Crateuas of Macedon

Crateuas (Craterus)
King of Macedon
Reign	399 BC
Predecessor	Archelaus I
Successor	Orestes
Spouse	unknown
House	(Ancient) Macedon (usurped)
Father	unknown
Mother	unknown
Religion	Ancient Greek religion

Crateuas (Greek: Κρατεύας), also called Craterus (Κρατερός), was King of Macedon for four days in 399 BC. He was lover of Archelaus I of Macedon, whom he killed to become a king himself.^[1] According to another version, Crateuas killed the king, because Archelaus had promised to give him one of his daughters in marriage, but later gave her to someone else.^[2] A third version asserts that Archelaus was unintentionally struck by Crateuas during a hunt.^[3]

Notes

↑ Ps.-Plato, Alcibiades II, 141d; Aristotle, Politics, V, 10 (1311b).
↑ Aelian, Varia historia, VIII, 9.
↑ Diodorus Siculus, Library, XIV, 37, 6.

Preceded by Archelaus I	King of Macedon 399 BC	Succeeded by Orestes

Kings of Macedon

Argead	Caranus Coenus Tyrimmas Perdiccas I Argaeus I Philip I Aeropus I Alcetas I Amyntas I Alexander I Alcetas II Perdiccas II Archelaus I Craterus Orestes / Aeropus II Archelaus II Amyntas II Pausanias Argaeus II Amyntas III Alexander II Perdiccas III Amyntas IV Philip II Alexander III (Alexander the Great) Philip III Alexander IV

Regents	Ptolemy of Aloros Perdiccas Peithon and Arrhidaeus Antipater Polyperchon Cassander

Antipatrid	Cassander Philip IV Alexander V Antipater II Antipater Etesias Sosthenes

Antigonid	Demetrius I Antigonus II Demetrius II Antigonus III Philip V Perseus Andriscus (Philip VI)

Non-dynastic	Lysimachus Pyrrhus Ptolemy Keraunos Meleager

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