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Historic breakthrough: Archaeologists claim to have found location of John the Baptist's beheading
Herodias had been the wife of Antipas's brother, Philip - a marriage that aroused the disapproval of John the Baptist. Salome - the daughter in question - performed an enchanting dance on Herod's ...
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Review: Strauss’s ‘Salome,’ Squeezed Down to Some Clarinets
John the Baptist (the opera’s Jochanaan) is being held captive in the palace of Herod in ancient Judea, and Herod’s teenage stepdaughter, Salome, becomes obsessed with him. Herod, who’s in ...
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Herodias and Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist
137 x 115 cm. (53.9 x 45.3 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...
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Salome Story
Salome, indifferent to Herod's advances, longs for the love of the imprisoned John the Baptist. When he rejects her, she uses her powers of seduction and manipulation--and the Dance of the Seven ...