Histories

Arcesilaus' kingship passed to his son Battus, who was lame and infirm in his feet. The Cyrenaeans, in view of the affliction that had overtaken them, sent to Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus) Delphi to ask what political arrangement would enable them to live best;

the priestess told them bring a mediator from +Mantinea [22.3833,37.6167] (Perseus) Mantinea in +Arcadia [22.25,37.583] (department), Peloponnese, Greece, Europe Arcadia. When the Cyrenaeans sent their request, the Mantineans gave them their most valued citizen, whose name was Demonax.

When this man came to Shahhat [21.866,32.833] (inhabited place), Al Jabal al Akhdar, Libya, AfricaCyrene and learned everything, he divided the people into three tribes;[*](According to the principle of division customary in a Dorian city state.) of which the Theraeans and dispossessed Libyans were one, the Peloponnesians and Cretans the second, and all the islanders the third; furthermore, he set apart certain domains and priesthoods for their king Battus, but all the rest, which had belonged to the kings, were now to be held by the people in common.