Olympias (Herodian)

Olympias the Herodian (Ancient Greek: Ολυμπιάδα, romanized: Olumpiáda) was the daughter of Herod the Great and wife Malthace, a Samaritan.^[1][2][3] This was Herod's fourth marriage. Olympias' better known brothers were Herod Archelaus and Herod Antipas. She married Herod's nephew Joseph ben Joseph and bore him a daughter, Mariamne, who was the first wife of Herod of Chalcis and the mother of Aristobulus of Chalcis.^[4]

References

1.  Joseph Jacobs; Isaac Broydé (1901–1906). "HEROD I. (surnamed the Great)". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
2. Green, Joel B.; McDonald, Lee Martin (2013-08-15). The World of the New Testament: Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts. Baker Academic. ISBN 978-1-4412-4054-5.
3. Feldman, Louis H. (1996-01-01), "Josephus' Attitude Toward the Samaritans: A Study in Ambivalence", Studies in Hellenistic Judaism, BRILL, pp. 114–136, doi:10.1163/9789004332836_009, ISBN 978-90-04-33283-6, retrieved 2024-01-10
4. Jacobson, David M.; Graf, David F. (2019-07-02), "Agrippa II in his patrimony", Agrippa II, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019. | Series: Routledge ancient biographies: Routledge, pp. 34–59, doi:10.4324/9780429447068-4, ISBN 978-0-429-44706-8, S2CID 199293500, retrieved 2024-01-10