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All subjects (including unvalidated):

subject	book bibliographic info
drusilla	Baumann and Liotsakis (2022) 120 Bloch (2022) 47, 325 Bremmer (2017) 78 Dijkstra and Raschle (2020) 123 Fertik (2019) 49 Levine Allison and Crossan (2006) 22, 317 Shannon-Henderson (2019) 342 Tacoma (2020) 34, 39, 40, 56
drusilla, julia	Poulsen and Jönsson (2021) 242, 244
drusilla, livia	Athanassaki and Titchener (2022) 52, 54
drusilla, sister of caligula	Edmondson (2008) 24 Marek (2019) 330
drusilla, tertia	Phang (2001) 23, 33, 34, 192
drusilla/julia, augusta, livia	Csapo (2022) 122

List of validated texts:

5 validated results for "drusilla"

1. Josephus Flavius, Jewish Antiquities, 20.142-20.144 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Drusilla

Found in books: Bloch (2022) 47, 325; Dijkstra and Raschle (2020) 123

20.142. καθ' ὃν χρόνον τῆς ̓Ιουδαίας ἐπετρόπευε Φῆλιξ θεασάμενος ταύτην, καὶ γὰρ ἦν κάλλει πασῶν διαφέρουσα, λαμβάνει τῆς γυναικὸς ἐπιθυμίαν, καὶ ̓́Ατομον ὀνόματι τῶν ἑαυτοῦ φίλων ̓Ιουδαῖον, Κύπριον δὲ τὸ γένος, μάγον εἶναι σκηπτόμενον πέμπων πρὸς αὐτὴν ἔπειθεν τὸν ἄνδρα καταλιποῦσαν αὐτῷ γήμασθαι, μακαρίαν ποιήσειν ἐπαγγελλόμενος μὴ ὑπερηφανήσασαν αὐτόν." "20.143. ἡ δὲ κακῶς πράττουσα καὶ φυγεῖν τὸν ἐκ τῆς ἀδελφῆς Βερενίκης βουλομένη φθόνον αὑτῇ διὰ τὸ κάλλος παρεκάλει παρ' ἐκείνης οἰόμενος οὐκ ἐν ὀλίγοις ἔβλαπτεν, παραβῆναί τε τὰ πάτρια νόμιμα πείθεται καὶ τῷ Φήλικι γήμασθαι." "20.144. τεκοῦσα δ' ἐξ αὐτοῦ παῖδα προσηγόρευσεν ̓Αγρίππαν. ἀλλ' ὃν μὲν τρόπον ὁ νεανίας οὗτος σὺν τῇ γυναικὶ κατὰ τὴν ἐκπύρωσιν τοῦ Βεσβίου ὄρους ἐπὶ τῶν Τίτου Καίσαρος χρόνων ἠφανίσθη, μετὰ ταῦτα δηλώσω."". None

20.142. While Felix was procurator of Judea, he saw this Drusilla, and fell in love with her; for she did indeed exceed all other women in beauty; and he sent to her a person whose name was Simon one of his friends; a Jew he was, and by birth a Cypriot, and one who pretended to be a magician, and endeavored to persuade her to forsake her present husband, and marry him; and promised, that if she would not refuse him, he would make her a happy woman. 20.143. Accordingly she acted ill, and because she was desirous to avoid her sister Bernice’s envy, for she was very ill treated by her on account of her beauty, was prevailed upon to transgress the laws of her forefathers, and to marry Felix; and when he had had a son by her, he named him Agrippa. 20.144. But after what manner that young man, with his wife, perished at the conflagration of the mountain Vesuvius, in the days of Titus Caesar, shall be related hereafter.''. None

2. New Testament, Acts, 24.24 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Drusilla

Found in books: Dijkstra and Raschle (2020) 123; Levine Allison and Crossan (2006) 22

24.24. Μετὰ δὲ ἡμέρας τινὰς παραγενόμενος ὁ Φῆλιξ σὺν Δρουσίλλῃ τῇ ἰδίᾳ γυναικὶ οὔσῃ Ἰουδαίᾳ μετεπέμψατο τὸν Παῦλον καὶ ἤκουσεν αὐτοῦ περὶ τῆς εἰς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν πίστεως.''. None

24.24. But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus. ''. None

3. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Drusilla

Found in books: Baumann and Liotsakis (2022) 120; Tacoma (2020) 34, 40, 56

4. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Drusilla

Found in books: Shannon-Henderson (2019) 342; Tacoma (2020) 34

5. Cassius Dio, Roman History, 59.11.4 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Drusilla

Found in books: Bremmer (2017) 78; Tacoma (2020) 34

59.11.4. \xa0Indeed, a certain Livius Geminius, a senator, declared on oath, invoking destruction upon himself and his children if he spoke falsely, that he had seen her ascending to heaven and holding converse with the gods; and he called all the other gods and Panthea herself to witness. For this declaration he received a\xa0million sesterces.''. None

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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