"Nicanor (in Greek N\u03B9\u03BA\u03AC\u03BD\u03C9\u03C1; died 330 BC), son of Parmenion, was a distinguished officer in the service of Alexander the Great. He is first mentioned at the passage of the Danube river, in the expedition of Alexander against the Getae, 335 BC, on which occasion he led the phalanx. But during the expedition into Asia he appears to have uniformly held the chief command of the body of troops called the Hypaspists (\u03C5\u03C0\u03B1\u03C3\u03C0\u03B9\u03C3\u03C4\u03B1\u03B9) or foot-guards, numbering three units of 1,000 men."@en . "Nicanor"@en . "Ancient Macedonian general" .