Glaphyra

[6] Glaphyra's mother, the first wife of Archelaus, was an Armenian princess whose name is unknown and who died by 8 BC.

She was an attractive and dynamic woman, reputed charming, desirable, and a force to be reckoned with.

[16] The names of Glaphyra and Alexander's children reflect their cultural ancestry and royal descent.

Glaphyra sneered at Salome's daughter Berenice, regarding her ‘with indignation’, though they were of equal rank.

Salome in turn spread a rumor that Herod was "smitten with love for Glaphyra and that his passion was difficult to assuage".

[18] They renounced Judaism and embraced their Greek heritage, including the religion,[1] but their family connections with the Herodian Dynasty were not wholly broken.

In 2 BC-2 AD, the Roman ally king Juba II of Mauretania toured the Eastern Mediterranean with Augustus’ grandson Gaius Caesar.

Her marriage to Juba II was apparently brief: there is no trace of her name in North African inscriptions.

[20] During her second marriage, she became reacquainted with Herod Archelaus (half-brother of her first husband, and now the Roman Ethnarch of Samaria, Judaea, and Edom).

It was considered immoral by the Jews and caused a major religious scandal in Judaea.

Shortly after the wedding, Glaphyra allegedly dreamed that her first husband stood at her side and reproached her for not being faithful to him.

[10] About the time of Glaphyra's death, Augustus removed Herod Archelaus as Ethnarch because of his cruelty, and banished him to Vienne in Gaul.