Laarchos

Laarchos ( ancient Greek Λάαρχος ; Herodotus : Λέαρχος ) was a son of Battos II , king of Cyrene in the 6th century BC. Chr.

Laarchos fought together with other unnamed brothers against his brother Arkesilaos II to succeed their father. Laarchos founded about 100 kilometers west located bark and incited simultaneously to the Libyan tribes to revolt against Cyrene. He murdered Arkesilaos around 555/550 BC. After his defeat at Leukon in Libya and was probably murdered on the orders of his wife Eryxo while trying to succeed him .

swell

Herodotus: Histories , 4, 160.
Plutarch : Moralia 260 de.
Polyainos : Strategika 8, 41.

literature

Helmut Berve : The tyranny among the Greeks . Munich 1967, p. 124.

personal data
SURNAME	Laarchos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Learchus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Son of King Battos II.
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	6th century BC Chr.