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Salome with John the Baptist's head, by Charles Mellin (1597–1649). Salome (/ s ə ˈ l oʊ m i, ˈ s æ l ə m eɪ /; Hebrew: שְלוֹמִית, romanized: Shlomit, related to שָׁלוֹם, Shalom "peace"; Greek: Σαλώμη), [1] also known as Salome III, [2] [note 1] was a Jewish princess, the daughter of Herod II and princess Herodias.
Salome, also known as Salome II, [1] was a Herodian princess, the daughter of Herod the Great (Herod I) and one of his lesser wives, Elpis, born in ~14 BCE. [2]She should not be confused with Salome, whose mother was Herodias, and who is alleged to have played a role in the death of John the Baptist.
Salome by Oscar Wilde, a play written in 1891 and first produced in 1896, has been analysed by numerous literary critics, and has prompted numerous derivatives. The play depicts the events leading to the execution of Iokanaan (John the Baptist) at the instigation of Salome, step-daughter of Herod Antipas, and her death on Herod's orders.
She first married Joseph I (uncle of Herod the Great) [], whom she accused of familiarities with Mariamne I, wife of Herod, and thus procured his death. [2] She had three children by her second husband Costobarus, Antipater IV (who married Cypros II, Herod's daughter by Mariamne I), Berenice (who married first Aristobulus IV, Herod's son by the same mother, and second Theudion, brother of ...
Salome Dancing before Herod, 1874–76; The Apparition, 1874–76; Salome, 1876; Hérodias, Gustave Flaubert, 1877; James Tissot, 1886–96: The Daughter of Herodias Dancing; King Herod; The Head of John the Baptist on a Platter; Salome, Franz von Stuck, 1906; Salome, Nikolai Astrup; Salome With the Head of John the Baptist, Aubrey Beardsley,
Titian painted Salome in at least one later composition, from the 1550s, with the dish holding the head held above her head , possibly using his daughter Lavinia as the model. [41] Another composition has recently resurfaced, which dates from the 1560s; as of 2012, this is in the National Museum of Western Art , Tokyo.
Salome delivers the head of John the Baptist, Juan de Flandes, 1496 Schematic family tree showing the Herods of the Bible. In the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, Herodias plays a major role in the execution of John the Baptist, using her daughter's dance before Antipas and his party guests to ask for the head of the Baptist as a reward. According ...
Her marriage was an attempt to unite the two main sides of her family previously split by marriage and alleviate the tension surrounding which side would be responsible to succeeding Herod. [2] This did not solve the problems present among the heirs, and eventually Aristobulus was executed by his father in 6 BCE, and Berenice was accused of ...