Tero

Role: old soldier of Herod · First appears: Book I, Chapter 27

In Book I, Chapter 27, Tero was an old soldier of Herod, but after denouncing the planned executions, he was seized along with his son and the named soldiers: “the king ordered those men, with Tero himself and his son, to be seized upon immediately.” Trypho accused Tero of urging him to cut Herod’s throat while shaving him, promising that Alexander would reward him. Herod’s assembly condemned Tero, the captains, and Trypho, and the people killed them with pieces of wood and stones.

Relationship record

Life events

• Herod ordered Tero, his son, and named soldiers seized after Tero denounced the planned executions.(Book I, Chapter 27)
  • With: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros)
  • “but the king ordered those men, with Tero himself and his son, to be seized upon immediately.”
• Herod’s assembly condemned Tero, the captains, and Trypho, who were killed by the people.(Book I, Chapter 27)
  • With: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) Trypho
  • “and accordingly there were they put to death, together with [Trypho] the barber; they were killed by the pieces of wood and the stones that were thrown at them.”

Book I, Chapter 27

• employer: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “Now there was a certain old soldier of the king's, whose name was Tero”
• with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) (interaction) “Upon his saying this, he named those that had such indignation; but the king ordered those men, with Tero himself and his son, to be seized upon immediately”
• with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) (interaction) “This Tero endeavored to persuade me also to cut thy throat with my razor, when I trimmed thee, and promised that Alexander should give me large presents for so doing.”
• enemies with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) (Tero openly opposed Herod's treatment of his sons and was seized by the king.) “the king ordered those men, with Tero himself and his son, to be seized upon immediately”
• with Trypho (Trypho accused Tero of soliciting him to assassinate Herod.) “This Tero endeavored to persuade me also to cut thy throat with my razor, when I trimmed thee, and promised that Alexander should give me large presents for so doing.”

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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.