Nikanor (Gandhara)
Nikanor ( Greek Νικάνωρ ; † 326 BC ) was a hetairos (companion) and governor of Alexander the great .
Nikanor was born in 327 BC. He was placed alongside the Persian Tyriespis as a military episkopos (overseer) in the area of the Parapamisades and replaced the previous incumbent Neiloxenos. At the same time he took over the office of hyparchos (civil administrator) of the city of Alexandria in the Caucasus . A little later Nikanor himself was appointed satrap of the "province west of the Indus" ( Gandhara ), where he was soon killed in an uprising by the Assakanians.
His province was taken over by Philip .
swell
- Arrian , Anabasis 3, 28, 4; 4, 22, 45; 4, 28, 6; 5, 20, 7
literature
- Helmut Berve : Nikanor 3 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XVII, 1, Stuttgart 1936, Col. 267.
- Waldemar Heckel : Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great. Prosopography of Alexander's Empire. Blackwell, Oxford et al. 2006, ISBN 1-4051-1210-7 , p. 177, sv Nicanor No. 6.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nikanor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Νικάνωρ |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Satrap of Gandhara |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 326 BC Chr. |