Arkesilaos son of Battos the Lame

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

Life events

• After challenging Demonax’s arrangement, Arkesilaos was defeated and went into exile, while Pheretime went to Salamis in Cyprus.(Book 4 · §159–166 · 📍 Samos)
  • With: Pheretime
  • “After this, stirring up strife he was worsted and went as an exile to Samos, and his mother to Salamis in Cyprus.”
• Arkesilaos returned from exile and regained power in Kyrene.(Book 4 · §159–166 · 📍 Kyrene)
  • “Thus the Pythian prophetess gave answer to Arkesilaos; and he, having taken to him those in Samos, made his return to Kyrene; and when he had got possession of the power”
• Arkesilaos punished his opponents, sending some away to be killed and burning others alive.(Book 4 · §159–166 · 📍 Kyrene)
  • “Of these some escaped out of the country altogether, but some Arkesilaos got into his power and sent them away to Cyprus to be put to death.”
• Arkesilaos burned Kyrenian refugees who had fled to Aglomachos’s tower.(Book 4 · §159–166)
  • With: Aglomachos
  • “Some others however of the Kyrenians fled to a great tower belonging to Aglomachos a private citizen, and Arkesilaos burnt them by piling up brushwood round.”
• Men of Barca and Kyrenian exiles killed Arkesilaos and his father-in-law Alazeir.(Book 4 · §159–166 · 📍 Barca)
  • With: Alazeir
  • “to him he came, and men of Barca together with certain of the exiles from Kyrene, perceiving him going about in the market-place, killed him, and also besides him his father-in-law Alazeir.”
• Pheretime exercised her slain son’s royal power at Kyrene.(Book 4 · §159–166 · 📍 Kyrene)
  • With: Pheretime
  • “herself held the royal power of her son at Kyrene, both exercising his other rights and also sitting in council:”

Book 4 · §159–166

• parent: Pheretime “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”
• with Loxias (The oracle conveys Loxias's counsel to Arkesilaos.) “Loxias grants to you to be kings of Kyrene, but beyond this he counsels you not even to attempt it.”
• married with Alazeir “Now he had to wife a kinswoman of his own, the daughter of the king of Barca whose name was Alazeir”
• with Alazeir (Alazeir was his father-in-law.) “men of Barca together with certain of the exiles from Kyrene, perceiving him going about in the market-place, killed him, and also besides him his father-in-law Alazeir.”
• parent: 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”
• with Aglomachos (Arkesilaos burned the Kyrenians who had taken refuge in Aglomachos's tower.) “Some others however of the Kyrenians fled to a great tower belonging to Aglomachos a private citizen, and Arkesilaos burnt them by piling up brushwood round.”

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