Barzapharnes
Family: Parthians · Role: governor · First appears: Book I, Chapter 13
Barzapharnes was a governor among the Parthians. In Book I, Chapter 13, he and Paeorus, the king’s son, possessed themselves of Syria. A promise of a thousand talents and five hundred women secured his support for restoring Antigonus to his kingdom and turning Hyrcanus out of it; Pacorus marched along the sea-coast while ordering Barzapharnes to attack the Jews.
By Book I, Chapter 22, Hyrcanus had been carried captive to Barzapharnes when the governor overran Syria.
Relationship record
Book I, Chapter 13
- with Paeorus (Parthian king's son) (Paeorus and Barzapharnes jointly took possession of Syria.) “when Barzapharnes, a governor among the Parthians, and Paeorus, the king's son, had possessed themselves of Syria”
- with Antigonus (son of Aristobulus) (Barzapharnes was induced to restore Antigonus to the kingdom.) “he prevailed with the governor, by a promise of a thousand talents, and five hundred women, to bring back Antigonus to his kingdom”
- with Pacorus (Pacorus ordered Barzapharnes to attack the Jews.) “Pacorus was by these means induced so to do, and marched along the sea-coast, while he ordered Barzapharnes to fall upon the Jews”
- with Lysanias (interaction) “he prevailed with the governor, by a promise of a thousand talents, and five hundred women, to bring back Antigonus to his kingdom, and to turn Hyrcanus out of it”
- enemies with Hyrcanus (unresolved ch013) “to bring back Antigonus to his kingdom, and to turn Hyrcanus out of it”
Book I, Chapter 22
- with Hyrcanus (unresolved ch022) (Hyrcanus was carried captive to Barzapharnes.) “Now this Hyrcanus had been carried captive to Barzapharnes, when he overran Syria;”
- with Hyrcanus (unresolved ch022) (interaction) “Now this Hyrcanus had been carried captive to Barzapharnes, when he overran Syria”
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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.