Clitus

, a familiar friend and foster-brother of Alexander. Though he had saved the king’s life in a bloody battle, yet Alexander killed him with a javelin, in a fit of anger, because, at a feast, he preferred the actions of Philip to those of his son. Alexander was inconsolable for the lo of his friend, whom he had sacrificed in the hour of his drunkenne and di ipation. Justin , bk. 12 , ch. 6 .— Plutarch , Alexander .— Curtius , bk. 4 , . ――A commander of Poly perch on’s ships, defeated by An tigon us. Diodorus , bk. 18 .――An officer sent by Anti pater, with 240 ships, against the A then i ans, whom he conquered near the Echinades. Diodorus , bk. 18 .――A Trojan prince killed by Teucer.――A disciple of Aristotle, who wrote a book on Miletus.