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Salome or Salomé (Greek Σαλωμη) the Daughter of Heroias (c AD 14 - between 62 and 71), is known from the New Testament (Mark 6:21-29 and Matt 14:6-11, where, however, her name is not given) in connection with the death of John the Baptist. Another source from Antiquity, Flavius Josephus' Jewish Antiquities, gives her name and some detail about her family relations.

Trivia about salome

  • Never mentioned by name in the Bible, this daughter of Herodias is one of the most famous women in it
  • Oscar Wilde made a veiled reference to this woman, unnamed in the Bible when she danced before Herod
  • Some dance to remember; she dances for the head of John the Baptist after he resists her advances
  • Herod orders his guards to crush her to death with shields (Maybe she should have stopped at 6 veils...)
  • She gave the head of St. John the Baptist to her mother, Herodias
  • Herod liked her dancing so much he granted her a "heady" prize
  • One of Gustave Moreau's favorite subjects was this Biblical dancer who was barely veiled
  • This woman's mother, Herodias, hated John the Baptist for condemning her marriage
  • In the 1953 film version of this Biblical dancer's life, Rita Hayworth tries to save John the Baptist's life, not take it
  • This Richard Strauss opera is a "Wilde" tale set around 30 A.D. in Galilee
  • This title character performs the Dance of the Seven Veils for Herod in an opera by Richard Strauss
  • "Herodias' Daughter Who Was Trying to Get a Head"
  • Narraboth,Herodias,John the Baptist
  • In opera, she performs the "Dance of the Seven Veils"
  • Hedwig Lachmann translated an Oscar Wilde play into German for this Richard Strauss opera
  • In "The Daughter of Herodias", she's carrying the head of John the Baptist on a platter
  • 1905: Herod & Jokanaan (aka John the Baptist)
  • Gustave Moreau was well known as a painter of this Biblical dancer
  • A highlight of this tragic opera set in Palestine is the "Dance of the Seven Veils"

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