Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Abbreviations vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1. Foreign Founders: Greeks and Hebrews 20
6. Chapter 2. Oikist and Archegetes in Context: Representing the Foundation of Sicilian Naxos 41
7. Chapter 3. Who’s the Daddy? Contesting and Constructing Theseus’ Paternity in Fifth- Century Athens 71
8. Chapter 4. Th e Found er’s Shrine and the Foundation of Ai Khanoum 103
9. Chapter 5. Alexander, Agathos Daimon, and Ptolemy: Th e Alexandrian Foundation Myth in Dialogue 129
10. Chapter 6. Figuring Rome’s Foundation on the Iliac Tablets 151
11. Chapter 7. Beyond Greece and Rome: Foundation Myths on Tyrian Coinage in the Third Century ad 190
12. Epilogue 227
13. List of Contributors 235
14. Index 237
15. Acknowledgments 241