Salome

Salome (; Hebrew: שְלוֹמִית, romanized: Shlomit, related to שָׁלוֹם, Shalom "peace"; Greek: Σαλώμη), also known as Salome III, was a Jewish princess, the daughter of Herod II and princess Herodias. She was a granddaughter of Herod the Great and the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas. She is known from the New Testament, where she is not named, and from an account by the Roman Jewish historian Josephus. In the New Testament, the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas who demands and receives the head of John the Baptist. According to Josephus, she was first married to her uncle Philip the Tetrarch, after whose death in AD 34, she married her cousin Aristobulus of Chalcis, thus becoming queen of Armenia Minor. The gospel story of her dance at the birthday celebration of her stepfather, who had John the Baptist beheaded at her mother's request, inspired art, literature and music over an extended period of time. Among the paintings are those by Titian and Gustave Moreau. Oscar Wilde's 1891 eponymous play and its 1905 operatic setting by Richard Strauss are among the literary and musical realisations which portrayed her. She has also appeared in film depictions, for instance in the 1953 film Salome starring Rita Hayworth.