Clitarchus' Alexander

This chapter deals with the main issues affecting the figure and the work of Clitarchus, moving beyond the usual division between Testimonia and Fragmenta and stressing the position and the role of each writer who mentioned C. After some basic and essential information, the focus lies on his popularity as Alexander historian and fine writer as well as on the real significance of the narrative news attributed to him. This evidence can be combined with the few known biographical details in order to evaluate C.’s chronology, which is still uncertain. The last two sections, dealing with his chronology and the portrait of Alexander in his work, have a question mark at the end of the title and are open to the reader’s reflections.