The Legend of Seleucus: Kingship, Narrative and Mythmaking in the Ancient World

Author:   Daniel Ogden (University of Exeter)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781107164789


Pages:   400
Publication Date:   07 April 2017
Format:   Hardback
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The Legend of Seleucus: Kingship, Narrative and Mythmaking in the Ancient World


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Author:   Daniel Ogden (University of Exeter)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9781107164789


ISBN 10:   1107164788
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   07 April 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction; 1. Birth myths and omens of greatness; 2. Seleucus' horseback flight from Babylon; 3. Omens and myths of city and cult foundation; 4. Combabus and Stratonice; 5. Antiochus and Stratonice; 6. Omens of death, death and revenge; 7. Coins, texts and traditions.

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Daniel Ogden is Professor of Ancient History and Head of Classics at the University of Exeter. He has published widely on ancient Greek topics, including myth, religion and magic, sexuality, Alexander the Great, and the Hellenistic Dynasties. He is co-editor of Philip and Alexander: Father and Son, Lives and Afterlives (2010), and author of Alexander the Great: Myth, Genesis and Sexuality (2011) and Drakōn: Dragon Myth and Serpent Cult in the Greek and Roman Worlds (2013).

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