Legend of Seleucus : (Record no. 252311)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781107164789 (hardback)
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 939.4/04092
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ogden, Daniel,
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Legend of Seleucus :
Remainder of title kingship, narrative and mythmaking in the ancient world /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Daniel Ogden, University of Exeter.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Cambridge University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2017
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiv, 386 pages :
Other physical details illustrations, maps ;
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-378) and index.
505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Machine generated contents note: 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.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "In the chaos that followed the death of Alexander the Great his distinguished marshal Seleucus was reduced to a fugitive, with only a horse to his name. But by the time of his own death, Seleucus had reconstructed the bulk of Alexander's empire, built Antioch, and become a king in his turn, one respected for justness in an age of cruelty. The dynasty he founded was to endure for three centuries. Such achievements richly deserved to be projected into legend, and so they were. This legend told of Seleucus' divine siring by Apollo, his escape from Babylon with an enchanted talisman, his foundations of cities along a dragon-river with the help of Zeus' eagles, his surrender of his new wife to his besotted son, and his revenge, as a ghost, upon his assassin. This is the first book in any language devoted to the reconstruction of this fascinating tradition"--
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        Dept. of Archaeology Dept. of Archaeology Processing Center 27/11/2019   939.4 OGD.L AGY4861 27/11/2019 27/11/2019 Book