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Salome or Salomé (Greek Σαλωμη) the Daughter of Herodias (c AD 14 - between 62 and 71), is known from the New Testament (Mark 6:21-29 and Matt 14:6-11, where, however, her name is not given) in connection with the death of John the Baptist. Another source from Antiquity, Flavius Josephus' Jewish Antiquities, gives her name and some detail about her family relations. Christian traditions depict her as an icon of dangerous female seductiveness, for instance depicting her dance mentioned in the... full article at wikipedia

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