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Craterus

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Craterus (disambiguation)

Craterus may refer to:*Craterus of Macedon, King of Macedon in 399 B.C.*Craterus, Macedonian general of Alexander the Great*Craterus , brother of Antigonus II Gonatas, compiler of historical documents relative to the history of Attica...

Craterus (Greek

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning across the Archaic Greece , Classical Greece , and Hellenistic civilization periods of ancient Greece and the classical antiquity....
: ??ate???, ca. 370 BC - 321 BC) was a Macedon

Macedon

Macedon or Macedonia was the name of a monarchy centred in the northernmost part of ancient Greece. The homeland of the ancient Macedonians, it was bordered by the kingdom of Epirus to the west and the region of Thrace to the east....
ian general under Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great , also known as Alexander III of Macedon was an ancient Greeks King of Macedon . He was one of the most successful military commanders of all time and is presumed undefeated in battle....
and one of the Diadochi

Diadochi

The Diadochi were the rival successors of Alexander the Great, and their Wars of the Diadochi followed Alexander's death. This was the beginning of the Hellenistic period of Greek history, the time when many people who were not Greek themselves adopted Greek philosophy and styles, Greek urban life, and aspects of the Greek religion....
.

He was the son of a Macedonian nobleman named Alexander from Orestis

Orestis (region)

Orestis was a region of Upper Macedonia, corresponding roughly to the modern Kastoria Prefecture, West Macedonia, Greece. Its inhabitants were the tribe Orestae....
and brother of admiral Amphoterus

Amphoterus

Amphoterus or Amphoteros may refer to:*Amphoterus son of Alcmaeon by Callirrhoe, and brother of Acarnan*Amphoterus a Trojan of this name occurs Homer Il....
. Craterus commanded the phalanx

Phalanx formation

The phalanx is a rectangular mass military tactical formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pike , or similar weapons....
and all infantry on the left wing in Battle of Issus

Battle of Issus

The Battle of Issus occurred in southern Anatolia, in November 333 BC. The invading troops led by the young Alexander the Great of Macedonia, outnumbered more than 2:1, defeated the army personally led by Darius III of Persia of Achaemenid Empire Persian Empire in the second great battle for primacy in Asia....
(333 BC).

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Ancient Greek

Macedon

Alexander the Great

Diadochi

He was the son of a Macedonian nobleman named Alexander from Orestis

Orestis (region)

Amphoterus

Amphoterus or Amphoteros may refer to:*Amphoterus son of Alcmaeon by Callirrhoe, and brother of Acarnan*Amphoterus a Trojan of this name occurs Homer Il....
. Craterus commanded the phalanx

Phalanx formation

Battle of Issus

Hyrcania

Hyrcania was the name of a satrapy located in the territories of present day Golestan Province, Mazandaran, Gilan and part of Turkmenistan, lands south of the Caspian Sea....
he was sent on a mission against the Tapurians, his first independent command with the Macedonian army. At the Battle of the Hydaspes River

Battle of the Hydaspes River

The Battle of the Hydaspes River was fought by Alexander the Great in 325 BC against the Indian king Porus at Kshatriya on the Hydaspes River in the Punjab region of ancient India, near Bhera now in Pakistan....
(326 BC, near modern Jhelum) he commanded the rearguard, which stayed on the western bank; his men crossed the river only during the final stages of the battle.

At large festivities in Susa

Susa

Susa was an ancient city of the Elamite, Persian Empire and Parthian empires of Iran, located about 250 km east of the Tigris River.The modern town of Shush, Iran is located at the site of ancient Susa....
, Craterus married princess Amastris

Amastris

Amastris , also called Amastrine, was the daughter of Oxyathres of Persia, the brother of the Persian Empire king Darius III of Persia, was given by Alexander the Great in marriage to Craterus....
, daughter of Oxyathres

Oxyathres of Persia

Oxyathres was a brother of the Persian Empire king Darius III of Persia. He was distinguished for his bravery, and in the battle of Issus, 333 BC, took a prominent part in the combat in defence of the king, when attacked by the Macedonian cavalry under Alexander the Great himself, as shown in the celebrated Alexander Mosaic found in Pompeii....
, the brother of Darius III

