Atomus
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Atomus (Greek: Άτομος) was a Cypriot magician who appears in the Antiquities of the Jews by Josephus, working for Felix at Caesarea.[1][2]
Atomus was Jewish and is described as having been employed by Felix to convince Herod Agrippa II's sister Drusilla to divorce Azizus of Emesa and marry him instead.[3]
The text reads "Simon" in some Latin manuscripts and Hans Waitz (1904) suggested that the magi may have been identifiable as Simon Magus.[4] This is not generally accepted as Atomus was a Jew and Simon Magus was a Samaritan.[5]
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- ^ Waitz, Hans., “Simon Magus in der altchristlichen Literatur”, Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde des Urchristentums 5, pp. 121–143, 1904.
- ^ Arthur E. Palumbo - The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Personages of Earliest ... 2004 -0875862969 p.252 "H. Waitz suggested that this Atomus or Simon may have been Simon Magus as far back as 1904"