Battos the Lame

Family: Kyrenian · Role: son of Arkesilaos and king · First appears: Book 4 · §159–166

Life events

• Battos succeeded his father Arkesilaos as king.(Book 4 · §159–166)
  • “Then Battos the son of Arkesilaos succeeded to the kingdom, who was lame and not sound in his feet:”
• Demonax reorganized Kyrene into three tribes and transferred most royal powers to the people.(Book 4 · §159–166 · 📍 Kyrene)
  • With: Demonax
  • “Then secondly for the king Battos he set apart domains of land and priesthoods, but all the other powers which the kings used to possess before, he assigned as of public right to the people.”

Book 4 · §159–166

• with Demonax (interaction) “Then secondly for the king Battos he set apart domains of land and priesthoods”
• child: Arkesilaos son of Battos the Lame “for Arkesilaos son of Battos the Lame and of Pheretime said that he would not suffer it to be according as the Mantineian Demonax had arranged”
• parent: Arkesilaos son of Battos (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”

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