- Amphoterus (admiral)
Amphoterus (Greek: polytonic|Ἀμφοτερός) the brother of
Craterus , was appointed byAlexander the Great commander of the fleet in theHellespont in333 BC . Amphoterus subdued the islands betweenGreece andAsia which did not acknowledge Alexander, clearedCrete of thePersians and pirates, and sailed to Peloponnesus in331 BC , to put down a rising against the Macedonian power.References
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Arrian i. 25, iii. 6
*Quintus Curtius Rufus iii. 1, iv. 5, 8.
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