Cleitus the Black

Macedonian soldier

375 BCE to 328 BCE

Cleitus the Black (ca.

375 BCE - 328 BCE) is an officer of the Macedonian army led by Alexander the Great.

He saves Alexander's life at the Battle of the Granicus and is killed by him in a drunken quarrel several years later.

Cleitus is the son of Dropides and brother of Alexander's nurse, Lanike.

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