Cleitarchus
historical figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
the tyrant Cleitarchus
in the texts
Against Ctesiphon
Tyrant associated with Eretria and with one of the alleged payments to Demosthenes.
a talent from Chalcis, paid over by Callias, a talent from Eretria, paid by the tyrant Cleitarchus, and a talent from Oreus.
Stromata
Historian cited for a chronological figure regarding Alexander.
From this to the archon Euaenetus, in whose time they say Alexander crossed into Asia, as Phanias says seven hundred and fifteen years, as Ephorus seven hundred and thirty-five, as Timaeus and Cleitarchus eight hundred and twenty, as Eratosthenes seven hundred and seventy;
On the Crown
Figure associated with control of Eretria and with envoys treated as friends by Aeschines.
For the ambassadors who came here from Cleitarchus and Philistides lodged at your house and you entertained them.
Now that Philistides would have paid a large sum for possession of Oreus, and Cleitarchus for possession of Eretria, and Philip himself to get those advantages of position against you, or to escape conviction in other matters or any inquiry into his wrongdoing in every quarter, is well known to all—and to no one better than to you, Aeschines.