Cypros (fl. 1st century CE) was a member of the Herodian dynasty. She was a daughter of

Herod the Great Herod I or Herod the Great () was a History of the Jews in the Roman Empire, Roman Jewish client king of the Herodian kingdom of Judea. He is known for his colossal building projects throughout Judea. Among these works are the rebuilding of the ...

, born to one of his wives,

Mariamne I Mariamne I (), also called Mariamne the Hasmonean, was a Hasmonean princess and the second wife of Herod the Great. Her parents, Alexandra Maccabeus and Alexander of Judaea, were cousins who both descended from Alexander Jannaeus. She was known ...

. Mariamne I also bore another daughter, Cypros' sister, named

Salampsio Salampsio (Hebrew language, Hebrew: שלומציון, ''Shlomtzion'') was the eldest daughter of Herod the Great by his royal Hasmonean wife, Mariamne I. Family Marriage and Children She was married to Phasael, the son of Phasael, Herod's brot ...

. Cypros married Antipater IV, her first cousin (he was the son of Herod the Great's sister,

Salome I Salome I () was the sister of Herod the Great and the mother of Berenice by her husband Costobarus, governor of Idumea. She was a nominal queen regnant of the toparchy of Iamnia, Azotus, Phasaelis from 4 BCE. Life Salome first marr ...

). She gave birth to a daughter, also named Cypros, who eventually married Alexas Selcias.

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