Arkesilaos son of Battos

Family: Kyrenian · Role: king of Kyrene · First appears: Book 4 · §159–166

Life events

Arkesilaos’s brothers left him and founded Barca in Libya, inducing the Libyans to revolt from Kyrene.(Book 4 · §159–166 · 📍 Libya)
- With: Battos
- “until they finally departed to another region of Libya, and making the venture for themselves founded that city which was then and is now called Barca; and at the same time as they founded this, they induced the Libyans to revolt from the Kyrenians.”
Arkesilaos’s forces were defeated by the Libyans, who killed seven thousand Kyrenian hoplites.(Book 4 · §159–166 · 📍 Leucon in Libya)
- “Accordingly they engaged battle and defeated the Kyrenians so utterly that seven thousand hoplites of the Kyrenians fell there.”
Haliarchos strangled the sick Arkesilaos after he swallowed a potion.(Book 4 · §159–166)
- With: Haliarchos
- “After this disaster Arkesilaos, being sick and having swallowed a potion, was strangled by his brother Haliarchos”

siblings with Haliarchos “After this disaster Arkesilaos, being sick and having swallowed a potion, was strangled by his brother Haliarchos”
married with Eryxo “and Haliarchos was killed treacherously by the wife of Arkesilaos, whose name was Eryxo.”
child: Battos the Lame (The source identifies Battos the Lame as the son of Arkesilaos.) “Then Battos the son of Arkesilaos succeeded to the kingdom, who was lame and not sound in his feet”

Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.