Holofernes

Speech parts

1. Holofernes - Noun

2. Holofernes - Proper noun

Meaning

(Apocrypha) the Assyrian general who was decapitated by the biblical heroine Judith

Examples

A painting, tentatively dated between 1600 and 1610, and believed by some experts to be Caravaggio's second version of Judith Beheading Holofernes was discovered in an attic in Toulouse in 2014. Source: Internet

She met Holofernes, who was smitten by her beauty. Source: Internet

In the exhibit Broca employs glass mosaic to depict scenes related to accounts of Judith’s beheading of the Assyrian general Holofernes, a story found in the apocryphal Book of Judith, probably written about 150 BCE. Source: Internet

Kathy Griffin's career was sent into witness protection for a while because she in an over-the-top photo holding a severed Trump head (like he's a common Holofernes). Source: Internet

Some also have a custom to eat dairy products to remember Judith and how she overcame Holofernes by feeding him cheese, which made him thirsty, and giving him wine to drink. Source: Internet

Peter Schmitz gave us a fine Holofernes, keeping just on the clever side of caricature. Source: Internet

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