second king of the Battiad dynasty. Arcesilaus was the son of Battus I, the first king of Cyrenaica and Cyrene. Arcesilaus’ paternal grandparents were the...

Arcesilaus II of Cyrene, surnamed the Oppressor, the Severe or the Harsh (Greek: Ἀρκεσίλαος ὁ Χαλεπός, flourished 6th century BC), was the fourth Greek...

Battus I of Cyrene (Ancient Greek: Βάττος), also known as Battius the Lacedaemonian and Battus Aristotle (Βάττος Ἀριστοτέλης) and Aristaeus (Ἀρισταῖος)...

century BC. Kings of Cyrene received a recurring posthumous hero cult like that of the Dorian kings of Sparta. Battus I 630–600 BC Arcesilaus I 600–583 BC Battus...

Lacydes of Cyrene (Greek: Λακύδης ὁ Κυρηναῖος), Academic Skeptic philosopher, was head of the Platonic Academy at Athens in succession to Arcesilaus from...

expedition against Cyrene, but was decisively defeated at the Battle of Irasa. According to Herodotus, conflict with king Arcesilaus II "the Cruel" (ca...

Greek name (Arcesilaus is the Latin spelling), which may also refer to: Arcesilaus I of Cyrene (fl. 7th–6th centuries BC) Arcesilaus II of Cyrene (fl. 6th...

first time Cyrene had a king since Arcesilaus IV around 440 BC. Magas then married Apama II, his third maternal cousin and one of the daughters of Seleucid...

third Greek king of Cyrenaica and Cyrene and a member of the Battiad dynasty. Battus II was the son of the second Cyrenaean king Arcesilaus I and an unknown...

The kings of Cyrene are shown in bold, all dates BC. Battus I (c. 631–600 BC), founder of Cyrene. Arcesilaus I (c. 600–583 BC), son of Battus I. Battus...

Eratosthenes of Cyrene (/ɛrəˈtɒsθəniːz/; Greek: Ἐρατοσθένης [eratostʰénɛːs]; c. 276 BC – c. 195/194 BC) was a Greek polymath: a mathematician, geographer...

queen Pheretima, their son Arcesilaus III and their daughter Ladice. He was succeeded by Arcesilaus III. List of Kings of Cyrene Herodotus, The Histories...

Cyrenaean citizens. Arcesilaus left Cyrene for the Cyrenaean town of Barca,[when?] and Pheretima ruled the city in his stead. Arcesilaus and his father-in-law...

Ἡγησίας; fl. 290 BC) of Cyrene was a Cyrenaic philosopher. He argued that eudaimonia (happiness) is impossible to achieve, and that the goal of life should be...

Greek colony in Libya. When King Cambyses II of Persia conquered Egypt, the king of Cyrene, Arcesilaus III, sided with Persia. When he was killed trying...

and Libyans defeated Arcesilaus II at the Battle of Leuco and killed him around 550 BC. Before 515 BC, Arcesilaus III of Cyrene was driven into exile...

583–560 BC Arcesilaus II 560–550 BC Learchus 550 BC (disputed) Battus III 550–530 BC Arcesilaus III 530–515 BC Battus IV 515–465 BC Arcesilaus IV 465–440...

Olympic chariot-racer Epicharmus, Greek poet Arcesilaus II of Cyrene, the fourth Greek Cyrenaean King and a member of the Battiad dynasty; he was strangled by...

king Arcesilaus III. Although her maternal grandparents are unknown, her paternal grandparents were the fourth Greek Cyrenaean king Arcesilaus II and...

King and founder of Cyrene, Battus I. Before 560 BC, she married her maternal cousin Cyrenaean Prince Arcesilaus II, who was the son of her maternal uncle...

princess of Cyrenaica and its capital Cyrene and was a member of the Battiad dynasty. She was the daughter of Arcesilaus I, the second king of Cyrenaica...

of the Archaeological Museum of Cerveteri. Parmenides, Greek religious philosopher (d. 450 BC) Arcesilaus III of Cyrene, the sixth Greek Cyrenaean King...

nothing." But Arcesilaus went further and denied the possibility of even the Socratic minimum of certainty: "I cannot know even whether I know or not."...

politics since much of our evidence "reflects ancient polemic for or against Plato". Around 266 BC Arcesilaus became Scholarch. Under Arcesilaus (c. 266–241 BC)...

(630–600 BC) Arcesilaus I, King (600–583 BC) Battus II, King (583–560 BC) Arcesilaus II, King (560–550 BC) Battus III, King (550–530 BC) Arcesilaus III, King...

to Euesperides, where Arcesilaus hoped to create a safe refuge for himself against the resentment of his own people in Cyrene. This proved totally ineffective...

hedonist Greek school of philosophy founded in the 4th century BCE, supposedly by Aristippus of Cyrene, although many of the principles of the school are believed...

skeptical period of the Academy dating from around 266 BCE, when Arcesilaus became scholarch, until around 90 BCE, when Antiochus of Ascalon rejected...

{2}}} , the square root of 2. Plato in his Theaetetus, describes how Theodorus of Cyrene (c. 400 BC) proved the irrationality of 3 {\displaystyle {\sqrt...

Araros – son of Aristophanes Aratus – two; scholar, statesman Arcesilaus – four Cyrene kings, philosopher, sculptor Archidameia – name of several women...