Category:Herod Boethus (subject)
Herod Boethus (Herod II) (c27 BCE - 33 AD) was a member of the Herodian dynasty, the son of Herod the Great and his third wife Mariamne II, the first husband of Herodias, and the father of Salome.
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Herod Boethus was born from the marriage of Herod the Great with Mariamne II, who was the daughter of the High Priest Simon ben Boethus. He was thus a member of both the House of Herod and the House of Boethus.
For some time it seemed that Herod Boethus could inherit Herod the Great's kingdom, or a significant portion of it. The alleged involvement of his mother in Antipater II's poison plot against Herod the Great led to his being left out. Herod Boethus survived the purges as he lived in Rome as a private citizen.
Herod Boethus married his niece Herodias; they had a daughter Salome. Herodias then divorced from Herod Boethus and married his half-brother, Herod Antipas, who had been made tetrarch of Galilee and Perea.
The name Herod Philip I given by some authors to Herod Boethus derives from an error in the Gospel of Mark, where the first husband of Herodias was mistaken with Herod Philip, another half-brother of Herod Antipas. The error (repeated in the Gospel of Matthew) was corrected already in the Gospel of Luke who dropped the name Philip.
Herod Boethus in ancient sources
- Herod Boethus (sources) -- survey of ancient sources
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