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Surroundings:

Hippodrome Spina Serpents ColumnHippodrome Spina SerpentsHippodrome ConstantinopleHippodrome Spina ObeliskHippodrome Spina Obelisk PedestalHippodrome Spina Obelisk PedestalHippodrome Spina Obelisk PedestalHippodrome Spina Obelisk 2Hippodrome Spina Obelisk 2 InscriptionWalled ObeliskSouthwest sideSouthwest side of Theodosius ObeliskBase of the Theodosius Obelisk in the HippodromeSouthwest side of Theodosius ObeliskBase of the Theodosius Obelisk in the HippodromeObelisk of Theodosius - DikilitaşBase of the Theodosius Obelisk in the HippodromeBase of the Theodosius Obelisk in the Hippodrome - detailSouthwest side of Theodosius ObeliskSouthwest side of the Theodosius Obelisk.Cistern of 1001 ColumnsCistern of 1001 ColumnsCistern of 1001 ColumnsCistern of 1001 ColumnssephendorePalace of AntiochusPalace of AntiochusThe Church of Saint Euphemia in the HippodromeConstantinople, Cistern of TheodosiusConstantinople, Cistern of Theodosius

Location:

  • Türkiye, Istanbul
  • geo:41.005646,28.975119
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -478 / unknown

Class:

  • Relief, votiv stone or altar
  • visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

The Serpent Column in  Constantinople is a part of an ancient Greek sacrificial tripod, originally in Delphi. It have commemorated the Greeks who fought and defeated the Persian Empire at the Battle of Platae in 479 BC. Constantine the Great in 324 have brougt it to his capital1,

  1. Herodotus, The Historiesi 9.81.1 .- Herodotus, with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.

References

  1. ↑ Having brought all the loot together, they set apart a tithe for the god of Delphi. From this was made and dedicated that tripod which rests upon the bronze three-headed serpent


Nearby

Hippodrome Constantinople

Hippodrome Constantinople

Walled Obelisk - Constantine Obelisk

Byzantine obelisk of Constantine VII.

Istanbul (Constantinople) Obelisk of Theodosius

Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople


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