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Mariamne I (d. 29 BCE ), also called Mariamne the Hasmonean , was a Hasmonean princess and the second wife of Herod the Great . Her parents, Alexandra Maccabeus and Alexander of Judaea , were cousins who both descended from Alexander Jannaeus .
Mariamne is a name frequently used in the Herodian royal house. In Greek it is spelled Μαριάμη (Mariame) by Josephus ; in some editions of his work the second m is doubled ( Mariamme ). In later copies of those editions the spelling was dissimilated to its now most common form, Mariamne.
Mariamne II was the third wife of Herod the Great.She was the daughter of Simon Boethus the High Priest.Josephus recounts their wedding thus: [1] There was one Simon, a citizen of Jerusalem, the son of one Boethus, a citizen of Alexandria, and a priest of great note there; this man had a daughter, who was esteemed the most beautiful woman of that time; and when the people of Jerusalem began to ...
Hérode et Mariamne or Mariamne is a 1724 tragedy by Voltaire.Adapted from the writings of the historian Josephus, it is set in ancient Jerusalem, and portrays the tragic death of Mariamne at the hands of her jealous husband, Herod the Great, king of Judea, who suspects her of an intrigue with Varus, the Roman governor of Syria.
Mariamne III was a daughter of Aristobulus IV and Berenice. She had three brothers, Herod of Chalcis , Herod Agrippa I , and Aristobulus V , and one sister, Herodias . Some time after the death of her father in 7 BCE, Mariamne III was betrothed to Antipater II , her uncle and the eldest son of Herod the Great .
Aristobulus IV (31–7 BC) was a prince of Judea from the Herodian dynasty, and was married to his cousin, Berenice, daughter of Costobarus and Salome I.He was the son of Herod the Great and his second wife, Mariamne I, [1] the last of the Hasmoneans, and was thus a descendant of the Hasmonean Dynasty.
I do not believe that Mariamne is the real name of Mary of Magdalene. Mariamne is, besides Maria or Mariam, a possible Greek equivalent, attested by Josephus, Origen, and the Acts of Philip, for the Semitic Myriam. The Mariamne of the Acts of Philip is part of the apostolic team with Philip and Bartholomew; she teaches and baptizes: Philip ...
Mariamne (born 34 or 35) was a daughter of King Herod Agrippa (the last king of ancient Roman Judea) and Cypros. She was betrothed by her father to Julius Archelaus , son of Chelcias (maybe Hilkiya in Hebrew who was a friend and an officer at the court), [ 1 ] but this marriage had not yet been enacted upon her father's death.