Olympias (Herodian)

Olympias the Herodian (‹See Tfd›Greek: Ολυμπιάδα, translit. 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]

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