Nicanor (father of Balacrus)

Nicanor (father of Balacrus)

Nicanor (in Greek Nικάνωρ; lived 4th century BC) was the father of Balacrus, the Macedonian satrap of Cilicia. It is probably this Nicanor who is alluded to in an anecdote related by Plutarch of Philip II of Macedon, as a person of some distinction during the reign of that monarch.[1]

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Notes

  1. ^ Plutarch, Moralia, "Sayings of kings and commanders", pag. 177

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).


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