Seleucus

, a prince of Syria, to whom the Egyptians offered the crown of which they had robbed Auletes. Seleucus accepted it, but he soon disgusted his subjects, and received the surname of Cybiosactes , or Scullion , for his meanne and avarice. He was at last murdered by Berenice, whom he had married.――A servant of Cleopatra the last queen of Egypt, who accused his mistre , before Oct avian us, of having secreted part of her jewels and treasures.――A mathematician intimate with Vespas i an the Roman emperor.――A part of the Alps.――A Roman consul.――A celebrated singer. Juvenal , satire 10, li. 211 .――A king of the Bosphorus, who died B.C. 429.