Salomé

:For other uses of Salom? and Salome, see Salome.

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Salom?, like Dismas, or the various names of the Three Magi, is a name given to a character in the Bible whose name is not given in the Bible itself. The name "Salom?" is preserved in the Jewish Antiquities of Josephus.

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Salom? was the step-daughter of Herod Antipas, and danced before Herod and her mother Herodias at the occasion of Herod's birthday, and by doing so caused the death of John the Baptist. The New Testament suggests that Salom? caused John to be executed because of his complaints that Herod's marriage to Herodias was adulterous; and that Herodias put her up to the demand that John be executed, something the king was initially reluctant to do. According to Mark 6:21-29:

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Salome	Salome	Salome Rita Hayworth 1953	Salome with the Head of John the Baptist 1520/24
Salome Receives the Head of Saint John the Baptist 1607-10	The Climax Illustration from "Salome" by Oscar Wilde 1893	Salome Dancing Elegantly Before Herod Her Reward was the Head of John the Baptist	Mlle. Madeleine Dolley Modeling Ball Gown Made of Salome Silk Designed by Paquin
The Beheading of St. John the Baptist and Salome Presenting His Head to Herod	Richard Strauss the German Composer: a Satire on His Opera Salome