Cypros (fl. 28 CE)
Cypros (fl. 28 ce)
Biblical woman. Name variations: Cyprus. Dau. of Mariamne the Hasmonian; granddau. of Herod the Great (73-4 bce); m. Herod Agrippa I; children: Berenice (28 ce–after 80 ce) and Agrippa II.
Her name was a synonym for Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love.
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