ancient Greece Ancient Greece () was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity (), that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically r ...

, Polymnestus of Thera was, with Phronime, the father of

Battus I of Cyrene Battus I of Cyrene (), also known as Battius the Lacedaemonian and Battus Aristotle (Βάττος Ἀριστοτέλης) and Aristaeus (Ἀρισταῖος) was the founder of the Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek colony of Cyrene, Libya, Cyrene. ...

.''The New Century Classical Handbook''; Catherine Avery, editor; Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York, 1962, p. 213: "Battus. According to Greek tradition, a son of Polymnestus of Thera and Phronima."

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