title: An Account of Egypt
author: Herodotus
description: He has been called the "Father of History", and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid narrative.
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  # Oscar Wilde
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Salome
  
  
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  **THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY  
  **
  
  
    
  **HEROD ANTIPAS** ,
  
  
  TETRARCH OF JUDAEA
  
  
    
  **IOKANAAN** , THE
  
  
  PROPHET
  
  
    
  **THE YOUNG SYRIAN** ,
  
  
  CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD
  
  
    
  **TIGELLINUS** , A
  
  
  YOUNG ROMAN
  
  
    
  **A CAPPADOCIAN**
  
  
    
  **A NUBIAN**
  
  
    
  **FIRST SOLDIER**
  
  
    
  **SECOND SOLDIER**
  
  
    
  **THE PAGE OF HERODIAS**
  
  
    
  **JEWS, NAZARENES** ,
  
  
  ETC.
  
  
    
  **A SLAVE**
  
  
    
  **NAAMAN** , THE
  
  
  EXECUTIONER
  
  
    
  **HERODIAS** , WIFE
  
  
  OF THE TETRARCH
  
  
    
  **SALOME** , DAUGHTER
  
  
  OF HERODIAS
  
  
    
  **THE SLAVES OF SALOME**
  
  
    
    
  
  
    
  **_SCENE_** _A great terrace in the Palace of Herod,
  
  
  set above the banquetinghall. Some soldiers are leaning over
  
  
  the balcony. To the right there is a gigantic staircase,
  
  
  to the left, at the back, an old cistern surrounded by a
  
  
  wall of green bronze. The moon is shining very brightly.  
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  **THE YOUNG SYR