Alexas (friend of Herod)

Also known as: Alexas · Family: Herodian · Role: friend of Herod · First appears: Book I, Chapter 28

Life events

Herod forced Salome to marry Alexas against her consent.(Book I, Chapter 28)
- With: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) Salome (daughter of Herod and Elpis)
- “he also caused her, against her own consent, to be married to Alexas, a friend of his”
Herod commanded Salome and Alexas to kill the imprisoned Jewish nobles after his death.(Book I, Chapter 33 · 📍 the Hippodrome)
- With: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) Salome (sister of Herod)
- “Do you but take care to send soldiers to encompass these men that are now in custody, and slay them immediately upon my death”
Salome and Alexas released the imprisoned nobles, reversing Herod’s order.(Book I, Chapter 33)
- With: Salome (sister of Herod)
- “Salome and her husband came out and dismissed those that were in bonds, whom the king had commanded to be slain”

friends with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “he also caused her, against her own consent, to be married to Alexas, a friend of his”
married with Salome (sister of Herod) “he also caused her, against her own consent, to be married to Alexas”

married with Salome (sister of Herod) “He then called for his sister Salome, and her husband Alexas, and made this speech to them:”

Extracted from the original text of The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Made with Rho MD.