Marsyas
Μαρσύαρ
(Μαρσύαρ), general of the Alexandrians in their revolt against Ptolemy Physcon. He was taken prisoner by Hegelochus, the comander of the king's forces, and carried before Ptolemy, who, however, spared his life. (Diod. Exc. Vales. p. 603.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.