Amphoterus (admiral)

Amphoterus (admiral)

Amphoterus (Greek: polytonic|Ἀμφοτερός) the brother of Craterus, was appointed by Alexander the Great commander of the fleet in the Hellespont in 333 BC. Amphoterus subdued the islands between Greece and Asia which did not acknowledge Alexander, cleared Crete of the Persians and pirates, and sail­ed to Peloponnesus in 331 BC, to put down a rising against the Macedonian power.

References

*Arrian i. 25, iii. 6
*Quintus Curtius Rufus iii. 1, iv. 5, 8.
*SmithDGRBM


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