Cratesipolis (Greek: Kρατησίπoλις meaning "conqueror of the city") was the ruler of Sicyon and Corinth in 314-308 BC.
[2] In 314 BC when her husband was assassinated at Sicyon, she assumed command of his forces,[3] with whom her kindness had made her extremely popular.
When the Sicyonians, hoping for an easy conquest over a woman, attacked the garrison to attempt to establishing an independent government, she quelled the sedition and crucified thirty of the rebels.
Cratesipolis was at Corinth at the time and she knew that her troops would never consent to the surrender, so she sent some of Ptolemy's forces into the town instead, pretending that they were a reinforcement that she ordered from Sicyon.
[7] Prior to this casual meeting, Demetrius pitched a tent near the city of Patras so that Cratesipolis could arrive unseen.