Learchus (regicide) Learchus (regicide) Learchus () was an adviser in the government of the Kingdom of Cyrenaica during the reign of king Arcesilaus II. Learchus is best known for perpetrating the murder of this very same Arcesilaus II. Little is known about Learchus, besides what is written in Plutarch's "Moralia" and the "Histories" by Herodotus, who mentions him in passing. Learchus appears to have been an early acquaintance of murder, having killed a Cyrenaean noble who was the husband of the Princess Critola and father of Queen Eryxo. When Battus II of Cyrene died, his son Arcesilaus II ascended the throne, along
Killing a Deer painting, that of "The Massacre at Chios" (1824) by Eugène Delacroix "(illustrated)". His influence is reflected particularly through the mounted character. Killing a Deer Killing a Deer or A Deer Hunt - The Kill ("L'Hallali du cerf" in French), is a very large picture (355 by 505 cm), representing a hunting scene, painted in 1867 by Gustave Courbet. The picture is currently on display in the Musée d'Orsay of Paris. The painting was done during the winter of 1866-1867. It is in the large format newly adopted by Courbet, as also in "A Burial at Ornans" and "The Artist's Studio".