Herodias

American  

[huh-roh-dee-uhs] / həˈroʊ di əs /

noun

1. the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.

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Herodias British  

/ hɛˈrəʊdɪˌæs /

noun

1. ?14 _bc –?40 _ad , niece and wife of Herod Antipas and mother of Salome, whom she persuaded to ask for the head of John the Baptist. Her ambition led to the banishment of her husband

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Example Sentences

Racette’s efficient Salome and Gabriele Schnaut’s gleeful Herodias are, on the other hand, neither vulnerable nor unhinged.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2017

The veteran American mezzo-soprano Jane Henschel was wonderful as Herodias, Salome’s scheming mother.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2014

As Salome's mother, Herodias, mezzo-soprano Jane Henschel sang with imposing vigor, especially in her upper register.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2012

But the best performances come from Jaye Griffiths as a troubled Herodias and from Richard Cant as her grieving page, with whom the tenderness of Wilde's language makes more impact than all the orgiastic frenzy.

From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2010

This is followed by a dialogue between Herodias and the Tetrarch, interrupted ever and again by the hollow-sounding denunciations and prophecies of Jokanaan.

From Oscar Wilde by Ingleby, Leonard Cresswell