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During the life of this Battus, these ordinances held good, but in the time of his son Arcesilaus much contention arose about the king's rights.
During the life of this Battus, these ordinances held good, but in the time of his son Arcesilaus much contention arose about the king's rights.
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Arcesilaus, son of the lame
Battus and
Pheretime, would not abide by the ordinances of
Demonax, but demanded back the prerogatives of his forefathers, and made himself head of a faction; but he was defeated and banished to
+Nisos Samos [26.8,37.75] (island), Samos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Samos, and his mother fled to
Salamis [33.9,35.166] (deserted settlement), Famagusta, Cyprus, AsiaSalamis in
Cyprus [33,35] (island), AsiaCyprus.
[3] Now
Salamis [33.9,35.166] (deserted settlement), Famagusta, Cyprus, AsiaSalamis at this time was ruled by
Evelthon, who dedicated that marvellous censer at
Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus) Delphi which stands in the treasury of the
Corinthians.
Pheretime came to him, asking him for an army to bring her and her son back to
Shahhat [21.866,32.833] (inhabited place), Al Jabal al Akhdar, Libya, AfricaCyrene;
[4]
Evelthon was willing to give her everything else, only not an army, and when she accepted what he gave her, she said that it was fine, but it would be better to give her an army as she asked.
[5] This she said whatever the gift, until at last
Evelthon sent her a golden spindle and distaff, and wool, and when
Pheretime uttered the same words as before, he answered that these, and not armies, were gifts for women.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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