Holofernes
Sign in to saveright|thumb|Artemisia Gentileschi's painting Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1614–1620thumb|Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Cristofano Allori, 1613Holofernes (; ) was an invading Assyrian general in the Book of Judith, who was beheaded by Judith, who entered his camp and decapitated him while he was intoxicated.
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right|thumb|Artemisia Gentileschi's painting Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1614–1620thumb|Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Cristofano Allori, 1613Holofernes (; ) was an invading Assyrian general in the Book of Judith, who was beheaded by Judith, who entered his camp and decapitated him while he was intoxicated.
==Etymology== The name 'Holofernes' is derived from the Old Persian name , meaning "with wide-reaching glory", and is composed of the terms , meaning "wide", and , meaning "glory" (c.f. the farnah).
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