[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Greek](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr) › [Hellenistic (323–31 BCE)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic) › [Historians of Alexander's Indian campaign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.alexander-historians) › Περι Αλεξανδρον ιστοριαι # Περι Αλεξανδρον ιστοριαι (Περὶ Ἀλέξανδρον ἱστορίαι) Cleitarchus, History of Alexander The popular rhetorical history behind the 'vulgate' (Diodorus 17, Curtius, Justin): Indian snakes, monkeys, the bird catreus, and the gymnosophists' contempt for death. - **Language:** Ancient Greek - **Date:** 310–280 BCE - **Author:** [Κλείταρχος](https://indike.org/pramana/person/cleitarchus) - **Text:** lost --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.alexander-historians.cleitarchus](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.alexander-historians.cleitarchus) · Pramāṇa