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Herodias is the original villain in the story of the death of John the Baptist. She is the one who plots to have John the Baptist killed and cunningly uses his daughter Salome to reach her goal. It is to her that the infamous kiss to the head of the dead John the Baptist is first attributed by Heine. Gradually however her role is overshadowed by her daughter, who replaced her as the villain of the story and condemned her to a marginal and obscure role. | Herodias is the original villain in the story of the death of John the Baptist. She is the one who plots to have John the Baptist killed and cunningly uses his daughter Salome to reach her goal. It is to her that the infamous kiss to the head of the dead John the Baptist is first attributed by Heine. Gradually however her role is overshadowed by her daughter, who replaced her as the villain of the story and condemned her to a marginal and obscure role. | ||
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Revision as of 02:54, 13 June 2010
Herodias was a member of the Herodian family, the wife of Herod II and then of Herod Antipas, the mother of Salome.
Herodias in ancient sources
Herodias in Scholarship
Herodias in Fiction
Herodias is the original villain in the story of the death of John the Baptist. She is the one who plots to have John the Baptist killed and cunningly uses his daughter Salome to reach her goal. It is to her that the infamous kiss to the head of the dead John the Baptist is first attributed by Heine. Gradually however her role is overshadowed by her daughter, who replaced her as the villain of the story and condemned her to a marginal and obscure role.
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Pages in category "Herodias (subject)"
The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
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- L'Erodiade; ovvero, La morte di S. Giovanni Battista (Herodias; or, The Death of St. John the Baptist / 1687 Legrenzi / Neri), oratorio
- Erodiade (Herodias / 1832 Pellico), play
- Erodiade (Herodias / 1838 Liberali / De Horatiis), oratorio
- Atta Troll (1843 Heine), poetry
- Hérodias (1877 Flaubert), novel
- Hérodiade (Herodias / 1881 Massenet / Milliet, Grémont), opera & libretto
- Herodes a Herodias (Herod and Herodias / 1909 Hviezdoslav), play (Slovak)
- Hérodiade (Herodias / 1910 Jasset, Hatot), short film
- Herod (1912 Frenkel), short film
- Erodiade (Herodias / 1969 Testori), play