Oscar Wilde's biblical tale of lust and revenge, Salome follows the legend of King Herod (Al Pacino) and his unbridled desire for Salome (Marisa Tomei), the young daughter of his wife, Herodias ...

Salome - the daughter in question - performed an enchanting dance on Herod's birthday to the delight of the king and his guests. The New Testament documents, "The king said to the girl ...

Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) spent her financially distressed final decade enthralled by the life of King Herod and working on a novel about him. The books of the 1930s and ’40s that made her ...

Salome, princess of Judea, the daughter‑in‑law of King Herod, finds life in her father‑in‑law’s palace dreary. Her curiosity is roused when she hears the voice of Jochanaan, a prophet ...

According to lore, Salome is step-daughter to King Herod Antipas, who asks her to dance at a dinner and is so riveted by her seductive performance that he offers her whatever she wants as reward.

Few figures in history have had such a controversial reputation as King Herod I of Judaea. In the Christian tradition, Herod is the villain in the Christmas story. The Gospel of Matthew recounts ...

The film actually begins with the Roman invasion by Pompey in 65 B.C., the appointment of King Herod the ... Baptist's beheading as Salome's price for dancing for Herod.

and Herod’s teenage stepdaughter, Salome, becomes obsessed with him. Herod, who’s in love with her, promises her anything she wants in exchange for a dance; she obliges, then demands John’s ...