Balakros, also Balacrus or Balagros, the son of Nicanor, one of Alexander the Great's "Somatophylakes" (bodyguards), was appointed satrap of Cilicia after the Battle of Issus, 333 BC. He succeeded to the last Achaemenid satrap of Cilicia, Arsames.
- Occupation
- bodyguard
- Position held
- somatophylakes, satrap
- Citizenship
- Macedonia
- Born
- 400 BC
- Died
- 324 BC
