Salome_(daughter_of_Herod_the_Great)

Salome (daughter of Herod the Great)

Salome (daughter of Herod the Great)

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This article is about the daughter of Herod the Great. For other uses, see Salome (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Salome I or Salome III, sister and granddaughter of Herod the Great respectively.

Salome, also known as Salome II,[1] was a Herodian princess, the daughter of Herod the Great (Herod I) and one of his lesser wives, Elpis, born in ~14 BCE.[2]

She should not be confused with Salome, whose mother was Herodias, and who is alleged to have played a role in the death of John the Baptist.

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  1. [1]
    Rocca, Samuel (2015-03-30). Herod's Judaea: A Mediterranean State in the Classic World. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-4982-2454-3.
  2. [2]
    Josephus, Flavius (1851). The Jewish War of Flavius Josephus: A New Translation. Houlston and Stoneman.


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