Battos III.

Battos III. ( Greek Βάττος ὁ Χωλός ) was from about 555 / 50–535 / 30 BC. As the successor of his father Arkesilaos II. King of Cyrene . His wife was the Queen Pheretime .

Battos, who was nicknamed "the lame", was only able to hold out against an aristocratic opposition with the help of his mother Eryxo and his uncle Learchus. The result of this turmoil of Delphi clever as referee Demonax from Mantinea led to 550 a division into three tribes on the origin of the settlers ( Theräer and Perioeci , Peloponnesians and Cretans , Nesioten ) by and limited the power of the ruler, causing new turmoil under his successor Arkesilaos III. led.

swell

Herodotus : Historien , 4, 161–162.

literature

Eduard Meyer : Battos (5) . 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 II	King of Cyrene 555 / 550-535 / 530 BC Chr.	Arkesilaos III.

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