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'''Seleucus''' or '''Seleukos''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Σέλευκος) was a [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedonian]] Greek name, possibly meaning "very bright" or “very white”. It is likely related to the ancient name Zaleucus ([[Ancient Greek language|Ancient Greek]]: Ζάλευκος).<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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]}}</ref> Seleucus may refer to:

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==Monarchs and other people related to the Seleucid Empire==
* [[Seleucus I Nicator]] (Satrap 311–305 BC, King 305 BC–281 BC), general of Alexander the Great, son of Antiochus and founder of the Seleucid Empire
* [[Seleucus II Callinicus]] (246–225 BC)
* [[Seleucus III Ceraunus]] (or Soter) (225–223 BC)
* [[Seleucus IV Philopator]] (187–175 BC)
* [[Seleucus V Philometor]] (126/125 BC)
* [[Seleucus VI Epiphanes]] Nicator (96–95 BC)
* [[Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes]] or Philometor (70s BC–60s BC?)
* Seleucus, probable name of the father of [[Antiochus (father of Seleucus I Nicator)]]
* Seleucus, a son of [[Antiochus I Soter]] and grandson to Seleucus I 
* Seleucus, one of the sons of Antiochus VII Sidetes and [[Cleopatra Thea]]
* [[Seleucus (commandant)]], in 30 BC commandant of the eastern Egyptian border-fortress Pelusium

===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==
* [[Seleucia (disambiguation)]]
* [[Seleucid Empire]]

==References==
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