(), of Pergamus, an historian and priest.
Charax wrote two large works, the one, in forty books, called s. v. Ὠρεός). In the former he mentions Augustus Caesar and
Nero,
Suidas quotes an epigram, beginning εἰμὶ
Χάραξ ἱερεὺς γεραρῆς ἀπὸ Περγαμοῦ ἀκρῆς
, which gives his country and
profession.
He is frequently referred to by Stephanus Byzantinus. He is mentioned by Euagrius (Hist. Eccl. v. extr.) among those historians who mixed fable with history,
and this is confirmed by the anonymous writer of the " De Rebus Incredibilibus" (cc. 15,
16).
Comp. Vossius, de Hist. Graec. p. 414, ed. Westermann.