Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- In the New Testament, the daughter of Herodias and stepdaughter of Herod Antipas. After she danced for her stepfather, he granted her request to have John the Baptist killed and his head presented to her on a platter.
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- proper noun A name ascribed to the stepdaughter of
Herod who asked for the execution ofJohn the Baptist . - proper noun biblical A woman mentioned in Mark 16:1.
- proper noun A female
given name , rarely used.
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- noun woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist
Etymologies
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"Salome" is about a willful teenager who develops a fixation on a religious zealot whom her family has imprisoned in a cistern, demands his head on a platter, performs a striptease to get her stepfather to do what she wants, and then kisses the bloody head until the stepfather's soldiers crush her to death with their shields.
Auguin brings stripped-down version of 'Salome' to Kennedy Center Anne Midgette 2010
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"Salome" is an opera that, like a brilliant and naughty child, deliberately sets out to shock its audience.
Washington National Opera unveils a lively 'Salome' Anne Midgette 2010
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One of the weaker points of "Salome" is also one of the most familiar: the "Dance of the Seven Veils," frequently excerpted in concert, is as frequently dumped on by critics for its cheap, saccharine, film-music presentation.
Auguin brings stripped-down version of 'Salome' to Kennedy Center Anne Midgette 2010
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In that plot line, Salome is the bad-hearted twin sister of Queen Taramis.
Rose McGowan Cast In Conan… Is This a Red Sonja Cross-Over? | /Film 2010
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In that plot line, Salome is the bad-hearted twin sister of Queen Taramis.
Rose McGowan Cast In Conan… Is This a Red Sonja Cross-Over? | /Film 2010
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Joseph Kaiser is a major talent and has played some spectacular supporting roles last year both as Narraboth in Salome at the Metropolitan Opera and Yonas in Kaija Saariaho's Adriana Mater in Santa Fe.
Magic to do 2009
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"There is an overture in 'Salome,'" Auguin says, and sings, sonorously, the opening of the score.
Auguin brings stripped-down version of 'Salome' to Kennedy Center Anne Midgette 2010
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Her work can be found in Salome Magaine, The Shine Journal, and in an upcoming issue of Stymie Magazine and Powder Burn Flash.
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When people hear the name Salome, they immediately think of the infamous dancing girl of the Gospels.
Women Who Ruled: Salome Alexandra Jan 2008
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When people hear the name Salome, they immediately think of the infamous dancing girl of the Gospels.
Archive 2008-06-01 Jan 2008
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