Kevin Anderson
John the Baptist
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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. In his Jewish Antiquities, Josephus mentions marriages and children of the daughter of Herodias named Salome.
Jul 19, 1998 · Salome (flourished 1st century ce) was, according to the Jewish historian Josephus, the daughter of Herodias and stepdaughter of Herod Antipas, tetrarch (ruler appointed by Rome) of Galilee, a region in Palestine. In Biblical literature, she is remembered as the immediate agent in the execution of John the Baptist.
Salome (French: Salomé, pronounced) is a one-act tragedy by Oscar Wilde. The original version of the play was first published in French in 1893; an English translation was published a year later.
…(1894) for Oscar Wilde’s play Salomé won him widespread notoriety. He was greatly influenced by the elegant, curvilinear style of Art Nouveau and the bold sense of design found in Japanese woodcuts. But what startled his critics and the public alike was the obvious sensuality of the women in his… Read More
Salome as midwife. Cappella Palatina, Palermo, c. 1150. Salome (right) and the midwife (left), bathing the infant Jesus, is a common figure in Orthodox icons of the Nativity ( fresco, 12th century, "Dark Church", Open Air Museum, Goreme, Cappadocia.
At a birthday feast for King Herod, his stepdaughter, Princess Salomé, discovers the imprisoned John the Baptist and is immediately infatuated with him.
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SALOME the film is Oscar Wilde's most controversial work, banned in London in the late 19th Century. This scintillating tale of lust, greed and revenge follows the legend of King Herod and his lust for his young stepdaughter, Salomé, and her sexual baiting of John the Baptist.
Tragic story of Salomé, the step-daughter of King Herod and the beheader of John the Baptist.
Salomé is a one-act play written by Irish author and playwright Oscar Wilde in 1891 and first performed in 1896. It tells the biblical story of Salomé, the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas, who requests the head of John the Baptist as a reward for dancing for her stepfather.
Films based on Salome (1896) by Oscar Wilde. The play depicts the attempted seduction of Jokanaan ( John the Baptist) by Salome, step-daughter of Herod Antipas; her dance of the seven veils; the execution of Jokanaan at Salome's instigation; and her death on Herod's orders.
