Aristophanes, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Third Party (Group) :	Friends of Alexander III Origin: Mixed, Age: mixed, Activity: commander/general Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 51.5Plutarch Alexander 51.5 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Maracanda (Samarkand)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	328 B.C.
Context :	entertaining
Motivation :	emotional
Application :	beating
Weapon :	lance
Original Text :	οὕτω δὴ λαβὼν παρά τινος τῶν δορυφόρων Ἀλέξανδρος αἰχμήν ἀπαντῶντα τὸν Κλεῖτον αὐτῷ καὶ παράγοντα τὸ πρὸ τῆς θύρας παρακάλυμμα διελαύνει.
Translation :	And so, at last, Alexander seized a spear from one of his guards, met Cleitus as he was drawing aside the curtain before the door, and ran him through.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
Remark :	perpetrator: Alexander is shocked by his deed and tries to kill himself. This is mentioned in 51.6. thirdperson: The presence of these persons is mentioned in 51.1-4 and 51.6.
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