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Glaphyra (Greek: Γλαφύρα; c. 35 BC – c. 7 AD) was an Anatolian princess from Cappadocia, and a Queen of Mauretania by her second marriage to King Juba II of Mauretania. She was related to the Herodian Dynasty by her first and third marriage, to Alexander, son of Herod and Herod Archelaus respectively.
Nov 26, 2005 · Glaphyra from "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum " Glaphyra (Greek: Γλαφύρα; born around 35 BC-died around 7) was an Anatolian Princess from Cappadocia [1] and through marriage was related to the Herodian Dynasty. Family & Early Life. Glaphyra was a Monarch of Greek, Armenian and Persian descent.
- "Glaphire"
- Cappadocia, (Asia Minor), Turkey
- 35
- 5 (39-40)Judea, Israel
Glaphyra had been a hetaera, a type of courtesan. Glaphyra was famed and celebrated in antiquity for her beauty, charm, and seductiveness. Through their affair, Glaphyra had induced Antony to install her son Archelaus as king of Cappadocia.
- 36 BC – 17 AD
- Glaphyra
- Archelaus II
- an Armenian princess, Pythodorida of Pontus
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Glaphyra bat Archealaus of Cappadocia was born in 0035 BC, in Roman Empire as the daughter of Archelaus III Sisines, King of Cappadocia and Pythodorida bat Pythodoros of Smyrna. She married Alexander ben Herod of Judea about 0013 BC, in Judea, Roman Empire. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter.
Glaphyra later greatly shocked the Jews by marrying her brother-in-lawArchelaus (ib. xvii. 13, § 4). Through these connections with Cappadocia, and perhaps even before that time, Jews came to that country, and Christianity spread among them (Acts ii. 9, xviii. 23; I Peter i. 1; on the Hypsistarian sect in Cappadocia, see M. Friedländer, in "Jew.
GLAPHYRA. GLAPHYRA (first century b.c.e.), daughter of Archelaus, king of Cappadocia. Glaphyra's first husband was *Alexander, son of Herod the Great. After Alexander's execution (7 b.c.e.) Herod returned her to her father. However, her two sons by the marriage, Tigranes and Alexander, remained with the king. Glaphyra then married Juba, king of ...
Feb 22, 2019 · The book is structured in eight chapters, six of which detail what the sources tell us of Cleopatra VII’s daughter Cleopatra Selene, Glaphyra of Cappadocia, Salome of Judaea, Dynamis of Bosporus, Pythodoris of Pontos, Aba of Olbia and Mousa of Parthia.
