Herod Antipater (, Hērǭdēs Antipatros ; born before 20 BCE – died after 39 CE ), known by the nickname Antipas, was a 1st-century CE ruler of Galilee and Perea, who bore the title of tetrarch (" ruler of a quarter ").

The Greek historians record that the town was celebrated for its monolithite temple and oracle of the goddess Wadjet ( Buto ) ( Herod.

The latter award was presented to her at a classical concert held at the Herod Atticus amphitheatre in October 2003 and is the highest honour that the Greek Church can bestow.

Herod II and Herodias had a daughter named Salome, although some scholars indicate that some Greek texts show that Salome may have also been called Herodias like her mother, but was referred to as Salome in order to avoid confusion.

A sarcophagus with an inscription identifying its occupant in Greek as " Antiochus, the son of Phallion " may have held the cousin of Herod the Great.

* Karabas or Carabas ( Greek: Καραβᾶς ) is the name of an idiot mentioned by Philo in his Flaccus, part of an incident in Alexandria in AD 38, mocking the Jewish king Herod Agrippa I.

He produced general surveys of ancient Greek, Roman and Israelite history as well as biographies of giants such as Julius Caesar, Herod the Great, Cleopatra, Nero, Jesus, St. Peter and St. Paul.

Another memorable performance at the Odeon of Herod Atticus was given by the Greek singer Nana Mouskouri in 1984 ; after 20 years of absence she returned to her country.

These celebrations took place during the “ Greek Festival ” in Herod Atticus Odeon.

Perea (" the country beyond " in Greek ), a portion of the kingdom of Herod the Great occupying the eastern side of the Jordan River valley, from about one third the way down from the Sea of Galilee to about one third the way down the eastern shore of the Dead Sea ; it did not extend too far inland.

* Cleopatra of Jerusalem ( 1st century BC ), wife of Herod the Great

The Bible describes Jesus ' tomb as being outside the city wall, as was normal for burials across the ancient world, which were regarded as unclean, but the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is in the heart of Hadrian's city, well within the Old City walls, which were built by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in 1538 Some have claimed that the city had been much narrower in Jesus ' time, with the site then having been outside the walls ; since Herod Agrippa ( 41 – 44 ) is recorded by history as extending the city to the north ( beyond the present northern walls ), the required repositioning of the western wall is traditionally attributed to him as well.

It was one of the world's first health resorts ( for Herod the Great ), and it has been the supplier of a wide variety of products, from balms for Egyptian mummification to potash for fertilizers.

Gentile government was strengthened by the city's refoundation under Herod the Great ( r. 37 – 4 BC ), when it had taken on the name of Augustus Caesar.

Herod the Great considerably enlarged the temple ( see Herod's Temple ), making it one of the largest religious structures in the world.

However, although both the gospels and Josephus refer to Herod Antipas killing John the Baptist, they differ on the details and motives, e. g. whether this act was a consequence of the marriage of Herod Antipas and Herodias ( as indicated in Matthew 14: 4, Mark 6: 18 ), or a pre-emptive measure by Herod which possibly took place before the marriage to quell a possible uprising based on the remarks of John, as Josephus suggests in Antiquities 18. 5. 2.

2. 9. 1-4 ), Herod Agrippa I in his first year of reign over the whole Judea ( AD 41 ) killed James, son of Zebedee and arrested Peter, planning to kill him after the Passover.

* Herod the Great ( c. 74 – 4 BC ), client king of Judaea who rebuilt the Second Temple ( in Jerusalem ) into Herod's Temple

AD 40 ), tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea, who ( called " Herod the Tetrarch " or " Herod " in the New Testament up to Acts 4: 27 ) was described therein as ordering John the Baptist's death and as mocking Jesus

* Herod II ( c. 27 BC-33 AD ), sometimes called Herod Philip I, father of Salome

* Philip the Tetrarch ( 4 BC – AD 34 ), sometimes called Herod Philip II, tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis

