Nicanor (son of Antipater)
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Nicanor (Ancient Greek: Νικάνωρ; c. 350 – c. 317 BC) was a Macedonian nobleman, son of Antipater, regent of Macedon, and brother of Cassander, king of Macedon. He appears to have spent Alexander's reign at his father's court in Pella.[1]
At the Partition of Triparadisus in 321/320 BC, after the death of the regent Perdiccas, Nicanor was appointed satrap of Cappadocia, replacing Eumenes of Cardia.[2][3] Waterfield presumes that when Antigonus moved to consolidate his position in Asia Minor in 318, Nicanor found himself redundant and fled to Macedon.[4] In 317 BC, following the deaths of Philip III Arrhidaeus and Adea Eurydice, Olympias had Nicanor put to death, claiming to be avenging the death of Alexander the Great.[5]
