Pyrrhus, who had received the ill news of his son, and was in great affliction, drew out his Molossian horse against them, and charging at the head of his men, satiated himself with the blood and slaughter of the Lacedaemonians [Spartans], as indeed he always showed himself a terrible and invincible hero in actual fight, but now he exceeded all he had ever done before in courage and force. On his riding his horse up to Evalcus, he by declining a little to one side, had almost cut off Pyrrhus’s hand in which he held the reins, but lighting on the reigns, only cut them; at the same instant Pyrrhus, running him through with his spear, fell from his horse, and there on foot as he was proceeded to slaughter all those choice men that fought about the body of Evalcus; a severe additional loss to Sparta, incurred after the war itself was now at an end, by the mere animosity of the commanders.
tl;dr:
Pyrrhus is in combat with the Spartans and his son, who is fighting in the ranks, suffers a mortal wound at the hands of one Oryssus of Aptera in Crete. Pyrrhus loses his mind with rage and charges forward. He kills the leader of the Spartans in that area, then falls off his horse, and slaughters many men while standing over his kill.
Source:
Plutarch, John Dryden, and Arthur Hugh Clough. "Pyrrhus." Plutarch's Lives. New York: Modern Library, 2001. 545. Print.
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