Amphoterus

(Ἀμφότερος), a son of Alcmaeon by Calirrhoe, and brother of Acarnan. [Acarnan.] A Trojan of this name occurs Hom. Il. 16.415. [L.S]

(Ἀμφοτερός), the brother of Craterus, was appointed by Alexander the Great commander of the fleet in the Hellespont, B. C. 333. Amphoterus subdued the islands between Greece and Asia which did not acknowledge Alexander, cleared Crete of the Persians and pirates, and sailed to Peloponnesus B. C. 331, to put down a rising against the Macedonian power. (Arrian, 1.25, 3.6; Curt. 3.1, 4.5, 8.)