Phasaelus (son of Antipater and Cypros)

Also known as: Phasaelus · Family: Jewish · Role: son of Antipater · First appears: Book I, Chapter 8

In Book I, Chapter 8, Phasaelus was one of four sons born to Antipater and Cypros, alongside Herod, Joseph, and Pheroras, with Salome as their sister. Their family was described as having “four sons born to him by her, Phasaelus and Herod, who was afterwards king, and, besides these, Joseph and Pheroras.”

By Book I, Chapter 10, Antipater had appointed Phasaelus, his eldest son, governor of Jerusalem and the surrounding parts, while Herod received authority in Galilee. In Book I, Chapter 14, Phasaelus died before Herod could redeem him, so “Herod's brotherly love was now in vain.”

Relationship record

Life events

• Antipater married Cypros and had four sons and a daughter.(Book I, Chapter 8)
  • With: Antipater Cypros (wife of Antipater) Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) Joseph (son of Antipater and Cypros) Pheroras Salome (sister of Herod)
  • “Now this Antipater married a wife of an eminent family among the Arabisus, whose name was Cypros, and had four sons born to him by her, Phasaelus and Herod, who was afterwards king, and, besides these, Joseph and Pheroras; and he had a daughter whose name was Salome.”
• Antipater appointed Phasaelus governor of Jerusalem and Herod governor of Galilee.(Book I, Chapter 10 · 📍 Jerusalem and Galilee)
  • With: Antipater Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros)
  • “So he constituted his eldest son, Phasaelus, governor of Jerusalem, and of the parts about it; he also sent his next son, Herod, who was very young, 13 with equal authority into Galilee.”
• Phasaelus died before Herod could redeem him.(Book I, Chapter 14)
  • “and since Phasaelus was dead, Herod's brotherly love was now in vain.”

Book I, Chapter 8

• parent: Antipater (Phasaelus is Antipater's son.) “and had four sons born to him by her, Phasaelus and Herod, who was afterwards king, and, besides these, Joseph and Pheroras;”
• parent: Cypros (wife of Antipater) (Phasaelus is Cypros's son.) “and had four sons born to him by her, Phasaelus and Herod, who was afterwards king, and, besides these, Joseph and Pheroras;”
• siblings with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “and had four sons born to him by her, Phasaelus and Herod, who was afterwards king, and, besides these, Joseph and Pheroras; and he had a daughter whose name was Salome”
• siblings with Joseph (son of Antipater and Cypros) “and had four sons born to him by her, Phasaelus and Herod, who was afterwards king, and, besides these, Joseph and Pheroras; and he had a daughter whose name was Salome”
• siblings with Pheroras “and had four sons born to him by her, Phasaelus and Herod, who was afterwards king, and, besides these, Joseph and Pheroras; and he had a daughter whose name was Salome”
• siblings with Salome (sister of Herod) “and had four sons born to him by her, Phasaelus and Herod, who was afterwards king, and, besides these, Joseph and Pheroras; and he had a daughter whose name was Salome”

Book I, Chapter 10

• parent: Antipater “he constituted his eldest son, Phasaelus, governor of Jerusalem”

Book I, Chapter 14

• siblings with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “since Phasaelus was dead, Herod's brotherly love was now in vain.”
• parent: Antipater (Phasaelus is one of Antipater's sons.) “while in reality they had a mind to keep back what they owed to Antipater, and not be obliged to make requitals to his sons for the free gifts the father had made them.”

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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.