Philippio

Family: Chalcis · Role: son of Ptolemy · First appears: Book I, Chapter 9

In Book I, Chapter 9, Ptolemy sent his son Philippio to Ascalon, where Philippio fell in love with Alexandra, the younger daughter, and married her. He also took Antigonus and his sisters away from Aristobulus’s wife and brought them to his father. Philippio was later killed by Ptolemy on Alexandra’s account, after which Ptolemy married her.

Relationship record

Life events

• Philippio married Alexandra, was killed by Ptolemy, and Ptolemy then married Alexandra.(Book I, Chapter 9 · 📍 Ascalon)
  • With: Alexandra Ptolemy Lathyrus
  • “falling in love with the younger daughter, he married her, and was afterwards slain by his father on her account; for Ptolemy himself, after he had slain his son, married her, whose name was Alexandra”

Book I, Chapter 9

• parent: Ptolemy (son of Menneus) “by sending his son Philippio for them to Ascalon”
• married with Alexandra “falling in love with the younger daughter, he married her”
• with Antigonus (son of Aristobulus) (Philippio took Antigonus into his custody and brought him to Ptolemy.) “who took Antigonus, as well as his sisters, away from Aristobulus's wife, and brought them to his father”
• with Ptolemy (son of Menneus) (Ptolemy killed Philippio.) “for Ptolemy himself, after he had slain his son, married her”

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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.