Princess Salome

Queen Salome was the daughter of King Herod II and Queen Herodias. According to The New Testament, the daughter of Queen Herodias demanded and received the head of John the Baptist. According to Josephus, Princess Salome was first married to King Herod Philip II of Ituraea and Trakonitis. After King Herod Philip II's death in 34 AD she married King Aristobulus of Chalcis and became Queen of Chalcis and Armenia Minor. Queen Salome has become a symbol of dangerous female seductiveness.

As Queen Salome is not named in the gospel, she is sometimes referred to as "The daughter of Herodias", for example in the titles of paintings showing her.

History
Queen Salome is commonly identified as the daughter of Queen Herodias who, according to The New Testament, danced for King Herod Antipas.

In his Jewish Antiquities, Josephus mentions marriages and children of the daughter of Queen Herodias named Princess Salome. According to Mark 6:21 – 29 a daughter of Queen Herodias danced before King Herod Antipas and her mother Queen Herodias at the occasion of his birthday and in doing so gave her mother the opportunity to obtain the head of John the Baptist. Even though The New Testament accounts do not mention a name for the girl, this daughter of Queen Herodias is often identified with Princess Salome. According to Mark's gospel, Queen Herodias bore a grudge against John for stating that King Herod Antipas's marriage to her was unlawful, she encouraged her daughter to demand that John be executed. Some ancient Greek versions of Mark read "King Herod Antipas's daughter Princess Herodias" rather than "daughter of the said Queen Herodias". To scholars using these ancient texts, both mother and daughter had the same name. However, The Latin Vulgate Bible translates the passage as it is above, and western Church Fathers, therefore, tended to refer to Princess Salome as "Queen Herodias's daughter" or just "the girl".

Nevertheless, because she is otherwise unnamed in the Bible, the idea that both mother and daughter were named Herodias gained some currency in early modern Europe.