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krā´teÌ„z (ΚÏαÌτης, KraÌteÌ„s), governor of the Cyprians, left as deputy of Sostratus when the latter, who was governor of Jerusalem, was summoned to Antioch by Antiochus Epiphanes, in consequence of a dispute with Menelaus (2 Macc 4:29). As Cyprus was not at the time in the possession of Antiochus, the words have been generally taken to mean Krates “who had formerly been, or afterward was, governor of the Cyprians.†The Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 ad) translates the Greek into “Sostratus autem praelatus est Cypriis.