Balacrus

Balacrus (Greek: Bάλακρoς) the son of Nicanor, one of Alexander the Great's "Somatophylakes" (bodyguards), was appointed satrap of Cilicia after the battle of Issus, 333 BC.^[1] He fell in battle against the Pisidians in the lifetime of Alexander.^[2] It was probably this Balacrus who married Phila, the daughter of Antipater, and subsequently the wife of Craterus.^[3]

References

• Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Balacrus (1)", Boston, (1867)

Notes

1. Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri, ii. 12
2. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, xviii. 22
3. Photius, Bibliotheca, cod. 166

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Balacrus (1)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.