Doris

Family: Judean · Role: wife of Herod · First appears: Book I, Chapter 12

In Book I, Chapter 12, Doris was married to Herod while he was still a private person, and she was the mother of Antipater. When Herod came to the government, he sent Doris away and married Mariamne.

In Book I, Chapter 22, Antipater was later able to bring his mother back into Mariamne’s bed. Around the same time, Herod expelled Antipater from the city for the sake of his sons by Mariamne, allowing him to return only during the festivals.

Relationship record

Life events

• Herod dismissed Doris and married Mariamne.(Book I, Chapter 22)
  • With: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) Mariamne (daughter of Alexander son of Aristobulus)
  • “when he came to the government, he sent away her whom he had before married when he was a private person, and who was born at Jerusalem, whose name was Doris, and married Mariamne, the daughter of Alexander, the son of Aristobulus”
• Antipater brought his mother Doris back into Mariamne's bed.(Book I, Chapter 23)
  • With: Antipater (son of Herod and Doris) Mariamne (daughter of Alexander son of Aristobulus)
  • “He was also able in time to introduce his mother again into Mariamne's bed.”

Book I, Chapter 12

• married with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “so did he now marry Mariamne, the daughter of Alexander, the son of Aristobulus, and the granddaughter of Hyrcanus, and was become thereby a relation of the king.”
• child: Antipater (son of Herod) “who was called Doris, of whom he begat Antipater”

Book I, Chapter 22

• married with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “For when he came to the government, he sent away her whom he had before married when he was a private person, and who was born at Jerusalem, whose name was Doris, and married Mariamne, the daughter of Alexander, the son of Aristobulus;”
• child: Antipater (son of Herod and Doris) “For, first of all, he expelled Antipater the son of Doris, for the sake of his sons by Mariamne, out of the city, and permitted him to come thither at no other times than at the festivals.”

Book I, Chapter 23

• child: Antipater (son of Herod and Doris) “he brought Antipater, whom he had by Doris, into favor again”

Book I, Chapter 28

• child: Antipater (son of Herod and Doris) “Antipater was himself born of Doris”

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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.