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Herodias
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Herodias" is a short story, part of the collection, Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert. Three Tales consists of the short stories "A Simple Heart", "Saint Julian" and "Hérodias". "Dance of Death" is another story sometimes grouped with "Simple Heart" and "Saint Julian" as Three Short Works. "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.
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