c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.477

The Wars of the Jews 1.477

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.477

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

477She also frequently reproached Herod’s sister and wives with the ignobility of their descent; and that they were every one chosen by him for their beauty, but not for their family. Now those wives of his were not a few; it being of old permitted to the Jews to marry many wives,—and this king delighting in many; all which hated Alexander, on account of Glaphyra’s boasting and reproaches.