莎乐美（Salomé）是《圣经》中的人物，许多世纪以来一直是基督教世界文艺作品的一个主题，有用她故事的题材编写的歌剧、电影和大量的绘画作品，但在《圣经》中这个人物并没有名字，是来源于犹太历史学家的著作。

王尔德的戏剧《莎乐美》于1893年写成，1897年上演。他笔下的沙乐美，是美艳、性感、危险、颓废的。

王尔德的莎乐美颠覆了以往基督教传统文化中的莎乐美形象，从此莎乐美成为现代艺术中经常出现的人物形象。《莎乐美》一剧也成为唯美主义艺术的代表作．而”莎乐美”则成为”爱欲”的象征词．

Salomé is a figure in the Bible. For many centuries she has been a theme of literary and artistic works in the Christian world. Operas, films and a large number of paintings are of the subject of her story. However, the name of the figure does not appear in the Bible, but is derived from the work of a Jewish historian.

Oscar Wilde's drama "Salomé" was written in 1893 and released in 1897. The Salomé that he characterized is beautiful, sexy, dangerous and decadent.

Oscar Wilde's Salomé subversed her image in the traditional Christian culture, and from that day on, Salomé became a figure that often appeared in modern art. The drama Salomé also became the representative of aestheticism, whereas the word Salomé became the symbolic word of lust.