Polycharmus
historical figure · 2 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Polycharmus the Pharsalian
in the texts
Hellenica
Lacedaemonian commander of cavalry wounded during the Olynthian cavalry charge.
And they not only struck down from his horse Polycharmus, the Lacedaemonian commander of cavalry, and inflicted very many wounds upon him as he lay, but they also killed others, and finally put to flight the cavalry upon the right wing.
But Polycharmus the Pharsalian, who was the commander of the cavalry, turned round and fell fighting, together with those about him.
Agesilaus
Pharsalian cavalry commander who died resisting Agesilaus' cavalry charge.
Polycharmus the Pharsalian, commander of the cavalry, did indeed turn, and fell fighting along with those about him.