For the enemy pressed upon them with loud shouts, and matching horse with horse, plied their lances, and their swords when their lances were shattered. Many rushed upon Alexander, for he was conspicuous by his buckler and by his helmet's crest, on either side of which was fixed a plume of wonderful size and whiteness.
Edition :
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
Remark :
perpetrator: According to the entry in the New Pauly, Memnon was in command at the Granicus.
http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/granicus-e427330 victim: It seems that Alexander's cavalry was the first part of his troops to cross the river.
