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Herodias

Herodias

Flaubert, Gustave

Paperback

Classic Fiction

ISBN10: 1534848886
ISBN13: 9781534848887
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jun 23 2016
Pages: 36
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.07 Width: 7.01 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

Herodias

By

Gustave Flaubert

Herodias (c. 15 BC -- after 39 AD) was a princess of the Herodian Dynasty of Judaea during the time of the Roman Empire.

Hérodias is the retelling of the beheading of John the Baptist. It starts slightly before the arrival of the Syrian governor, Vitellius. Herodias holds a huge birthday celebration for her second husband, Herod Antipas. Unknown to him, she has concocted a plan to behead John. According to Flaubert, this plan entails making her husband fall in love with her daughter, Salomé, leading to him promising her whatever she wants. Salomé, obviously in line with the instructions of her mother, will ask for John's head. Everything goes as planned. John has been repeatedly insulting the royals, so the king does not think long before granting Salomé's wish. The crowd gathered for the party waits anxiously while the executioner, Mannaeus, kills John. The story ends with some of John's disciples awaiting the Messiah.

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