Alexander III throws an apple at Cleitus.

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Related Conflict :	Wars of Alexander The Great
Perpetrator (Person) :	Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
Victim (Person) :	Cleitus the Black Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Third Party (Person) :	Aristophanes, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: interference
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 51.3Plutarch Alexander 51.3 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Maracanda (Samarkand)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	328 B.C.
Context :	entertaining
Motivation :	emotional
Long-Term Consequence :	death
Original Text :	οὐκέτι φέρων τὴν ὀργὴν Ἀλέξανδρος μήλων παρακειμένων ἑνὶ βαλὼν ἔπαισεν αὐτὸν καὶ τὸ ἐγχειρίδιον ἐζήτει.
Translation :	Then Alexander, no longer able to restrain his anger, threw one of the apples that lay on the table at Cleitus and hit him, and began looking about for his sword.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
Remark :	thirdperson: Aristophanes is present and hides Alexander's sword. This is mentioned in the following paragraph. long-term consequence: Alexander kills Cleitus with a spear moments later. This is mentioned in 51.5.
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