Alexander's bodyguards force him to his chambers to prevent him from committing suicide because of Cleitus' death.

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Related Conflict :	Wars of Alexander The Great
Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Person) :	Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: fight back
Third Party (Group) :	Friends of Alexander III Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult
Level :	intrasocial
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 51.6Plutarch Alexander 51.6 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Maracanda (Samarkand)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	328 B.C.
Context :	entertaining
Motivation :	emotional
Weapon :	bare hands/no weapons
Original Text :	πεσόντος δὲ μετὰ στεναγμοῦ καὶ βρυχήματος εὐθὺς ἀφῆκεν ὁ θυμὸς αὐτόν, καὶ γενόμενος παρ᾽ ἑαυτῷ καὶ τοὺς φίλους ἰδὼν ἀφώνους ἑστῶτας ἑλκύσασθαι μὲν ἐκ τοῦ νεκροῦ τὴν αἰχμήν ἔφθασε, παῖσαι δ᾽ ἑαυτὸν ὁρμήσας παρά τὸν τράχηλον ἐπεσχέθη, τῶν σωματοφυλάκων τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ λαβόντων καὶ τὸ σῶμα βίᾳ παρενεγκόντων εἰς τὸν θάλαμον.
Translation :	No sooner had Cleitus fallen with a roar and a groan than the king's anger departed from him. And when he was come to himself and beheld his friends standing speechless, he drew the spear from the dead body and would have dashed it into his own throat, had not his body-guards prevented this by seizing his hands and carrying him by force to his chamber.
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 context is entertaining because this took place at a feast.
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