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After this the king came back from Rome, and seemed to have forgiven
his sons upon these accusations; but still so that he was not without his
suspicions of them. They were followed by Antipater, who was the fountain-head
of those accusations; yet did not he openly discover his hatred to them,
as revering him that had reconciled them. But as Herod sailed by Cilicia,
he touched at Eleusa, 1
where Archclaus treated them in the most obliging manner, and gave him
thanks for the deliverance of his son-in-law, and was much pleased at their
reconciliation; and this the more, because he had formerly written to his
friends at Rome that they should be assisting to Alexander at his trial.
So he conducted Herod as far as Zephyrium, and made him presents to the
value of thirty talents.
1 That this island Eleusa, afterward called Sebaste, near Cilicia, had in it the royal palace of this Archclaus, king of Cappadocia, Strabo testifies, B. XV. p. 671. Stephanus of Byzantiam also calls it "an island of Cilicia, which is now Sebaste;" both whose testimonies are pertinently cited here by Dr. Hudson. See the same history, Antiq. B. XVI. ch. 10. sect. 7.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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