Herod

Also known as: Herod of Jewry · Family: Judea · Role: king · First appears: Antony and Cleopatra · Act III, Scene III

Life events

• Cleopatra declares that Herod of Jewry will lose his head.(Antony and Cleopatra · Act III, Scene III · 📍 Alexandria)
  • With: Cleopatra
  • “That Herod’s head I’ll have!”
• Antony gave his empire to Cleopatra, who assembled eastern kings to wage war against Caesar.(Antony and Cleopatra · Act III, Scene V · 📍 Athens)
  • With: Mark Antony Cleopatra Bocchus Archelaus Philadelphos Adallas Manchus Mithridates Polemon Amyntas
  • “He hath given his empire Up to a whore, who now are levying The kings o’ th’ earth for war.”
• Caesar hangs Alexas after Alexas tries persuading Herod to abandon Antony.(Antony and Cleopatra · Act IV, Scene V · 📍 Alexandria)
  • With: Alexas Octavius Caesar Mark Antony
  • “Alexas did revolt and went to Jewry on Affairs of Antony; there did dissuade Great Herod to incline himself to Caesar And leave his master Antony. For this pains Caesar hath hanged him.”

Antony and Cleopatra · Act III, Scene III

• enemies with Cleopatra “That Herod’s head I’ll have! But how, when Antony is gone, Through whom I might command it?—Come thou near.”

Antony and Cleopatra · Act III, Scene V

• patron: Mark Antony “He hath assembled Bocchus, the king of Libya; Archelaus Of Cappadocia; Philadelphos, king Of Paphlagonia; the Thracian king, Adallas; King Manchus of Arabia; King of Pont; Herod of Jewry; Mithridates, king Of Comagene; Polemon and Amyntas, The kings of Mede and Lycaonia, With a more larger list of sceptres.”

Antony and Cleopatra · Act IV, Scene V

• employer: Mark Antony “Great Herod to incline himself to Caesar And leave his master Antony.”

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