Zarzas
or ZARXAS (Ζάρζας, Ζάρξας), a Libyan, commander of a portion of the mercenary troops which revolted from the Carthaginians. The rebels being pressed by famine, Zarxas, amongst others, surrendered himself to Hamilcar, and was crucified. (Plb. 1.84, 85, 86.)
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.