| LC control no. | sh2016000656 |
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| Topical heading | Serpent Column (Istanbul, Turkey) |
| Variant(s) | Delphi Tripod (Istanbul, Turkey) Plataean Tripod (Istanbul, Turkey) Plataian Tripod (Istanbul, Turkey) Serpentine Column (Istanbul, Turkey) Yılanlı Sütun (Istanbul, Turkey) |
| See also | Columns--Turkey Monuments--Turkey Turkey--Antiquities |
| Found in | Work cat: 2015043340: Stephenson, Paul. The Serpent Column, 2016: ECIP data view (Serpent Column; unique monument which stands today in Istanbul, Turkey, 2,500 years after it was raised at Delphi; associated through the centuries with cosmic victory, temptation, judgement, and redemption, and came to be known best as a talisman) galley (Plataian Tripod) Wikipedia, March 24, 2016 (Serpent Column; Turkish: Yılanlı Sütun ("Serpentine Column"); also known as the Serpentine Column, Delphi Tripod, or Plataean Tripod; an ancient bronze column at the Hippodrome of Constantinople ... in what is now Istanbul, Turkey; part of an ancient Greek sacrificial tripod, originally in Delphi and relocated to Constantinople by Constantine the Great in 324; it was built to commemorate the Greeks who fought and defeated the Persian Empire at the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC; the serpent heads of the 8-metre high column remained intact until the end of the 17th century) Ancient-origins.net, March 24, 2016 (Serpent Column; bronze pillar built in the ancient city of Delphi, Greece, to commemorate those who had fought against the Persian Empire in the Battle of Plataea in 470 B.C.; the column was later removed and taken to Constantinople) |
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