Category:Glaphyra (subject)
Glaphyra (1st century BCE) was a Cappadocean Princess of Greek, Armenian and Persian descent, who through marriage entered the House of Hasmoneus as the wife of Alexandros and Herod Archelaus.
Overview
Glaphyra was the daughter of King Archelaus of Cappadocia. Her mother was an Armenian Princess.
Around 17-16 BCE, Glaphyra married Alexandros, the son of Herod the Great and Mariamne. The marriage was encouraged by the Romans, who favored intermarriage among the families of their ally kings. The couple had two sons (Tigranes V and Julius Alexander), and an unnamed daughter. Josephus reports that Glaphyra's relations with the members of the House of Herod, especially Salome I and Berenice I were tense as Glaphyra did not regard them as equal.
When Alexandros was executed by Herod the Great in 7 BCE, Glaphyra was sent back to Cappadocia, and her children remained under Herod's guardianship. Only after the death of Herod they reunited with their mother in Cappadocia. Unlike their cousins, they disinherited Judaism, while maintaining some ties with the Hasmoneans.
Glaphyra remarried with king Juba II of Mauretania, but their marriage did not last long. Great scandal arose when Glaphyra and Herod Archelaus both divorced from their spouses and married. As Glaphyra had children by her first husband, who was stepbrother to Herod Archelaus, this last marriage was regarded by many Jews as illegal. Shortly after her return in Judea, however, Glaphyra died.
Glaphyra in ancient sources
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