Herodotus' Histories

Arkesilaos

Family: Kyrenian · Role: possible father of Ladike · First appears: Book 2 · §175–182

Book 2 · §175–182

  • child: Ladike “however that may be, he married, some say the daughter of Battos, others of Arkesilaos, and others of Critobulos, a man of repute among the citizens; and her name was Ladike.”

Book 4 · §159–166

  • parent: Battos “Now during the lifetime of the first settler Battos, who reigned forty years, and of his son Arkesilaos, who reigned sixteen years”
  • with Battos the Prosperous (Battos the Prosperous is identified as the third king; the passage does not state his parentage.) “in the time of the third king, called Battos the Prosperous”

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