Salome

Salome (; , related to , "peace"; ), also known as Salome III, was a Jewish princess, the daughter of Herod II and princess Herodias. She was granddaughter of Herod the Great and stepdaughter of Herod Antipas. She is known from the New Testament, where she is not named, and from an account by Josephus. In the New Testament, the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas demands and receives the head of John the Baptist. According to Josephus, she was first married to her uncle Philip the Tetrarch, after the death of which in AD 34, she married her cousin Aristobulus of Chalcis, thus becoming queen of

son of Herod the Great and ruler of the northeast part of his father's kingdom (r. 4 BCE-34 CE)

Christian holy day and dedication

Machaerus (Μαχαιροῦς, from [a sword]; ; ) was a Hasmonean hilltop palace and desert fortress, rebuilt by Herod and now in ruins, in the village of Mukawir in modern-day Jordan. The site is located southeast of the mouth of the Jordan River on the eastern side of the Dead Sea.

1st century AD King of Chalcis and Lesser Armenia

Gospel according to Mark, chapter 6

Dance of Inanna, Salome