Pharacidas (Ancient Greek: Φαρακίδας) 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.
[1] Polyaenus in his Strategems wrote about an incident between Pharacidas and the Carthaginian fleet.
In order to pass the Carthaginian's main fleet which was much larger than his, he manned the captured ships with his own troops and sailors.
That way Pharacidas ships manage to enter into the harbor of Syracuse unharmed.