Oct 20, 2016
2nd entry for Cary’s The Tragedy of Mariam. I had a heck of a time trying to find information on the biblical story because I assumed the Salome in the text was the Salome who beheaded John the Baptist. She is not. In fact, she is actually Salome I. She had three children with her husband Constabarus.
Mariam is, in fact, Mariamne I, the second wife of Herod the Great. She is also known as Mariamne the Hasmoean. She was one of the last heirs of the Hasmoean dynasty.