Warriors, Queens, and Intellectuals: 36 Great Women before 1400
Herodias Has John the Baptist Beheaded
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Writers and artists have long portrayed the death of John the Baptist as the whim of the young femme fatale Salome, but the truth is much more complicated. Discover the story of Salome’s mother, the ambitious Herodias, an influential Judean woman whose hunger for power and recognition ultimately left her exiled and forgotten.