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Olympias (Herodian)

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Parents
  
Herod the Great

Aunt
  
Salome I

Uncles
  
Phasael, Pheroras, Joseph

Grandparents
  
Cypros, Antipater the Idumaean

Similar
  
Herod the Great, Antipater the Idumaean, Mariamne I, Philip the Tetrarch, Herod Archelaus

Olympias the Herodian was the daughter of Herod the Great and wife Malthace, a Samaritan. 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.

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Olympias (Herodian) Wikipedia