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Elpis (3)

Elpis (3)

Elpis

(, hope); one of the wives of Herod the Great, who had by her and another wife Phedra two daughters, Roxana and Salome (Josephus, Ant. 17:1, 3; War, 1:28, 4).

Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Elpis (2)

(hope), one of the aeons in the system of Valentinus (q.v.).

Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Elpis (3)

a (mythical) martyr, daughter of Sophia;. commemorated with her sisters, Pistis and Agape, September 17.

Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature