Pharacidas

Pharacidas (Ancient Greek: Φαρακίδας) (also called sometimes Pharax) was a Spartan admiral sent to the assistance of Dionysius I against the Carthaginians, in the Greek-Punic Wars. Diodorus Siculus wrote that Polyxenus (Πολύξενος), the brother-in law of Dionysius, arrived from the Peloponnesus and Italy, bringing thirty warships from his allies, with Pharacidas as admiral.

Pharacidas

Pharacidas (Ancient Greek: Φαρακίδας) (also called sometimes Pharax) was a Spartan admiral sent to the assistance of Dionysius I against the Carthaginians, in the Greek-Punic Wars. Diodorus Siculus wrote that Polyxenus (Πολύξενος), the brother-in law of Dionysius, arrived from the Peloponnesus and Italy, bringing thirty warships from his allies, with Pharacidas as admiral.