Judith (poem)
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Judith is an Old English narrative poem describing the beheading of Assyrian general Holofernes by Israelite Judith of Bethulia. Found in the same manuscript as the heroic poem Beowulf, it is one of m
A medieval illustration of Judith and Holophernes
Holofernes
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Holofernes was an invading Assyrian general in the Book of Judith. He was beheaded by Judith, who entered his camp and decapitated him while he was intoxicated.
Judith (poem)
…Judith is an Old English narrative poem describing the beheading of Assyrian general Holofernes by Israelite Judith of Bethulia. Found in the same manuscript as the heroic poem Beowulf, it is one of many retellings of the Holofernes–Judith tale…
Artemisia Gentileschi's painting Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1614–1620
Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Cristofano Allori, 1613
Judith August Riedel 1840