mother of
Herod & siblings.
Daughter of Hellenized
Nabatean (Jordanean) aristocrats who became
Antipater's
wife & mother of his five children. This marriage cemented
Antipater's alliance with king Aretas III, whose aid he enlisted
in driving
Aristobulus II from
Jerusalem.
Cypros may have been a relative of the king since Antipater left his children
(& wife?) with Aretas at Petra while he was off fighting
Jewish forces loyal to Aristobulus. She became an ally of her
daughter (Salome)
in undermining Herod's confidence in his 2nd wife, the Hasmonean
heiress, Mariamne.
Reference:
Josephus, Antiquities
14.121-122.
______, War
1.438.