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Judith

1. the heroine of one of the books of the Apocrypha, who saved her native town by decapitating Holofernes
2. the book recounting this episode
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Judith

saved her city from the onslaught of Holofernes by beheading him during a drunken sleep. [Apocrypha: Judith 13:4-10]
See: Heroism
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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