Holofernes

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Holofernes

When her city is beseiged by the Assyrian army, Judith approaches the Assyrian general Olifernus, pretending to offer information about her people. She seduces him, and he falls in love with her. Eventually, he falls asleep, and Judith beheads him, puts his head into a sack, and with it returns to her city.