Crateuas (, modern '), also called Craterus (), was according to some ancient sources the lover, and killer, of

Archelaus I of Macedon Archelaus (; ; died 399 BC) was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon from 413 to 399 BC. He was a capable and beneficent ruler, known for the sweeping changes he made in state administration, the military, and commerce. By the time tha ...

, whom he killed to become a king himself.Pseudo-Plato, ''Alcibiades II''
141d
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V, 10 (1311b)
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. Aelian, ''Varia historia'', VIII, 9. A third version asserts that Archelaus was unintentionally struck by Crateuas during a hunt.

Diodorus Siculus Diodorus Siculus or Diodorus of Sicily (; 1st century BC) was an ancient Greece, ancient Greek historian from Sicily. He is known for writing the monumental Universal history (genre), universal history ''Bibliotheca historica'', in forty ...

, ''Library''
XIV, 37, 6
Modern historians view the idea that Crateuas actually reigned as king of Macedon to be "obviously absurd".

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{{reflist 399 BC deaths Courtiers of Archelaus of Macedon Ancient Greek LGBTQ people Greek regicides Old Macedonian kingdom Year of birth unknown