Arcesilaus II of Cyrene — or Arcesilaus II (Greek: Ἀρκεσίλαος ὁ Χαλεπός, flourished 6th century BC) also known as Arcesilaus II The Oppressor , The Tough , The Severe or The Harsh . Arcesilaus was the fourth Greek Cyrenaean King and was a member of The Battiads dynasty.… … Wikipedia
Arcesilaus III of Cyrene — or Arcesilaus III (Greek: ο Αρκεσίλαος, flourished 6th century BC) was the sixth Greek Cyrenaean King and was a member of The Battiads dynasty. Arcesilaus was the son of the fifth Cyrenaean King Battus III and Cyrenaean Queen Pheretima. His… … Wikipedia
Arcesilaus IV of Cyrene — or Arcesilaus IV (Greek:ο Αρκεσίλαος, flourished 5th century BC) was the eighth and last Greek Cyrenaean King and last Greek Cyrenaean King to serve as a client king under Persian rule. He was a member of The Battiads Dynasty and is of Greek and… … Wikipedia
Cyrene — /suy ree nee/, n. an ancient Greek city and colony in N Africa, in Cyrenaica. * * * Ancient city, North Africa. Located in modern day Libya, it was founded с 630 BC by a group of emigrants from the Aegean island of Thíra. Their leader, Battus,… … Universalium
List of Kings of Cyrene — Cyrene or Cyrenaica was a Greek colony on the North African coast, in what is now northeastern Libya, founded by settlers from Thera (modern Santorini) in the 7th century BC. Kings of Cyrene, 632 BC 440 BC*Battus I 630 BC 600 BC *Arcesilaus I 600 … Wikipedia
Battus III of Cyrene — or Battus III, surnamed The Lame (Greek:Βάττος ο Χωλός, flourished 6th century BC) was the fifth Greek Cyrenaean king and a member of The Battiads Dynasty. Battus was the son and only child of Cyrenaean King Arcesilaus II and Cyrenaean Queen… … Wikipedia
Battus II of Cyrene — Battus II of Cyrene, sometimes called Eudaimon ( the blessed ) or the Latin equivalent Felix , (Greek: Βάττος ὁ Εὐδαίμων; flourished ca. 583 to 560 BC) was the third Greek king Cyrenaica and Cyrene and a member of the Battiad dynasty.Battus was… … Wikipedia
Battus IV of Cyrene — or Battus IV, surnamed The Handsome or The Fair (Greek: Βάττος ο Καλός, flourished 6th century BC 5th century BC) was the seventh and second to last Greek Cyrenaean King of The Battiads Dynasty. He was the first Greek Cyrenaean King that served… … Wikipedia
Lacydes of Cyrene — Lacydes ( el. Λακύδης) of Cyrene, Greek philosopher, was head of the Academy at Athens in succession to Arcesilaus from 241 BC. He was forced to resign c. 215 BC due to ill health, and he died c. 205 BC. Nothing survives of his works.LifeHe was… … Wikipedia
Magas of Cyrene — (Greek: Mάγας born before 317 BC 250 BC, ruled 276 BC–250 BC) was a Greek Macedonian nobleman. Through his mother’s second marriage he was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty. He became King of Cyrenaica (in modern Libya) and he managed to wrestle… … Wikipedia
