What is Salome?
[[File:Salomé- a tragedy in one act pg 79.jpg|thumb|280px|Salome with the head of John the Baptist. [[Aubrey Beardsley|Audrey Beardsley]], based on [[Oscar Wilde]]'s play ''Salomé: A tragedy on one act'']] '''Salome''' or '''Salomé''' (Hebrew: שלומית Shlomit) (c [[AD]] [[14]] {{ndash}} between [[62]] and [[71]]), is the name of a character in the [[New Testament]]. Her name is not actually given there, but she was an entirely historical person. She was the daughter of [[Herod Antipas]] and [[Herodias]]. Her name is pronounced with a short 'o', and the 'e' at the end is sounded. This Salome is not the same Salome who is said to be a witness to the [[Crucifixion]] of [[Jesus]] in Mark 15:40. == Biblical character == [[Image:Titian-salome.jpg|thumb|250px|right|''Salome with the Head of John the Baptist'' by [[Titian]], painted circa 1515 (Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome)]] According to [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] 6:21-29, Salome was the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas, and danced before Herod and her mother [[Herodias]] at the occasion of Herod's birthday. The [[New Testament]] suggests that Salome caused [[John the Baptist]] to be executed because his spoke out that Herod's marriage to Herodias was [[adultery|adulterous]]. Herodias put her up to the demand that John be executed, something the king was initially reluctant to do. :And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of [[Galilee]]; And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, '''''The head of John the Baptist'''. :And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger [a large servin