* Herod Agrippa I ( c. 10 BC – AD 44 ), client king of Judaea, called " King Herod " or " Herod " in Acts 12 of the New Testament

* Herod Agrippa II ( AD 27 – 100 ), tetrarch of Chalcis who was described in Acts of the Apostles as " King Agrippa " before whom Paul of Tarsus defended himself

* Herod ( band ), the name of a heavy metal band from the United States

* Herod ( horse ), a thoroughbred racehorse

But his mother Alexandra Maccabeus ( 63 BC – 28 BC ), through intercession with Cleopatra and Mark Antony, compelled Herod to remove Hananel from the office of High Priest and appoint Aristobulus instead.

Tree staged many contemporary verse dramas by Stephen Phillips and others, including Herod ( 1900 ), Ulysses ( 1902 ), Nero ( 1906 ) and Faust ( 1908 ).

John condemned Herod for marrying Herodias ( who was not only his brother Philip's former wife but also Herod's niece ) in violation of Old Testament Law.

* Herod of Chalcis, also known as Herod III, king of Chalcis ( AD 41 – 48 )

In addition to restoration of the Temple, its courtyards, and porticoes, Herod also built Antonia Fortress abutting the northwestern corner of the Temple Mount, and a rainwater reservoir, Birket Israel, in the northeast.

R. T. France argues for plausibility on the grounds, inter alia, that “ the murder of a few infants in a small village not on a scale to match the more spectacular assassinations recorded by Josephus ”; Schnackenburg follows this line also, and Gordon Franz points to Josephus ' failure to mention other pivotal events in the first century AD, such as " the episode of the golden Roman shields in Jerusalem which was the cause of the bad blood between Herod Antipas and Pontus ( sic ) Pilate ".

" When he Augustus heard that among the boys in Syria under two years old whom Herod, king of the Jews, had ordered to kill, his own son was also killed, he said: it is better to be Herod's pig, than his son.

Agrippa I, also known as Herod Agrippa or simply Herod ( 10 BC – 44 AD ), was a King of the Jews during the 1st century AD.

* Berenice, 81 AD who first married her uncle Herod, king of Chalcis, and afterwards lived with her brother Agrippa, reputedly in an incestuous relationship, and subsequently married Polamo, king of Cilicia ; she is alluded to by Juvenal ; Bernice also had a common-law relationship with the Roman emperor Titus.

He is sometimes also called Herod Agrippa II.

These included Nelusko in L ' Africaine ( Meyerbeer's last opera ), Mephistopheles in La damnation de Faust ( a role also sung by basses ), the Priest of Dagon in Samson and Delilah, Escamillo in Carmen, Zurga in Les pêcheurs de perles, Lescaut in Manon, Athanael in Thaïs and Herod in Hérodiade.

In the Gospel of Luke, Pilate not only agrees that Jesus did not conspire against Rome, but Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch of Galilee, also finds nothing treasonable in Jesus ' actions.

The Gospel of Luke also reports that such questions were asked of Jesus ; in Luke's case it being the priests that repeatedly accused him, though Luke states that Jesus remained silent to such inquisition, causing Pilate to hand Jesus over to the jurisdiction ( Galilee ) of Herod Antipas.

The sequel also includes a section written as a biography of Herod Agrippa, contemporary of Claudius and future King of the Jews.

Antony also made a feast for Herod on the first day of his reign.

Her sons by Herod, Aristobulus IV and Alexander, were in their adulthood also executed by their father.

According to Josephus, Herod was also of Maccabean descent:

He then asked the magians to inform him when they find the infant so that Herod may also worship him.

Herod Antipas ( born-before 20 BC ; died-after 39 AD ) was also the son of Herod the Great by his fourth wife, Malthace, and half-brother of Herod II.

However, many scholars see a contradiction, in that while the Gospel of Matthew places Jesus ' birth under the reign of Herod the Great, who died in 4 BC, the Gospel of Luke also dates the birth ten years after Herod's death during the census of Quirinius, described by the historian Josephus.