Nicanor
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Nicanor (Greek: Νικάνωρ Nikanōr) or Nikanor is the name of several historical figures.
Nicanor or Nikanor may refer to:
In ancient history:
- Nicanor (Antipatrid general), 4th century BCE; an officer of Cassandrus
- Nicanor (satrap), 4th century BCE; Macedonian officer, governor of Media under Antigonus
- Nicanor (son of Parmenion), 4th century BCE; a Macedonian officer under Alexander
- Nicanor of Stageira, 4th century BCE; a messenger sent by Alexander to the 324 Olympics
- Nicanor the Elephant, 3rd century BCE; a Macedonian general under Philip V
- Nicanor (Seleucid general), 2nd century BCE; defeated by Judas Maccabaeus
- Nicanor (Ptolemaic general), 4th century BCE
- Nicanor of Syria, 3rd century BCE; assassin of Seleucus III
- Nicanor of Epeirus, 3rd-2nd century BCE; son of Myrton and supporter of Charops of Epeirus
- Nicanor (father of Balacrus), 4th century BCE
- Nicanor, son of Balacrus, 4th century BCE; mentioned only as grandson of the preceding[1]
- Nicanor, 4th century BCE; a son of Antipater and brother of Cassander, put to death by Olympias in 317 BCE[2]
In modern history:
- Nicanor Duarte, President of Paraguay since 2003
In literary history:
- Nicanor Stigmatias, 2nd century CE; the great Homeric grammarian
- Saevius Nicanor, 3rd or 2nd century BCE; Roman grammarian
- Nicanor of Cyrene, date unknown; author of the Metonomasias
- Nicanor, 4th century BCE; adopted son of Aristotle, mentioned only in Aristotle's will[3]
- Nicanor, 3rd century BCE; an heir of Epicurus, mentioned only in Epicurus' will[4]
- Nicanor of Cos, date unknown; author of a lost commentary on Theocritus[5]
- In The Autumn of the Patriarch, Gabriel Garcia Marquez writes "Nicanor...is the name by which death knows all of us men at the moment of death..." [6]
In church history:
- Nicanor the Deacon, 1st century CE; one of the Seven Deacons of early Christianity
In the modern world:
- Nicanor, a manager of the Kashiwa Reysol soccer team in Japan in the 1990s
In horse racing:
- Nicanor is the registered name of a bay colt who is full brother to Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro
[edit] References
- ^ Harpocration 214.3-5 (s.v. Νικάνωρ).
- ^ Diodorus Siculus 19.11.
- ^ Diogenes Laertius 5.12.
- ^ Diogenes Laertius 10.20.
- ^ Scholia on Theocritus Idyll 7.6.
- ^ Garcia Marquez, Gabriel (2006). The Autumn of the Patriarch, Gregory Rabassa, New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 255. ISBN 006088286. p. 253.
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