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| Characterization of Herodias |
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| Herodias |
Herodias |
Herodias is mainly known for incest and the
beheading of John the Baptist of Biblical passages. After the
death of Herod the Great, Palestine was divided into four parts
with Herod Antipas being appointed the ruler of Galilee by Augustus.
Herodias was the daughter of Aristobulus, who
was the son of Herod the Great and Marianne, who was the a descendent
of the famous Hasmonean hero ... Machabee. Herodias married her
uncle Herod "Phillip"with whom she had a daughter named
Salome.
Herodias left her husband Phillip to have an incestuous affair
with another uncle by the name of Herod "Antipas"who
was Tetrarch of all Galilee (Jos., Ant. XVIII, v. 1,4.)
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with Antipas, Herodias would soon come to hate John the Baptist
for his public disgust of the affair and want him silenced. Antipas
is said to have liked John, but loved to watch Salome
dance and offered her anything to watch her perform for him. Herodias
proded Antipas relently to do something about John the Baptisit
but generally got nowhere. Salome conferred with her mother who
asked her to do the deed. The deed was Salome requested the head
of John the Baptist for her mother Herodias. (Matthew, XIV, 3-12
an Mark, VI, 17-29) during a banquet on his birthday, because
he gave his word of "Anything," he reluctantly agreed.
(Note: This story is at times debateable, but this is the historic
biblical version in a nutshell.) |
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Spouse |
Offspring |
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Herod Phillip |
See Salome Page |
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Artists |
Theaters |
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| Gravure (1890) |
See
Salome Page |
See
Salome Page |
| Henri G. Regnault |
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1918 & 1922 - Salome (Oscar
Wilde's) |
| Jan van Troyen (1650's) |
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(Wilde wrote it in 1892, Strauss in 1905) |
| Leonardo da Vinci |
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| NOTE: Agrippa was the brother of Herodias who later became
King. |
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