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]

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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. 

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