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Agrippa II

Agrippa II son of the foregoing, was born at Rome, A.D. 27. He was the brother of Bernice and Drusilla. The Emperor Claudius (A.D. 48) invested him with the office of superintendent of the Temple of Jerusalem, and made him governor (A.D. 50) of Chalcis. He was afterwards raised to the rank of king, and … Continue reading “Agrippa II”

Agrippa I

Agrippa I the grandson of Herod the Great, and son of Aristobulus and Bernice. The Roman emperor Caligula made him governor first of the territories of Philip, then of the tetrarchy of Lysanias, with the title of king (“king Herod”), and finally of that of Antipas, who was banished, and of Samaria and Judea. Thus … Continue reading “Agrippa I”

Agrippa Castor

Agrippa Castor an ecclesiastical writer who flourished in the reign of Hadrian (about A.D. 135), and is highly spoken of by Eusebius and St. Jerome. He is the first who is said to have written against heresy, and wrote a most accurate Confutation of the of Basilides, a fragment of which alone remains in Eusebius … Continue reading “Agrippa Castor”

Agrippa

AGRIPPA See HEROD 3, 4. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Agrippa See Herod. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Agrippa (, a frequent Roman name, signif. unknown [see Smith’s Dict. of Class. Biog. s.v.]), the name of two of the members of the Herodian family (q.v.). 1. Grandson of Herod the Great, and son … Continue reading “Agrippa”

Agrionia

Agrionia were festivals celebrated annually by the Boeotians in honor of Dionysus, in which the women, after playfully pretending for some time to search for that god, desisted, saying that he had hidden himself among the muses. They were solemnized at night by the women and the priests only. The tradition is that the-daughters of … Continue reading “Agrionia”