Nicānor

, a man who conspired against the life of Alexander. Curtius , bk. 6 .――A son of Parmenio, who died in Hyrcania, . ――A surname of Demetrius. See: Demetrius II. ――An unskilful pilot of An tigon us. Polyænus. ――A servant of Atticus. Cicero , bk. 5 , ltr. 3 .――A Samian, who wrote a treatise on rivers.――A governor of Media, conquered by Seleucus. He had been governor over the A then i ans under Cas sander, by whose orders he was put to death.――A general of the emperor Titus, wounded at the siege of Jerusalem.――A man of Stagira, by whom Alexander the Great sent a letter to recall the Grecian exiles. Diodorus , bk. 18 .――A governor of Munychia, who seized the Piræus, and was at last put to death by Cas sander, because he wished to make himself absolute over Attica. Diodorus , bk. 18 .――A brother of Cas sander, destroyed by Olympias. Diodorus , bk. 19 .――A general of Antiochus king of Syria. He made war against the Jews, and showed himself uncommonly cruel.