Glaphyra
Family: Herod's family · Role: wife of Alexander · First appears: Book I, Chapter 24
In Book I, Chapter 24, Glaphyra was married to Alexander, son of Herod, and was described as descended on her father’s side from Temenus and on her mother’s side from Darius, son of Hystaspes. Alexander had two sons by her, Tigranes and Alexander. After Alexander was killed, Herod sent Glaphyra back to Cappadocia with her portion: “As for Glaphyra, Herod, as soon as he had killed Alexander, sent her back, together with her portion, to Cappadocia.”
In Book II, Chapter 7, Glaphyra was married to Juba, king of Libya, after his death, and Archelaus divorced Mariamne and married her. The chapter also identifies her as the daughter of Archelaus, king of Cappadocia. After recounting a dream of Alexander, she died two days later: “Now Glaphyra hardly survived the narration of this dream of hers two days.”
Relationship record
Life events
- Herod sent Glaphyra back to Cappadocia after Alexander’s death.(Book I, Chapter 28 · 📍 Cappadocia)
- With: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) Alexander (unresolved ch028)
- “As for Glaphyra, Herod, as soon as he had killed Alexander, sent her back, together with her portion, to Cappadocia.”
- Archelaus divorces Mariamne and marries Glaphyra.(Book II, Chapter 7)
- With: Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace) Mariamne
- “Then it was that Archelaus, the ethnarch, saw her, and fell so deeply in love with her, that he divorced Mariamne, who was then his wife, and married her.”
- Glaphyra dies shortly after recounting her dream of Alexander.(Book II, Chapter 7 · 📍 Judea)
- “Now Glaphyra hardly survived the narration of this dream of hers two days.”
Book I, Chapter 24
- married with Alexander (son of Herod) “Moreover, Alexander's wife, Glaphyra, augmented this hatred against them”
- with Temenus (interaction) “as being derived by her father's side from Temenus”
- with Darius (interaction) “and by her mother's side from Darius, the son of Hystaspes”
- with Temenus (Temenus is identified as an ancestor in Glaphyra's genealogy.) “as being derived by her father's side from Temenus”
- with Darius (Darius is identified as an ancestor in Glaphyra's genealogy.) “by her mother's side from Darius, the son of Hystaspes”
Book I, Chapter 28
- child: Tigranes “for Alexander had two sons by Glaphyra, Tigranes and Alexander”
- child: Alexander (unresolved ch028) “for Alexander had two sons by Glaphyra, Tigranes and Alexander”
Book II, Chapter 7
- parent: Archelaus (king of Cappadocia) “what dream Glaphyra, the daughter of Archelaus, king of Cappadocia, had”
- married with Alexander (son of Herod) “who had at first been wife to Alexander”
- married with Juba “This Glaphyra was married, after his death, to Juba, king of Libya”
- married with Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace) “Then it was that Archelaus, the ethnarch, saw her, and fell so deeply in love with her, that he divorced Mariamne, who was then his wife, and married her.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Made with Rho MD.