seleucus
{{wiktionary|Seleucus}}
Seleucus or Seleukos (Ancient Greek: Σέλευκος) was a Macedonian Greek name, possibly meaning "very bright" or “very white”. It is likely related to the ancient name Zaleucus (Ancient Greek: Ζάλευκος).{{cite book|orig-year=c. 356|language=de|editor1-first=Georgios|editor1-last=Fatouros|editor2-first=Tilman|editor2-last=Krischer|author=Libanius|year=1992|title=Antiochikos (or. XI): Zur Heidnischen Renaissance in der Spätantike. Übersetzt und Kommentiert|publisher=Verlag Turia & Kant|isbn=978-3-851-32006-0 |page=111}}{{cite book|last=Ogden|first=Daniel|year= 2017|title=The Legend of Seleucus: Kingship, Narrative and Mythmaking in the Ancient World|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-16478-9 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=-M8oDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA11 11]}} Seleucus may refer to:
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=Other people=
- Seleucus, son of Bithys, Ptolemaic governor of Cyprus (c.145-130 BC),
- Seleucus of Alexandria, a grammarian and sophist,
- Seleucus of Seleucia, an astronomer,
- Seleucus (son of Ablabius), a rhetorician and friend of Julian the Apostate,
- Seleucus (Theodosian Praetorian prefect), Praetorian prefect of the Theodosian dynasty,
- Seleucus (Roman usurper), a Roman usurper.
Other uses
- Seleucus (crater), a crater on Earth's moon
- 3288 Seleucus, an asteroid
See also
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