Cypros (wife of Herod Agrippa) explained

Cypros (1st-century) was a queen consort of Judea. She was married to king Herod Agrippa.[1]

Life

She was born to Phasael II and Salampsio and was the granddaughter of Phasael I, brother of Herod the Great.

With the help of Herodias, she convinced Herod Antipas to appoint Herod Agrippa as governor in Tiberias in Galilee.[2]

When Agrippa and Antipas became involved in conflict and Agrippa wished to return to Rome, Cypros successfully negotiated a loan from the banker Alexander the Alabarch of Alexandria to finance his exile.[3]

Issue

Notes and References

  1. Book: Josephus, Flavius . The New Complete Works of Josephus . 1999 . Kregel Academic . 978-0-8254-2924-8 . en.
  2. Flavius Josephus, Ant 18, 141
  3. Flavius Josephus, Ant 18, 159-160
  4. Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews XX.5.2
  5. [Juvenal]
  6. [Suetonius]
  7. Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews XVIII.5.4
  8. Ciecieląg Jerzy, Polityczne dziedzictwo Heroda Wielkiego. Palestyna w epoce rzymsko-herodiańskiej, Kraków 2002, s. 75-77, 140.
  9. [Josephus]
  10. [Josephus]
  11. [Cassius Dio]
  12. [Eusebius of Caesarea]