Hyrcanus

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Hyrkanos is part of the name of the following people:

  • Eliezer ben Hyrkanos ( Rabbi Eliezer ; 1st / 2nd century), Jewish scholar
  • John Hyrcanus I († 104 BC), Hasmonean ruler and Maccabees as well as high priest
  • John Hyrcanus II († 30 BC), high priest of Israel and ethnarch in Judea as well as Maccabees
  • Iulius Hyrkanos , son of Herod of Chalkis and Berenike
  • Hyrcanus (Tobiade) (around 178 BC), member of the Tobiad family, son of Joseph, politician in Judea at the time of Ptolemy IV.