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Not who you're looking for? Others named Nicanor: ancient Macedonian nobleman · Antigonid Governor of Media · Syrian-Seleucid general mentioned in the book of Maccabees · 4th-century BC Macedonian officer
Nicanor (; Nīkā́nōr; executed 317 BC) was a Macedonian officer who served the Diadochus Cassander and the son in law of Aristotle. He campaigned on Cassander's behalf in Attica and Hellespont during the early Wars of the Diadochi, but was executed by Cassander after the latter suspected him of plotting a coup.
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