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When Herod had thus excused himself to Antony, he resolved that he
would not entirely permit the child or Alexandra to be treated dishonorably;
but his wife Mariamne lay vehemently at him to restore the high priesthood
to her brother; and he judged it was for his advantage so to do, because
if he once had that dignity, he could not go out of the country. So he
called his friends together, and told them that Alexandra privately conspired
against his royal authority, and endeavored, by the means of Cleopatra,
so to bring it about, that he might be deprived of the government, and
that by Antony's means this youth might have the management of public affairs
in his stead; and that this procedure of hers was unjust, since she would
at the same time deprive her daughter of the dignity she now had, and would
bring disturbances upon the kingdom, for which he had taken a great deal
of pains, and had gotten it with extraordinary hazards; that yet, while
he well remembered her wicked practices, he would not leave off doing what
was right himself, but would even now give the youth the high priesthood;
and that he formerly set up Ananelus, because Aristobulus was then so very
young a child. Now when he had said this, not at random, but as he thought
with the best discretion he had, in order to deceive the women, and those
friends whom he had taken to consult withal, Alexandra, out of the great
joy she had at this unexpected promise, and out of fear from the suspicions
she lay under, fell a weeping; and made the following apology for herself;
and said, that as to the [high] priesthood, she was very much concerned
for the disgrace her son was under, and so did her utmost endeavors to
procure it for him; but that as to the kingdom, she had made no attempts,
and that if it were offered her [for her son], she would not accept it;
and that now she would be satisfied with her son's dignity, while he himself
held the civil government, and she had thereby the security that arose
from his peculiar ability in governing to all the remainder of her family;
that she was now overcome by his benefits, and thankfully accepted of this
honor showed by him to her son, and that she would hereafter be entirely
obedient. And she desired him to excuse her, if the nobility of her family,
and that freedom of acting which she thought that allowed her, had made
her act too precipitately and imprudently in this matter. So when they
had spoken thus to one another, they came to an agreement, and all suspicions,
so far as appeared, were vanished away.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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- LSJ, ἀναξιο-πάθεια
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- LSJ, πεφροντισμένως
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- LSJ, συμπαρα-λαμβάνω
- LSJ, συναπο-στερέω
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