Kratesipolis

Kratesipolis (Greek: Κρατησιπολις; † after 307 BC) was a Macedonian noblewoman during the Diadoch Wars of the 4th century BC. She was married to Alexandros , the son of the regent of the Alexander Empire , Polyperchon .

In 314 BC During the second Diadoch war, Alexandros betrayed his father and went over to his enemy Kassander . But shortly afterwards, Alexandros was murdered by his own supporters from Sicyon , who hoped to achieve the independence of their polis . But Kratesipolis conquered the city with the support of the troops well supplied by it and therefore loyal to it and retaliated by crucifying thirty ringleaders of the revolt .

Thereafter, Kratesipolis ruled, probably in consensus with Polyperchon, as the independent master of Sicyon and Corinth until they - against the will of the occupation of Acrocorinth - and their troops in 308 BC , they ruled the two cities . Chr. To the ruler of Egypt, Ptolemy I handed. According to an anecdote by the biographer Plutarch , Kratesipolis then withdrew to Patrai . There she wanted to visit Demetrios Poliorketes for an intimate meeting after he had died in the spring of 307 BC. BC landed in Greece. The meeting failed, however, after Demetrios was surprised by his enemies at the meeting place and forced to flee quickly. After that, nothing more is reported about Kratesipolis.

literature

• Grace H. Macurdy: The Political Activities and the Name of Cratesipolis , in: The American Journal of Philology Vol. 107, No. 2, pp. 208-217 (1986).
• Felix Stähelin : Kratesipolis 2). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XI, 2, Stuttgart 1922, column 1643.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Diodorus 19, 67, 1f.
2. ↑ Diodorus 20, 37, 1 and Polyainos , Strategika 8, 58.
3. ↑ Plutarch, Demetrios 9, 3f.