Phebus
Family: Agrippa's party · Role: ambassador · First appears: Book II, Chapter 19
In Book II, Chapter 19, Agrippa’s party sent Phebus, its ambassador, alongside Borceus because they were the best known to the other side. Phebus was associated with the promise that Cestius would offer his right hand and secure the Romans’ forgiveness if they laid down their arms, but seditious Jews killed him before he could speak: “accordingly they slew Phebus before he said a word.”
Relationship record
Life events
- Seditious Jews kill Phebus and wound Borceus, who escapes.(Book II, Chapter 19)
- With: Borceus
- “accordingly they slew Phebus before he said a word, but Borceus was only wounded, and so prevented his fate by flying away.”
Book II, Chapter 19
- with Agrippa (the present king) (Agrippa sent Phebus as an ambassador.) “So he sent Borceus and Phebus, the persons of his party that were the best known to them”
- with Borceus (They were jointly sent as ambassadors.) “So he sent Borceus and Phebus, the persons of his party that were the best known to them”
- with Cestius (Cestius offered Phebus forgiveness if he surrendered and joined the Romans.) “promised them that Cestius should give them his right hand, to secure them of the Romans' entire forgiveness of what they had done amiss, if they would throw away their arms, and come over to 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.