Judean — Minor Figures
6 figures from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Phasaelus (unresolved ch080)
Herod's brother · first appears Book V, Chapter 4
- Book V, Chapter 4 · siblings with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “The second tower, which he named from his brother Phasaelus, had its breadth and its height equal, each of them forty cubits;”
Hyrcanus (unresolved ch009)
high priest · first appears Book I, Chapter 9
- Book I, Chapter 9 · patron: Caesar (murdered ruler) “On this account it was that he also confirmed Hyrcanus in the high priesthood”
Eleazar (unresolved ch001)
brother of Judas · first appears Book I, Chapter 1
- Book I, Chapter 1 · siblings with Judas (son of Matthias) “Judas's brother Eleazar, seeing the very highest of the elephants adorned with a large tower”
John (brother of Judas)
brother of Judas · first appears Book I, Chapter 1
- Book I, Chapter 1 · siblings with Judas (son of Matthias) “Nor was it many days afterward that his brother John had a plot laid against him by Antiochus's party, and was slain by them.”
Archelaus
king · first appears Book II, Chapter 5
- Book II, Chapter 5 · cousins with Joseph (unresolved ch038) “There had before this met him Joseph, the first cousin of Archelaus, and Gratus, together with Rufus, who led those of Sebaste, as well as the king's army;”
Asamoneus
father of Matthias · first appears Book I, Chapter 1
- Book I, Chapter 1 · child: Matthias (son of Asamoneus) “Accordingly Matthias, the son of Asamoneus, one of the priests who lived in a village called Modin”
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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.