Other Figures — Minor Figures
117 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.
Aristobulus (unresolved ch030)
first appears Book I, Chapter 30
- Book I, Chapter 30 · with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “after Herod had slain Alexander and Aristobulus”
Athenio
general · first appears Book I, Chapter 19
- Book I, Chapter 19 · enemies with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “Athenio, who was one of Cleopatra's generals, and always an antagonist to Herod, sent out of Kanatha the men of that country against him”
- Book I, Chapter 19 · employer: Cleopatra “Athenio, who was one of Cleopatra's generals”
Diophantus
king's secretary · first appears Book I, Chapter 26
- Book I, Chapter 26 · employer: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “This Diophantus was the king's secretary, a bold man, and cunning in counterfeiting any one's hand;”
Elthemus
general · first appears Book I, Chapter 19
- Book I, Chapter 19 · enemies with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “But as none of them came out of their camp, for they were in a terrible fright, and their general, Elthemus, was not able to say a word for fear,--so Herod came upon them, and pulled their fortification to pieces, by which means they were compelled to come out to fight”
Joseph (unresolved ch013)
brother of Herod · first appears Book I, Chapter 13
- Book I, Chapter 13 · siblings with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “at a place called Thressa of Idumea his brother Joseph met him”
Joseph (unresolved ch015)
Herod's brother · first appears Book I, Chapter 15
- Book I, Chapter 15 · siblings with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “Joseph, Herod's brother, was disposed to run away to the Arabians, with two hundred of his own friends”
- Book I, Chapter 15 · enemies with Antigonus (son of Aristobulus) “Joseph, Herod's brother, was disposed to run away to the Arabians, with two hundred of his own friends, because he had heard that Malichus repented of his offenses with regard to Herod; and he had been so quick as to have been gone out of the fortress already, unless, on that very night when he was going away, there had fallen a great deal of rain, insomuch that his reservoirs were full of water, and so he was under no necessity of running away. After which, therefore, they made an irruption upon Antigonus's party, and slew a great many of them”