Salome (daughter of Herodias)

Description

Daughter of Herodias by her first husband Herod Philip; danced before Herod Antipas at his birthday and, prompted by her mother, asked for John the Baptist's head on a platter. Named in Josephus; the Gospels call her simply 'the daughter of Herodias'.

Relationships

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Herod the Great

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Herod Antipas

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Herodias

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Salome (daughter of Herodias)

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Herod Philip I

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Philip the tetrarch

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Aristobulus IV

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Notes

The name 'Salome' comes from Josephus, not the New Testament, so the entry is tagged 'inferred'.