Battos II.

Battos II ( Greek Βάττος ὁ Εὐδαίμων ) was around 583-565 / 60 BC. As successor of his father Arkesilaos I, King of Cyrene .

Battos, who was nicknamed "the lucky one", issued a call for the colonization of Kyrenes by the Greeks around 580 , which was followed especially by the Peloponnesians.

Battos was supported by a saying by the Oracle of Delphi , which read:

If you arrive too late to the much-vaunted Libya,

When the fields are divided, he will regret it bitterly.

This led to a conflict with Libyans and Egypt. Battos' victory over Egypt led in 570 BC. For the dethroning of Apries by Amasis . and resulted in a great upswing in Kyrenes. Presumably with this event the rebellious Libyans came under the direct rule of the king of Cyrene.

swell

Herodotus : Historien , 4, 159–160.

literature

Eduard Meyer : Battos (4) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 148.
Helmut Berve : The tyranny among the Greeks . Munich 1967.

predecessor	Office	successor
Arkesilaos I.	King of Cyrene 583-565 / 560 BC Chr.	Arkesilaos II

personal data
SURNAME	Battos II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of Cyrene
DATE OF BIRTH	7th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	6th century BC Chr.