Berenice

Berenice,b. c.AD 28, Jewish princess; daughter of Herod Agrippa I (see underHerod）.一个非常漂亮的女人,她经常参与in intrigue. After her first husband died, she was married to her uncle Herod of Chalcis. After his death (AD 48) she lived in incest with her brother, Herod Agrippa II, causing some scandal. Her third husband was the Cilician king Polemon II, whom she abandoned, returning to Herod Agrippa II. She and her brother sided with Rome in its struggle with Judaea. The emperorTitusapparently planned to marry her, but the Romans' great dislike of the Jews forced him to withdraw from the match. Titus' dilemma is the subject of Racine's playBérénice.

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