Craterus

[1] Craterus was the son of a Macedonian nobleman named Alexander from Orestis and brother of admiral Amphoterus.

At the festivities in Susa, Craterus married princess Amastris, daughter of Oxyathres, the brother of Darius III.

[7] He sailed with his Cilician navy to Greece and led troops at the Battle of Crannon in August 322 BC.

When Antigonus rose in rebellion against Perdiccas and Eumenes, Craterus joined him, alongside Antipater and Ptolemy.

He was killed in battle against Eumenes in Asia Minor when his charging horse fell over him, somewhere near the Hellespont, in 321 BC.

In 321 BC, Craterus was killed in the battle in which Eumenes defeated Neoptolemus , in the Battle of the Hellespont (321 BC) , Wars of the Diadochi . 1878 engraving.