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    PERSONS REPRESENTED

  • Herod, an Indumæan Arab, Tetrarch of Judæa, afterward King of Jewry.
  • Alexander, Aristobulus, Herod's sons by Mariamne.
  • Antony, Octavius Cæsar, Lepidus, the Triumvirate.
  • Aristobulus, Herod's brother-in-law, of the Royal Asmonean race, whom he has dispossessed with the help of the Romans.
  • Joseph, husband of Herod's sister Salome.
  • Sohemus, Herod's trusted commander.
  • Nicholas of Damascus, an historian, the friend of Herod.
  • Babbas, Shemaiah, members of the Sanhedrim.
  • Alexas, Seleucus, servants to Cleopatra.
  • Mariamne, Herod's wife, of the old Royal race.
  • Alexandra, Mariamne's mother, once Queen of Judæa.
  • Cypros, Herod's Arabian mother.
  • Salome, Herod's sister.
  • Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt.
  • Charmian, her woman.
  • Anake, Charmian's sister.