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 • May 7, 2023

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2017

The tenor Robert Brubaker was a penetrating Herod, the mezzo-soprano Michaela Martens a forceful Herodias.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2015

But the best performances come from Jaye Griffiths as a troubled Herodias and from Richard Cant as her grieving page, with whom the tenderness of Wilde's language makes more impact than all the orgiastic frenzy.

From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2010

Meanwhile the cowering Tetrarch covers his face with his cloak and a smile of triumph illumines the face of Herodias.

From Oscar Wilde by Ingleby, Leonard Cresswell