![]() ![]() For when Herodias's daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. After consulting with her mother, the girl is said to have asked for the head of John the Baptist.īut an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. Herodias's daughter, who had danced before Herod at his birthday celebration, was told she could ask for anything in return for it. In his Jewish Antiquities, Josephus mentions marriages and children of the daughter of Herodias named Salome.Īccording to the Gospel of Mark, Herodias bore a grudge against John for stating that Herod's marriage to her was unlawful. Salome is commonly identified with the daughter of Herodias who, according to accounts in the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Matthew, danced for Herod Antipas. She also appeared in film, for instance in a 1953 Salome film starring Rita Hayworth in the title role.įirst-century accounts and sources Oscar Wilde's 1891 eponymous play, and its 1905 operatic setting by Richard Strauss, are among the literary and musical realisations which endeavoured to portray her. Among the paintings are those by Titian and Gustave Moreau. The gospel story of her dance at the birthday celebration of her stepfather, who had John the Baptist beheaded at her request, inspired art, literature and music over an extended period of time. According to Josephus, she was first married to her uncle Philip the Tetrarch, after whose death (AD 34), she married her cousin Aristobulus of Chalcis, thus becoming queen of Chalcis and Armenia Minor. In the New Testament, the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas demands and receives the head of John the Baptist. Salome ( / s ə ˈ l oʊ m iː/ Hebrew: שְלוֹמִית, romanized: Shlomit, related to שָׁלוֹם, Shalom "peace" Greek: Σαλώμη),, also known as Salome III, the daughter of Herod II and Herodias, granddaughter of Herod the Great and stepdaughter of Herod Antipas, is known from the New Testament, where she is not named, and from an account by Flavius Josephus. Salome with John the Baptist's head, by Charles Mellin (1597–1649) ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |