Atomus

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]