Herodias

American  

[huh-roh-dee-uhs] / həˈroʊ di əs /

noun

1. the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.

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Herodias British  

/ hɛˈrəʊdɪˌæs /

noun

1. ?14 _bc –?40 _ad , niece and wife of Herod Antipas and mother of Salome, whom she persuaded to ask for the head of John the Baptist. Her ambition led to the banishment of her husband

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Example Sentences

Others followed, including Azucena in “Il trovatore” and Dame Quickly in “Falstaff” by Giuseppe Verdi, Herodias in “Salome” by Richard Strauss, Mother Goose in “The Rake’s Progress” by Igor Stravisnky and many others.

From Seattle Times

A Clergyman was discoursing to his Sunday School children on two Scripture lessons, 1st, the “Choice of Herodias’s daughter,” and 2nd, “Solomon’s choice.”

From Slate

The herons are herons; they don’t turn into Ardea herodias, long-legged waders, azure airborne avians, or sapphire sentinels of the skies.

From Literature

Racette’s efficient Salome and Gabriele Schnaut’s gleeful Herodias are, on the other hand, neither vulnerable nor unhinged.

From Los Angeles Times

Johannes Debus makes for a solid, though not revelatory, conductor; Gerhard Siegel is Herod, and Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Herodias.

From New York Times