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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 2537811, member: 82322"]Here is a Medusa/bull bronze of Seleukos I:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]543332[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]543333[/ATTACH] </p><p>The bull is thought to illustrate an event from Seleukos' life. Appian wrote "He was of such a large and powerful frame that once when a wild bull was bought for sacrifice to Alexander and broke loose from his ropes, Seleucus held him alone, with nothing but his hands, for which reason his statues are ornamented with horns."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 2537811, member: 82322"]Here is a Medusa/bull bronze of Seleukos I: [ATTACH=full]543332[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]543333[/ATTACH] The bull is thought to illustrate an event from Seleukos' life. Appian wrote "He was of such a large and powerful frame that once when a wild bull was bought for sacrifice to Alexander and broke loose from his ropes, Seleucus held him alone, with nothing but his hands, for which reason his statues are ornamented with horns."[/QUOTE]
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