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According to Mark 6: 21-29 ( Salome is not mentioned by name in this passage so reference is incomplete ), Salome was the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas.

Salome danced before Herod and her mother Herodias at the occasion of his birthday, and in doing so gave her mother the opportunity to obtain the head of John the Baptist.

According to Mark's gospel Herodias bore a grudge against John for stating that Herod's marriage to her was unlawful ; she encouraged Salome to demand that John be executed.