ABSTRACT
Herod returned from Rhodes satisfied with his successes; he was reunited with Mariamme (Schalit 1969, 566–70; Kokkinos 1998, 211–15), but he found the family paralyzed with jealousies and tensions. There is, however, difficulty in sorting out what to make of the parallels, overlaps, and disagreements between War 1.441–3 and Ant. 15.65–87, 15.185–7, and 15.202–39 (Chapter 4 for one version; appended note, below). It is likely that the various episodes involving Mariamme were part of a complex sequence falling at this juncture in the narrative. The main outline is the following.