Darius III of Persia

Darius III was the last king of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia from 336 BC to 330 BC. It was under his rule that the Persian Empire was conquered during the Wars of Alexander the Great....
. Craterus and Polyperchon

Polyperchon

Polyperchon son of Simmias from Tymphaia in Epirus , was a Macedonian general who served under Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great, accompanying Alexander throughout his long journeys....
were appointed to lead 11,500 veteran soldiers back to Macedonia. Craterus was in Cilicia

Cilicia

In antiquity, Cilicia now known as ?ukurova, was a commonly used name of the south coastal region of the Anatolian peninsula, and a political entity in Roman times....
, where he was building the fleet, when Alexander unexpectedly died in Babylon

Babylon

Babylon was a city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, sometimes considered an empire, the remains of which can be found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Governorate, Iraq, about 85 kilometers south of Baghdad....
.

In 322 BC Craterus aided Antipater

Antipater

Antipater was a Macedonian general and a supporter of kings Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great. In 320 BC, he became regent of all of Alexander's empire....
in the Lamian War

Lamian War

The ?Lamian War?, also referred to as the ?Hellenic War? and the ?War against Antipater? , was fought by the Athenians and their Aetolian, Locrian, and Phocian allies against the Macedonians in Thessaly during the winter of ....
against Athens

Athens

Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
. He sailed with his Cilician navy to Greece and led troops at the Battle of Crannon

Battle of Crannon

The Battle of Crannon , fought between the Macedonian forces of Antipater and Craterus and rebellious Greek forces led by the Athens, was the decisive battle of the Lamian War....
in 322 BC. When Antigonus

Antigonus I Monophthalmus

Antigonus I Monophthalmus son of Philip from Elimiotis, was a Macedonian nobleman, general, and satrap under Alexander the Great. He was a major figure in the Wars of the Diadochi after Alexander's death, declaring himself king in 306 BC and establishing the Antigonid dynasty....
rose in rebellion against Perdiccas

Perdiccas

Perdiccas was one of Alexander the Great's generals. After Alexander's death in 323 BC he became regent of all Alexander's empire.Arrian tells us he was son of Orontes, a descendant of the independent princes of the province of Orestis ....
and Eumenes

Eumenes

Eumenes of Cardia was a ancient Greece general and scholar. He participated in the wars of the Diadochi as a supporter of the Macedonian Argead dynasty royal house....
, Craterus joined him, alongside Antipater and Ptolemy. He married Antipater's daughter Phila

Phila of Macedonia

Phila , daughter of Antipater, the regent of Macedonia, is celebrated by the ancient sources as one of the noblest and most virtuous women of the age in which she lived....
. He was killed in battle against Eumenes

Eumenes

Eumenes of Cardia was a ancient Greece general and scholar. He participated in the wars of the Diadochi as a supporter of the Macedonian Argead dynasty royal house....
in Asia Minor when his charging horse fell over him, somewhere near the Hellespont

Hellespont

Hellespont was the ancient name of the narrow strait, now known by the modern European term 'Dardanelles'. It was so called from Helle , the daughter of Athamas, who was drowned here in the mythology of the Golden Fleece....
, in 321 BC.

Historical Novels

Craterus is one of the minor characters in the historical novel Roxana Romance by A.J. Cave with the Hellenic spelling of Krateros.

• Also under the spelling Krateros, he is a major character in the two Alexander novels by Mary Renault

Mary Renault

Mary Renault born Mary Challans, was an England writer best known for her historical novels set in Ancient Greece. In addition to vivid fictional portrayals of Theseus, Socrates, Plato and Alexander the Great, she wrote a non-fiction biography of Alexander....
, The Fire From Heaven and The Persian Boy
The Persian Boy

The Persian Boy is a 1972 historical novel written by Mary Renault and narrated by Bagoas , a young Persian from an Aristocracy family who is captured by his father's enemies, castrated, and sold as a slave to the king Darius III, who makes him his favorite....
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External links

(in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology is an encyclopedia/biographical dictionary.Edited by William Smith , the dictionary spans three volumes and 3,700 pages....
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