ext_34146 ([identity profile] meritahut.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] spqrblues 2009-02-22 01:38 am (UTC)

ImageAs it turns out, he has two given names--Ioudas Alexander--plus the nickname "Mus."

People might take Greek second names or simply have names that could pass for Greek (Esther/Aster) to, well, pass in the larger society.

Ioudas/Judas was a very common name in Alexandria at the time.

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