Herodias

Below this again is the Dance of Herodias, the first of these frescoes to be uncovered and ruined in the process.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa|Edward Hutton
But he repudiated the daughter of Aretas in order to marry Herodias and so set the Arabians against him.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4|Various
According to the earliest authority, he seems to have imprisoned John to save him from the vengeance of Herodias.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4|Various
Tradition tells us that Herodias ordered the headless trunk to be flung out over the battlements for dogs and vultures to devour.
Oscar Wilde|Leonard Cresswell Ingleby

The traditional death of the "dancing daughter of Herodias" is thus given by Nicephorus.
Oscar Wilde|Leonard Cresswell Ingleby

British Dictionary definitions for Herodias

Herodias

/ (hɛˈrəʊdɪˌæs) /

noun

?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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