Jos. Antiq. l. 18. c.7.p.628.III. SALOME the Dancer, the Daughter of Herodias, and of Herod-Philip the Tetrarch. She first marry’d Philip the Tetrarch her Uncle, and afterwards Aristobulus the Son of Herod King of Chalcis, by whom she had three Sons, Herod, Agrippa, and Aristobulus. When Herodias left Philip the Tetrarch, her Daughter Salome went with her: And as John the Baptist did not forbear to cry out continually against this Incestuous Marriage of HerodiasMark vi. 17,18,19. Luke iii. 19. and Antipas, one Day, when this Prince was celebrating his Birth-day, or the Day of his Inauguration, Salome came into the Banqueting Room, and danced before the King and the Nobles that sate with him. Antipas was so taken with Salome’s Performance, that he promised to give her whatever she should ask, even to the half of his Kingdom. She presently went to tell her Mother what had been promis’d her, and desired her Advice what she should ask for. Herodias bid her ask for the Head of John the Baptist. Salome came in again to the King, bringing a Dish with her, and said to him, Give me in this Dish the Head of John the Baptist. The King was a little sorry at this Demand; but because he had given his Word, he would not go back from it: So he sent immediately and had the Head of John the Baptist cut off, and given to Salome.
Nicephor. l. 1. c. 20.Nicephorus and Metaphrastes relate, that Salome accompanied her Mother Herodias, and her Father-in-law Herod, in their Banishment to Vienne in Dauphine; and that the Emperor having obliged them to go into Spain, as she passed over a River that was frozen up, the Ice broke under her Feet, and she sunk in up to her Neck: Then the Ice uniting again, she remain’d thus suspended by it, and suffered the same Punishment she had made John the Baptist undergo. But none of the Antients mention this Particular; and it is contrary to Josephus, who tells us, that she was first marry’d to Philip the Tetrarch, Son of Herod the Great and Cleopatra, who died about the 33d or 34th Year of the Common Era; and that afterwards she married Aristobulus, Son of Herod King of Chalcis, her Cousin-german, by whom she had several Children. Thus she lived above thirty Years after the Exile of her Father-in-law Herod.